If you are looking to speed up the startup of your Windows operating system then the following tip may be for your. You probably have already removed unnecessary startup items and tweaked some system settings and the Bios of the computer to improve the operating system’s startup time. You may also have disabled some system [...]
Which Windows Phone App is Leaking Data?
Microsoft have now completed their investigation into Windows Phones that have been leaking data. It was first reported at the beginning of January that some handsets were transmitting between 30 and 50Mb of data every day. This was even happening when the phones weren’t being used at night. Most complaints about the data leaks were [...]
Microsoft Attack Surface Analyzer, Validate Apps Before Release, Deployment
Microsoft has released a free tool for 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows that they have been using internally only for some time. The Attack Surface Analyzer assists “both testers and IT Pros in assessing the security of an application”. It does so by highlighting “the changes in system state, runtime parameters and securable objects [...]
4Chan Plus For Google Chrome, Improves 4Chan’s Usability
4chan, love it, hate it or be indifferent to it. The web forum is one of the most controversial websites on the Internet these days. The website itself feels dated on the other hand, especially the way threads and forums are displayed to the user. 4Chan Plus is a Google Chrome extension that adds many [...]
DNS Performance Test
DNS speed and reliability made the news last year when Google introduced their own open DNS system that every Internet user could make use of. The topic has lost much of its forward momentum since then and has taken the backseat once again. DNS in layman terms is used to “look-up” IP addresses of domain [...]
Firefox Profile Manager To Be Removed Soon
The Firefox profile manager is a built-in tool that can be used to create, edit and delete Firefox profiles. Each Firefox profile is independent from each other which means that it can have its own set of settings, bookmarks, extensions, plugins, interface and themes. It is for instance common to create multiple profiles for different [...]
Object-based Password Generator For Firefox
Password rules can be brought down to just a few. Users need to create unique secure passwords for the services that they use. Unique means that a password should only be used on one site, secure that it should have a healthy amount of chars (most experts suggest 16+) made up of upper and lower [...]
Bluetooth Driver Installer
Problems with Bluetooth devices that are not working properly, not syncing correctly or not detected at all by the operating system are usually caused by driver issues. One possible option for users who experience problem with their Bluetooth devices is to use Microsoft’s generic Bluetooth driver instead of the driver offered by the third party [...]
FileMess, Pattern-Based File Sorting
If you ever had to sort a huge amount of files stored in the same folder you know that automation can speed up the sorting considerably. Maybe you want to sort the folder with hundreds of mp3 files that you have downloaded or recorded, maybe a download folder that you never cleared before. FileMess is [...]