Tracking Protection is a new feature introduced in Internet Explorer 9. It is a mix of an ad blocker and privacy tool that can block scripts automatically on web pages. Users can create their own custom lists or install lists directly from an official Microsoft website (see Internet Explorer 9 Tracking Protection Lists for all [...]
Blocking Spam In Search Engines
You may have read that Google created an extension for its Google Chrome browser exclusively that can be used to block results in Google search from appearing again. The main reason for creating the extension however is not that, even though it is a nice side effect. You see, every site that gets blocked is [...]
Who Really Uses Facebook & Twitter?
Some amazing charts have been released today by Digital Surgeons showing the demographic breakdown of who actually uses the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. It reveals some extremely interesting data. This includes the fact that of Facebook’s 500 Million users, a massive 41% log in every single day and that 12%, that’s 60 Million people update [...]
Mozilla Infographic Compares Firefox And Internet Explorer
Is Internet Explorer 9 a modern web browser, and how does it compare to Firefox 4. Those are the two questions that Mozilla’s Paul Rouget tries to answer with an infographic and a blog post. The infographic looks at the technical side of things, web compatibility, platform support and hardware acceleration to name a few. [...]
Vassal, Play Your Boardgames Online
I own a few boardgames that I can rarely play at home or a friend’s house. Why? There are several reasons for this. I’m often unable to find enough players that like a specific game to play it. Britannia and Civilization come to mind. These games last upwards of four hours and it is hard [...]
Image Tools, Picture Editing, Manipulation Software
Picture editing and image manipulation tools are often the best option for photographers and computer users who want to process multiple images in short time. Image Tools is no exception to that rule. The free Windows software can batch process all images that are loaded into the program interface. Pictures are added via the Main [...]
Internet Explorer 9 Beta Users Will Receive Automatic Update To RC
Internet Explorer 9 Beta users may be in for a surprise in the coming days as Microsoft has revealed that the release candidate of IE9 will be added as an important update to Windows Update. The rollout will start gradually and complete in the following days until all Internet Explorer 9 Beta users have been [...]
Opera YouWatch, Tracks, Hides Watched Videos On Youtube
One of the things that is not perfect on Youtube is the fact that videos that you have already watched are still showing up in search results. Youtube could at the very least add a marker to let users know that they have watched that particular video in the past. Not everyone may think this [...]
Balabolka Free Text-To-Speech Software
Like automated computer translations, text to speech applications are offering a solid but far from perfect result. Still, if you had to choose between not understanding or reading at all and computer aided options you’d probably pick the computer aided ones. Balabolka is a free text-to-speed software for the Windows operating system. The program makes [...]