DreamScene was one of the Windows Vista Ultimate Extras that Microsoft added exclusively to that edition of Windows Vista. The program was able to display videos as desktop backgrounds instead of static wallpaper images. Soon thereafter alternatives like DreamRender became available that offered the functionality for all Windows operating systems. Microsoft has made the decision [...]
Megavideo Time Limit Bypass
Megavideo is one of the most popular websites on the Internet. It currently ranks on 89 according to Alexa despite the fact that it makes use of an irritating 72 minute time limit after which the user is given the option to wait for 50+ minutes or purchase a premium account to continue watching the [...]
Google Chrome Calculator
Math wizards take note. Chromey Calculator is an extension for the Google Chrome web browser that offers access to most of Wolfram|Alpha’s and Google’s mathematical calculations and functions. The extension places one of those dreaded icons in the Google Chrome header that opens a popup window when clicked on. Here it is then possible to [...]
How To Block People On Facebook
I have recently started to increase the time spend on Facebook, not because I’m really fond of social networking sites but because I like to get a deeper understanding of it. I ran into several issues recently of which one was to find out how to block people from accessing your profile at all. Facebook [...]
Kobby: KDE collaborative text editor
My series of articles covering text editors wouldn’t be complete without a collaborative tool. I have already covered (some time ago) Gobby (see my article “Collaborate in real time with Gobby“) and now it’s time to re-visit this topic from the KDE perspective. The KDE equivalent of Gobby is, to no surprise, Kobby. Kobby is [...]
Import A Thunderbird Address Book Into Gmail Contacts
We have just shown you how to import Gmail contacts into Thunderbird and would like to continue this little article series with instructions on how to import a Thunderbird address book into Gmail Contacts. The restrictions and benefits of this approach remain the same as in the last article. The main benefit is that no [...]
How To Import Gmail Contacts Into Thunderbird
One of the problems that users encounter when they work with different email clients is that the information between the clients is not synced automatically. But automatic syncing might not always be ideal as it usually requires to run a software program or add-on to sync the data regularly. The alternative is to manual import [...]
Zoofs Finds Viral Youtube Videos On Twitter
Have you ever wondered what the trends of tomorrow will be? What people will be talking about? You can now get a headstart with Zoofs, a brand new service that scans Twitter for video links and aggregates them into a most popular listing on their website. According to information posted on the service’s website more [...]
Leafpad: Yet another Linux text editor
In my most recent series of articles I have been highlighting different Linux text editors. Why? Because a lot of users hate using text based editors. Although a big fan of the text-based editor (I like the simplicity and the speed), I can see where a solid GUI tool would be far more appealing to [...]