Fake virus alerts are a common yet dangerous weapon often used by cybercriminals. These alerts masquerade themselves as legitimate security warnings, tricking users into actions that end up compromising their own digital […]
If you have invested in the stock market, interested in investing in stocks or just interested in the performance of one or multiple companies, you may want to use services on the […]
If your university or school is handing out recordings of lectures to its students after class, or if you are recording those lectures by yourself, or if you like to watch video […]
What ifht you could listen to your Word document being read to you from your phone or tablet? Though it may not be a need for many people, I am sure it […]
There are two main points of criticism in regards to Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system. First the missing start menu which has been more or less replaced with the start screen, and […]
Mozilla just launched the TowTruck project on Mozilla Labs to provide Internet users from all over the world with options to collaborate together and in real-time on the web. So how does […]
I cannot really remember when I first starting using the image viewer XnView on all of my Windows systems as one of the programs to browse images on it, but it certainly […]
There are tasks in life that follow no regular schedule. Think about cleaning the computer keyboard, mopping the floor, going to the dentist for your check-up or changing your car's oil. With […]
The developers of the popular media player KMPlayer have just released version 3.6 of the player introducing several new features in the player and fixing one security issue in it as well. […]
Bittorrent software and services rely on torrent files or magnet links, and the main way of distributing those files or links is via indexing sites like The Piratebay, Archive.org and many of […]
Virustotal is one of those services that I do not really want to live without anymore, at least when it comes to using my computer. You can use Virustotal to scan files […]
Most web browsers ship with options to restore tabs or even browser windows that you have accidentally closed. This can be useful if you find out at a later time that you […]
Baidu PC Faster is a free system maintenance and optimization program for the Windows operating system. Many system maintenance tools have the reputation of being snake oil, or at least tend to […]
Microsoft released a total of nine security bulletins last Tuesday fixing two critical security vulnerabilities and several lesser rated security vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system and several other Microsoft products. It […]
Animated gifs have been part of the Internet for a very long time. They have been initially used to add dynamic components to websites (remember the dancing baby or the animated under […]
If you ever tried to use keyboard shortcuts while a Flash element on a website was in focus, you will have noticed that the keyboard shortcut did not work at all when […]
The Steam friends list tells you which friends are currently online on Steam, if they are playing a game, and if they are not online, when they have been online the last […]
What happens to your online accounts when you die? Some may not care at all, after all, they are dead by then and there is not really anything that can be done […]
I have a minor obsession with Android camera apps -- I seem to collect them, but there are only a handful that I really use on a regular basis. One of my […]
VLC Media Player is one of the two players on my Windows system that I use all the time (the other is SMPlayer). Why two players and not only one? Because both […]
Gmail's new compose window is highly controversial. Some users like it as they can now access emails at the same time and in the same browser tab to reference them or re-read […]
Dropbox was one of the applications that my Galaxy Note II phone shipped with by default. It was installed by default and all I had to do was sign in to my […]
Mozilla employee Alex Limi published an interesting article in March 2013 about an analysis that he conducted about several preferences of the Firefox web browser that were publicly available. Checkboxes that kill […]
If you are using Microsoft's cloud hosting and synchronization service SkyDrive you know that you can use it to view and edit Microsoft Office documents. Microsoft up until now did not offer […]
Mozilla is about to release an update for the stable version of the Firefox web browser bringing the version of the program to 20.0.1 after the update. This may or may not […]
HoverZoom is one of those extensions that makes life a lot easier on the Internet, at least when you are browsing images regularly on image boards, forums and other websites. The extension, […]
If you have bought a PC that shipped with Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system preinstalled you may have noticed that it did not ship with a product key label that your previous […]
I remember only one instance in the past year where Firefox's memory usage went beyond the 1 Gigabyte mark on my desktop computer and that was likely caused by a issue in […]
A failing hard drive should not be taken lightly. Maybe you are noticing that you can't load some of the files on the drive anymore or that write processes sometimes fail, or […]
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is one of those programs that every Windows users should have installed on their system. I'm not saying that it should be the primary antivirus software on the system, especially […]
Mozilla back in 2012 integrated a social API into the Firefox web browser designed to provide Internet sites with the means to use the API to integrate their services right into the […]
In 2012 I made the move from an Epson printer and Canon scanner to an HP all-in-one. I would love to tell you how I carefully researched and compared devices, but the truth […]
Microsoft a couple of minutes ago has released security patches for several of its products as part of this month's patch day. A total of nine security bulletins affecting one or multiple […]
Selecting a secure password is the first step of ensuring that you are safe on today's Internet. While that is a great start, it may sometimes not be enough to properly secure […]
Most search engines index all kinds of contents, not only web pages and services. You may use them to find open web cams, printers that can be remotely controlled or other devices […]
If you are a veteran Firefox user you may remember that Mozilla implemented options to block insecure contents from being loaded on https pages in Firefox 18. The feature has been disabled […]
I'm usually not a fan of apps or programs that monitor news for you as I prefer to use an RSS reader for that as it provides me with customization options that […]
There are several reasons why you'd want to monitor a folder in Windows for changes. Maybe it is an important folder and you want to make sure that the data has not […]
So, the support deadline of Windows XP will not be prolonged and end on April 8, 2014. The change is affecting many computer users, with companies collecting statistics about operating system use […]
The Feedly team is doing a great job at keeping us informed about what is going on behind the doors of the RSS service that was swarmed by Google Reader users looking […]
Nearly every website on the planet uses so called like-buttons that enable site visitors to share articles, websites or services with contacts on social networking sites. These buttons are mainly used to […]
