Just a week after the release of Firefox 4 Beta 5, the sixth beta of the popular web browser has been released by the Mozilla Firefox development team. The short time between the two releases already indicates that only a few updates and fixes could have made it into the new release. Firefox 4 Beta [...]
Google Chrome Stable, Beta Security Updates
Today the Google Chrome development team has released an update for both the stable and beta channels of the Chrome browser. Both updates fix several security issues in the browser, and are therefor recommended updates for every Chrome user. A total of nine different security issues have been fixed in both browser versions, of which [...]
Microsoft Releases September Security Patches
Microsoft has released this month’s security patches for their operating systems and applications. The patches and updates are already available via Windows Update and Microsoft Download, and it is recommended to update the operating system as soon as possible to protect it from exploits targeting those vulnerabilities. A total of nine bulletins has been released [...]
Has Blu-Ray Copy Protection been Cracked?
HDCP is a security encryption key for copy-protecting Hi-Def video content, most notable Blu-Ray players and set-top boxes. Now a story has appeared that a master key has been found to permanently unlock the security. Engadget reported the news shortly after it first appeared in Twitter. HDCP is configured in such a way that should any [...]
Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox 2 Released
Intel’s Solid-State Drive Toolbox is an SSD management tool for the Windows operating system. The program can be used to run diagnostic scans on the solid state drive, view drive information or run the included management tools. Only the Intel SSD Optimizer was included as a management tool in previous versions of the toolbox (see [...]
Solid State Drive Benchmark
Benchmarks are largely used to compare the performance of items in standardized tests. In computing, they are often used to compare video cards, processors and hard drive performance. Benchmark results are artificial results, which means that they do not necessarily result in a similar real world scenario. Still, it sometimes pays to run benchmarks. An [...]
Create Magnet Links Directly On Popular Torrent Sites
Bittorrent users have two options to download files using the Bittorrent protocol. The first option is to download a torrent file to load it into a torrent downloader such as uTorrent or Vuze. The second is to directly click on a magnet link to add the download information to the torrent downloader without first downloading [...]
View websites offline with WebHTTrack
There are reasons why you would want to view a web site off line. Say, for example, you know you are on the go and do not always have access to a network connection, yet you want to be up to date on the latest news. Or you are a developer working on a site [...]
Verify That TRIM Is Enabled In Windows 7
The TRIM command has been designed to counter the performance drops of Solid State Drives over time. TRIM basically allows the operating system to notify the SSD about data blocks that are no longer in use so that they can be wiped. Before TRIM, SSDs degraded in performance over time due to the way they [...]