We do know at this point in time that Mozilla is investigating means to update Firefox more effectively. Back in October we revealed that Mozilla was planning to add a silent update process to the browser to streamline the process and make it more comfortable and unobtrusive. Firefox engineer Ehsan Akhgar is now discussing another [...]
Mozilla Releases Firefox 8.0.1
Mozilla is about to release an update for the latest stable version of Firefox. Firefox 8.0.1 will be released less than two weeks after the release of Firefox 8, the latest stable version of the popular Internet browser. A fast release like this usually indicates a serious problem that needs to be addressed right away. [...]
PointerStick, Turn Your Cursor Into a Stick For Presentations
When you are holding presentations on a big screen with a computer mouse you know that it may be quite difficulty to follow the mouse cursor around. That’s fine if you have presentation software that gives you the tools at hand to highlight areas or write on the screen. If you are stuck with the [...]
White Noise For Chrome
Depending on your work environment you sometimes may get distracted or interrupted by noise. In my particular situation for instance, I tend to get distracted by dog walkers or service cards outside of my apartment. Others may be distracted by co-workers chatting on the phone, a refrigerator, television or anything else that is distracting them [...]
Using Natural Language Search in Windows 7
Search in Windows 7 can be difficult and awkward to use as in order to use it properly you have to remember a lot of, sometimes very obscure commands including size:gigantic to find the files you’re after. I even released the chapters on Windows 7 search from my free Windows 7 Power Users Guide as [...]
Need To Enter A Valid Credit Card? Try This
Some websites or services let you sign up only if you enter a valid credit card. This can happen even if you have no intention of ever buying something from the service or website. Sometimes you may prefer not to enter your own credit card information on the Internet, and sometimes you do not have [...]
Defragmentation Software Defraggler Updated, Better SSD Detection
Two of the three hard drives in my main computer are Solid State Drives (SSD) that do not need defragmenting. In fact, running defragmenting software on them could have an opposite effect on the drive’s speed and health. One of my personal criteria therefor is that defragmentation software needs to be able to block those [...]
Flickr Photo Downloader, Download Public Flickr Photos In Bulk
I have reviewed quite a few programs to download photos from Flickr in the past. From Flickr Download and Flickr Downloadr to Flickr Mass Downloader and the more recent Flickr Mass Downloader. All tools have in common that they can be used to download public photos that are hosted on Flickr. They differ in handling [...]
Microsoft Talks Windows 8 Update Changes
Microsoft has announced changes to the Windows Update mechanism of the upcoming operating system Windows 8. When you look at the current state of Windows Update, you will find it to be relatively disruptive to the user experience. This stems from the fact that the majority of updates require a system start before their installation [...]