The power configuration in Windows determines if the operating system initiates a system state change. This can be an automatic shutdown, a switch to standby mode, hibernation or changes that have less of an impact like turning off the computer monitor. The problem with these settings is that they sometimes kick in even if the [...]
Remove Locales To Make Firefox Start Faster
It happens quite often that Firefox users tell me that their browser is not the fastest to start up. I personally do not have the problem at all, but this can be attributed to the solid state drive the browser is installed on, and the fact that I do not run excessive amounts of extensions [...]
Social networks come to the aid of bullied 7 year-old girl
Occasionally a really good news story about social networking comes along. Today NeoWin is reporting the story of a 7 year-old Chicago girl who, as an avid Star Wars fan, took a Star Wars drinks bottle to school but was bullied after classmates told her Star Wars wasn’t for girls. Little Katie said about the [...]
Safy, Run Links With JavaScript, Plugins Disabled In Google Chrome
I do not have a problem opening websites without JavaScript or plugins enabled in Firefox with the excellent NoScript add-on running. In fact, NoScript blocks those scripts on all pages by default. There is not an equivalent of NoScript for Google Chrome, even NotScript, which comes closest to the functionality does not offer the features [...]
Lock down GNOME with Pessulus
There are many reasons why you might want to lock down a desktop. Say you run an internet cafe and you don’t want your users to be able to do certain things. Or what if your Linux box is being used as a kiosk and you don’t want users to be able to exit out [...]
Prevent Delete Protects Messages In Thunderbird
Sometimes you may want to make sure that emails do not get deleted in an email client. There are various ways how emails can be deleted, either manually by a user of the email client or automatically by filters or other functions that perform cleanups and maintenance operations. Prevent Delete has been designed to protected [...]
Unzip Software That I Use
Having at least one unzip software at your disposal is a must, considering that many files that you download from the Internet or receive from colleagues are packed to save up bandwidth during file transfers. Some operating systems come with basic support for unzipping files. Windows 7 for instance can unzip zip files without third [...]
Fix Allow Third-Party Flash Content To Store Data On Your Computer
Strange thing just happened. If you are a regular you may recall that I do not use the Adobe Flash plugin in my web browsers except in Google Chrome where it is included natively. Now, I visited Gametrailers to check out some of the new videos posted there and received the message that I had [...]
Guten Reader, Read 18000 Gutenberg ebooks
Project Gutenberg offers one of the largest public domain ebook collections in the world. The website of the project is probably not the easiest to navigate, which is why many users may find alternatives such as Guten Reader useful. Guten Reader is a Java application, which means that users need to have the latest Java [...]