Firefox, like any other web browser, offers options to disable specific plugins or features in the browser settings. It is for instance possible to disable plugins like Flash or Java, scripting languages like JavaScript or the loading of images. Problem is, it is not very comfortable to make those changes in the browser, especially so [...]
Sichtschutz, Screen Protection For Your Windows Desktop
Sometimes you may want to hide what is showing on your desktop, for instance if you notice that someone is going to walk by or approach you in office. You probably would not like your boss to find out that you are playing games during work hours, or your wife that you are shopping at [...]
How Long Do You Give Fetch.io?
The new Bittorrent related service Fetch.io has been in the news ever since it was mentioned over at Torrentfreak two days ago. Fetch.io acts as a middleman by downloading torrents to their servers. The files that are downloaded this way are automatically transcoded into mp4 and Flash video formats before they become available for streaming, [...]
Netflix Accounts For More Web Traffic Than Torrenting
Recent stats from the Sandvines Global internet Phenomenon report show that Netflix accounts for more web traffic in North America than bit torrents. While this is a good thing for Hollywood, it might backfire due to the ISPS recent trend to cap bandwidth in order to stop piracy. The report shows that Netflix accounts for [...]
Zip Password Recovery With FCrackZip
It is possible to password protect zip files to prevent unauthorized access to the files they contain. Only problem is: If you forget the zip password, you cannot access the files either. A friend of mine recently contacted me with the problem. He had zipped important files a few years ago and used a password [...]
Ultimate Taskbar Controller For Windows
You cannot make many changes to the Windows taskbar. Sure, you can move it around to place on another edge of the screen. You can also add some items to it and remove some others, but controls are still very limited, even in Windows 7 which offers more taskbar options than any other Windows operating [...]
PictureFox, Displays All Amazon Pictures In On Gallery
I love shopping at Amazon. The shopping experience is comfortable and I love the fact that you can use your Amazon login to log into all Amazon stores. I make extensive use of that feature to buy my computer games in England, as they are a lot cheaper there. One thing that has bugged me [...]
How To Make Mozilla Firefox The Default Browser
When you run Firefox for the first time, you get the chance to make the browser the default browser of the system. You can uncheck that option which you may want to do if you want to test the browser first, or want that another installed browser remains the default browser on the system. You [...]
Watch out! The Future is Coming!!
There’s been so much news in recent weeks about stuff that’s going to turn into our computing future that I’m hardly surprised most people have failed to join the dots. If you look at some of, if not all of, the major technology announcements in recent weeks we can see that there is a very [...]