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Internet Explorer Spell Checker, SpeckIE

A major user complaint when it comes to Microsoft Internet Explorer's functionality in general is the lack of a built-in spell checker to automatically correct spelling mistakes in the browser. That's even […]

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NTFS Permissions Tools

Changing file and folder permissions under Windows is not a comfortable process. You need to click through various menus before you can make the modifications that you want to make. This may […]

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Flip Through Firefox Tabs With The Mouse-Wheel

The Mozilla Firefox web browser offers several keyboard shortcuts to navigate through tabs in the web browser. Firefox users can use Ctrl-[1-9] to access the first eight tabs and the last tab […]

Little Voice Commander, Fun Software For Kids

If you have a young child in your home or a toddler, you usually want to make sure that they do not touch the computer and other electronic equipment, because we all […]

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Network Troubleshooting Basics: Tracert & Pathping

This article is the third in a series of the basics of network troubleshooting. So far ping and ipconfig have been covered. Now tracert and pathping, which are similar commands, will be […]

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Manage Your Cloud Application Through VMware Horizon App Manager

We presently use application managers such as the Active Directory for the verification process while using the access credentials for various Windows Applications and other local network web applications. But as the […]

CheckDisk Wrapper

All versions of Windows come with the checkdisk tool to check a connected storage device for errors and issues. It is possible to start checkdisk from Windows Explorer, or from the command […]

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D7, Computer Repair, Troubleshooting Software

The portable application D7 could be a computer technician's and system administrator's dream application for repairing and troubleshooting Windows systems. It comes with such a huge feature set that it is difficulty […]

Dropbox Interview

The popular cloud hosting and syncing service Dropbox has been in the news lately. First there were reports about Dropbox being insecure because of a configuration file that could allow anyone to […]

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RefreshPC, Reset Registry And Services

If you are following the news on Microsoft's upcoming operating system Windows 8 you may know that the Redmond company is planning to add a restore to factory defaults option to the […]

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USB Accessories Support on Android

In the recent past the Android users have been facing problems accessing the USB port efficiently for configuring their accessories to the Android powered phones or tablets. To solve these problems Android […]

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JDChrome, Google Chrome JDownloader Integration

JDownloader is one of the most popular programs to download files from file hosting services like Rapidshare, Megaupload or Filesonic. It offers several advantages over downloading files directly from the file host's […]

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Build My Pinned Site, Webmaster Tool

Internet Explorer 9 supports a new pinned site feature that can be used to pin websites to the Windows 7 taskbar. The combination of IE9 and Windows 7 outlines that its reach […]

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Fixing Disappearing Jumplists Under Windows 7

I recently started to add custom jumplists to my sites. That's when I noticed that jumplists were not showing up under Windows 7 at all anymore. Even standard programs like Microsoft Office, […]

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Edmus [Game Saturday]

I somehow missed to post a game review yesterday and decided to post it today instead. Today's game is called Edmus. It is a Flash game that looks on first glance like […]

Why You Should Always Install Windows on Disk Zero

Windows has always had what many people believe to be an unconventional and frustrating method of addressing physical hard disks.  I'm talking here about drive letters.  These virtual constructs, I can only […]

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SimpleSysInfo, Portable System Information

Windows users have many choices when it comes to system information tools. Tools that we have reviewed and really liked are for instance System Information For Windows or Hardware Info 32. SimpleSysInfo […]

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LessChrome HD Hides Firefox's Urlbar

LessChrome HD for Firefox is an add-on that hides part of the Chrome user interface in the browser. The add-on hides the urlbar in the browser so that only the tabbar and […]

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Firefox 5 Beta Is Here, What's New?

The first beta of the upcoming version 5 of Firefox has been released to the public. The release has been delayed by a few days which is a short time considering the […]

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Apple’s Growing Up and Getting Big Boy Scareware

A couple of weeks ago word started spreading to Apple forums that there was malware installed on some systems. Discussion has continued to grow, and even security companies have reported that there […]

8 Social Likes That You May Not Want To See In The Search Results

Both Bing and Google are dead serious that search engine users want a search that is more social, that weaves recommendation's, likes and personal messages into the results. This change is happening […]

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QuickJava, Disable Plugins Like Flash Directly In Firefox

Firefox, like any other web browser, offers options to disable specific plugins or features in the browser settings. It is for instance possible to disable plugins like Flash or Java, scripting languages […]

Sichtschutz, Screen Protection For Your Windows Desktop

Sometimes you may want to hide what is showing on your desktop, for instance if you notice that someone is going to walk by or approach you in office. You probably would […]

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How Long Do You Give Fetch.io?

The new Bittorrent related service Fetch.io has been in the news ever since it was mentioned over at Torrentfreak two days ago. Fetch.io acts as a middleman by downloading torrents to their […]

Netflix Accounts For More Web Traffic Than Torrenting

Recent stats from the Sandvines Global internet Phenomenon report show that Netflix accounts for more web traffic in North America than bit torrents. While this is a good thing for Hollywood, it […]

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Ultimate Taskbar Controller For Windows

You cannot make many changes to the Windows taskbar. Sure, you can move it around to place on another edge of the screen. You can also add some items to it and […]

PictureFox, Displays All Amazon Pictures In On Gallery

I love shopping at Amazon. The shopping experience is comfortable and I love the fact that you can use your Amazon login to log into all Amazon stores. I make extensive use […]

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How To Make Mozilla Firefox The Default Browser

When you run Firefox for the first time you get the chance to make the browser the default browser of the system. You can uncheck that option which you may want to […]

Watch out! The Future is Coming!!

There's been so much news in recent weeks about stuff that's going to turn into our computing future that I'm hardly surprised most people have failed to join the dots. If you […]

Google Stands Against PROTECT IP

Last week a bill was tabled in the American senate that would allow the Department of Justice to take out a court order against sites accused of infringing copyright. Google’s Erik Schmidt […]

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Improve Firefox's History With From Where To Where

The Firefox history lists all web pages that have been visited by you in chronological order. What you do not see is how you got there, and how and if the history […]

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MTail, Auto-Updating Text Viewer With Notifications

MTail replicates the Unix command Tail. Its main purpose is to display and auto-update text documents like log files. That, combined with options to configure alarms and notifications makes it a strong […]

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TextMorph, Powerful Text Formatting Software

TextMorph is a powerful text formatting software for Windows. It is a specialized tool that has all the capabilities of a program like Notepad plus tools to process individual or multiple text […]

Becoming a Microsoft MVP

Since being awarded my MVP from Microsoft on January 1st this year I've had a fair few questions from people asking about the MVP program, what  it is, what the benefits are […]

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Opera 11.11 Final

Opera Software has officially released Opera 11.11 Final a few seconds ago. The version has been available on Opera's ftp server since yesterday, and many software download portals like Softpedia or Betanews […]

How To Import RSS Feeds Into Opera

I'm currently testing new RSS feed readers, and one of the programs that I have been looking at is the RSS reader in Opera, or more precisely in Opera's Mail module. RSS […]

Sony’s back up! Sort of...

Sony’s PSN services are finally being restored. The three week long hiatus is finally over. They have instituted new rules for security’s sake. But is it enough? Why is Japan still out […]

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Unfriend Finder, Find Out Who Has Removed You From Their Friendlist On Facebook

Friends on the social networking site Facebook are not necessarily only people that you know. It is actually very easy to befriend someone on Facebook, and almost as easy to unfriend them […]

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Filmotech, Comfortable Movie Collection Management Software

I have reviewed my fair share of movie collection managers but none were as comfortable to use and feature complete as Filmotech. The program is available for Mac and Windows PCs, and […]

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Remove New Tab Button In Firefox

The new tab button has been first integrated in Firefox 3.5 and has been part of the Firefox web browser ever since. Its plus icon is placed on the right side of […]