China has stepped up its efforts to become the supercomputing power of the world according to the BBC. It’s Nebulae machine has ranked second in the biannual top 500 supercomputer lists. It’s the first time a Chinese supercomputer has appeared in the list of the top ten fastest machines.
Hide Files In Pictures With JPG FileBinder
There are numerous options for users who want to hide files. All of these options can be rated by the two parameters accessibility and level of protection. Hiding files in directories might be very comfortable but someone who is looking for these files might find them nevertheless. Using an encrypted volume on a disk protects [...]
Backup and restore Evolution
How many times have you migrated from one Linux box to another, only to say goodbye to your email and knowing you were going to have to set your email client up all over again. Oh sure you could tar up that ~/.evolution directory and hope that it worked. Most likely you would wind up [...]
Opera 10.60 Alpha 1, Faster, Eye Candy And Bug Fixes
The Google Chrome developers do not seem to be the only browser developers who have accelerated their browser development in the last year. Opera Software has just released alpha 1 of Opera 10.60. The new version sports a 50% increase in the browser’s JavaScript, DOM and CSS performance, eye candy and a lot of bug [...]
iTunes For Windows Download
ITunes is a media management software by Apple that is available for Windows and Macintosh computer systems. It is mostly used by people who have purchased an iPod, iPhone or iPad although that is not a requirement to install and use iTunes. I have received two requests in the past week asking me how to [...]
Windows Live Mail Minimizer
Windows Live Mail is a messaging software that is part of Microsoft Windows Live. Windows Live Mail has replaced Outlook Express in Windows 7. Windows Live Mail users who work with the messaging program on a day to day basis might have noticed that it is not possible to minimize the program to the system [...]
Duplicate Music Files Scanner Similarity
If you are like me you probably have a big music collection on your PC. Mine was created by ripping music CDs, recording streaming Internet radio and downloading music from the Internet, all perfectly legal of course. It is likely that duplicate music files exist in large music collections that have been build from different [...]
Track PC Power Consumption With Microsoft Joulemeter
Tracking a PC’s or Laptop’s power consumption can be helpful in several ways. It can for instance be used to analyse power usage to reduce the energy bill or find ways to increase a laptop’s battery life by reducing the overall power usage. Microsoft Joulemeter is an experimental program for Windows that can track the [...]
The OpenSuSE “Welcome Tool”
I have said it over and over again, Linux installations needs a Welcome Screen. This would be a huge help for new users who often are not sure where to turn for help, or what Linux is all about. Well, OpenSuSE has one of the closest things to a Welcome Screen that you will find [...]