We are taking a closer look at Opera Unite in our second part of the Discovering Opera series. Opera Unite – just like Opera Turbo – was introduced introduced in 2009 by Opera Software. It can be best described as a server or direct sharing module in the web browser. You cannot share anything with [...]
Upgrade Complete 2 [Game Saturday]
Upgrade Complete 2 is the sequel to the popular Upgrade Complete flash browser game. Both games add a unique idea to a game that is in its core an arcade shooter. Imagine that you’d start with a basic game and that you had to buy game elements, for instance a play button, music, prettier graphics [...]
gHacks go to Microsoft
As a new Windows MVP I’ll be having my first meetings next week with Microsoft at their UK head office in Reading. It’s going to be very interesting as it’s my first official visit to the company and, more importantly, a meeting that’s been requested by them rather than me. I’ll be meeting with the [...]
Adobe Releases Flash Player Security Update
Adobe has released an update for Adobe Flash Player that fixes a critical security issue in the application that had been discovered earlier this month. The Google Chrome browser was the first that received a patch yesterday, followed today by all Flash Player versions for the web browsers that rely on a Flash installation and [...]
Martview, Best Ebook Reader For PDF E-Books
I’m usually pretty cautious when it comes to publicly stating that a software or service is the best there is. Martview on the other hand has a lot going for it, and for me, it is currently the best pdf ebook reader for Windows. Having said that, it may not be the best for you, [...]
Upload Photos, Pictures With Image Uploader
The free program Image Uploader is actually more than just another program to upload photos from a local system to the Internet. You can use it to transfer any file to the Internet, and the name is probably a relict of the past, back when the developer started work on the program. Image Uploader is [...]
Trails, Save Texts And Images With Firefox
Once in a while I stumble upon information that I want to preserve. Sure, I can bookmark the page to access it at a later time, but what if that page gets deleted or moved? I can also save the HTML page to the local computer, but unless I install an extension that adds a [...]
The Current State of Firefox, What You Need To Know
Mozilla has changed the development process of Firefox significantly after the release of Firefox 4. From a long winded Nightly > Beta > Release scheme to a streamlined 18 weeks release cycle that incorporated a new development channel called Aurora. This guide covers all that you need to know to understand that transition, and it [...]
Google Chrome Stable Security Update April 2011
Google has just released an update for the Google Chrome stable channel that updates the version of the web browser to 10.0.658.205 for all supported operating systems (which means Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Linux and Chrome Frame). The release is a security update that fixes vulnerabilities in all versions of the web browser. Most notably, [...]