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 […]
The Windows Hosts file allows you to redirect hostnames. That sounds awfully technical but think of it as a beats-everything-else solution to set hostname targets. Examples? You can redirect any domain name […]
Do you know which programs ran in the past on your Windows PC? It is likely that you know at least some of them, the programs that you have started manually for […]
Pale Moon and Firefox are two popular web browsers that share many features. Most Firefox add-ons run perfectly fine in Pale Moon for example and the same is true for the majority […]
The majority of social media and messaging sites display the number of unread messages, friend requests and notifications on their site so that users see on first glance what is new. On […]
It may sometimes be useful to boot one or multiple computer systems from a network computer instead of locally. Maybe you want to boot another operating system or an update but the […]
I have configured my desktop PC to go turn off the monitor after 5 minutes and to go sleep after 10 minutes of inactivity. While I don't have to worry about battery […]
From this month forward, Microsoft will no longer release free Advanced Security Notifications before patches are made available on Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of the month. The company's Advanced Notification Service […]
If you think about how computer systems are controlled, mouse and keyboard probably come to mind first before touch and voice commands. It is rather interesting that little progress has been made […]
Game Downloader is a free program for the Windows operating system that you can use to discover, browse and download more than 350 different PC games in various categories. PC gamers have […]
YouTube is not the only online platform on which Internet users can upload, share and watch videos but it is without doubt the most popular one. While that is the case, there […]
I have to admit that I never quite got the world's fascination with services like Instagram. While I do have an account, I only use it when I write about the service. […]
If you need an extra push sometimes to get work done as you get distracted easily, you may find programs and services useful that restrict what you can do on a device […]
If you are using Microsoft's Outlook.com email service you have various options to connect to it. You can use the web interface, mobile apps or desktop email clients. Regardless of how you […]
One of the things that I do for most software or services that I discover is to check for reviews before I try it out myself. Reviews can reveal important information about […]
Sites like Cnet's Download.com or Sourceforge began to implement wrappers on their services some time ago with the sole purpose of earning extra revenue from software downloads. These wrappers are similar to […]
Sometimes when you are trying to connect to websites or services in Google Chrome, you may receive the error message no date received instead of the website you wanted to load. The […]
It is relatively easy to manage a digital music collection. Programs like MediaMonkey Gold or iTunes can import all music files right away with options to correct any importing issues and add […]
The Firefox web browser supports two different theme types: so-called Personas or light themes, and complete themes. The main difference between the two is that Personas modify only colors and backgrounds, much […]
Adding a theme to your web browser of choice is a great way of personalizing it. Depending on the browser you are using, themes may modify all interface elements or only some. […]
Waifu is a cross-platform movie streamer that you can use to watch the latest Anime shows. It works similar to Popcorn Time, a streaming application for movies and TV shows in that […]
Filters are a great tool to process emails automatically on Gmail. You can create filters to apply labels to filters automatically, prevent that it ever lands in spam, or forward emails automatically. […]
The Internet Archive may have started as a website preservation service but it has since then expanded into many different areas. It is now offering access to movie, audio, software and image […]
If you ever had to move specific files from one location to another you know how difficult of an operation this can be. Say someone connected an USB Flash Drive to your […]
Movie File Merger is a free program for Windows that you can use to merge video collections or move a subset from a collection to another location. If you ever had to […]
When you visit torrent indexing websites, download links may be offered on those sites as torrent files or as magnet links. Some services offer both while some only one of the options. […]
I'm currently rewriting and updating articles here on this site that were published years ago. Currently working on the email category which had its fair share of Thunderbird extension reviews. At least […]
When I start my Windows PC in the morning, I load the browsers Firefox and Chromium, the email client Thunderbird and the RSS reader Quite RSS right away. While I could add […]
I have followed the NANY (New Apps for a New Year) event over on Donation Coder ever since it was first introduced in 2007. It is a fun event in which programmers […]
Folder Merger is a free portable application for the Windows operating system that you can use to merge files that reside in different folders into a single destination folder Merging simple folders […]
Keeping track of certain tasks can sometimes be difficult. While it is usually no problem if you complete tasks regularly, say once a week, it gets difficult if you only do so […]
Dimmdrive is a new application available on the gaming platform Steam. It is a RAM drive that has been created specifically for Steam games. Games benefit a lot from better hardware. Solid […]
Mary Jo Foley mentioned recently that Microsoft could ship the company's upcoming operating system Windows 10 with two browsers instead of just one. These two browsers, different from the two versions of […]
Ah, the Commodore Amiga. One of the greatest home computer systems that was home to some of the best games ever created. While it is still possible to buy an Amiga on […]
You can configure the Google Chrome web browser to open the last session, meaning all tabs and windows open the last time you used it, or to open a blank page or […]
Leanify is a lightweight cross-platform application that you can run to optimize the size of certain file types without affecting quality or contents. File size is not that much of an issue […]
The shutdown of the popular MyP2P.eu website, a popular destination for live and free sports streaming on the Internet, resulted in the creation of WiZiWiG which offered similar services. It was not […]
If you have ever bought a PC running Windows, you may have had to deal with quite a few programs and other annoyances installed by the manufacturer of the device. It is […]
When you check out telemetry data that Mozilla collects about hangs in its Firefox web browser, you will notice that plugin-related issues are over-represented there. Update: The situation has changed significantly in […]
