Reuters are reporting that traffic for some “highly sensitive” US websites was briefly redirected through China. In a report by the BBC, the incident, which happened for 18 minutes last April saw China Telecom send out incorrect routing formation. There’s no confirmation on whether this was intentional or not, but it comes at a time [...]
Easy Photo Uploader For Facebook
Many Facebook users like to post photos and images to share them with their friends. This can be photos from parties, holidays or other occasions. Chance is, if you are on Facebook you have at least a few photos uploaded to your personal space there. But how do you upload those photos to the social [...]
Process Explorer 14 Released
Process Explorer by Sysinternals is one of those programs that every computer technician and enthusiast should have in their troubleshooting collection. Process Explorer 14 has just been released by its developer Mark Russinovich. The new version of the popular process analysis tool is considered a major update. Process Explorer shows you information about “which handles [...]
Yahoo Messenger 11 Beta
Yahoo has just made available a first beta version of the upcoming Yahoo Messenger 11. The instant messenger is a popular choice among Internet users, and it may increase that popularity thanks to the new features introduced in the messenger. Probably the biggest chance is the addition of several Zynga games. Zynga? Yes, the company [...]
Seatguru, Find The Best Airplane Seats Ahead Of Time
All seats are not equal in airlines. And we are not talking about business and economy class difference here. If you have bad luck, or make the wrong choice you may end up with seats that have less legroom, are near the lavatories, do not recline correctly, have limited storage space or other limitations that [...]
Use byobu for extended features in your terminal window
The Japanese term “byobu” means a decorative, multi-paneled screen that serves as a room divider. You’ve probably seen them all over the place. When it comes to Linux, byobu is a small software that can be used on top of your standard terminal window to add extra functionality. What byobu really is is a wrapper [...]
Vista To Windows 7 Upgrade Downgrades IE9 To IE8
Windows Vista users who have been testing the beta of Microsoft’s latest web browser Internet Explorer 9 may be in for a surprise if they upgrade their Vista installation to Windows 7. What happens is that these users will notice that Internet Explorer 9 is no longer installed on their computer system. Instead, Internet Explorer [...]
Google Chrome Auto Refresher
Have you ever been hammering down on the f5 key on the keyboard to refresh a website waiting for something to change on that page? Maybe it was during the last minute of an online auction, maybe the confirmation email that did not arrive yet in the email inbox, or a reply to a technical [...]
MouseControl, Do More With The Mouse In Firefox
Most Internet users use the mouse and computer keyboard when they are working with their web browser. There may be some die hard users who do not use the mouse at all, and some that use the mouse almost exclusively in the browser. The mouse is for instance used by most users to switch between [...]