Have you ever tried to burn a large number of files and folders to a set of discs? Then you might have run into difficulties arranging the files and folders into a fashion to burn them on the least number of discs. The problem here is that this usually meant lots of file and folder [...]
Outpost Internet Security Suite 7.5 Giveaway
Agnitum, the company that is developing the security software Outpost, recently ran a promotion where users could “swap” their existing commercial antivirus solution against Outpost’s Internet Security Suite free of charge. We have covered that promotion in detail, mainly because it was a unique marketing idea that we did not see before on the Internet. [...]
Opera 11.51 Update Released
Opera Software has just released the final version of Opera 11.51 after two release candidates that have been released in the past week. The new version of the web browser fixes several stability issues which makes it more of a maintenance release than a release that comes along with new major features. Still, Mac users [...]
OpenWith Enhanced Improves Window’s Open With Dialog
The Windows operating system displays the Open With dialog when a user clicks on a file that has an unregistered file extension. The Open With dialog in theory should display programs installed on the system that might be able to open the file on the computer. It also includes a browse option to pick a [...]
JPEGmini, Reduce JPG Size Without Visible Differences
Today’s digital photo cameras produce large image files that are usually in the Megabyte range. While that’s not a problem for Gigabyte Flash cards or Terabyte hard drives, it can become a issue when you try to send the photo via email or publish the photo on the Internet. Sending photos as email attachments is [...]
Create Customized Default Screensavers in Windows 7 and Vista or Get Living Screensavers
Both Windows 7 and Vista include default screensavers. These screensavers are fairly attractive as well. The only problem is that you cannot customize them by default and that makes them a little less interesting. By using a free application called System Screensavers Tweaker, you can easily configure screensavers along with some registry alterations. This will [...]
Bayfiles, File Hosting By The Founders Of The Piratebay
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of file hosting sites that offer their services on the Internet. The popular ones offer both free and premium accounts, and limit the maximum size of files that can be uploaded. A new player in the file hosting niche needs to either come up with ingenious features that the [...]
Color Desker, Automated Wallpaper Changer
It is not as if there is a shortage of software to change the wallpaper regularly on the Windows operating system. I have probably reviewed a good dozen of applications that have been designed for that task in past years. This includes the desktop wallpaper changer Wally, Wallpapa or Wallperizer. Not to forget that Microsoft [...]
Finally: Windows 8 Supports Native ISO Mounting
I like the ability to mount iso images on my operating system. Have used this feature for a long time. Up until now, I had to install a third party iso mounting software for that. While that worked nicely, it was always a burden to install those virtual hardware drivers to add support for that. [...]