Web companies and services sometimes limit popups on their sites artificially which means that the user has no option to resize them in a web browser. We have already mentioned a configuration setting in Firefox to resize popups. In short: Users need to set the parameter dom.disable_window_open_feature.resizable to true for this. But fiddling around in [...]
Disk Alarm, Monitor Hard Drive Temperatures
Hard drives, like many other PC components perform best when they run in a specific temperature limits. To high temps can cause crashes, data loss and other technical problems that should be avoided at all costs. There are a few causes for temperature related problems, from insufficient cooling to the “hottest day of the year”. [...]
Net Traffic, Display Realtime Internet Speed
What’s the current speed of your Internet connection? You probably know the maximum download and upload speed but it is harder to tell how fast you are currently uploading or downloading to the Internet. Unless of course, you are using a program like a speed test to show you exactly how fast it is. Then [...]
Five tips for keeping your Ubuntu desktop safe
So you finally made the plunge and have a brand spanking new Ubuntu Linux desktop. You feel far more superior and safer than you did prior to using Linux. So much more safer you feel like there’s nothing more you need to do to keep your machine and your data safe. And relatively speaking you [...]
Microsoft Windows Update Overview, All You Need To Know
Windows Update is a free computer service provided by Microsoft that provides Operating System (OS) patches and service packs to computers running the many versions of Microsoft Windows. These updates are either enhancements or corrections to OS features, or security updates meant to protect your system from malicious attacks and malware. Reliability, security and performance [...]
How To Disable Windows Aero Transparency In Windows 7
The main reason for not using Windows Aero under Windows 7 was the transparency effect that was automatically applied to all open windows. That did not only make some menu items harder to read, but made the screenshots look unprofessional as the desktop background or folder background was shining through because of the transparency. Up [...]
Microsoft Montage, Create Visual Albums Of Topics Of Interest
How do you keep track of topics of interest on the Internet? Do you visit news site, subscribe to RSS feeds, email newsletters, Google Alerts, Twitter? Many Internet users are overwhelmed by the information at their disposal. Montage is a new online service by Microsoft Fuse Labs that allows everyone to create visual web albums [...]
System Mechanic 10 Review And Giveaway [Ghacks Christmas Giveaway]
Many PCs deteriorate in performance over time. That’s usually not a problem in the first year of usage, and especially noticeable on low-end systems. The reason for this? To put it frankly, the PC is filling up with stuff. Users install and uninstall applications, which sometimes are added to autostart or services that run all [...]
Centenarian Facebooker is the Oldest Social networker
Lillian Lowe switched on to Facebook when her husband died in July. Now the 103 year-old from Tenby, Pembrokeshire (UK) is the world’s oldest known social networker and has been inundated with friend requests, as reported by the BBC. With over a thousand friend requests from around the world, Lillian said ”They have been very kind [...]