Some computer viruses disable system specific features to make it harder for the computer user to detect and remove them. Most people will understand that something is wrong if the Windows Task Manager or Registry editor are not opening up anymore, disabling the features will on the other hand delay the removal of the virus [...]
Outlook / Facebook Social Connector out today
Microsoft is going to release the Facebook social connector for Outlook later today according to Neowin. The connector allows you to integrate your Facebook contacts into Outlook to view things like their status updates. It’s a good way to keep in touch with people, though businesses might find the concept irritating. Many people were expecting this [...]
Windows 7 SP1 Beta Downloads
Microsoft has just released the official beta version of the upcoming first service pack for Windows 7. The beta version, unlike previous builds of the service pack 1, is available publicly. Home users who want to download the beta version need to register at the Evaluation Center before being able to do so. Service Pack [...]
Create Screenshots In Windows With MS Paint
Most Windows users think of Microsoft Paint as a basic image editor that comes with the operating system. While that may be true for most there are artists out there that can do some pretty amazing things with Paint, but then again, they could probably do much better in advanced image editing programs like Paint.net [...]
Automatically Convert Currencies On Web Pages
Buying goods online in other countries can be a real money saver. It is for instance pretty easy for Europeans to buy in countries of the Europe Union without the fear of having to pay additional taxes which would have to be paid if goods were bought in the US or Asia. Many central Europeans [...]
Media Cope Is An All-In-One Free Media Converter
Media converters are a popular choice to convert photo, video and audio files into different formats. The multitude of different formats in all media categories makes these programs a must have on most computer systems. Possible usage scenarios are to convert a Youtube video into a format that a portable video player or gaming system [...]
Speed up your Ubuntu machine boot time
Are you desperately searching for ways to finally reach that elusive 10 second boot time? You certainly heard that Ubuntu 10.04 has the capability of doing just that right? It can…but you have to help it along. One of the ways you can help your boot time is removing unnecessary services and drivers that are [...]
Three Options To Navigate UP In Windows Explorer
I just finished reading a guide over at Freeware Genius explaining how to add an UP button to Windows Explorer in Windows Vista and Windows 7, to bring back the Windows XP functionality to those operating systems. The UP button was used in Windows XP to provide the user with an option to display the [...]
Facebook agrees to “Panic Button”
After many months of pressure, social networking site Facebook has agreed to put a panic button for children and teenagers, according to the BBC. The button will reports abuse to the UK Child Exploitation and Online protection Centre (CEOP) and to Facebook administrators. The move follows months of negotiations between CEOP and Facebook, who initially [...]