The task of joining Linux to a Windows domain can be a challenge. I have covered it before here (see my article "Join a Ubuntu machine to a Windows domain"), but many […]
There are a few things that you need to look out for when buying a new processor or a computer system. One of them is to make sure that you get what […]
Update: The extension does not work anymore. It was last updated in 2011 and the most likely reason why it stopped working is that Twitter changed things around in the backend in […]
One of the hardest things about this time of the year is finding the right gifts for the people you love. Sure, it's easy to buy a tie for the men and […]
Sometimes you may want to find out more about an image that has been posted on the Internet, especially if there are no additional information attached to it on the page it […]
Sometimes it's hard to see just how much the internet has really changed things. The holidays are just one example of how things are intensely different than they were before. It's not […]
One of the easiest ways of checking whether a host is responding or not is to send a ping to the host name or IP address. It is possible to ping local […]
I have been trying to move a Godaddy email account to the desktop email client Thunderbird for the last 30 minutes. The main problem that I have with Godaddy's website in general […]
What's the current cpu load of your PC? How much RAM is used, how much is still free? What about hard drive space? While you can hit Ctrl-Shift-Esc to open the Windows […]
I use the terminal A LOT. Why? Because I'm an old-school Linux user. Because of this I like to have multiple ways to quickly access my terminal. In my never-ending search for […]
There has been lots of controversy about Firefox's new user interface that will be introduced in the soon to be released version 4 of the web browser. See Firefox 4, How To […]
I'm not sure why the developers of the Thunderbird email client have made the decision to limit the visible characters of email attachments in the desktop email application. Attachments in the email […]
Many modern digital cameras come with geotagging capabilities. What does that mean? It basically means that the location the photo was taken is added to the photo. This metadata is then used […]
The newest Windows operating systems make it actually very easy to transfer photos from a digital camera to the local PC. The connected camera or memory card is usually identified automatically by […]
I have mixed feelings about this, but the BBC is reporting that the police in the UK are seeking co-operation with the Internet's domain provider, Nominet, to close .uk domains that are associated […]
Microsoft's Internet Explorer uses zones for security reasons. A total of four zones are available in the Internet Options that have their own distinct security settings. Why? Because security depends on lot […]
Tomorrow WikiLeaks is set to reveal a new series of classified US documents that have been sent by United States Embassies around the world. The revelations set to shed new light on the […]
Many administrators/users prefer to set up their servers as headless machines. If you're not sure what a headless machine is - it's a PC without a monitor. This is an outstanding way […]
Sometimes you may not be able to watch your favorite sports team live. Maybe you are still at work or at school, maybe you are on holiday, or in a country that […]
I have written my fair share of articles about how to speed up the start up of the Windows operating system. One of the best tips is to remove programs from autostart […]
The Internet has made it a lot easier for consumers to buy products in foreign countries. Most do it because it is either cheaper to order a product in another country, or […]
Facebook's website has a search form at the top of every page that users of the social network site may use to find friends, pages of interest, apps or games, posts by […]
Sometimes you see the prompt "Do you want to scan and fix removable disk" when you connect a removable device to your Windows PC. This usually happens if the device was not […]
Update: Apple in the meantime released new versions of the iPad. At the time of writing this update, 4th generation iPads are available including an iPad Mini. Suggested features for the iPad […]
The majority of blogs and a lot of websites display social media widgets on their pages. They display Facebook like buttons, Facebook user widgets, Twitter tweets, Disqus comments and a lot more. […]
Sometimes you may encounter an ISO file or archive, like zip or rar, that you want to access directly, without burning it to a disk or unpacking it to the hard drive […]
When I first installed Windows 7 I was puzzled that my Samsung DVD drive was not displayed in Windows Explorer. Only later did I learn that this was by design. Optical drives […]
Find and Replace text across multiple documents was the name of the TextCrawler review back in 2008. A lot has changed since then and the developer has just released version 2 of […]
I have reviewed the open source tool Extcv back in July and came to the conclusion that it offered TrueCrypt users an elegant and unobtrusive option to resize the TrueCrypt volume on […]
The Quick Launch feature has been disabled by default in Windows 7 by Microsoft. Some users like Quick Launch as a way to quickly start programs from the Windows taskbar. The reasoning […]
Two interesting Windows Phone stories have emerged today. The first of which is that the phone's app store now has over 3,000 apps and 15,000 developers. This means we can expect to […]
There are many ways to preview your files in Linux. Most often there is a single application used to preview a different file type. You have the Eye of GNOME for images, […]
One of the design elements that I did not like in the development builds of Firefox 4 until now was the add-ons manager. I have reviewed it in detail in the article […]
One of the aspects of being a webmaster is to make sure that your web pages are compatible with the most popular web browsers. This requires some tweaking and hacks, especially if […]
The Windows Firewall has seen lots of improvements ever since its first implementation in a Windows operating system (which was Windows XP by the way). The Windows Firewall acts as a first […]
I will preface this by saying I am not a champion for any type of censorship. But when there are children involved, there are times when this is very appropriate. But parental controls […]
Multiple programs have been released in the past to give Windows 7 users options to customize the operating systems logon screen. For those who do not know, the logon screen displays all […]
A tool to take screenshots of the whole computer screen or part of it, built directly into Windows, that must be great, right? Part of my job is to take screenshots to […]
Okay, so I might poke fun at the price Apple charges for its computers, but this one is truly antique. One of the very first Apple personal computers, first sold as a […]
Sometimes when you visit websites in Microsoft's Internet Explorer you may be prompted to install an ActiveX Control to use some functionality on the site. It is usually described in the appearing […]
