One of the best options to keep an operating system safe is to use virtualization. Virtualization ensures that everything that happens in the virtual environment is not affecting the real computer system. Benefits of this approach include preventing threats from malicious software such as viruses and spyware and leaving no traces on a computer system [...]
Map Spreadsheet Locations To Google Maps
Batchgeo is a free online service that maps spreadsheet locations to Google Maps. This can be useful for several purposes including creating a store locater, creating a map, calculating distances, house or apartment buying, finding the best route to visit several locations and more. All that needs to be done to map the locations is [...]
Firefox Add-ons Manager Redesign
The Firefox add-ons manager is currently hidden deep in the web browser. It can only be accessed by clicking on Tools > Add-ons. The add-ons manager then opens in a new window that gives the user options to manage extensions, themes and plugins. Search engines on the other hand are not maintained in the add-ons [...]
Install Windows 7 Language Packs In All Editions
The option to install different language packs in Windows 7 is only available in the top of the line editions Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise. That’s a bummer if you just bought a laptop overseas only to find out that you cannot switch the language to your native one. Could also be a problem if [...]
Hello Kate, goodbye vi
In my last article I introduced you to Gedit (see “Gedit: No more text-based editor for you!“) and, as promised, this time around we will examine the KDE equivalent…Kate. Kate is an interesting beast in that it is comprised of two parts: KatePart (which is the underlying editor that is also used in other KDE [...]
What’s The Best Web Browser For HTML5 Video Playback?
You might have heard about HTML5 and specifically HTML5 Video in the news lately. How it is supposed to replace Flash based video players eventually. Some websites are already experimenting with HTML5 video players including Youtube and Dailymotion. Two standards are currently competing with each other to become the HTML5 video standard: Ogg Theora and [...]
Protect Private Email Addresses In Thunderbird
Chance is you have more than one email address. Many Internet users do. Usually one private and one work related email, or a private and public one. Some users, especially webmasters and developers can have lots more than that but if you got more than one you might have experienced a situation where you send [...]
Opera 10.53 Download
The Opera development team has just released Opera 10.53 for Windows and Macintosh in response to a reported crash that might have been a security vulnerability as well. The release candidate of the new version of Opera was already available yesterday and there do not seem to be any additional changes in the final release. [...]
Firefox 3.7 Nightlies Showcase Better UI Customizability
Customizations have always been a core aspect of the Firefox web browser. Up until now it was possible to drag and drop some user interface elements, like bookmarks or search bars into other toolbars. It was furthermore possible to use CSS styling to change other elements (like font sizes for instance) as well. But then [...]