USB flash drives have been used in the past to attack computer systems. One of the most popular worms that was spread via removable devices was the Conficker worm which infected millions of computer systems. Some – but not all – security programs protect the computer system from attacks carried out from USB flash drives [...]
Google Chrome 5 Beta
The Google Chrome 5 development has reached a new milestone with the release of Google Chrome 5 Beta for Windows operating systems. The official release version of the Google browser is still version 4 but users and developers who are interested in testing the latest additions and improvements can download developer or beta releases of [...]
RSS Feed To PDF Newspaper
RSS feeds are a great way of keeping up with the contents that are posted on a website. They basically inform the user whenever a new post was published on the website which makes it more comfortable for the user to stay up to date. RSS feeds to require a reader that is capable of [...]
Quickly install Nagios on Ubuntu
Nagios is not just a tool, it’s one of the best open source network monitors available. Nagios has a simple plug-in design that allows administrators to easily create their own checks and monitors. The problem that so many see with Nagios is that it is supposedly so difficult to install. That is not the case. [...]
Symbolic Link Creator
We described how to move large games or applications to another hard drive yesterday to free up space on a hard drive with little space left. This for instance helps users who need to install games or applications that have not custom installation option to install them on a different drive. The tool that we [...]
Video Player Miro 3 Released
The video player Miro that we have reviewed in the past has been recently updated to version 3. Miro 3 combines the features of the previous version of the application with several new features that increase the usefulness and reach of the video player. Miro on first glance is a video player that can play [...]
Change Firefox Font Size Of Address, Tab And Status Bar
The Firefox web browser offers no options to change the fonts of the address bar, tab bar and status bar from within the web browser. Advanced users can manually edit the css in userchrome.css to change the font of those three browser elements but many users will probably prefer an easier way to change the [...]
Internet Explorer And Firefox Exploited At Security Conference
If there is one thing that you do not want to read as a web browser user or browser manufacturer it is that your browser has been exploited at a security conference while others have not. The Pwn2Own security conference is a competitive gathering of security experts who try to successfully compromise computer systems using [...]
System Information For Windows Pro Review
SIW, which stands for System Information For Windows, is an excellent software program to display information about a Windows computer system. The program is offered as a free version and a pro version which is available as a business and technician version. System Information for Windows can display information about a computer system’s software and [...]