It’s not all good news this, sorry to have to break that to you early on. Apple have updated their iMac and Mac Pro computers for 2010 / 2011 and they have an impressive specification and an equally impressive price tag. But it also looks like there’s a catch. The new Mac Pros have six [...]
Firefox Netbook Optimization Kit
Most netbooks and quite a few other – mostly mobile – devices run on a low resolution that no desktop user would want to work with anymore, largely because the screen is not big enough for some applications. The width is usually not the problem, the height is. Most websites for instance are optimized for [...]
G Data LNK-Checker, Offers Protects Against LNK Security Vulnerability
A recently discovered vulnerability in the processing of lnk files in the Windows operating system may be used by attackers to executed malicious code on the target system. Windows users can take a look at our previous coverage of the security issue for additional details. The nature of the vulnerability makes it possible to exploit [...]
URL Security Improves Visual Indication Of Secure Sites In Firefox
The Firefox web browser offers three visual indicators that the active website is using encryption to protect the user’s connection from third parties. A golden padlock in the status bar, the https in the address bar, and the extended favicon area with the company name and green background all indicate that the user is on [...]
Bing Images Downloader, Wallpaper Changer
One thing that Microsoft seems to have done right, when it comes to their Bing search engine, is the daily changing homepage image that many Bing users seem to like. It is possible to download the active image easily in the web browser to the local computer system. Previous Bing images can be downloaded as [...]
Add SASL to your Postfix server
Some time ago I did a series on the Postfix email server here on Ghacks (see the Postfix content on Ghacks for more information). Hopefully you found this outstanding mail server as easy to set up and maintain as I do. But you might have noticed a bit of a challenge using your smtp server [...]
PC Usage Viewer, Displays PC Activity
Have you ever asked yourself how much time you spend on average in front of your computer? Sure, you can probably estimate the time, but that would not probably be as accurate as it could be. The free software program Pointstone PC Usage Viewer displays the times the computer has been active. The application requires [...]
Caesium, Compresses Images, With Previews
Images and photos can often be compressed to reduce their storage space requirements. If used with care, image compression can reduce file sizes of images and photos anywhere between 10% to 90%, without a visible loss in quality. Webmasters for instance need to make sure the images they post on their websites are optimized, to [...]
Align Windows On The Desktop Easily With Gridy
Microsoft has started to include windows desktop aligning capabilities in Windows 7, albeit basic in nature. Dragging a window to the right or left end of the screen will resize it so that it takes up half of the desktop space, the same can be achieved by pressing Windows-Right or Windows-Left on the keyboard while [...]