Google recently improved their image search capabilities by adding reverse image search options to it. I have reviewed the Google Search By Image in detail and a follow-up guide on practical uses of the new image search engine. The new feature can be used to find other websites that host similar or even the same [...]
Transparent Windows Desktop Clock
I never felt the need to add a secondary clock to my desktop. That does not necessarily mean that all computer users feel that way. I know a few first hand that like to have a larger clock on their desktop visible all the time. Most use Windows gadgets to display a secondary clock on [...]
Duplicati, Automate Local, Remote Backups
When you review a lot of backup software like I do, you notice similarities and differences. There are however features that make backup programs more attractive, like an uncomplicated setup, sufficient local and remote backup options or automation to run backup jobs regularly after the initial setup. The free backup software Duplicati offers all of [...]
Gmail Adds Detailed Sender Information To Improve Security
When I was working in tech support for a large German financial corporation I regularly had to deal with support requests by customers who received phishing emails. It took a lot to convince the majority of customers that those phishing emails were not sent by the company, but by criminals. Especially fake email addresses were [...]
Watch Out for Hardware Keyloggers
Keyloggers are either hardware devices or software which can record the key strokes of a user. Both are legal to own in the US and other countries despite their ability to be used in identity theft and fraud. While software keyloggers are the most common, hardware ones need to be watched out for too. While [...]
Microsoft Pushes Out Second Internet Explorer 10 Preview
Microsoft has switched into full gear and is now releasing new versions of the Internet Explorer on a regular basis. That’s good for the Internet as a whole, and especially good for Windows users who work with the system’s default browser. Not a lot of time has passed since the release of Internet Explorer 9. [...]
Rounds Offers a Fun and Functional Way to Utilize Webcams
Video chat has not met up to the standards that we, the people of the world, hoped it might. The hope was the perhaps webcams could become the way of the next generation and that they would become the prominent means of communication with other people. The telephone would simply be replaced by the webcam. [...]
The different types of virtualisation
Yesterday I wrote about new Type-0 hypervisors and how they’re set to make a bit impact, not just for businesses with huge server farms, but also how that is going to filter down onto the desktop of home computers, perhaps as early as next year. But what it a Type-0 hypervisor, indeed what are the Type-1 and [...]
WordPress 3.1.4 Security Update Released
It seems that the WordPress developers have a thing for releasing a new version of WordPress shortly before I’m going to bed. Whenever they do it means that I have to stay away to find out if it fixes security vulnerabilities. If it does, I update all of my blogs immediately. Instead of going to [...]