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Intel Data Migration Software

I have reviewed the data migration software Paragon Migrate OS To SSD just a few days ago. The software allows a user to migrate from one hard drive to a solid state drive even if the storage space of the SSD is less than the storage space on the source hard drive. It is still [...]

Author: , Monday October 11, 2010
Categories: Software, Windows

Ubuntu 10.10: Get it while it’s hot

That’s right ladies and gentlemen, Ubuntu 10.10 is officially out and officially hot. With plenty of features to make everything ooh and ahh as well as stability built upon the 10.04 release, which is one of the most stable, usable distributions to date. But why should you download it now and install it? What does [...]

Author: , Monday October 11, 2010
Categories: Linux, Open Source

Media Spider, Download Images From Google, DeviantArt and 4Chan

Three of the best locations on the Internet for finding and downloading new wallpaper images are Google Image Search, DeviantArt and 4Chan. Wallpapers are obviously only one of the many different kinds of images offered at those locations. It is however tedious to download images manually from those sites, as the process requires some time, [...]

Author: , Monday October 11, 2010
Categories: Software, Windows

Play Youtube Videos Right In Google, Bing And Yahoo

Whenever I find an interesting extension for one web browser, I try to find an extension with a similar functionality for others as well. Today I discovered the Chrome extension Video Viewer, which added the option to play linked videos directly on the pages they were linked from. That’s a time saver, considering that you [...]

Author: , Monday October 11, 2010
Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Please Mozilla, Let Me Disable Firefox Panorama

I may be a bit old fashioned when it comes to changes in new versions of my favorite web browser Firefox. This can be partly attributed to years of working with a particular feature, only to find it completely revamped in a new version. Don’t get me wrong, if a feature makes sense from a [...]

Author: , Monday October 11, 2010
Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Video Viewer, Watch Linked Youtube Videos Directly

Sometimes, you do not want to open yet another page in your web browser to view a linked video that you have encountered. Maybe someone posted the video in chat on a page, or you received a link in your Gmail account, or encountered it during one of your web searches. Whatever the reason, it [...]

Author: , Monday October 11, 2010
Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome

How To Uninstall Add-ons In Firefox 4

A lot of things are getting changed in the Firefox web browser. A big part are made up of interface changes, that are supposed to optimize the interaction of the user with the browser. The Firefox add-on manager for instance has been totally revamped, now loading up in a tab instead of a window. But [...]

Author: , Sunday October 10, 2010
Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Japanese People have the Fewest Friends

There can be no doubt that social networking has taken off (which would make a good tweet, hmm) but recent research by research firm TNS has shed some light about variations on how we use it around the world, as reported by the BBC. The research, for which 50,000 people in 46 countries were interviewed [...]

Author: , Sunday October 10, 2010
Categories: Misc

Grooveshark.com Music Downloader

Grooveshark has become a very popular service for music enthusiasts, as it offers the means to access and play millions of music songs right from the Grooveshark website without registration. Just visit the homepage, enter a song name or artist into the search form and select songs that you’d like to play. It does not [...]

Author: , Sunday October 10, 2010
Categories: Software, Windows

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