Microsoft's instant messenger, which is currently called Windows Live Messenger, offers no option to directly save profile pictures to the local computer system. While it is possible to use a screen capturing […]
Ah the ebook readers. They are the future for avid (and even not-so-avid) readers. With them you can carry around your entire library (without a hand cart) and even add your own […]
I sometimes have to resize windows on my computer desktop before I can start working with them. That's usually the case when they open in a small window and I want them […]
It was Google who started to release minor improvements as major version upgrades. The browser has just reached version 11, less than two and a half years after its first beta version […]
Typo3 is a powerful Open Source content management system that runs on system that support recent versions of PHP and MySQL. Linux users usually do not have a problem installing PHP and […]
Users who troubleshoot the Firefox browser often take a closer look at extensions and plugins installed in the browser as they may be the cause for the issues experienced. One problem that […]
The online shopping portal Amazon may accept password variants during login according to the German technology news site Heise Online. According to the information published there, Amazon may accept passwords that are […]
There's no confirmation about this, but the buzz about the long-anticipated first Windows Phone update is that it will be released on Monday February 7th. The news which was being broken by […]
I am a writer. I write loads of technical documentation as well as novels (check out my fiction on Smashwords and Autumnal Press). Because of my trade I am always seeking out […]
The main reason for splitting files is to prepare a file for distribution. File hosts for instance often have file size limitations that force a user to split the file before it […]
Many mp3 player, smartphones and software music players use cover art to improve the identification of albums and songs. Album art also improves the manageability of the digital music collection, and many […]
While I personally never had difficulties with Firefox's built-in offline mode and automatic state switching to it, I have had contact with users who reported that this happened regularly in their version […]
A new 0-day vulnerability has been confirmed yesterday. The vulnerability affects all client and server versions of Microsoft Windows up to and including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Security Advisory […]
Blog spam, in the form of manual or automatic comments, trackbacks or pingbacks, has always been a problem for bloggers. It is just to lucrative to run a software that spams links […]
We have seen our fair share of application reviews for Windows that change system settings automatically when the computer enters idle state. Most of the applications offer to turn off the monitor, […]
Free tools to manage pdf documents are rare while many pdf viewing applications exist. That can be a problem for users who want to work with pdf documents, for instance to delete […]
If you have ever had to change a service to either start or not start on a Linux machine, you know that process can be a little daunting. Not that it's impossible, […]
Files and directories can have attributes that hide them from standard view in Windows Explorer and other applications. Several system folders for instance are automatically hidden from view. Microsoft did that to […]
Some websites and services display interstitial pages which some users may not want to see. Google Images is an example for that. A click on an image search result does not load […]
I'm not known for applauding Apple so I'll give you a moment to pick yourself off the floor before I get into the thrust of this article. I genuinely believe though that […]
Google search suggestions displays the most likely search terms in the search form once the user begins typing. Sometimes it is enough to enter one letter and hit the tab key to […]
It's got the innocuous title of "Instant Personalisation" but this new Facebook feature is yet another major blow to your privacy and security on the social network. Facebook has been plagued with […]
Solid State Drives (SSD) are different from conventional platter based hard drives in several key aspects. The drives do not need to be defragmented for instance. The operating system needs to be […]
Opera Software has just released Opera 11.01, an update to Opera 11 which adds security fixes and stability improvements to the popular web browser. The final version has been released after numerous […]
It is a bit difficult to explain what the experimental Firefox extension Home Dash does, at least in one sentence. Home Dash removes the Firefox interface, and with interface I mean everything […]
Generally speaking, if it is a web-based tool that starts with "php" (such as phpMyAdmin or phpLDAPadmin) you know that tool is going to make your administrative life a lot easier. Such […]
Facebook today announced two changes to the popular social networking site that aim to improve the security of site visitors. Secure Browsing is a new opt-in option to configure Facebook to always […]
Usenet traffic has increased from 5 Terabytes per day in January 2009 to almost 9 Terabytes of traffic per day two years later. The statistics have been collected by Giganews, one of […]
The Firefox web browser scales images automatically to fit the current browsing window. Users who do not like the behavior can take a look at our guide How To Disable Dynamic Image […]
Update: Google shut down development of the Keep My Opt-Outs extension for Chrome. It shows as deprecated now in the Chrome Store and the company suggests to use the extension Protect My […]
Oracle, with the purchase of the software company Sun, is the current main sponsor of the Open Source project. Members of the Open Office project formed The Document Foundation back in September […]
"When in Rome, do as the Romans do" - St Ambrose; Perhaps the best application of this saying would be in the field of language learning. When you go to a country […]
Firefox offers many options to work with bookmarks in the browser. From the standard Bookmarks menu to a single icon in one of the toolbars or a sidebar listing of bookmarks, lots […]
There are many reasons why you might want or need to control what is seen via a web browser. Be it children, work, or any other reason, you might want to have […]
It took a very long time from Firefox 3 to Firefox 4. Guess how long it will take from Firefox 4 to Firefox 5! According to plans published in Mozilla's Weekly Engineering […]
It's been on ongoing story and has produced the first ruling on file-sharing in the UK where Judge Birss said back in December 2010, "The term used by those sections of the Act is ‘authorising’ […]
Microsoft yesterday made the announcement on the official Bing blog that they have updated Bing's image search. The feature update includes interesting additions and changes to the image search on Bing that […]
Windows 7 and Vista users see a representation of the free and used drive space in Windows Explorer. That's handy for a number of reasons, for instance before copying or processing large […]
Ed Bott has published a very interesting article today about the benefits of running Windows 7 on a solid state hard disk (SSD). He wanted to test the real-world benefits, if there are any, […]
When it comes to searching for information, I prefer results from a handful of trusted websites. Limited the results to select web properties only offers several advantages over the standard catch-all approach […]
