When Intel first announced its new LightPeak device connection technology the sweaty masses got very excited indeed. This replacement for USB would be based on fibre-optic technology and offer gigabits of data transfer speed far above what is currently on offer today, even through USB3. Then they dampened down everyone’s hopes a few months ago [...]
Windows 7 SP1, All You Need To Know, And Do
The first service pack for Microsoft’s operating system Windows 7, known as Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 7 Service Pack 1, is just around the corner for all users of the operating system. Microsoft shipped the service pack first to its OEM partners before making it available to subscribers of its MSDN or Technet service [...]
Google Docs Viewer Gets Microsoft Excel, Adobe Photoshop Support
One of the main points of criticisms of Google’ online document viewer Google Docs Viewer was that several widely used formats were not supported by it. Among the unsupported formats were Microsoft Excel files, both .xls and xlsx to be precise, the new PowerPoint format .pptx, Adobe Photoshop .psd files and many lesser used but [...]
Free Light Timer For Windows
Free Light Timer would be at the top of the list when it comes to the most deceptive installation process of a Windows application. That however does not change the fact that it is a useful, unobtrusive timer for the Windows operating system. Users who click next, next, next during installations will end up with [...]
Facebook adds Civil Partnership Options
There has been considerable complaint caused by people in countries where same sex marriages, otherwise known as civil partnerships or civil unions, are allowed. Now social networking giant Facebook has finally submitted to complaints and added “Civil Union” and “in a Domestic Partnership” to the relationship choices it offers users. A civil partnership allows same [...]
Windows 7 Navigation Pane Customizer
The default file browser Windows Explorer under Windows 7 displays several sidebar items by default which link to libraries, user favorites, Homegroup and connected hard drives and optical drives. While those guarantee quick access to files and folders, they often display at least some folders and links that users do not need. A Windows 7 [...]
WinX DVD Author Now Freeware
If you are looking for a solid DVD authoring software you may want to point your web browser to the DVD Author page over at WinX DVD. The developers of the software have changed the licensing model of the program to freeware so that everyone can grab a copy and start creating their own video [...]
Linux 101: Using chmod and chown
When you use Linux long enough you are going to use the command line. Although nearly every command line trick can be done from a GUI front end now, there are times when the command line is the only route (headless server for example). When you have to go that route, you will be glad [...]
Facebook Photo Theater Killer Gets Rid Of Facebook’s New Photo View Mode
Facebook recently rolled out a new photo viewer which they say “makes it simpler and faster to navigate photos”. The benefit of the new photo viewer is the fact that no new pages are loaded even if the user views multiple photos on Facebook. Facebook’s new photo viewer has caused quite the controversy among Facebook [...]