Over the last two years one of the biggest complaints I’ve had to make against tablet computers is that the Internet has simply not kept the same pace of change. If you go to any wbesite you’ll still find hyperlinks stacked closely together, drop down menus that only appear when you hover over them and [...]
Microsoft Releases Critical Windows Security Update
Back in October a rootkit was discovered that exploits a critical security vulnerability in the Windows operating system. We covered a detection and removal tool two days ago that would scan a PC and remove any traces of the Duqu rootkit from a system. Microsoft today has releases a security advisory to give customers “guidance [...]
MakeUseOf Guides, Free Downloadable Tech Guides
Guides can be a really great way of learning about a specific topic in little time. For me, a good guide is as short as possible without leaving out any of the essentials one would expect. Nothing’s worse than having to read a 500+ pages guide that beats around the bush. When you look at [...]
Want To Play Battlefield 3 Without Origin? Do This!
Origin is a controversially “Steam-like” distribution and gaming platform by Electronic Arts. The service has recently received bad press because of its end user license agreement which EA in the meantime has updated several times. Regardless of that, it is still heavily criticized by privacy organizations and end users alike for its abilities to crawl [...]
Low Quality Flash, Improve Flash Performance In Firefox
Flash applications can be very taxing performance wise. If you ever had to run Flash apps on underpowered hardware, e.g. a netbook or tablet PC, then you know that you may experience frame drops and other performance related issues. Most performance issues are caused by games which can be very taxing. I remember that I [...]
Unable to Terminate Process, Windows Task Manager Alternatives
Today I tried to install the Adobe Flash Plugin for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The basic idea was to download the executable, run it and have Flash installed. The problem was that somehow the whole process got corrupted which had several consequences. The Flash Player installation running in the background was creating new temporary Flash executables [...]
How to Adjust On-Screen Windows Using the Number Pad with ReSizer
The AeroSnap feature that is included in Windows 7 allows you to resize windows and adjust multiple windows viewing on the screen. ReSizer is a system utility that uses AeroSnap functions to give you the option of focusing, resizing and changing windows from the num pad (number pad on the right of most keyboards). This [...]
Access Game Cheats And Cheat Codes With Cheatbook Database
Game cheats and cheat codes have been very important for previous gaming generations. They were highly popular before the Internet became popular. Game magazines back then filled a lot of pages with walkthroughs, tips, tricks and cheat codes. Today with Internet access almost everywhere, there is no need for offline access to game cheats. All [...]
Patch My PC, Check For Windows Software Updates
Protecting a computer system has become one of the most important tasks for computer users in the past decade. While you had your fair share of viruses, hacks and all that stuff on computer systems like the C-64 or Amiga as well, they have never managed to spread far thanks to expensive modems and data [...]