The write speed of Solid State Drives is usually lower than the read speed. Many write operations on SSDs can slow down the system performance and reduce the longevity of the drive. Specialized programs such as SSD Drive Tweaker or Flash Fire aid the user in optimizing the system for Solid State Drives. We have [...]
Convert Disc Image Formats With ISOBuddy
Have you ever been in a situation where you received a disc image format that you could not burn because it was not supported by your DVD burning software? You might have downloaded an mdf, nrg or dmg image only to find out that you could not burn it. Converting those disc images into other [...]
Thunderbird 3.1 RC2 Released, Final Next Week
Mozilla Messaging has just released the second release candidate of Thunderbird 3.1 with the plan to introduce the final release of Thunderbird 3.1 in the middle of June. Thunderbird 3.1 introduces several new features to the desktop email client, among them the new quick filter toolbar to filter messages in a folder temporarily or permanently, [...]
Google search get’s a caffeine kick
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! are always looking for ways to make their search engines better, and Google’s latest volley into search has kicked off today with a caffeine hit. This new way to index pages treats all pages on the web the same, their old system treated web pages as being of different tiers, some [...]
Cool bash scripting trick with arrays
If you do much bash scripting then you know there are some pretty nifty tricks you can pull off with it. Bash is a very flexible tool. Most Linux users don’t realize how powerful it is and rarely use it. But when you do need it, it is always there. I play around with bash [...]
Mozila, Mozella, Mircosoft And Firefix, How Search Engines Handle Typos
A typo industry exists out there. You may not know if but typo domains are some of the most attractive domains for webmasters who want to cash in on a popular brand or name without having to compete against all the other webmasters who target the same. Keyword research tools such as Google Adwords Keyword [...]
Autoruns For Windows 10 Released
Autoruns is the program to analyze the Windows startup. It is the most complete offering a huge feature set (which can be at times intimidating). Today Autoruns for Windows 10 has been released to the public. The new version of the popular autostart manager is offered as a free download from Technet.
Website Virus Checker URLVoid
Remember Virus Total and No Virus Thanks? The two services allow anyone to upload files to check them in dozens of antivirus engines. That’s very handy considering that no antivirus software solution is yet offering a 100% protection against malicious software and viruses. The developers of No Virus Thanks have created URLVoid which uses the [...]
Google Chrome 5 Security Update
Google has released a security update for the stable version of Google Chrome that fixes several security vulnerabilities that existed in previous versions of the browser. Google Chrome Stable is the official Google browser offered to the public, while Google Chrome Beta and Google Chrome Dev are offered to tech enthusiasts and developers. The update [...]