File compression support is one of the features of the NTFS file system that often gets overlooked by Windows users. Its main purpose is to reduce the storage requirements of files on devices that use the NTFS file system. Compression is however handled different from archivers like 7-Zip, WinZip or WinRar, as the compressed files [...]
Detach Videos From Browser Window
I sometimes like to watch a video, or a series of videos in the background while doing other stuff on the computer. To do that I usually reduce the size of the web browser window as much as possible. This is to make sure that most of the desktop space is available for those other [...]
Videos At A Glance, Chrome Video Thumbnail Previews
Video thumbnails offer a limited preview of a video before it is played. This can be helpful for getting a first impression, and may sometimes even make the viewer skip the video based on the preview. Videos at a glance is a Chrome extension that offers video previews on several popular video hosting and posting [...]
One Click FTP, Create FTP Server Transfer Profiles
Many webmasters make use of a local test environment to test changes to their websites before they go live on the Internet. One part of the process is to transfer files to the ftp server whenever they have been modified and tested sufficiently. While it is possible to initiate those ftp transfers manually, it is [...]
Set up your LDAP server on Ubuntu 10.04
So lately I’ve been covering some pretty sweet LDAP tools. You’ve seen “Manage your LDAP data with phpLDAPAdmin“, “Access and manage your LDAP data with Luma“, and “Set up an LDAP server on Fedora“. Although the last entry showed you how to get a server up and running with the 389 Directory Server GUI, none [...]
AMD to Ditch ATI Brand
AMD has decided to kill off the ATI brand, synonymous with high performance graphics cards, to bring them under it’s own brand instead. AMD acquired ATI four years ago and pledged to preserve the brand at the time. Now though, market research for the company has suggested its own brand is well known enough to [...]
New Tab King Improves Firefox’s Blank Tab Page
Some Firefox users do not like the blank page that is presented to them whenever they open a new tab in the web browser. Other browser developers, like Opera or Chrome, display website links instead which allow the user to quickly access often used websites. Firefox users have to make use of add-ons to improve [...]
Cameyo, Free Windows Application Virtualization
Application virtualization solutions like Cameyo offer the tools to run applications in a virtual environment. What this basically means that it is possible to create application packages that can be executed and used normally on destination systems without installation. The application virtualization basically sits between the application and the operating system, emulating the structures needed [...]
How to Create Desktop Notifications For Windows Events
The Windows event log records all kinds of events automatically in the operating system, from application installs to hardware failures and user permission changes. Many Windows users on the other hand ignore the event log, mostly because it takes some time to get used to it. The sheer size of the recorded events of a [...]