Paulus just emailed me to let me know about a new version of uTorrent that had been released as a first release candidate recently. The developers of the Bittorrent client have added several new features and technologies to the popular distribution software. Two of the new technologies that got added are Bittorrent DNA and uTorrent [...]
BBC Goes for Touch-Friendly Beta Website
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has for many years now had one of the biggest and most visited websites on the whole Internet. The company has taken great pride over the years and in 2002 a leaked document, still available online called “The Glass Wall” provided a masterclass in website usability that many people still consider [...]
Mouseover Popup Image Viewer Userscript
One of the not so comfortable experiences that users can make on the Internet are websites where small images or thumbnails are displayed that reveal little to no information due to their size. Some of those images link to a bigger version, and while that may provide the information the user is looking for, it [...]
Download Microsoft Office Starter 2010
Microsoft Office 2010 is available in different editions just like the Windows operating system. There is Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 or Office Professional 2010 for instance. And there is at least one version that is only available to OEMs: Microsoft Office Starter 2010. This version is usually only available for users who purchase [...]
Google Retires Knol, Wave, Friend Connect, Gears
Larry Page, the new CEO of Google, is continuing to retire Google services (check out Google retires Google Buzz for additional information about previous retirement waves). This time a set of not overly-popular services face termination: Google Knol, Wave, Friend Connect, Search Timeline, Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal, Bookmark Lists and Google Gears will all [...]
Firefox SearchWP, Adds Text Highlighting To The Search Bar
I have to admit that I’m not using Firefox’s built-in search bar to search on the Internet. I use the space for other interface elements and search directly on sites that offer search. It is a trade-off, other users make use of the search bar in the browser. One of the things that is missing [...]
Google Enables Forward Secrecy For HTTPS Services
Last year Google started to push the HTTPS protocol on many of their services which basically meant that users always connected to the https version of the site regardless of their own preference. Before that, https was only an option in a service’s settings. Gmail users for instance were able to enable https for their [...]
Create Bootable Windows or Linux USB with RMPrepUSB
Of the various applications for creating bootable Windows or Linux drives, RMPrepUSB offers some unique features which may be appealing to many users. Advanced users can set specific parameters for the drive if necessary. New and inexperienced users can easily use this application as well. Unlike other similar applications RMPrepUSB has additional features that stand [...]
Disk Alignment Test, Advanced Format Hard Drive Check
There is not really a lot that users can do to improve the performance of a hard drive on a computer system. This however is changing currently with the introduction of the first Advanced Format hard drives that some PC manufacturers have started to add to their systems. The main difference is that AF drives [...]