You may recall that YouTube started rolling out a new player and site design not so long ago. The redesign, announced about a month ago, made several changes to the video hosting website. Probably the change with the biggest impact was the switch from a light themed played to a dark themed player. Back then [...]
Windows 7 Enterprise Security is better than OS X
Researchers at Black Hat have said that they’ve found Windows 7′s Enterprise security to be better than that of Apple’s OS X operating system. The problems for OS X seem to stem from user privileges. While Windows 7 isn’t perfect, OS X seems to have more “soft spots” according to a report by Network World. [...]
HTTPS Everywhere 1.0 For Firefox Released
I reviewed one of the first versions of HTTPS Everywhere for the Firefox web browser back in the middle of 2010. The Firefox extension, which forced https connections to a handful of supported web pages, has come a long way since then. The developers today have announced the release of HTTPS Everywhere 1.0 which includes [...]
Most Popular Google Chrome Themes
I have to admit that I’m not a user who likes to change the default theme of a web browser. Not because there are no cool themes out there for my browsers, but mostly because I do not really care how my browser looks like design wise. But themes are very popular and I certainly [...]
SRWware Iron Auto-Updater
SRWare Iron is a web browser that is based on the Open Source Chromium web browser. It offers the same fast performance and rendering abilities as the Chrome browser, but without the security and privacy issues that prevent some users from installing and using the Google Chrome web browser. The developers of Iron have created [...]
Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator
Did you ever wish that you could make a slight change to the keyboard layout of your computer to better suite your needs? Maybe you are sometimes writing in a different language and need special characters that are not part of your language. You could of course install multiple keyboard layouts and switch between layouts [...]
How To Pin Jumplist Items In Windows
I’m not really making that much use of the jumplist feature that Microsoft has implemented into the Windows 7 operating system. With a fast SSD as my main drive, it feels that the extra click needed to start the application is simply not worth it to open a specific feature or page that way. A [...]
Is the Blackberry becoming a dying breed?
You may have heard recently that Research In Motion is planning on bringing out a number of new smart-phones in the coming months. This includes the new Blackberry Torch, which is the touch screen version of its best selling Bold phone. There will also be a touch-screen only phone dubbed the Torch 9850. But are [...]
Metro Sidebar For Windows 7, Vista
I’m not really fond of the new Metro design to be honest. While it may work fine on mobile devices and touchscreens, I just cannot imaging myself using that interface on my desktop PC. That does not mean that I’m not going to try it in the Windows 8 Beta to get a first hand [...]