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ISO CD Burner, Newbie Friendly ISO Burning Software

Have you ever had the pleasure to walk an inexperienced computer user through the process of installing and using a DVD burning software? If you do not have remote access to the […]

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Physical Disk Speed Monitor

It can sometimes be important to monitor the performance of a hard drive.Depending on how you are using your computer, you may want to monitor the hard drive to assess how it […]

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Image Search Preview, Userscript To Display Direct Image Previews

Most image search engines, and image hosting sites for that matter, use thumbnail previews of images that link to the image directly or another web page with the original version of the […]

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How To Disable Dynamic Image Resizing In Firefox

You may have noticed that Firefox changes the size of an image on the web based on the size of the Firefox window. This can be easily tested by opening an image […]

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Travel Technology Today, What's Your Gear List?

What is the best travel technology to bring with you when you are going abroad? It's a difficult question to answer since the needs of different travelers tend to be different. For […]

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NoVirusThanks Anti-Rootkit Free

It sometimes pays to occasionally scan a computer system with a second opinion virus scanner. We all know that no security software in the world can protect against every known threat. Even […]

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Opera 11 Beta Available, Download It Now

With Google Chrome leading the development pace, at least when it comes to increasing the version of the browser, Opera is second fastest in the game. The Norwegian company has just posted […]

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Pop-up History For Chrome, Display Browsing History In A Popup

What would you say that an extension with the name Pop-up History and the description Pop-up a History does? This one had me puzzle for a while. My first thought was that […]

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How to uninstall Windows Live Messenger

Usually there should not be any need for a guide on how to uninstall Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft's instant messenger, as it can be uninstalled just like any other software in Windows. […]

iOS 4.2 arrives as the iPad gets multi-tasking

The latest version of Apple's iOS operating system has been released today and it brings with it several welcome enhancements, not the least of which is multi-tasking for the iPad, iPhone (3G, […]

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ZSoft Uninstaller, Monitor Installations, Uninstall Software

The standard uninstall a program control panel applet in Windows is not really suited for uninstalling software completely from the computer system. Why? Because it solely relies on the uninstallation software which […]

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Img2Tab Add-On, Load All Images In Tabs

Firefox users have quite a few options to view and save all images that are displayed on or linked on an Internet page. Two add-ons that we have reviewed earlier for the […]

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Microsoft Word Free Download, Is There Such A Thing?

The majority of computer users uses computers at least partially to work with documents and spreadsheets. Microsoft Word is still one of the most popular text editing applications on the Windows operating […]

Petition To Bring The Old Firefox Status Bar Functionality Back

Firefox users who are currently running version 3 of the browser will notice lots of changes once they upgrade their version of the Internet browser to version 4. As always, some changes […]

Reporting bugs in Fedora 14

Let's face it, when you opt to use certain Linux distributions, you do so knowing that there are going to be bugs. Fedora is one such distribution. Since Fedora is a testing […]

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Convert PDF To Word

Boxoft PDF to Word is a free software to convert PDF documents to the Microsoft Word compatible format doc. The freeware supports three different conversion options. It can be used to batch […]

Steve Jobs - The Action Figure

Update: The action figure is not available anymore. You find other Steve Jobs toys on sites like Amazon for example. There you find Steve Jobs Lego figurines for instance. It was only […]

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Don't Sleep, Prevent Standby, Hibernate, Shutdown In Windows

Don't Sleep is a free program for all versions of Microsoft Windows that can block power state changes -- standby, hibernate, shutdown -- on Windows PCs. The power configuration in Windows determines […]

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Remove Locales To Make Firefox Start Faster

It happens quite often that Firefox users tell me that their browser is not the fastest to start up. I personally do not have the problem at all, but this can be […]

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Safy, Run Links With JavaScript, Plugins Disabled In Google Chrome

Loading websites without scripts or plugins is one of the best security precautions, and the extension that I use for that is the excellent NoScript add-on which does that and a lot […]

Lock down GNOME with Pessulus

There are many reasons why you might want to lock down a desktop. Say you run an internet cafe and you don't want your users to be able to do certain things. […]

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Prevent Delete Protects Messages In Thunderbird

Sometimes you may want to make sure that emails do not get deleted in an email client. There are various ways of how emails can be deleted, either manually by a user […]

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Unzip Software That I Use

Having at least one unzip software at your disposal is a must, considering that many files that you download from the Internet or receive from colleagues are compressed to save up bandwidth […]

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Fix Allow Third-Party Flash Content To Store Data On Your Computer

Strange thing just happened. If you are a regular you may recall that I do not use the Adobe Flash plugin in my web browsers except in Google Chrome where it is […]

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Guten Reader, Read 18000 Gutenberg ebooks

Project Gutenberg offers one of the largest public domain ebook collections in the world. The website of the project is probably not the easiest to navigate, which is why many users may […]

Some helpful, but obscure, Linux admin tools

Linux is resplendent with administration tools. No matter what you need to monitor, Linux has a tool to suit your needs. You can monitor everything from file I/O, to network processes, and […]

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iSpy, Use Webcams, Microphones For Surveillance

Using webcams and microphones for surveillance and monitoring is not a new concept, we have looked at several solutions in the past. Grabmotion comes to mind for instance. The open source solution […]

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Catalog Media With Azzul

On which CD was that backup again? On which DVD did I burn last year's holiday photos? If you work a lot with media on optical disks you may want to have […]

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Opera 11 Revamps Address Field, Mouse Gestures Facelift, Adds Extension Options

The Opera desktop team has added several improvements to the latest public snapshot of the upcoming Opera 11 web browser. Opera users who have tested previous snapshots will most likely notice the […]

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Process Lasso 4 Download Available

The feeling that a computer is slow can have numerous reasons. From running applications or games that the computer's hardware is not capable of running properly, over malicious software that is slowing […]

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BookInfoLine, Compare Book Prices Online

One of the things that you should always do when shopping online is to compare prices. You can use price search engines for that, or manually visit some of your favorite stores […]

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Tapin Radio, Simple Internet Radio Player And Recorder

Sometimes all you want to do is to play Internet radio on your computer. Most music players support Internet Radio, some offer in-program browsing and searching of music, others can play what […]

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AniWeather, Display Weather Conditions In Firefox

What's the weather like today? If you want to answer that question you will have to either find it out by yourself, for instance by stepping outside, by asking other people or […]

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Automatically save my Conversation History In Windows Live Messenger

Depending on how you use Windows Live Messenger, it may be beneficial to save the chat conversation history automatically as a backup in order to access it whenever information from the chat […]

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Convert Partial RSS Feeds Into Full-Text Feeds

Some webmasters believe that offering partial feeds of their news entries only in the RSS Feed drives more visitors to their website. While that may be true, it has an adverse effect […]

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CoLT, Copy Link Text And URL In Firefox, Beats Copy Fixer By A Mile

I just read the review of Copy Fixer by Erez over at the Download Squad and thought that it would be nice to share my opinion on the topic. Copy Fixer is […]

Did China Divert US Website Traffic?

Reuters are reporting that traffic for some "highly sensitive" US websites was briefly redirected through China.  In a report by the BBC, the incident, which happened for 18 minutes last April saw […]

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Easy Photo Uploader For Facebook

Many Facebook users like to post photos and images on the site to share them with their friends. This can be photos from parties, holidays or other occasions. Chance is, if you […]

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Process Explorer 14 Released

Process Explorer by Sysinternals is one of those programs that every computer technician and enthusiast should have in their troubleshooting collection. Process Explorer 14 has just been released by its developer Mark […]

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Seatguru, Find The Best Airplane Seats Ahead Of Time

All seats are not equal in airlines. And we are not talking about business and economy class difference here. If you have bad luck, or make the wrong choice you may end […]