Backups should be an important part of every computer user’s disaster recovery strategy so that important data can be recovered after hardware crashes, virus attacks or accidentally deletions. Backup tools can be divided into general backup software that backup all files and folders that a user wants to backup and specialized backup programs that backup [...]
Opera NoScript Alternative BlockIt
Regular readers know that I would make the switch away from Firefox to either Google Chrome or Opera if those web browsers would support both NoScript functionality and Last Pass. NoScript is a security add-on for Firefox that blocks scripts from being loaded when the website loads. The user has afterwards the option to enable [...]
Opera Releases Third Opera 10.5 Snapshot [Web Browser]
The Opera developers have released a new snapshot release of the upcoming Opera 10.5 web browser. The last snapshot caused troubles for many users who experienced crashes among other things. One could say that it is not seldom that pre-alpha releases show that behavior.
One reason why the developers might have decided to release the [...]
Opera 10.50 Alpha Released [Opera]
Opera has released a new version of their upcoming web browser Opera 10.50. Opera 10.50 alpha is the first public alpha release of the web browser which was previously only available as a pre-alpha release.
The developers have not released a changelog of the new version but have mentioned the changes in Opera 10.50 alpha in [...]
Quix Customizable Command Driven Bookmarklet [Internet]
Quix is a customizable command driven bookmarklet that can be used in most of today’s web browsers including Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla’s Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome or Safari. It is basically a mixture of Mozilla’s Ubiquity and an extended search add-on like Cybersearch for Firefox in the form of a bookmarklet. The bookmarklet needs to [...]
Vevo Video Download Bookmarklet [Youtube]
We have described yesterday how the media player RealPlayer can be used to download Vevo videos from Youtube. While it is certainly one of the few – if not the only – free software solution to download Vevo videos it is not the only one as one of the commenters mentioned in the article.
The video [...]
Which Web Browser Will You Be Using In 2010?
The web browser market has become a lot more interesting and challenging in the last year. Windows users now have the choice between four (five if you count the mediocre Safari as well) primary web browsers that they can use: Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Internet Explorer. Firefox and Internet Explorer have been dominating the [...]