This story has been repeated elsewhere on the Internet under, you might think, more sensible headlines such as “influential hedge fund manager…”, “New York Hedge Fund Manager” and so on. I’m sticking to my guns with my headline though, but not because I think Steve Ballmer should stay on at Microsoft. At an investment conference [...]
Foxit Reader 5.0 PDF Reader Released
The popular pdf document reader Foxit Reader has been updated by its developers to version 5.0 today. The new release is already available for download at the official Foxit Reader website. Existing Foxit Reader users can check for updates in the pdf reader to download and install the latest version without downloading it manually from [...]
Single File, Save Websites To A Single HTML File In Chrome
Nearly every modern web browser has an option to save a web page as a HTML file. The only problem with that approach is that the websites do not get saved as a single file but as multiple files. While that may not be a problem for saving a handful of sites, it could become [...]
Boot Snooze, Restart, Then Hibernate or Standby Your PC
We all know that it is faster to start a computer system that is in hibernate or standby mode than to start it when it is completely turned off. There are a few downsides to hibernation and standby though, most notably the power consumption and the fact that startup checks or updates are not performed [...]
Opera Mobile Emulator
Mobile devices, from smartphones to tablets, start to become popular for normal web related tasks like visiting websites, watching movies or playing games. This can be attributed to the advancement of hardware to make the devices faster and more responsive, software like Opera Mobile that make the most out of what little space and speed [...]
Connecting Remotely To The Cloud
When the website data or web applications are added to your cloud based servers it becomes essential to set up remote connection with the virtual servers in the cloud. Connecting to a cloud enables you to transfer data from the local network of the organization or desktop to the “virtual world” of the cloud server. [...]
WordPress 3.1.3 Security Update Released
An update for the popular blogging software WordPress was just released. The developers classify the update as a security update, it appears however that it fixes no zero day vulnerability. The WordPress blog lists the following security enhancements and fixes in WordPress 3.1.3. Various security hardening Taxonomy query hardening Prevent sniffing out user names of [...]
Free Video to DVD Converter
When it comes to burning video files to DVD I use the excellent commercial software ConvertXToDVD which can practically turn every video file under the sun into a DVD compatible format. The program is an all in one application that offers conversions and DVD creation. If you do not want to shell out $49.99 for [...]
Google Chrome Thin Scroll Bar
There is only that much that you can cut from a browser’s interface. You got the header area with the title-, address and tabbar and the footer with a status bar. Especially Google with its Chrome browser and Mozilla with Firefox have started to cut down on the interface. The latest trend is to display [...]