Twitter made an announcement earlier today that they have added an “always use HTTPS” option on the popular messaging website. HTTPS protects the connection to Twitter from third parties that try to eavesdrop on network traffic. A small example: Say you log in via http while sipping on a hot cup of Java in your [...]
Sort Your Music with Mp3 Folder Structure Maker
How do you store your music on your computer? Do you lump everything together in a folder with hundreds or even thousand of titles? Do you save music to different places so that it is scattered around on the computer? Or do you sort your music collection methodically in subfolders named after artists, albums or [...]
Facebook Chat Emoticons Bar
Chatting on Facebook can be pretty handy at times. I often catch friends on Facebook that I would otherwise have a hard time contacting, especially if they live in a different time zone. It is ok for a quick chat, setting up a meeting and everything else that does not take long explanations. Well, that’s [...]
Input Director, Use Mouse, Keyboard On A Second Computer
Did you ever have to work on two computer systems at the same time? Maybe two systems placed next to each other on a computer desk, or a desktop PC and a mobile computer? Switching between both systems is not the most comfortable thing to do considering that you have to move either your body [...]
InstantFox, Auto-Updating Firefox Search Add-On
Instant seems to be a new buzzword. It began with the release of Google Instant which added automatically updating search results pages to the Google Search engine. InstantFox brings the concept to the Firefox web browser, albeit with some differences and interesting prospects for the future. The extension configures several search engines and options with [...]
How To Add Missing HTML5 Video Support To Your Browser
When you look at HTML5 video support of the five most popular web browsers, you notice that there is not a single browser supporting the two formats WebM and H.264. Depending on your browser choice, you end up either with one or the other, but not both. Problems will arise for Internet users once the [...]
Adding Actions to Events in the Windows Event Viewer
I’ve written about hundreds of Windows 7 troubleshooting tips in my book Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out but one of the most useful tips, at least for business customers, is how you can add actions to events in Windows. Why would you want to do this? You can commonly find that drivers, services or software in Windows [...]
How To Fix Internet Explorer Did Not Finish Installing Error
Microsoft has released the final version of Internet Explorer 9 yesterday, and most interested users won’t have any problems installing the web browser, or updating their previous Internet Explorer version. Some users on the other hand may receive error messages such as Internet Explorer did not finish installing when they run the Internet Explorer 9 [...]
Adding visual effects on Bodhi Linux
Today I finally dropped standard Ubuntu as my operating system of choice on my laptop and opted for Bodhi Linux. I say “standard” Ubuntu, because Bodhi Linux is built on top of Ubuntu 10.04, so it is effectively Ubuntu, but without the weight of either GNOME or KDE on top. Instead of GNOME or KDE, [...]