Up until now it was not really that easy to customize what appears in your news feed and what not. That’s a big issue if you do not want to see game updates in your feed, or would love to read new posts from a Facebook user that you do not want to or cannot [...]
What I Do Not Like About Windows 8
In 5 Things I Love About Windows 8 I listed five features of Microsoft’s upcoming operating system that I really like. If you read that article you may have noticed that those features are all “desktop” related. They do not have anything to do with the new Metro UI of Windows 8, and that is [...]
5 Things I Love About Windows 8
Microsoft demoed the Windows 8 operating system publicly for the first time yesterday on the Build Conference. And while that presentation was concentrating on developing applications and compatible hardware for the operating system, end users were able to get a good sneak peek of things to come as well. Especially so considering that Microsoft made [...]
How To Install Windows 8 From USB Key
Microsoft has just released a developer preview of their upcoming operating system Windows 8. Users from all over the world can download the preview and install it on their systems. There is only one restriction with regards to the installation: You cannot update an existing copy of Windows, the Windows 8 installation requires a clean [...]
Unpack Monitor, Automatically Extract Archives
Three days ago I reviewed AutoWinRarZip, a software for Windows PCs that monitors and extract archives on systems automatically. The program’s monitoring and auto-extraction was limited to rar and zip files though. Unpack Monitor on first glance offers a similar feature set. The program can monitor one or multiple folders on a computer system. Archives [...]
Find Out Who Is Surfing On Your Wireless Network
Many users nowadays connect to the Internet via Wlan. That’s handy for a number of reasons like being able to access the Internet from multiple locations without having to buy a 50 meter network cable and tug that around with you all the time. Wireless networks have disadvantages as well, especially so if they are [...]
How to Recalibrate Your Laptop Battery
From time to time, you may notice that your laptop’s battery doesn’t stay charged as long as it should. This is sometimes due to the user constantly keeping the battery on mains power, or allowing it to only drop to 50% before recharging. Modern batteries are usually quite good at dealing with this, but every [...]
Is the Desktop Dying Out?
When Microsoft unveiled Windows 8 yesterday they said what most people were expecting them to, that a new tablet-friendly interface would be the default way to interact with the new version of the OS. This new Metro UI would load when you start Windows and that Microsoft expected most people to interact with Windows 8 [...]
Every Facebook User Has Multiple Passwords
Facebook users log in to the social networking site with their username and password. Normally you would expect that the password is unique, and that no one else could access the account by entering a different password in the login prompt on the website. If you have thought that then you have been wrong, and [...]