I just stumbled upon the Firefox extension Custom Tab Width which adds functionality to Firefox to change the minimum and maximum tab width. The default values are a minimum width of 100 pixels and a maximum width of 250 pixels. Custom Tab Width adds a small configuration window to Firefox where users can change the [...]
IBM Celebrates 100 Years
Unless you work in an enterprise environment, IBM isn’t a name you hear very often these days. But this small typewriter manufacturer gave birth to the PC revolution that we have today, and now they’re celebrating turning 100. IBM has had a huge impact on the world of computing and the company continues to be [...]
Google vs. Bing: Spying, Cheating, Stealing, An Overview
If you have followed the news lately you may have noticed articles about Bing stealing Google’s search results on all major tech blogs. Lifehacker, Download Squad, Neowin and dozens of other blogs repeated what the original source over at Searchengineland claimed. According to Danny Sullivan’s article Google setup a honeypot to lure Bing into the [...]
Where Can I Download The Different Google Chrome Builds?
Did you know that Google alone is releasing four different versions of the Google Chrome browser regularly? And that is not even counting the Chromium releases that make up the core of the browser. This guide describes the differences between those releases. It also links to the official download pages where each build can be [...]
Moo0 FileShredder, Delete Files Securely To Make Them Unrecoverable
Files are still recoverable after they have been deleted in the Windows operating system. They are moved first to the Windows Recycle Bin where they are recoverable for as long as they are stored inside. Most users do not know that files are even recoverable after the Recycle Bin has been deleted or files have [...]
Backup Utility, Backup Windows User Profile Data
Are you backing up important data regularly? If so, how are you doing it? Are you storing the backups locally or remotely? What program are you using? Many users believe that backups are complex and only for tech savvy users. While that may be true for some backup programs, it cannot be generalized. The free [...]
Panda Batch File Renamer
Most digital cameras save photos in a cryptic format that is not descriptive at all. The same can be true for other files, for instance for images or videos that have been downloaded from the Internet. Panda Batch File Renamer offers an intuitive interface to rename photos, music, and general files. Files can be added [...]
Opera Make It So Extension Resizes Images Automatically
Images on the Internet may sometimes be larger in resolution than the web browser window. This may happen if the web browser window is not maximized, but happens as well if the image’s resolution is larger than that of the monitor resolution. The only option to view the image completely is to resize the image. [...]
Intel Recalls all Sandy Bridge PCs
In a move that’s reminiscent of the famous Pentium floating point bug, Intel has issued a recall of all new Sandy Bridge PCs and laptops that run its latest generation of processor. The recall is to fix a problem with the Series 6 chipset, used in all Sandy Bridge systems. The company says that the [...]