I regularly check the AMD Catalyst driver download page to see if a new driver version has been released by AMD. When I went there today I saw a second AMD Catalyst Package which I had never seen before. It was listed below the standard Catalyst Software Suite as AMD Catalyst Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) [...]
Block Facebook News Feed Updates From Showing Up In The News Feed
The news feed offers a collection of updates and posts of Facebook friends and groups / pages that you like. The page gets filled fast if the friend count goes up, or if your friend’s like to post a lot. Important updates sometimes get pushed down because of the amount of updates. There is however [...]
Change perspective of images in The GIMP
The GIMP is one of the most powerful of the free, open source image manipulation tools you will ever use. It seems the possibilities are nearly limitless. But for some users, the barrier to entry on The GIMP is too challenging to get over. Although it may seem that way, it is not necessarily true. [...]
How To Force HTTPS Connections
The Firefox add-on Firesheep has demonstrated the vulnerability of insecure connections with a bang. Users who use an unencrypted connection to access sites and services on public networks may have their information recorded by other users who record the network traffic. To put it in layman terms: You may be vulnerable to this kind of [...]
Use VyprVPN To Access US-Only Websites
Hulu, Pandora, ABC, CBS, NBC and hundreds of other sites in the United States limit their contents to viewers from the US. If you live outside, or happen to be overseas you won’t be able to access the contents of those sites. That’s bad if you are on a business trip in Europe and do [...]
WinAudit, One-Click Audits Of A Computer’s Hardware, Software
One of the first things that I like to do when I work on a computer that I have never worked on before is to audit the system’s hardware and software.It can save you lots of time if you know what’s inside, so to speak. WinAudit appears to be the perfect tool for the job. [...]
Mimo, Free Giganews Usenet Reader, Downloader
Many Internet users shy away from the Usenet because of the complexity of the setup. Users need an account, which they either get from their ISP, or a third party Usenet provider like Giganews. But a Usenet account is not all that is needed. Users furthermore need a Usenet client, like Newsbin, that acts as [...]
My Spambox, Create A Temporary Email Address In Firefox
Temporary email services are great when it comes to protecting one’s privacy on the Internet. They are especially useful during website and service sign ups, considering that a lot of services sell user information or use the information to send advertisements. But, those disposable email addresses are not suited for all purposes. It is often [...]
Facebook Buys Drop.io, Shuts It Down
If you cannot do it yourself, or if it costs to much to do it, buy someone else who already does it. Many big players on the Internet handle new projects or improvements to old projects this way. This time it is the number one site on the Internet Facebook, that just bought the cloud [...]