Sometimes you may want to benchmark drives or servers connected to your computer system, for instance to compare them to other devices or to test optimizations that you plan to make. Parkdale is a free benchmarking software for the Windows operating system that can be used to benchmark all drives that are currently connected to [...]
HTC Titan Windows Phone Review
I’ve used a lot of Windows Phone handsets since the platform was first released a year ago so you can imagine that I was a little sceptical about the new HTC Titan because of it’s near 5 inch screen. Dell’s 5 inch touchscreen device is marketed as a tablet after all and, as the Titan comes [...]
Sort, Filter, Manage Tables In Firefox With TableTools2
Having to work with tables in a web browser is not the most pleasant experience, unless you are on a site like Google Docs that offers more than just the ability to copy table cell data into other programs. Tables are displayed using the HTML table tag or by formatting elements with the help of [...]
Desktop Icon Text On the Right? D-Color Does The Trick
If you are like me you have some documents and files stored on the desktop for fast access. Some users may prefer to pin those files to the taskbar or start menu instead, or use a program and file launcher. When it comes to icons on the desktop you have only a few options to [...]
Steam Forum Hacked, Time To Panic?
The Steam forums were for a time not accessible a few days ago. What felt like a hardware or software issue at that time was actually more serious than this. Users who visit the Steam forums today see an announcement on the first page that informs them that the Steam forum and Steam databases have [...]
Windows XP Has 10-Times The Infection Rate Of Windows 7
The Security Intelligence Report is a biannual report by Microsoft that analyzes past and present security trends. It focuses on “software vulnerabilities, software vulnerability exploits, malicious and potentially unwanted software, and security breaches”. The latest report published yesterday focuses on the first and second quarter of 2011 and compares the findings with data from previous [...]
List Pages That Get Prerendered by Google Chrome
Prerendering in the best case speeds up specific processes. When it comes to web browsers the technology could pre-load and render websites to display them faster for the user. This only works if the browser gets the site right. If you look at a standard web search for instance, you will get ten search results [...]
Adobe Releases Another Flash Security Update
A security update for Adobe Flash Player has been released today that fixes several critical security vulnerabilities that Adobe identified in the software. Affected by vulnerabilities are all desktop versions of Adobe Flash Player 11.0.1.152 and earlier for Windows, Apple Macintosh, Linux and Solaris as well as Adobe Flash Player 11.0.1.153 or earlier versions for [...]
When will the Have-Not’s Get PCs and Internet at Home?
It’s been announced that US government is about to expand its scheme to get broadband and PCs into low-income households across America. It’s a similar scheme to others that have been run and that continue worldwide. As part of the deal Microsoft will provide $250 laptops and desktops pre-loaded with Office and Redemtech will offer [...]