IT professionals, system administrators and end users have several options to find out if a software program is compatible with Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7. They can install the operating system on a single computer to perform individual compatibility tests, take a look at Microsoft’s Windows 7 Compatibility Center or download the Windows 7 [...]
Duplicate File Finder Duper
Duplicate file finders can use different methodologies to find duiplicates. Some simply compare file names or types while others compute hashes or use algorithms to find duplicate files even if the size of the files is not the same. Duper is a free program for Windows, Linux and Mac that checks the file size of [...]
Free Computer Memory In Google Chrome
The Google Chrome task manager gives the user detailed information about the web browser’s memory consumption. The computer memory usage of the browser’s core, individual tabs, extensions and plugins are displayed in the task manager. The information displayed in the Chrome task manager can be used to exactly find out which component of the web [...]
Schedule Once A Day Tasks
Do you perform some computing related tasks every day once? Maybe you are checking your Facebook status, bank account, favorite online cartoon, run a disk defragmenter or system cleaner. Whatever it is that you are doing once every day the computer program Karen’s Once A Day can aid you in your tasks. The portable software [...]
Q7z: Front end for Linux 7-Zip
Compression is compression is compression. Right? Wrong. There are some compression utilities that eek out every drop of space possible. On the Linux operating system the standard is gzip or bunzip2. But if you’re looking for one of the highest compression ratios to be found you might want to turn your sites to 7-Zip. 7-Zip [...]
Text To Voice Add-On For Firefox
Text To Voice is a Firefox add-on that can turn text on a website into sound. It uses the Vozme service that can turn text on websites into computer voice. Usage is relatively simple and it would be great if the developer would improve the functionality of the add-on. It currently places an icon in [...]
Image Ripper Downloads Photos From Chinese Photo Hosting Sites
The default web browser options to save photos from websites on the Internet are fine if only a few images need to be saved. It quickly becomes a burden if the image count reaches two digits and more or less impracticable when it reaches three and more. That’s where image downloaders come into play which [...]
Mute The Computer On Startup
Have you ever started your laptop in a crowded area and felt embarrassed because of the loud startup sound that it played once it loaded the operating system? Some PC users turn off all system sounds to avoid this problem while others do not want to work without those sounds and have to rely on [...]
Feebes Backup Software
Backups should play an essential part in disaster recovery strategies. They are a last resort when all attempts to recover data have failed. There are lots of options to create backups in the Windows operating system. Users who have never come into contact with backup software before might find the windows backup software over view [...]