Windows XP Service Pack 2 users may have noticed that the latest Microsoft out of band security patch released a few days ago was not offered for their operating system. Neither Windows Update, nor the direct download via Microsoft Downloads listed the security patch. Windows XP SP3 users, and newer Microsoft operating system users, were [...]
Keeping track of your PCs temperature in Linux
I have had a few PCs in my time where keeping track of the temperature was critical to knowing the health of my system. In fact, I had one system that I knew would shut down if the temp reached anywhere near 44 degrees Celsius. So knowing the exact temperature can sometimes really be a [...]
CCleaner Enhancer Adds 200+ Rules To CCleaner
CCleaner itself is a very handy tool to clean temporary files in the Windows operating system. It’s customizability is one of its greatest strengths, as it provides the functionality to add custom programs to the cleanup list. CCleaner Enhancer is a portable program for Windows that improves CCleaner tremendously by adding 270 new programs to [...]
Another Adobe Reader Zero-Day Vulnerability Emerges
What is it with Adobe Reader and vulnerabilities? It feels like new security vulnerabilities are found in the software at an accelerated pace this year. Adobe yesterday released a security advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat, to announce to the world that critical security vulnerabilities have been found – once again – in Adobe Reader [...]
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.2 Released
Mozilla Messaging has just released a new version of the email client Mozilla Thunderbird. The new version raises the version of the email client to 3.1.2. The developers consider the release a stability fix. Bugzilla lists seven bugs that have been fixed in the new release. Two of the bugs have been rated as major, [...]
Use Forfiles To Process Files Based On Age
It is always good to know some command line magic, as it is sometimes easier to process commands that way. This guide demonstrates the Forfiles command in Windows Vista and Windows 7. Forfiles can process files based on names, file extensions and age. It is for instance possible to find all documents in a directory [...]
Create Movie Thumbs With Auto Movie Thumbnailer
Movie Thumbnails serve two general purposes. They add a visual element to movie distributions, which is often used to provide potential customers or downloaders with a preview of the movie. Movie Thumbs also serve the purpose of adding previews to local movie collections. Programs like Auto Movie Thumbnailer automate the creation of video thumbnails as [...]
WobZip, Uncompress Archives Online
The right archiving software may sometimes be out of reach to unpack an archive. This can be the case when using a public computer in an Internet Cafe or library for instance. Users who need to extract an archive but cannot do so locally can resort to online services to do so. WobZip is one [...]
Easily browse your activity with GNOME Activity Journal
There are a lot of ways to keep track of your files on your Linux machine. You can use the command-line tools, you can do index searching, you can manually search. But there is one method that is quite unique and keeps a real-time display of your daily interaction with files. This tool is the [...]