I’m often spotting new features for logged in users in Google later than anyone else because I usually log out of my Google account before performing searches or doing anything else. That was different this morning which could only have meant that I forgot to log out yesterday night. Well that happens and imagine my [...]
Google Buzz Search Engine
If you want to search Google Buzz for public messages you need to log into Gmail and use the search form at the top. There does not seem to be another official option to search public messages in Google’s new social messaging service. The public messages might eventually make it into the Google search engine [...]
Please Rob Me Demonstrates The Dangers Of Location Based Services
Location based services can be helpful to the user, no question about that. They are most often implemented and used in mobile devices who are able to return the location of the owner to the network where these information can get utilized in several ways from locating the nearest post office, restaurant or atm to [...]
Personalizing KDE 4.4
Sticking with our KDE theme this week, it’s time to learn how to make KDE 4.4 yours. You’ve downloaded it, you’ve used it, and now you want to personalize it. You might find things are a bit different than the KDEs of yore (especially if you’re just coming into KDE from 3.5). But no matter [...]
Firefox 3.5.8 And Firefox 3.0.18 Downloads Today
Mozilla has announced plans to update the Firefox 3.0.x and Firefox 3.5.x branch today earlier this week. The updates are currently distributed to the official mirror server network to be prepared for the increased traffic after the official release announcement. Both releases are security and stability updates and therefor recommended to be installed by Firefox [...]
What The Internet Knows About You
Most Internet users know that a website they visit can access various information about the computer system used to make the connection. This includes the screen resolution, operating system, IP address and web browser among other things. But those are not the only information that can be gathered when users visit a website. What would [...]
Windows File Search Index Your Files
Index Your Files is a portable file search alternative for the Windows operating system. It uses an index that needs to be created on the first run and consecutive runs. The index can either consist of the contents of selected hard drives, partitions or individual folders. The index is automatically compressed by the file search [...]
Paragon System Backup 2010
Data Backup should be a key element in a computer system’s disaster recovery plan as it provides access to the data even if the original data on the computer system is not recoverable. Providing of course that the data is not backed up on that PC but a different device either in the cloud or [...]
Adobe Reader And Acrobat Get Yet Another Security Update
Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash seem to be two of the most targeted software programs by malicious software and hackers besides the Microsoft Windows operating system and Internet Explorer. It is rare that a month passes by without yet another update that fixes a security vulnerability in Adobe Reader or Acrobat. Today a critical vulnerability [...]