If you are a Windows users you often encounter situations where you cannot really say when a process ends. This may be a copying job where projected times fluctuate between a few seconds and hours, burning of a DVD or the installation of a new program on the computer system. If you are like me, [...]
Display Only Items Sold By Amazon
Amazon has opened their marketplace for third party manufacturers who can sell their goods on the popular online shopping site. Shipping and handling fees are usually added to third party items sold on Amazon, which can increase the price of the item significantly. Most items sold by Amazon directly qualify for free shipping, either directly, [...]
Add Sticky Notes To Programs
It may sometimes be useful to have important information displayed to you directly in a program window. This could be a tutorial on how to complete a certain task in the program, passwords or other important information that are relevant to the program, or reminders on things that you still need to do. While you [...]
Zumocast Media Streaming
Zumocast is an application for Windows or Mac computers. It is a media streaming application much like Libox and what Apple has recently done with iOS5. Zumocast makes your computer a convenient media streaming server which is accessible through any web browser, mobile devices or iOS devices. It is refreshing to see that there is [...]
Got Space, Display Detailed Drive Storage Information
Windows users who want to find out how much free space they have left on local hard drives, mapped drives, removable drives and substituted drives will notice that Windows Explorer is less than ideal for the job. The default system file manager displays a drive’s capacity and free space in Gigabytes in the Computer menu. [...]
Minicraft, Minecraft in 2D [Game Saturday]
Minecraft is one of those games that does not try to persuade gamers with lots of eye candy and stunning visuals. The game’s mass appeal can be attributed to its game play mechanics and freedom that it gives its users. Markus Persson, the developer of Minecraft recently stepped down as an active developer of Minecraft [...]
Facebook Messenger, Chat and Notification Client For Windows
First information about Facebook’s plan to release their own instant messaging program appeared on a Facebook support page about a month ago. Facebook Messenger for Windows, according to that page, offers chat, messaging and notification functionality. The program was initially only available to a group of alpha testers. A direct link to Facebook’s Messenger has [...]
Firefox 11, What’s New, What Has Changed
Mozilla has released new Firefox versions for all channels in the past days. We have seen the release of Firefox 9 stable, shortly followed by the 9.0.1 release fix, Firefox 10 Beta, Firefox 11 Aurora and Firefox 12 Nightly. Firefox 11 Stable will be released in 3 months. Users running the version of the browser [...]
System Files, Flash, Silverlight, Java Offline Installer
Setting up computer systems can be a boring repetitive task. While I’m setting up and configuring PCs maybe once or twice a year only, I always repeat the same set of steps after the operating system has been installed. This includes installing common software like the web browser Firefox, the email client Thunderbird, SnagIt for [...]