Remember Computer Customizer, the free program to add system tool links to the Windows Explorer My Computer display? The developer has renamed the application to Companel. The new version, as the name would suggest, has been improved so that it is now possible to add items not only to My Computer but also the Control [...]
Hide Applications In Windows With WinVisible
Sometimes you may want to hide an open window when someone enters the room or walks by your computer desk. Imagine your roommates walking in with you posting a new post on your Justin Bieber fansite, or your boss while you are updating your Facebook status. Most users try to close or minimize the application [...]
Schedule cron jobs with this easy to use GUI
Whenever I try to explain using cron to schedule jobs, new Linux users cringe at the thought of learning yet another command line tool. That’s a shame, because cron is an incredibly handy tool to have in your toolbox. But just because you fear the command line, doesn’t mean you don’t get to take advantage [...]
Firefox 4 Release Candidate Released
Many blogs have reported in the last days that the first Firefox 4 Release Candidate has been uploaded to the Mozilla ftp server. A release candidate build, and not the final release candidate, was spotted by one blog and almost every tech blog in my RSS reader reported about it. Let me be the first [...]
Create PDF Presentations With PDFrizator
The free application PDFrizator offers to create pdf presentations with page transition effects and background music. The freeware supports a variety of input formats that can be combined in the presentation. Among the supported formats are pdf documents and popular image formats like jpg, png or gif. New pages can be added to the presentation [...]
Troubleshooting Windows 7 Free Webcast from gHacks Editor Tomorrow
If you’re having trouble with Windows 7 or want to find out more about how to troubleshoot the OS then I’ll be giving a free webcast this Thursday with my publisher O’Reilly. The webcast will be based on my book Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out and is completely free to partake in. Windows 7 might [...]
Configure Firefox To Delete All Cookies On Exit But Select Ones
All web browsers accept cookies from all websites in their default configuration. Cookies contain different information, from session data over individual site preferences to advertisement and tracking related data. Cookies can generally be classified into good and bad cookies. The Internet user benefits from good cookies, for instance from cookies that contain session information. These [...]
Microsoft March 2011 Patch Day Overview
Microsoft has released new security patches on yesterday’s Patch Day that address vulnerabilities in various Microsoft products including Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. The updates that have been released are already available via Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center. One of the vulnerabilities has a maximum severity rating of critical, the highest possible. The [...]
Remove Google Properties From Search With A Comma
Google has turned from a search engine into a jack of all trades. The company started many different en devours ever since its rise to power; Some successful, like Google Maps, others not so like Google Video. Problems related to that became apparent years ago when Google started to include their own properties prominently in [...]