Size matters, sometimes. In computing, it can be important to keep a tap on a computer system’s free storage space and computer memory usage. We have reviewed file monitoring applications in the past, like the folder monitoring app Watch 4 Folder or What Changed. Size Matters offers a different approach as it monitors files for [...]
Installing applications in Linux with a double click
For many, the biggest barrier to adopting Linux is the challenge of having to use the command line for too many tasks. One of these tasks, it is though, is the installation of applications. While everyone has seen this is not true of any application installed via the Add/Remove Software utility (which nearly every distribution [...]
How To Write A Heart And Other Symbols With The Keyboard
If you are chatting or hanging out on sites like Facebook or MySpace regularly you are often inclined to spice up your messages. Many users make use of so called emoticons like :) to express feelings or their state of mind, some on the other hand would like something special, and that’s where special characters [...]
Disable Windows Aero In Windows 7
Windows Aero is the graphical user interface of Windows 7. The default theme of the operating system is making use of Windows Aero if the computer hardware and edition of the OS supports it. But not every user wants the features and effects that Aero offers, especially since Aero seems to be using additional system [...]
Microsoft Security Updates July 2010
Microsoft has just released four security bulletins on this months’ Patch Tuesday fixing vulnerabilities in Microsoft software products. Three of the four bulletins have a maximum severity rating of critical, the highest rated, while one is rated as important. Affected software includes several Microsoft operating systems and Microsoft Office, take a look at the listing [...]
System Nucleus, All In One System Audit, Backup, Troubleshooting And Customization Software
Like the control center of a cell, System Nucleus aims to be the core control center for the Windows operating system. The functionality may appear overwhelming on first startup, with more than 15 different buttons to access the program’s features and a menubar with additional options. A short explanation is displayed on mouse over to [...]
Extend Thunderbird’s Email Search With Unified Search
Thunderbird 3 users have access to a new feature called Quick Filter that enables them to quickly filter the emails of a specific folder in the email client. It is for instance possible to filter by email address, text, attachment, tag or only display emails that are from contacts in the address book, with everything [...]
How To Increase Internet Explorer Security
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is regularly targeted by malicious users, some say it is because the web browser is inherently insecure while others link the attacks to the market share of the browser. Computer users who work with Internet Explorer can increase the security of the web browser with a few simply configuration changes. The following [...]
Helping your latest Linux release work with media
I thought I’d take a bit of a break from the desktops (we’ll come back to a new alternative desktop soon) and help the users out with getting both Ubuntu 10.04 and Fedora 13 working with some of the popular media types. This is a crucial chapter in a users life with Linux as we [...]