Windows users have two choices when selecting a media player: Select a player that makes use of system wide codecs or a player that comes equipped with all codecs. The later players offer the advantage that it is usually not necessary to go codec hunting to play a video on the computer system. SMPlayer is [...]
Open Hardware Monitor Displays Realtime Information About The Computer
Some computer hardware parameters change regularly while the computer is running. This includes the hardware temperature, clock speeds and voltages which should be monitored regularly to ensure that they are running in their allowed limits. It becomes even more important after building a pc and running it for the first time or when errors are [...]
Image Error Level Analysis
Is an photo or image real or has it been tampered with? That is a question that sometimes needs to be answered not only because of curiosity but also for more important matters like solving a crime or deciding whether to publish a photo in a magazine or paper. The Image Error Level Analysis is [...]
Analysing Facebook Login Problems
There are two problem categories of Facebook login difficulties. Category one contains problems that are related to the FAcebook page loading only partially or not at all while the second category contain problems related to the Facebook login itself. The first category of problems is usually easier to fix. A not loading Facebook page can [...]
Easy folder sharing in GNOME
Recently I covered folder sharing in KDE 4.4 (Read my article “Easy folder sharing in KDE 4.4“). I thought I should offer the same article for the GNOME desktop. Although the tasks are fairly similar, there are subtle differences that could trip up the new users. But since this process removes the the challenge of [...]
MultiStage Recovery 4.1 Review
If you have ever accidentally deleted a file in Windows or noticed that files have been deleted by hardware failures or computer virus attacks you know that file recovery software is the only option besides regular backups to access those files again. Windows users have the choice between many free and commercial data recovery programs [...]
Browser Ballot Screen Browsers
New information about the so called browser ballot screen that Microsoft will introduce in Europe from March 1 on have been released yesterday by Microsoft. Windows users will receive the ballot screen via Windows Update. The screen itself will only be displayed to users who have Internet Explorer as their default web browser. These users [...]
Secure Erase Files With Blank And Secure
It is sometimes necessary to ensure that files cannot be recovered by normal means. This can for instance be important before selling a hard drive on eBay, installing confidential software on a third part computer (and erasing it afterwards) or after downloading stuff on the Internet that you do not want anyone to find out [...]
PeaZip 3 Data Compression Software Released
Windows users have quite a few choices when it comes to data compression software programs. They can opt for the commercial dinosaurs WinZip or WinRar for instance or free alternatives like 7-Zip, IZArc and also PeaZip. PeaZip just recently has been updated to version 3 that introduces several new options and features. Peazip 3 is [...]