Backing up your work is essential. Many of us keep important documents on our computers that include work files, pictures of the kids, insurance documents, even bank statements. Many of these files are lost forever if your hard drive fails and you have no backup. You may think that hard drives these days are better [...]
Easis Drive Check, Hard Drive Diagnostic Software
Computer users should keep an eye on the health status of their hard drives regularly, to avoid hard drive crashes or data loss. Diagnostic tools like Easis Drive Check aid the user in determining a hard drive’s health. The information gained by the diagnosis can then be used to determine necessary precautions, for instance more [...]
Wonderputt [Game Saturday]
I sometimes like to play relaxing games. Games, that do not put any pressure on you, that you can play in a pace that is most comfortable to you. Wonderput for the most part is such a game. On first glance it is just another miniature golf game that you can play in a web [...]
Portable Permanent File Deletion with Freeraser File Shredder
Something consistently emphasized to PC users is the need to delete files properly. This should become common knowledge: Basic deletion of a file does not remove the data, but simply renders it unreadable by the operating system. This is why System Restore can resurrect file data to restore an operating system to a previous time. [...]
Password Protect Firefox Bookmarks
Firefox bookmarks are accessible for all users of a computer system if one user account is used instead of individual user accounts. This can be a issue if you want to protect data from being seen or accessed by other users. But even if there are multiple user accounts, chance is that some may have [...]
Metro Controller, Disable Metro UI, Ribbon Explorer In Windows 8
The Windows 8 developer preview release that was offered publicly by Microsoft a few days ago caused quite the stir. There were users who loved the new Metro UI interface and other features of the operating system like the Ribbon of Windows Explorer. Other users criticized the new user interface as to tablet and touch [...]
Should you Install the Windows 8 Developer Preview?
I’ve been using the Windows 8 Developer Preview now for a few days on three different machines, a desktop, a laptop and a tablet, to get a good overall view of how this beta (early beta) operating system runs on these different devices. Now I feel I’m ready to let you know what I think [...]
How Important is your Internet Service to You?
We rely on the Internet more and more as every year goes by, or so it seems. Long gone are the days when the World Wide Web was a myth, and only the super-rich or the super-geek has an Internet connection. Long gone are the days when a connection was limited to 28kbps and was [...]
Delete Old Extension Preferences In Firefox
I’m not really sure why extension preferences that are generated during installation are not deleted when the extensions are uninstalled. That’s in my opinion a serious flaw in the browser. Why would someone want to delete those old extension preferences? First to keep the preference file clean and tiny, second to limit privacy implications and [...]