Those of you who follow me here or somewhere like Twitter might know that I was invited to Microsoft yesterday for meetings. Apparently my name had been coming up in conversation and several people there wanted to see me. I thought I’d write up here about my experience at Microsoft’s UK campus and split this into a two-part [...]
Google Image Basic Userscript Redirects To Google’s Old Image Search
Google rolled out a new version of Google Image Search some time ago. The most prominent change is that all image results are now displayed on the same page, with new images being loaded as the user scrolls down. The number of image previews on a search result page has increased as well. This can [...]
Opera Extensions Overview, Discovering Opera Part 5
Widgets have been an integral part of the Opera web browser for a long time. That’s not the case for extensions, which have only been recently added to the web browser. It is probably a good idea to take a look at the differences between extensions and widgets first, before we start the overview. Check [...]
Panabee, Domain Name Suggestion Tool
All the good domain names are already taken. I hear that phrase on a regular basis. Is it really true? No it is not, unless you define good as in exact keyword phrase. For domain names, you basically have two options. You can grab a descriptive domain name, e.g. pchardware if you want to sell [...]
How To Change The Default Firefox 4 Address Bar Search Engine
I have removed the search form from the Firefox 4 interface in an effort to minimize the user interface of the browser. When I need to search I either load a search engine’s website right away or enter a search term in the Firefox address bar and use the search engine that’s being used by [...]
Hamster Free Zip Archiver Review
I’m using a combination of the popular 7-zip archiver and the multiple archive extraction tool Extract Now for all my archiving needs. Hamster Free Zip Archiver caught my eye, not necessarily because of its functionality, but because of its beautiful design and interface. The free software program can be used to create or extract archives. [...]
Fetch Mp3, Download Music From Youtube, Dailymotion
Sometimes you may just want to download a few songs that you have just discovered on Youtube. There are lots of desktop applications out there for that job, that can download the videos from the video hosting site Youtube, and some even offer conversions into the mp3 format. Fetch Mp3 is an online service that [...]
Hide Firefox Interface Elements With Replacement
You have a few options if you want to remove or hide interface elements in the Firefox web browser. Some elements can be removed from the screen by customizing the interface via the right-click > customize option. Others can be removed directly in the Firefox settings or by editing the about:config preferences. The third and [...]
Toshiba Self-Encrypting Hard Drives With Host Authorization
The best way to protect data on one of your storage devices is to encrypt it. There are several free solutions out there, for instance by using the Open Source encryption software True Crypt, to protect data from unauthorized access. While it is not a problem for tech savvy users like you and me to [...]