The new tab page of the Google Chrome browser offers little options to change layout or contents. The page displays the bookmarks bar, web apps, most visited websites and recently closed sites […]
Microsoft has just released a beta of a system recovery software. Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper has been designed to aid users in starting an infected PC and performing offline malware scans to […]
In the first two parts of this article series I've written about how Iran is reportedly planning to build their own in-country Internet and asked if western countries want to constrain the […]
This article is the fourth and final part of a series on the basics of network troubleshooting. The tools covered in the previous articles (ping, ipconfig, tracert and pathping) will be combined […]
Facebook has been rolling out new or improved security and privacy features in rapid succession for the past year. Many of the changes have only been announced on the official blog and […]
Cryoserver Email archiving software is a standalone application which in addition to archiving email messages offers fast search of the information stored in messages through indexing. Now-a-days email systems provide more features […]
Skype users who use Windows as their operating system may currently receive update notifications when they run Skype. The update, which displays right after the launch of the voice over IP software […]
Grab my Books is a handy Firefox add-on for users who want to convert multiple web pages to the EPub ebook format. The add-on offers options to add the active page, a […]
I recently stumbled upon the Firefox add-on InstaClick which maps the "middle-click on links" functionality of the browser to the right-click button instead. That way it is possible to open links in […]
Yesterday I wrote and article about how Iran apparently wants to create its own in-country Internet. This move is almost unprecedented with only North Korea having done this before. In the article […]
Internet users have lots of choice to add extra protection to their web browser. Those who have installed an Internet security software usually get a browser toolbar or protection plugin delivered with […]
Sometimes you may need to convert videos into different formats, for instance if the device or player that you want to play them on does not support the video format they are […]
The Internet is a fascinating place, especially when countries that don't embrace the concepts of freedom of expression and freedom of speech are involved. Each of these countries takes it's own view […]
One of the most annoying video viewing experiences, at least for me, is a video where the audio is out of sync. You can think of video and audio as two lines […]
I'm probably not the only user who thinks that the increase in Firefox builds has made it difficulty to keep up to date with the latest features and improvements. Just like Google […]
Do you remember the game Bubble Bobble? It came out for lots of different 8-bit and 16-bit systems, and even had a spin-off called Rainbow Island, which in my opinion was even […]
Converting text to speech can be very handy at times, for instance when you have to read a document but no time at hand to actually read it. You could convert it […]
When I want to copy text in Firefox I usually highlight it with the mouse and use the shortcut Ctr-C to copy it. Sometimes, I right-click on the highlighted text instead and […]
Are you using Game Explorer under Windows? The feature was introduced in Vista by Microsoft and has been carried over to Windows 7. The purpose of the feature was to provide users […]
Google officially launched its new mobile service, eWallet on Thursday 26th May at a ceremony held in New York with its partners, the main one of which was MasterCard. This system enables […]
The popular pdf document reader Foxit Reader has been updated by its developers to version 5.0 today. The new release is already available for download at the official Foxit Reader website. Existing […]
Nearly every modern web browser has an option to save a web page as a HTML file. The only problem with that approach is that the websites do not get saved as […]
We all know that it is faster to start a computer system that is in hibernate or standby mode than to start it when it is completely turned off. There are a […]
Mobile devices, from smartphones to tablets, start to become popular for normal web related tasks like visiting websites, watching movies or playing games. This can be attributed to the advancement of hardware […]
When data such as web applications or HTML pages are used on a cloud based server it becomes essential to set up remote connection to connect to it. Connecting to the cloud […]
When it comes to burning video files to DVD I use the excellent commercial software ConvertXToDVD which can practically turn every video file under the sun into a DVD compatible format. The […]
There is only that much that you can cut from a browser's interface. You got the header area with the title-, address and tabbar and the footer with a status bar. Especially […]
As kids, we had our own secret codes and words that we used to communicate when outsiders were around. That was a basic from of cryptography. Computer users today have sophisticated tools […]
Once a week or so I receive an email from the payment processing service PayPal that notifies me that my PayPal account has been temporarily limited. When I received such a message […]
For all of you who have been to a Microsoft Tech.Day or TechEd event you'll be familiar with the format. A series of presentations throughout the day, organised into relevant groupings, on […]
Jumplists are undoubtedly one of the most secret efficiency tools that Windows 7 possesses. As you may already know, with previous versions of Microsoft Windows, the Start Menu showed a list of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
