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Google Schmoogle userscript improves search's usability

March 4, 2013

As a webmaster and Internet user, I do not like the direction that Google Search is heading towards for some years now.

Buggy HTML5 Storage implementation fills up your hard drive in minutes

March 2, 2013

HTML5 localStorage was designed to allow websites and services to store larger amounts of data on a computer system.

AccountKiller: instructions for deleting more than 500 online accounts

February 26, 2013

On some sites, deleting an account involves nothing more than clicking on a link and confirming the selection to do so.

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Lovebird for Thunderbird organizes mail around people

February 26, 2013

If you are particularly fond of a person that you communicate with via email, or have email contacts that send you lots of important messages, you only have one

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Pirate Bay advertising Torch browser. Should you download it?

February 25, 2013

Whenever I need to download a couple of - legit - torrents for a review, I head over to the Pirate Bay website to find movie trailers that I can download to [&h

Outlook.com: ad-free for $19.99 per year

February 20, 2013

Many Internet services displays advertisement on their websites and use it as the main revenue generating source.

MailStore Home 8.0 update brings Outlook 2013 support

February 18, 2013

When it comes to backing up emails, MailStore Home is that trusted companion that I have been using for a long time.

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Bittorrent SoShare: web powered file sharing

February 15, 2013

When it comes to sharing files with other users over the Internet, you have a couple of options at your disposal.

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How to download your Twitter archive to your computer

February 15, 2013

Twitter users up until now had only one option at their disposal to access past messages that they have posted on the social messaging site: to browse the tweet

Getting around New York Times' article limit? Still possible

February 14, 2013

Contents on the New York Times website are protected by a paywall.

Bitcasa is what Mega wants to be

February 6, 2013

I have followed Bitcasa ever since it started to offer its service as a beta version.

Piriform asks BleachBit developer to remove Winapp2.ini import option

February 5, 2013

CCleaner is probably the most popular temporary file and data cleaning software for Windows.

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Report: Twitter to improve security with two-factor authentication

February 5, 2013

Many websites and services implement two-factor authentication as another line of defense against phishing attacks and hacking attempts.

KeePass: the global login shortcut to ease your life

February 5, 2013

There are many great password managers out there which all have their advantages and disadvantages.

Mediafire now profiting from copyright infringing downloads, sort of

February 3, 2013

Life is not easy if you are running a web hosting service that users from all over the world can use to host files on.

Join Reddit's discussion of a page without leaving it

February 3, 2013

Reddit's biggest strength is its user base.

Bittorrent Sync review: synchronize files locally or on the Internet

February 1, 2013

Bittorrent Sync is a new file synchronization software for local area networks and remote servers based on the popular Bittorrent protocol that was announced a

Disable Third-Party Flash cookies that track you on the Internet

February 1, 2013

Flash cookies, or Local Shared Objects, are used for a variety of purposes: from Flash game saves toÂ storing site preferences or user tracking.

Dropbox to get document preview feature. Early access sign ups available

February 1, 2013

Whenever Dropbox makes an announcement every tech blog under the sun writes a story about it.

First Mega search engine online, won't be the last

January 30, 2013

Mega, the new Megaupload file hosting site, has received a lot of attention from the press in the recent year ever since Megaupload was taken down by the author

Discover what people post on Vine

January 30, 2013

Twitter launched the short video publishing service Vine a couple of days ago and while I'm not that fond of the idea, it seems to have struck a nerve with the

Bittorrent Sync, a file synchronization alternative?

January 25, 2013

While you may not agree with all decisions that Bittorrent Inc made in the past, I'm referring to integrated ads in uTorrent for instance that look and feel lik

Twitter Vine: video sharing with a six second limit

January 24, 2013

Many people were not really sure about Twitter's chance of success when it was released to the public.

Fix for Mega uploads not working

January 22, 2013

I have received my verification email more than 24 hours after I signed up for the new Mega file hosting site and finally got to browse around and test its feat

Webinpaint removes objects from your photos online

January 21, 2013

So you have just created a spectacular photo with your digital camera were it not for that one guy walking by in just the wrong moment.

Fix for Thunderbird not opening links

January 20, 2013

I have configured the Thunderbird email client to block links from being opened when I click on them.

Display buffer speed, size and total video size on YouTube

January 20, 2013

If you watch videos on YouTube regularly you may have noticed that some videos tend to buffer very slowly while others buffer faster.

Mega is not a Dropbox alternative, right now

January 20, 2013

When Mega opened its doors to the public yesterday it quickly went down or at least slow like hell as thousands of users were trying to register an account on t

Dropbox displays sharing notifications on the desktop

January 19, 2013

The Dropbox team is releasing experimental versions of the service's client regularly on the official forum.

Will you host your files on the new Mega(upload) site?

January 18, 2013

After having been teased about the new Mega(upload) website for months it seems that a selection of high profile journalists have received access before anyone

How to change the font of mails in Thunderbird

January 18, 2013

Thunderbird is my desktop email client of choice and one of the reasons for that is that it is highly customizable.

Find out if programs are connecting to the Internet

January 14, 2013

Depending on how you have set up your system, all, some or only select applications and programs may connect to the Internet or local network resources.

How to browse all your web images on Bing and Google

January 13, 2013

If you run your own website you are probably also posting images on it from time to time.

How companies take advantage of Mozilla's Addon repository

January 13, 2013

Mozilla's Addon repository is one of the backbones of the Firefox web browser, Thunderbird email client and various other programs based on the same core.

Download torrents with Bittorrent Surf for Chrome

January 11, 2013

Are you downloading torrent files to your computer? If you do, what program or service are you using to do so? Are you using a desktop client like uTorrent or q

How to reload tabs automatically in your web browser

January 10, 2013

Some websites and services refresh content automatically in intervals if you allow certain scripts to run on them.

The ultimate guide to securing your Twitter account

January 10, 2013

Twitter, like any other high profile site on the Internet, is targeted by hackers, scammers, spammers and users who use it to distribute malware or spam.