Picasa users who upload photos to the online photo hosting service can flag them as public or private. Public photos and galleries become searchable on the Picasa website. Everyone can view and download photos directly on the website of Google’s photo hosting site. Individual photos can be downloaded in various ways. Many photos on Picasa [...]
Samsung Series 9 Ultraportable Review… Part 2
This week I’ve been testing Samsung’s new Ultraportable laptop, their Macbook Air equivalent. Yesterday I wrote about the hardware itself which is absolutely gorgeous and even lighter than the Air. Today I’ll be wrapping up this review by talking about what the Series 9 (known in the USA as the 900X3A) is like to use [...]
Microsoft Publishes First Official Windows 8 Video
Information about Microsoft’s next version of Windows have been limited to indirect sources including job postings, Windows 8 leaks or third party sites that got insider information. Yesterday Microsoft published a first demonstration video showcasing Windows 8 at the AllThings D9 event. The first official Windows 8 video concentrates on the new tablet user interface [...]
Google Drops Support For Old Browsers
Web companies like Google, WordPress or Facebook are suddenly realizing that old web browsers may have a serious impact on the support they offer. While everyone applauds the companies for dropping support for Internet Explorer 6, the feelings may be mixed when it comes to Google’s announcement to discontinue support for additional browsers. According to [...]
Disabling Microsoft SpyNet In Windows7
When Microsoft Security Essentials is installed on a computer with Windows 7, you automatically become a member of the Microsoft Security Essentials and Microsoft Defender community and grant Microsoft the ability to automatically collaborate with the your computer through Microsoft SpyNet. It immediately creates a user membership which automatically tracks your activities and various threats [...]
Acer Announces Plans To Launch Ultrabook PC Model
Ranked as the no. 2 PC manufacturing company in the world, Acer Inc. has announced plans to produce an ultra book which will be a super light computer model. The plan is to launch this new product as early as the fourth quarter of 2011. This statement was made by the President of Acer Inc. [...]
Free Online ePub Converter
A few days ago I have reviewed the Firefox add-on GrabMyBooks which can be used to turn multiple web pages into an ePub ebook. Today I’m reviewing the free service 2ePub which is an online converter. The free service can turn several document formats into the ePub format, and several other output formats. All you [...]
Firefox Preferences Cleaner, Remove Add-On Preferences On Uninstallation
One of the biggest issues that I personally have with Firefox, and that for a very long time, is the fact that add-on preferences are not deleted when the add-on that has written them to the config is uninstalled in the browser. This means that the config file grows over time. Up until now I [...]
File Repair, Fix Damaged, Corrupt Files
There are numerous reasons why files become corrupt or damaged. Possible reasons include malware that modifies files, application failures, crashes, network errors or manual tampering with the file contents. Damaged files usually cannot be read or opened anymore on the system, which can be problematic if the files are important and need to be accessed. [...]