Google Search has seen lots of changes in the past years, but none were as drastic as the changes introduced over the course of the last year. Even if you blend out all the search experiments like instantly updating search results that are only visible to a minority of users, you are left with a [...]
Firefox 4 Beta 4 Out
Firefox 4 Beta 4 was originally scheduled for a release on August 20, but blocker bugs kept the team from releasing the version on that day. Four days later, and Firefox 4 Beta 4 has finally been released. The next major iteration of Firefox comes closer to the first release candidate which is slated for [...]
Create a repository with subversion
In my last article I illustrated how to install Enlightenment by checking out the most recent code from the Enlightenment Subversion Server (see “Installing Enlightenment E17 using subversion“). After that article I thought it would be a good follow up to illustrate how to create your own subversion repository. Why? What can you use a [...]
How To Clear The Recent Firefox History
If you are working on a multi-user system you may sometimes want to hide information about visited websites from those other users. While it is possible to do that with the private browsing mode in Firefox, or by deleting all temporary files and the history, it often is more convenient to delete only the recent [...]
Prevent Google Chrome From Exiting After Closing The Last Tab
A huge usability problem for some users in Google Chrome is the fact that the browser exits automatically when the last open tab is closed. While that may make sense sometimes, some users would expect it to open the blank tab page instead and leave the browser open. The blank tab page feels like the [...]
Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Corruption HotFix
Microsoft has released a hotfix for a serious issue in Windows 7 that is affecting users with hard drives that have a larger storage capacity than 2 Terabytes. While that may only be a minority of users, the impact of the bug can be fatal on affected systems. Computer systems running Windows 7, or Windows [...]
ImageGrab, Extract Images From Video
You sometimes may want to create a screenshot from a video on your computer. Maybe you want to write about the video and need a screenshot to visualize a scene, maybe you want to distribute the video, and maybe you just want to catalog all your videos and want to add screenshots for identification purposes. [...]
Android app licensing cracked in less than a month
There has been some concern about smartphone apps in recent weeks after a malware app worked its way into the Android store that sent premium-rate text messages to make money for criminals. What’s more the BBC demonstrated a proof-of-concept Java app that seemed to be a simple game of noughts and crosses, but was copying [...]
Free Audio Editor For Windows
Free Audio Editor on first glance looks like just another audio editor for Windows. Something like Audacity but not Open Source, one would assume. It quickly becomes obvious that the audio application offers more than that. A wizard is displayed on the first start of the program, which offers links to a few quick program [...]