A mouse gesture is an alternative input method that uses the mouse, sometimes in combination with the keyboard, to send commands to the operating system. Windows itself does not support mouse gestures out of the box. Most users come into contact with mouse gestures either when a program like Opera support them, or when they [...]
Tunnelbear, Free, Easy to Install Virtual Private Network
Virtual private networks (vpns) allow users to securely connect to another computer, server or home PC, that acts as a proxy for all of their communications. The websites and services that you connect to communicate only with the vpn server and not with your computer. They in fact do not even know that your computer [...]
Ethervane Echo, A Portable Windows Clipboard Extender
Ethervane Echo is a little clipboard extender for the Windows operating system that keeps track of your clipboard history for you. The program is relatively straightforward to use. The clipboard manager keeps track of the history automatically once unpacked and started. You can click on the application icon in the system tray to bring it [...]
Bypass System File Associations With Portable Extension Warlock
It is sometimes necessary to open a file with a different application. Think of a video file that you can open in a player or in an editor. Windows users can make use of the Open With context menu entry whenever they need to open a file in a program that is not the default [...]
YouTube Slam, Vote For YouTube Videos
Logged in YouTube users can vote for videos by clicking on the like or dislike buttons displayed underneath each video. The total number of likes and dislikes are then displayed on the video page. YouTube is taking that concept a step further with YouTube Slam, a new feature where videos are battling it out against [...]
Buying a New PC? Don’t Get Ripped off by Unscrupulous Salesmen!
I get a fair amount of email in my inbox at mike@MVPs.org from readers asking questions about how to do or fix A, B or C on their PCs. One email I received this morning got me so riled that I felt it needed to be written up here, though it’s not the first time [...]
Firefox Checking Update Compatibly Every Time? Try This Fix
Firefox since yesterday was checking for add-on compatibility on every browser start. It displayed the window that you only see after upgrading to a newer or downgrading to an older version of the browser. I first though that this was caused by the excellent sandboxing software Sandboxie, but this turned out to be not the [...]
US Court May Have to Decide How Much One Twitter Follower is Worth
A court in the US might have to decide just how much a Twitter follower is worth after a Californian man took 17,000 followers with him after leaving a job. Noah Kravitz, a writer was working for mobile phone website Phonedog. While there he began tweeting under the name Phonedog_Noah about the company and its [...]
Play YouTube Videos Nonstop
You do not have that many options when it comes to watching multiple videos about a certain topic on YouTube. Logged in YouTube users can create playlists, everyone else could play a playlist if available, or click on individual videos that are listed in the search results, categories or video suggestions. Show Me Nonstop is [...]