I’m not a huge fan of emoticons or animated gifs, but I know a lot of users who are. Just head over to your favorite forum or social messaging site and look at the posts on your wall, it is likely that you will see at least some emoticons or images posted on that wall. [...]
Yahoo Search Introduces Yahoo! Search Direct
Instant search results, results that appear before the search engine visitor even started typing, appear to be a relatively new trend that is pushed by search engine companies such as Google, Yahoo or Microsoft. Google introduced its Google Instant feature not long ago which presented auto-updating search result pages to the user. Now it is [...]
How To Upgrade, Downgrade Google Chrome
Four different builds, or channels if you use Google’s terminology, of the Google Chrome browser are currently available, five if you add the Open Source browser Chromium to the list. Google Chrome Stable, Beta, Dev and Canary all reflect a certain stage of the web browser’s development. Canary builds are the cutting edge builds, followed [...]
Google Chrome Security Update Released
Google yesterday released a security update for the Google Chrome web browser that brings the version of the browser to 10.0.648.204. The update is as usually installed via automatic updates on most Google Chrome installations. Chrome users who have automatic updates disabled can check for new updates under the Tools icon > About Google Chrome [...]
Microsoft Updates Windows To Block Fraudulent Digital Certificates
If you follow this blog closely you may have noticed that several browser developers have pushed security updates in the past week (see Mozilla Releases Firefox 3 Security Updates for instance) that block several invalid digital certificates to protect users from attacks exploiting those certificates. Microsoft is currently pushing out a Windows Update that addresses [...]
CCleaner Updated, Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 4 Support Added
CCleaner is without doubt one of the most popular Windows system maintenance tools. It is not just one single feature that makes the application that popular, more a combination of several features. It is effective when it comes to cleaning temporary files, updated regularly to support new applications or software versions, and offered as a [...]
Has the PC Worm Now Turned
For the last year we’ve all been talking about tablets. They’ve been the technology of the moment for some considerable time now and their appeal doesn’t seem to be diminishing. It’s still been the case though that we’re just not seeing tablets being used out and about in cafes and on trains in the way [...]
Mount Disk Images With OSFMount
Disk images come in various formats and sizes, from tiny floppy drive images to huge bit to bit copies of partitions or entire hard drives. These disk images can be mounted, which basically means that they become accessible under a drive letter in the operating system. Mounting images can be interesting for several reasons, including [...]
Adding folder sharing in Bodhi Linux
If you are a fan of modern Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, that offer incredibly simple ways to share folders with workgroup computers, you will be happy to know the same feature can be added to Bodhi Linux (my new favorite Linux distribution.) Although adding this feature isn’t exactly automatic (or, some would argue, user-friendly), [...]