So the Chromebook has finally been announced, and first models will ship on June 15 in select countries (US and several European countries). Both Acer and Samsung have revealed some of the specs of the netbooks running Google’s Chrome OS. Both Chromebooks will be powered by a dual-core Intel Atom cpu and a 1280×800 display. [...]
Diepix Arena 2 [Game Saturday]
Diepix Arena 2 is a shoot’em up browser game featuring incredible music and fast paced action. You take control of a ship that you move with the WASD keys. You shoot with the mouse and get three extras that you can launch with the keys 123. Your task is simple: Survive the 50 waves of [...]
Why Watch The Soaps When You Can Watch Google and Facebook Instead?
Didn’t I write recently on Facebook’s general lack of privacy, intentional or otherwise? How ironic is it then that Facebook chose to attack Google on its general disrespect for personal data privacy? This would have been bad enough, but the way that Facebook chose for its attack turns the story from just plain ridiculous to [...]
Facebook Login Approvals, Optional Two-Factor Authentication
Facebook about a month ago began to roll out a two-factor authentication system designed to protect user accounts from unauthorized access. Two-Factor authentication is designed to add a second form of authentication to the login process, usually in form of a code that is send to the user. PayPal for instance is offering VeriSign ID [...]
USB Dummy Protect, Create Fake Files To Block Viruses
Question: How can you protect USB devices like sticks or drives from being infected with computer viruses? Some users are lucky enough to have USB devices that have write protection switches, just like floppy drives had back in the good old days. They just need to pull the switch to write protect their devices. Modern [...]
Tab History Redux, Makes Child Tabs Inherit A Tab’s History
Firefox keeps track of all websites that you open in the web browser. It stores those information in a global history, and individual histories for each tab that you have open in the browser. You can access a tab’s history only on that tab. The history is not inherited if you open links in new [...]
Configure Windows 7 Network Adapter Binding Priority
A computer running Windows 7 may connect to networks with various adapters. Probably the most common example is a notebook or mobile device that can connect to the Internet via a wireless connection or a wired connection. If you have a device that can connect to networks in multiple ways, you may wonder how Windows [...]
Adobe Flash Player 10.3 Final Downloads
The integration of Adobe Flash Player 10.3 in the latest Google Chrome Stable release yesterday hinted already at the imminent release of the final version of Flash Player 10.3. This time, it took less than 24 hours; Adobe has enabled downloads for all supported operating systems, so that users can download and install Flash Player [...]
Facebook Teams Up With Web of Trust
Web of Trust is a community driven website reputation service. It is available as a look-up service on the company website, and as an automated software for various web browsers. The service is being used by millions to verify a website’s reputation before the site is visited. The browser extensions handle those checks automatically and [...]