Many people use the Internet to look up weather information to answer questions like “will it rain today”, “is the sun shining at our holiday destination” or “do I need to take a jacket with me”. What most do is open the website of their favorite newspaper, or the website of a popular weather portal, [...]
Ebay Negs Summarizes Ebay Negative Feedback [Firefox]
Users who buy regularly on the popular auction website eBay know that it is a good practice to check a seller’s feedback before making purchases. Every buyer on eBay is allowed to leave feedback about transactions on the website, which can act as an indicator of a seller’s trustworthiness. The core problem with the default [...]
Play Flash Games Lag Free In Fullscreen In Google Chrome
Do not you hate it when flash games make use of low resolutions so that it becomes difficulty to play the game? When other elements on the page the game is embedded on distract from the gaming experience? Or have you found a solution to increase the size of the flash content only to find [...]
Avira DE-Cleaner, On Demand Virus Scanning
Avira DE-Cleaner is a new specialized security software from the makers of the popular antivirus software AntiVir. The program has been designed as an on-demand virus scanner that can be installed or used as a portable version. The tool has been created in cooperation with the Anti-Botnet Advisory Center, an initiative run by the Association [...]
Nothing Important Happened Today
I took delivery of my new Windows 7 Tablet today, an ExoPC Slate, on the day ironically when Apple unveiled the iPad 2 to the world. It‘s thinner, lighter and has two cameras. The latter we already knew and the former two should have been expected of a new device. But what does the arrival [...]
Have some Linux ascii fun with asciiquarium
Never let it be said that Linux users and developers do not have a sense of humor. Even the most hardcore of users, developers, designers, and administrators need something to serve as a distraction. Oh sure there’s always an endless array of web sites to take our attention, but that requires a GUI! What if [...]
How To Download Facebook Videos
Facebook first introduced video support back in 2007 and has since then improved the feature, for instance by adding high definition video support. Users can actually encounter two types of videos; Videos that are hosted on Facebook after they are uploaded by users, and videos that are embedded in messages and wall posts. Facebook itself [...]
WebBrowserPassView, Reveal Browser Passwords
All modern web browsers have options to store passwords for the user which is beneficial in two ways; Users do not have to remember their passwords every time they want to log into a service on the Internet, and they do not have to enter the data into the forms manually. The downside are security [...]
Chrome Does Not Play Well With Outdated Graphics Card Drivers
PC gamers know that they need to update their graphics card drivers frequently to improve performance, compatibility and stability. Not everyone is a gamer though and there are users who have never updated the graphics driver and other system drivers in their life. These users specifically may experience issues with Google Chrome’s hardware acceleration feature. [...]