Speccy is a – currently in beta software – by popular developer Piriform that is known for software programs like CCleaner, Recuva or Defraggler. The program is a PC hardware system information tool that analyses the hardware that is installed or connected to the PC the software is running on. The software program comes as [...]
Panda Cloud Antivirus Released Still Free
Panda Cloud Antivirus has been released today after months of being available as a beta version. The antivirus software, which has been offered as a public beta since April 2009, received more press coverage than conventional free antivirus software programs thanks to its cloud based approach. This approach moves some of the virus scanning away [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Nov 10th, 2009
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Set up a Gnumed backend server
Recently I covered the front-end of the Gnumed software designed for the medical industry (see “Let your medical practice go open source with Gnumed.”) In that article I showed you how to start working with Gnumed, but limited the installation to using the public servers. Because these public servers can not safely and securely hold [...]
Exif Metadata Editor Jhead
So called exif metadata – or exif data – is automatically added to photos taken by digital cameras. The data that is added to the photo depends largely on the digital camera used but it usually includes information such as the time and date the photo was taken, the camera model, resolution and other technical [...]
Google Chrome Cache Viewer
Chrome Cache View is one of those applications that is not really needed to perform a given task but it makes that task way more comfortable. Like ever web browser Google Chrome uses a cache on the hard disk to save data so that it opens faster on the next time the website is loaded [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Nov 10th, 2009
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Basic postgresql server setup
So many tool require databases. If you are a web administrator or a company with large stores of information, then you know the importance of databases. One of the most oft-used databases available is MySQL. But that is not the only player on the court. Another cross platform object-relational database management tool is PostgreSQL. Many [...]
Windows 7 Firewall Control
The firewall in Windows 7 is a solid software firewall. It is by far not as advanced as third party firewalls but it does a good job at protecting a computer system running Windows 7. The functionality of the firewall has been improved ever since Microsoft starting shipping Windows XP versions with the software firewall. [...]
