A very handy shortcut that I use regularly in the Thunderbird email client is the archive shortcut. A tap on a archives the currently selected emails, one or multiple, into the archive folder of the mail account. That’s handy if you do not need or want to sort archived emails further, for instance by contact, [...]
WinMend File Copy, Resume Windows Copy Jobs
When you copy or move files in Windows Explorer, you may sometimes experience an error message that a file cannot be copied or moved because it is still in use. Instead of remembering all the files that cannot be moved at the time, or at least providing a log with those information, Windows Explorer does [...]
Google Buys Motorola Mobility
You have probably heard it already: Google just announced that they are going to buy Motorola’s Mobile division, Motorola Mobility. The official press release on Google investor relations confirms that Google will pay $40.00 per share for a total sum of about $12.5 billion US Dollars which is a 63% premium “to the closing price [...]
Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Review
Samsung’s new Series 5 Chromebook is one of the very first devices to market running Google’s own Chrome OS, a Linux variant cloud-based operating system that is essentially just a web browser and nothing else. I’ve been testing and living with the Chromebook for a few days now and have already written about my thoughts [...]
Record Your PC Screen for Free with MS Expression Encoder
Microsoft Expression Encoder is an application that allows you to record your screen, and also audio. This can come in handy for those who wish to record instructional videos, or if you want to record yourself playing a video game, or pretty much anything else. You won’t need to enter a product key. If you’re [...]
How To Remove Ads On Google.com Search Result Pages
I have been watching an alarming trend in past years. Google, once the up and comer in the search engine market, with excellent results has turned into a behemoth whose primary objective is to keep search engine users on their properties. I’m not the only one who made that observation. In worst case currently, only [...]
Mozilla Plans To Hide Firefox Version
One “by-product” of the rapid release cycle of the Firefox web browser is the version number increase that goes along with every new release of the web browser. Firefox this year jumped from Firefox 3 all the way to the latest version Firefox 8, and we are not even at the end of the year. [...]
The Dangers of Using High Tech Facial Recognition Software to Catch Criminals
In the wake of rioting in London, England, the British police are turning to CCTV footage in an attempt to capture the ringleaders involved in the rioting and troublemaking. With the advances of high-tech facial recognition software used in airports to identify people at immigration, they say it should be possible to match up faces [...]
Windows Network Locations: Differences Between Home, Work and Public Networks
When you first setup a network under Windows, you are asked at one point to select a location for that network. Available for selection then are a Home Network, Work Network or Public Network. The explanations offered on the selection page are not that helpful in making an educated decision. The problem here is that [...]