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Google Chrome Sandbox Hacked

Two of the core reasons for installing Google Chrome are the browser's speed and security. Especially the latter with its sandboxing approach proved to be very effective against many common attack forms […]

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Sortable Headers In All Windows Explorer View Modes

Files and folders can be viewed in various view modes in Windows Explorer. From extra large icons over details and lists to the extended view mode. If you pay attention to the […]

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Disk Explorer Professional, Disk Catalog Software

Disk Explorer Professional is a free disk cataloging software for Windows. You can use it to catalog a wide variety of devices, from internal hard drives over CDs, DVDs and other optical […]

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SecretSync, Security Layer To Protect Sensitive Files On Dropbox

The popular file synchronization and hosting service Dropbox encrypts all uploaded files and folders automatically to protect network snooping and other forms of attack and unauthorized access to those files. Dropbox recently […]

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Block Firefox From Re-enabling Disabled Plugins

When I look under plugins in the Firefox add-on manager I notice many plugins there that I never use. Among them illustrious plugins like Google Update, iTunes Application detector, Microsoft Office 2010, […]

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Universal USB Installer, Install, Run Linux From USB

I just got the replacement battery for my Acer Aspire 3810T and decided to make a clean cut. Instead of continuing to use Windows 7 as the operating system I have decided […]

Finally, a Judge That Understands that an IP Is Not a Person

Everyone knows the risks of working on an open Wi-Fi connection. Everything can be stolen from your security to your bandwidth. But the courts in the US have been historically unaware of […]

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Firefox 4 Supports Content Security Policy

Content Security Policy is a standard developed by Mozilla designed to protect against cross site scripting (XSS) attacks. Cross site scripting attacks use vulnerabilities in websites to inject JavaScript code into pages […]

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BurnBit, Create Torrents From Any File Hosted On The Internet

The experimental online service BurnBit can be used to create torrents out of any file that is hosted on the Internet. That's interesting for webmasters who want to reduce the bandwidth usage […]

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Get a better Google Chrome History page

The standard history page of the Google Chrome web browser which you can access by loading chrome://history/ directly or through the menu is a mess. All visited web pages are listed in […]

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Reformat PDF Documents Before Printing

Some say that printer ink is more expensive than gold. I'm not sure if this is still true with gold breaking one all-time high after the other. Still, printer ink is pretty […]

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Why Bother With Facebook Send?

The reaction of web developers to Facebook’s introduction of the send button last week has been decidedly mixed. But no matter your view on the subject, it’s worth knowing how and why […]

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How To Encrypt Files, Folders With EFS

The Encrypting File System (EFS) has been part of all professional versions of Windows since Windows 2000. The feature provides file level encryption for data stored on NTFS systems, and is directly […]

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Lemmings Remake [Game Saturday]

Remember the game Lemmings? The game was released by Dma Design on the Commodore Amiga, and later ported to several other systems. DMA Design made their way and are today known as […]

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Google Search, New Layout, Style

We know that Google is constantly running experiments on google.com. Those experiments are only visible to a subset of visitors to test them before they may go live for all users eventually. […]

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WhoisThisDomain, Look-Up Domain Name Information

When I want to find out who owns a domain name, I do a whois on one of the whois websites on the Internet. The domain look-up usually returns the domain owner, […]

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Why Is Twitter’s Acquisition of TweetDeck More Than It Seems?

This week saw the acquisition of TweetDeck by Twitter for $40-$50 million. Yay for Twitter, right? They’ve gotten access to a popular and functional client. But why TweetDeck, and why now? Well, […]

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How Did You Hear About Osama? I Bet It Wasn’t On TV...

The way we consume media has changed drastically over the last few years. Instead of watching the nightly news, we are getting news real-time. And the news we get is no longer […]

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The Khan Academy, Free Educational Videos

The Internet is full of free educational videos. Some good, many bad. Whether a video is considered good or bad usually comes down to the individual viewer, or student. If you are […]

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How To Disable Aero Snap Under Windows

Aero Snap is a new feature that Microsoft implemented in the Windows 7 operating system. It can be used to automatically arrange windows when they are moved to the edge of the […]

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How To Translate RSS Feeds Automatically With Yahoo Pipes

I have shown you how to Combine Multiple RSS Feeds With Yahoo Pipes. Today I'm going to show you another very handy, and easy to configure, Yahoo Pipes construct: Feed translations. I'm […]

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Slow Performing Firefox Add-ons Revisited

Last month Mozilla published a list of slow performing add-ons for the Firefox web browser. The findings back then were that add-ons increases the startup time of the web browser by ten […]

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Cursor Indicator, Indicates PDF, Doc, Exe File Links On The Internet

I sometimes forget to look at a link destination before I click on the link in question. That is usually not a problem unless it does not point to a website but […]

What's In A Name: Will Windows 8 Be The Name Of The Next Windows?

Microsoft is keeping tight lipped about the name of the next windows. Many users assume that it will be named Windows 8. Others use the name because it is convenient at the […]

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OkaWix Update, Wikipedia, Wiki Offline Access

Many computer users use Wikipedia, or one of its sister Wiki sites as reference when they want to look something up on the Internet. They basically use Wikipedia as an encyclopedia, which […]

Browser News Round-Up

While I'm still busy changing my passwords, I'm noticing several browser related news popping up in my RSS feed reader. So what's going on today? Several websites report that the first beta […]

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The LastPass Security Incident, What I Did

After finding out that there might have been a security breach at LastPass, a company known for their online password management solution, I quickly changed my master password and started to think […]

Have the biggest players dropped the ball on AV Protection?

The latest anti-virus test figures for Windows 7 are out and there are a good few shocks to be seen in the results. In the tests performed by AVTest, BitDefender has leapt […]

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LastPass Security Breach?

You know that I'm using LastPass as my password manager. It offers everything that I need and then some. One thing that I like about the service is that the company is […]

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Why Websites Never Need Your Password

It is common knowledge that a website, such as PayPal or eBay, will never ask for your password. They do not need it, but rarely do we hear about why that is […]

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Find That Band, Search For Bands, Artists On Various Websites

Find That Band is an add-on for the Firefox web browser that simplifies the process of finding bands or artists on the Internet. Say you have just discovered a new band on […]

The Benefits of Windows Diagnostic Startup Mode

Sometimes when you need to perform diagnostics on a faulty or malfunctioning copy of Windows, Safe Mode is too restrictive, too frustrating in use and unable to provide an environment that has the […]

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Haozip, Versatile Compression Software, Like 7-Zip, WinRar

When it comes to compression software users have the choice between highly popular commercial applications like WinZip or WinRar, or equally popular free applications like 7-Zip. A relatively new program like HaoZip […]

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ThreatExpert, Generate Software Behavior Reports

There is always risk involved when you execute software on your local system. You can reduce that risk by updating your operating system regularly, running up to date security software or executing […]

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Internet Explorer Gets Flash Cookies Removal

Adobe announced in January that they would better integrate Flash Player with browser privacy controls for managing local storage. It basically meant that the storage of future Adobe Flash Player versions could […]

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Bing Search After A Year, The Good And Bad

You may know that I have switched by primary search engine from Google to Bing sometime last year. I was fed up with Google for several reasons, including their constant push of […]

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Attention Webmasters: Fake Domain Renewal Emails Spotted

I have a lot of domains. Well, a lot is relative but it is enough to lose the overview occasionally. While the majority is hosted at one popular provider (Godaddy), some are […]

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WhatIsHang Tells You Why A Windows Program Is Not Responding

Software may hang or freeze occasionally on a system. Sometimes it is hard to tell why it hangs, while it is more or less obvious at other times. Say you are currently […]

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How To Hide Facebook Questions on Facebook.com

One of the more annoying things on Facebook.com as of late is a relatively new feature called Facebook Questions. It basically allows anyone on Facebook to create polls. These polls then appear […]

Quo Vadis Lifehacker?

When I started blogging in 2005 Lifehacker was one of the two blogs that I read regularly (the other was Download Squad). Back then, it offered a mix of tech and non-tech […]