Microsoft has made slight changes to the icon set in Windows 7. While that looks fine in the default themes that are supplied with the operating system, it may not if users have installed custom themes. Replacing icons one by one is not really something that many users would like to, as it takes lots [...]
Show File Size Adds File Size Information To Firefox Save As Downloads
The size of a download is not always visible before initiating the download. Many websites, especially download portals, displays file size and extension information on their download pages, while others may not display any information about the download on the download page. This leaves the user guessing, and sometimes even surprised at the size of [...]
Buzz Lawsuit to cost Google $8.5m
Google has proposed payments totalling $8.5m (£5.5) to settle a lawsuit brought over the Buzz social network. Back in February the new social networking beta from the company caused controversy when users could see the contacts information for everyone they were already connected to. Several GMail users who were affected by the glitch sued Google [...]
Security Software Downloader
One of the first tasks after the installation of an operating system is the installation of security software to protect the computer from viruses and other forms of attack. Windows users can select programs from a huge available selection. They can install all-in-one solutions, often called security suites that combine antivirus, firewall and other security [...]
DLLHijackAuditor, Check Programs For DLL Hijack Vulnerability
A new Windows vulnerability was made public in the end of August, which could allow remote code execution on a computer system. The issue is caused by programs and applications that use insecure programming practices. According to various researchers at least 40 popular applications are affected by the vulnerability. New users who want to read [...]
Get to know Linux: Using grep
If you use Linux long enough, you are going to wind up getting to know (and using) the command line. And if you use the command line long enough, you are going to find yourself using the grep tool. Grep is one of the most useful linux utilities in that it will search WITHIN a [...]
Paper.li, Create Your Own Twitter Newspaper
A Twitter newspaper? How can that work considering that Twitter limits the number of characters to 140? That were my questions when I first heard about Paper.li, a web service that offers to create said newspapers for users of its website. Users who want to create their own newspapers need a free account, that they [...]
Firefox 4 Supported Platforms Announced, 32-bit only
Windows users who had hoped for a 64-bit version of the upcoming web browser Firefox 4 will be disappointed to hear that Mozilla has postponed that version for the operating system. While some experimental 64-bit builds have made their way on the development servers there was doubt all along if the developers would be able [...]
Add desktop icons to KDE and GNOME
Although I am one to prefer a clutter-free, minimalist desktop, I know the majority of users prefer a much more standard, fast-access type of desktop. This means icons. Not the kind of icons you see on many users desktops (you know the ones, where there are so many icons it’s impossible to make sense of [...]