Rumors, rumors, rumors. That was all one would get while searching for the Apple Tablet. It was revealed yesterday by Steve Jobs who confirmed that the tablet will be named iPad. The name resemblance is not the only similarity to Apple’s overly successful branch of gadgets. The show yesterday revealed lots of information about the [...]
Mail Tweak Extension For Thunderbird
Users of the desktop email client Thunderbird can either use the options provided in the options of the program or the about:config dialog window to change and tweak the email client. Mail Tweak is an extension for the mail client that provides a third option. The add-on is provided for Thunderbird 2 and as a [...]
Just what is “Linux”?
Recently I have had several people call me on mis-stepping the nomenclature surrounding the Linux operating system. But I get this a lot, and from all points of the spectrum: From newbies to power users. The central issue that I have is that this issue causes great confusion with newbies and anger with power users. [...]
Desktop Search Tool Puggle
Windows users have the choice between several desktop search tools. Windows Search for instance comes preinstalled with the operating system. There are other popular programs like Google Desktop Search but also smaller faster alternatives such as Everything or Locate. Puggle is another third party desktop search utility that is offered as a portable version and [...]
Recover Corrupt Word Documents [Windows]
A corrupt Word document can mean potential disaster especially in a business environment. But there are other situations where an unreadable Word document can cause lots of problems for the owner of the file. One possible option to recover the text information of the Word document is to open it in a text editor like [...]
Google Chrome 4 Security Update
Security is another reason why Google Chrome users should consider switching to Google Chrome 4 as soon as possible. Google Chrome 4 stable is also a security update next to general improvements in version 4 which include the support for web browser extensions, improved browser performance and implementation of new technologies. Google Chrome 4 fixes [...]
New Updates For Windows 7 And Windows Server 2008 R2 Released
Most Windows users know that Microsoft releases security updates once per month on the so called patch day. Only critical security updates are offered when it is necessary which just happened recently when Microsoft released a patch for the Internet Explorer vulnerability that was uncovered earlier. Non-security related patches are released more commonly and users [...]
Want to chat on Linux? Better have Empathy
The Linux operating system has gone through a number of “default” chat applications. From the earlier text-based chats like zicq, to the later Gaim, then to Pidgen (still in use), and now (and, hopefully, finally) GNOME has settled on Empathy. Empathy is a messenging program built upon the Telepathy protocol which is based on Gossip. [...]
Youtube HD Transfer
Youtube video downloaders come in all sizes and shapes. Some are browser plugins that make it very comfortable to download individual videos, others are websites that accept Youtube urls and create a download for the user out of them or third party applications that differ in functionality. Most tech-savvy users will probably agree that a [...]