Wireless network connections have become popular in past years, thanks to an increasing number of devices that utilize wireless connections. But there is a problem associated with it, or more precisely with the securing of wireless routers and devices to block unauthorized access: The device needs to use proper encryption to block third parties from [...]
More Malware found in Android Market
For months now I’ve been writing about the security problems with Google’s Android operating system. Now yet more malware has been found in the Android marketplace, this time by security researchers. The news, which was reported by ComputerWorld, said that four new malware apps were discovered on Friday by Lookout Security that were infected by [...]
Oyster Photo Fakeouts: Comparing Hotel Reality And Marketing
Before I book a hotel or flight, I do extensive research on the Internet to find out more about the company, building or location. Sites like Tripadvisor or Seatguru are a great help, as they combine marketing information with third party information from people who actually used the service in the past. Those information have [...]
Collusion, Visualize User Tracking In Realtime
User tracking has been one of the hottest privacy topics over the past years. There have been light efforts to reduce user tracking, for instance by Mozilla with their Do Not Track headers. Many users on the other hand are not aware of the underlying issues, mostly because the tracking is done in the background [...]
Ghacks Visitor Stats
We have heard a lot about browser stats in the past, how Firefox is plateauing, how Chrome is gaining market share and how Internet Explorer is dropping to new lows every month. I thought it would be nice to share some of the site stats with all of you. The stats have been taken directly [...]
PDF Masher, Turn PDF Documents Into HTML Documents
PDF Masher has been designed for users who read ebooks on their mobile devices. PDF is not the best format for that purpose, considering that it is not possible to change a document’s font size for instance. While it is possible to use the device’s zoom function to read the document, it is usually not [...]
FreeSizer, Profile Based Image Resizer
I do a lot of image resizing, mostly for the websites and blogs I run. I do that to make sure that the images have the right resolution and size. For that, I use the two programs RIOT and Caesium which are both ideal for that task. Some users however might find those two programs [...]
Lenovo U1 Convertible Tablet finally goes to the FCC
This was the convertible tablet that started it all back in January 2010. The Lenovo U1 hybrid tablet / laptop concept was shown off at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas all that long time ago and was the first real rival to Apple’s iPad to appear. Despite predating Google’s Android tablet though, the [...]
Windows Right-Click Enhancer
After reviewing the Ultimate Windows Context Menu Customizer yesterday I have another tool for you today. Right-Click Enhancer is a tool collection to customize and enhance the Windows right-click menu. All tools do not have to be installed, just unpacked to the operating system. A total of five tools and a help file are located [...]