Calendars, no matter if they are made of paper or provided as a software, act as reminders of things to come but also of events that have happened in the past. Computer users can chose from a wide variety of calendars. Some of the most popular ones are the Outlook Calendar, Google Calendar which is [...]
Wikileaks not bothered by US Army arrest
The website for whistle-blowers, Wikileaks is apparently not bothered by the arrest today of a US Army analyst who has been arrested on suspicion of leaking classified material to the website, according to the BBC. The US Army’s detention of Bradley Manning was arrested in Kuwait and was “placed in pre-trial confinement for allegedly releasing [...]
Microsoft Security Updates June 2010
Microsoft has released security updates for their operating systems and applications. The June 2010 patch day consists of 10 security bulletins that fix a total of 34 30 different security vulnerabilities. The updates are already available via Windows Update but can also be downloaded from the Microsoft website in case they need to be deployed [...]
Update Microsoft Security Essentials On Computers Without Internet
Microsoft Security Essentials is a security software for Windows operating systems that is offered as a free download by Microsoft. The program provides additional protection against all sorts of malware from viruses over trojans to keyloggers and computer worms. Security Essentials is a signature based security software which means that it can only protect the [...]
Speed Up Firefox By Loading Tabs Progressively
I had a chat lately with a friend who happened to have a staggering amount of tabs open in Firefox all the time. We are talking about 100 and more tabs. The only complaint that he had was that it took a long time to load all this tabs as Firefox was trying to load [...]
Office Web Apps on SkyDrive Launched, Offers Online Document Management
The prime choice for most users who wanted to manage documents online was up until recently Google Docs with its advanced set of features. Microsoft yesterday launched the Office Web Apps on SkyDrive service which might put a serious dent into Google’s domination. Office Web Apps on SkyDrive has been made available for users in [...]
Easy desktop notification system
Tired of having to get clever with your bash scripts so that you can be notified when something happens? What if you want instant notification on an event? Say you run a regular backup sync every, oh, 30 minutes and you want to be notified while you’re sitting at you computer the minute it happens. [...]
Tampermonkey, Blank Canvas Increase Google Chrome Userscript Support
As a Google Chrome user you probably know that the Google browser supports userscripts next to extensions. Userscripts are small JavaScript code snippets that change the behavior of a website. They can for instance add information, remove unnecessary elements or change existing data. Google Chrome, unlike Firefox, where the Greasemonkey extension is needed to install [...]
Adobe Updates Security Advisory, Promises Patches Soon
Critical vulnerabilities that affected Adobe’s flagship products Adobe Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player were revealed in a security advisory by the Adobe Product Incident Response Team. The vulnerability affects Flash Player 10 and 9 as well as Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 which covers the majority of the install base. The vulnerabilities received a [...]