Remember the story on Read Write Web that was called “Facebook Wants to Be Your One True Login”? It causes some controversy back then because it made the popular web blog rank in front of Facebook in Google Search for the term Facebook Login. Many Facebook users left comments and messages on the Read Write [...]
Privacy Software BleachBit Deletes Temporary Files On Windows And Linux
CCleaner is usually the recommendation when it comes to deleting those pesky temporary files that the operating system and programs collect all the time. The software is highly customizable and supports a wide variety of programs and locations that can be deleted with it.
iPhone 4 Announced
Apple have formerly unveiled the tech industry’s worst kept secret, their next generation iPhone, as reported by Engadget. The iPhone 4 was first leaked (i.e. lost) in a bar in California and has since been the subject of fraught discussion. So what’s new this time around? Now there’s a front-facing camera and the rear camera [...]
MSI Afterburner Graphics Card Configuration Software
MSI Afterburner, despite its name, is a graphics card configuration tool that is compatible with a wide range of graphic cards and not exclusively MSI cards. It is for instance fully compatible with a Sapphire Ati Radeon 4870 card of the Ghacks test PC. A rule of thumb is that MSI Afterburner supports most Geforce [...]
Remove Ads, Comments And More From Youtube In Google Chrome
Youtube is another Google property that has seen changes in the recent past. A Youtube video page can be divided into specific content blocks that are more or less useful to the individual viewer. The video pages display comments, related videos, video descriptions, ratings and footer links regularly. The videos have now usually show in-video [...]
Adding directories to your PATH
One of the things I really like about Linux is how it handles a file’s ability to be executable. If you create a script and you want that script to be executable, you just set the permissions as such. Say you’ve created the script myscript.sh and you’ve placed it in your home directory. To execute that [...]
Useful Tips To Get The Most Out Of Bing Search
I have been working with the Bing search engine for the last couple of days after switching to it from Google Search. It still takes time to get used to this new search engine after using Google for the last decade or so almost exclusively. I really do not want to say to much about [...]
Does Linux need to be defrag’d?
I get this question a lot. And generally speaking the answer is a resounding “no”. I have gone nearly twelve years using Linux without defragging a drive and I’ve never noticed a slowdown on a system. But just because you don’t need to doesn’t mean you can’t. I have found it possible to actually check [...]
How To Improve Uninstall A Program In Windows
Many experienced Windows users do not use the default Uninstall A Program control panel applet in Windows. Not so much because it is not comfortable to use but more because of it solely relying on the uninstall routine of the application itself. Data leftovers in the Registry and file system tend to clutter the system [...]