For many of us, the days following the fresh install of a new Linux distribution are like starting your life over. It’s a time for new beginning – new choices for programs, new configurations, new icons. You have a clean slate, and it’s time to explore the possibilities the unknown distro brings with it. Naturally, [...]
Program Your Computer to Sleep and Wake Itself Each Night Using BIOS and Software Features
Our computers get worked over pretty hard. We run them nonstop all day, pulling up a dozen different windows with ten different operations going on in each. When we go to sleep many of us leave our machines running, partially because we think we may return to it later and half because we are just [...]
Microsoft Patch Day June 2011 Overview
Microsoft has released a total of 16 security bulletins on this month’s patch day. Patch day refers to the second Tuesday of each month on which Microsoft will release security patches. This month’s patch day consists of many different patches. Nine of the 16 bulletins have a maximum severity rating of critical, the highest possible [...]
Skype Chat Translator STranslator
Most of the time you will be talking on Skype with people that speak your language, family members, business associates or college friends for instance. Sometimes however you may encounter a situation where translation may be appropriate to communicate with someone on Skype, for instance your new Japanese pal or a new business parnter from [...]
MetroTwit, Metro Theme Inspired Windows Twitter Client
I have to admit that I’m not someone who uses Twitter on a regular basis. I log in every know and then to check out some new features or make changes to my account. Die hard Twitter users on the other hand seem to be logged in more than they are not throughout the day. [...]
Cloud Computing World Forum World Awards Shortlist Revealed
The shortlist for the Cloud Computing World Forum awards for 2011 have been announced. The awards “celebrate the best of the best in the global industry. Award winners and shortlisted companies receive a mark of quality, innovation and leadership.” They will be announced at th3 2rd annual cloud computing world forum event next wee on [...]
DNS Data View, Display Domain DNS Records
DNS Data View is a graphical user interface alternative to the nslookup tool that ships with the Windows operating system. It can be used to display DNS records for one or multiple domain names. The program uses the DNS server of the active Internet connection by default, with options to switch to another DNS server. [...]
Hosts File Software Overview
The hosts file in Windows can be used to override DNS look-ups. I have described one practical use for webmasters who want to work on sites before DNS propagation. The hosts file is used by many for ad blocking, blocking of hosts that may be malicious or dangerous or speeding up connections to select sites [...]
Springpad Provides Everyday Note-Taking Alternative to Evernote, OneNote
Those looking for tools to help them organize their technologically-enhanced lives have plenty of options. Windows users can turn to the expensive prospect of using OneNote, which revolutionized online image clipping and note organization for the PC. Others are quite fond of Evernote, which took many of the features that make OneNote so appealing and [...]