Giganews VyprVPN is a virtual private network that is run by the same company that is providing one of the most reliable Usenet services on the Internet. I have been with Giganews for a very long time and never looked back. Since the announcement of the new vpn service Giganews Diamond account owners were able [...]

Categories: Security, The Web

Internet users can experience a variety of problems when connecting to websites and using services on the Internet. Some of these problems are related to the user’s Internet connection while others to viruses or unresponsive or slow servers. It is always a good idea to test the Internet connection before contacting the Internet Service Provider [...]

Categories: Online Services, The Web

Servers can identify various technical information about a connecting web browser and computer system including the screen resolution, user agent that includes the operating system, web browser version, plugins that are installed or the user’s timezone. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published an interesting theory that it is possible to track web browsers based on [...]

Categories: Browsing, Security

FavBackup allowed Windows users to backup web browser specific settings. The program was easy to use and supported most major web browsers. Some things were not perfect like missing support for custom or multiple user profiles, portable browser support or the disk and computer memory usage during backup jobs. The developer of FavBackup has recently [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera

I decided in August that I wanted to switch to another Internet provider despite the horror stories that friends told me when they switched to another Internet provider (T-Online) and phone company (German Telekom). I was perfectly happy with my old Internet provider (Alice DSL in Germany) and the 16/1 Mbit Internet connection and country [...]

Categories: Operating Systems, Windows

Monitoring Internet traffic can be useful in certain situations. These Internet monitors can for example be used to analyse the programs and data that get transferred at a specific point in time. The SoftX Internet Logger monitors the Internet traffic on the computer system once it is running. It will log the traffic of all [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Everyone who uses an Internet connection is downloading files from there. It can be automatic file transfers like downloading new emails or filling the browser cache when opening new websites but also manual downloads of pictures, videos or programs. The most dangerous type of downloads are program executables as they can infect a computer system [...]

Categories: Security

There are several programming languages that to-be programmers (or current programmers) can choose from. For first-time programmers, choosing a programming language can be difficult. There are many programming languages that are dying out, just aren’t popular, or are just generally hard to learn. It would be a shame for any first-time programmer to purchase books [...]

Categories: Web Development

The wireless network scanner inSSIDer can be used to quickly scan the area for wireless networks. The software program works well with Windows Vista and Windows XP (even the 64-bit editions) and can quickly display all wireless networks in the vicinity. A network adapter has to be selected to start the scanning. All discovered wireless [...]

Categories: Software, Windows