Firefox users are a dedicated bunch. They love their browser and most prefer it to stay the way it is, with the exception of improved performances, web standards support and security updates. I know several Firefox 3.6.x users who stay with that browser version exactly for that reason. Mozilla recently announced plans to remove the [...]
Privacy: Another Reason Why I Won’t Use Origin By Electronic Arts
Some days ago I canceled my pre-order of the Battlefield 3 Limited edition for Windows PCs. It was a reaction on the news that the game would ship without ingame server browser, which had been replaced by a server browser in an external web browser. This meant that you had to keep Origin, the distribution [...]
Website Load Tool, Monitor Web Loading Times
Website Speed has been integrated into Google’s search engine algorithm some time ago. Many webmasters have started to optimize their server and page loading times after the announcement. While it has been proven that faster page loading times have a positive effect on user interaction and sales, it is not clear how faster sites benefit [...]
Kill Skype Home Removes The Skype Home Window
I just tried to download the voice over IP software Skype from the official website to discover that I had to log in, or create an account, to do so. That was an annoyance and I decided to go to Betanews to download the software instead. I had been a Skype user before but somehow [...]
The HP TouchPad Fire Sale… Was it Worth it?
Last week when HP announced both that it was going to sell off its PC division, but also that it was dropping its WebOS devices, the tech community went into shock. This the world’s biggest PC manufacturer, with some 26% of the US market or 18% of the PC market worldwide. So far as WebOS [...]
WinCrashReport, Windows Crash Reporting Alternative
Error reporting has been modified by Microsoft with nearly every operating system they have released. Windows 2000 users for instance saw a cryptic error message with no options whatsoever to access the error report. This changed under Windows XP, and was further modified under Windows Vista and Windows 7. While it is easier to work [...]
How to Create a Hotkey or Shortcut to Eject a USB Drive
Windows has a powerful dialog built in to safely eject a USB Drive. This is most likely sufficient for most users, but if you want to gain more complete control, it is possible to create a hotkey or shortcut for immediate USB drive ejection. There is a handy freeware utility called USB Disk Ejector that [...]
Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO
It’s being reported, and this news is coming in live as I type this, that Apple founder and Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs has tonight resigned as the head of the company. According to the AFP news agency he’s to be replaced by Tim Cook, the company’s current Chief Operating Officer. Steve Jobs has been [...]
Restore Previous Versions Of Windows Files
When you right-click a file in Windows Explorer you get a context menu with all kind of options. Included in the list is the Restore Previous Versions entry. A click on the entry opens a dialog that is first displaying a “searching for previous versions” notification before returning all saved previous versions of the file [...]