Windows chief Steven Sinofsky unveiled Windows 8, well some of it anyway, to the world today and put most of the focus on touch and the new Metro interface that we’ve seen previously. He made a point of saying that there are ‘hundreds’ of new features in Windows 8 and we’ll find out about them [...]
Microsoft, Adobe Ready Security Updates
It is the second Tuesday of the month again and this means security patch day at Microsoft and Adobe. Adobe has just released a security bulletin for Adobe Reader and Acrobat that fix several critical vulnerabilities in versions of the pdf software. Vulnerabilities affect Adobe Reader X and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh, Adobe [...]
Facebook Improves Friend Lists, Introduces Smart Lists
Facebook has just announced that they are updating and improving friend lists on the social networking sites. The improved friend lists are said to make it easier for users to see updates from particular lists and share with lists of friends and contacts. Three improvements have been made to lists. Smart Lists are created automatically [...]
Windows 8 Download, Developer Preview
Microsoft today will release a developer preview of Windows 8 to the public. The developer preview will be available starting 8pm tonight Seattle time and will include 32-bit and 64-bit builds of Windows 8 plus development tools.It includes furthermore a suite of sample and SDK applications as well as the SDK. Microsoft notes that the [...]
ShareMeNot, Block Automatic Social Media Button Information Sharing
When you load a website on the Internet that has social media buttons embedded, you are automatically sharing information with those social media sites. And this happens even if you do not interact with those buttons at all. Facebook, Twitter or Google can use the data to track your movement on the Web. The absolute [...]
Repair Internet Connection Issues With Connectivity Fixer
As a work from home guy I rely on my Internet connection. If it goes down, I’m cut off from work which could be disastrous, depending on the downtime. I have a backup connection just to make sure that I can always connect, and if everything goes down at once I have yet another backup [...]
Create Free Comodo TrustConnect VPN Accounts
Having a virtual private network (VPN) at your disposal can be very handy not only for business use but also for other purposes. Probably the most important aspect is that establish a secure connection to protect your data from spying eyes. But VPNs can also give your computer an IP address in another country which [...]
Configure Alerts For News In RSSOwl
I currently have 220 different website feeds configured in the desktop feed reader RSSOwl. Not all are technology related but the majority are. Like any other tech enthusiast, I have sites that I’m very interested in. This can be something simple like the Nirsoft blog which pushes out posts whenever a new application has been [...]
Preview and open Self-Extracting Archive Files with Bandizip
There are many different archive managers that have been reviewed all over the Internet. They are all loaded with features but some lack the ability to create self-extracting EXE file archives. This article examines a freeware archive manager that not only creates self-extracting EXE files but also displays archive contents in the right-click context menu [...]