A question came up in the comments of the Foxit 4.0 release post here at Ghacks: How is the rendering quality of that pdf reader compared to that of Adobe Reader? I honestly could not tell at that time because I did not work much with pdf readers, and when I had to read a [...]
Writeboard, Online Writing Collaboration Service
Work collaboration is essential for group projects. Think about it, if everyone would be doing “their thing” it would be chaos all over the place with a good chance that the project fails completely or to meet its deadline. Project management rules need to be in place so that everyone knows what to do and [...]
Manage your tasks in Linux
We all have too much to do. So much so that we need tools to keep track of everything we need to do. It used to be we just slapped sticky notes everywhere to remind us what was coming up, what we had to buy, what we had to do…everything. Now we use various applications [...]
Automatically Display Music Video Lyrics On Youtube [Chrome]
If you are like us you use Youtube for music discovery. It is an excellent first choice to listen to music from a specific artist or to listen to songs that were recommended to you. Yes, there are other options like the popular music website Last.fm but Youtube is a bit easier to handle in [...]
Piles Lists Downloads, Recent Files, For Quick Access
Most programs do not integrate well with Windows Explorer, the standard file browser of Windows. Files that are downloaded for instance are not specifically marked for easier access. That’s probably not a problem if you download a handful of files a week but if you download dozens or hundreds per day it is. Files are [...]
Suspicious Account Activity Now Displayed In Google Account Dashboard
Google back in March introduced a warning system in Gmail that would notify Gmail users about suspicious account activity. From what we could tell back then the system compared IP addresses of the computers used to log into Gmail. Logins from different regions in the world, for example the U.S. and Russia in short succession [...]
Weezo, Remote Access And Web Server For Windows
Weezo is remote access made easy. The server comes as a portable version or installer for the Windows operating system. It basically allows a user to configure remote access to files on a computer system and to run scripts on a web server at the same time. Here is how it works. Weezo will run [...]
Windows XP Help attacks on the rise
An unpatched bug in the Windows XP Help and Support system is being increasingly attacked by virus and malware writers, as reported by the BBC. Microsoft has reported it’s seen more than 10,000 PCs hit by the attack so far and it’s still not been able to find a fix for the problem.
Enable Windows 7 Shortcuts In XP And Vista
Several new keyboard shortcuts have been added in Windows 7 by Microsoft, especially the combination of Windows and the cursor keys have created some interesting new options for Windows users. Windows-UP maximizes the active window on the screen, Windows-Down minimizes the window or restores it in case it is maximized, and Windows-Left and Windows-Right dock [...]