I have reviewed my fair share of movie collection managers but none were as comfortable to use and feature complete as Filmotech. The program is available for Mac and Windows PCs, and as an iOS application for Apple’s iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. One of the most important aspects of a movie collection manager is [...]
Remove New Tab Button In Firefox 4
The new tab button has been first integrated in Firefox 3.5 and has been part of the Firefox web browser ever since. Its plus icon is placed on the right side of the tabbar next to the dropdown menu to display a list of all open tabs. A click on the icon opens a new [...]
Configure Automatic Volume Adjustments Under Windows 7
A friend of mine who made the switch to Windows 7 recently called me the other day. He mentioned that he was experiencing a strange system volume issue whenever telephone calls where made on the system. The volume of all other sounds on the system was automatically adjusted whenever calls where placed or received. He [...]
gHacks Editor at Microsoft UK Tech.Days + Win a Tablet PC
It’s all go here at gHacks.net (as per usual) and just to show some of those other Windows, Microsoft and tech websites out there that they’re not all as impressive as they might think they are we’re doing more and more every week and bringing you bigger and better stuff. For all of you Tech Pros in [...]
Bing Adds The Friend Effect To Search
Bing back in February announced the integration of Facebook likes into the search results. Friend recommendations appeared only on some results pages at that time. This changed yesterday with the roll out of the second stage of Facebook integration. What’s the reasoning behind adding friend likes to the search results? According to Microsoft, it stems [...]
Network Troubleshooting Basics: The Ipconfig Command
This article is the second in a series of the basics of network troubleshooting. Last time, the ping command was demonstrated. Now the ipconfig command will be covered (the Linux/Mac ifconfig & route commands will be touched on too). While this is a basic tutorial, there are some advanced tips and topics included. The Ipconfig [...]
Startup Delayer, Speed Up Windows Startup
The first version of Startup Delayer was released in 2007. Many aspects of the program have changed since then which is reason enough to post a new review. The theory behind Startup Delayer is simple. Delay the auto start of programs in Windows to avoid bottlenecks during the start of the system. Most versions of [...]
GoogleCrashHandler.exe Process Update
You may know that I check the running processes of my computer regularly. This is mainly a security precaution to detect malicious processes that may be running. More often than not I catch unwanted processes that I do not need but run anyway. GoogleCrashHandler.exe is such a process. I recently saw it running on my [...]
Hornil StylePix, Like Paint.net Without The .Net
Paint.net is an incredibly powerful image editor for Windows. Some Windows users are not installing the program because of its dependence on version 3.5 SP1 of Microsoft’s .Net Framework. While that’s bundled in newer Windows operating systems, it needs to be installed separately on older systems. Enough to keep users from installing and using the [...]