Each tour is taking the day the sights are visited into account to include anniversaries and festivals that might take place at one of the days of the tour. The tour overview […]
All recent Microsoft operating systems (that is Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8) come with Bluetooth support provided they are equipped with a Bluetooth Dongle or other hardware devices that the […]
For those of us who live on tech blogs, it should be no surprise that we’ve been hearing the idea about an Apple Tablet computer floating around for quite some time now. […]
Printer Ink is often referred to as liquid gold because of its price. It is pretty expensive and methods to save printer ink are always in high regard as they can save […]
Active Directory is one of those Microsoft tools that so many have no choice but to use. Although I much prefer LDAP because it is so much easier to set up and […]
Microsoft Outlook is a popular desktop email program especially in the business sector thanks to its excellent blend of email and calendar functionality but also to its networking capabilities. Plugins for Microsoft […]
It is essential for businesses and individuals alike to keep an overview of the income and expenses. Most individuals usually do not have to go as far as my grandfather who wrote […]
Google introduced a new feature to Google Search in last month that would allow users to quickly change several important factors of the search without having to configure them in advanced options […]
If you've installed VirtualBox as instructed in my tutorial "Install and configure VirtualBox for virtual OSes" you most likely have discovered that the open source edition of VirtualBox does not have USB […]
I sometimes get asked about my workday. Many people I have been talking to about the workday assume that it is an easy peasy job which basically centers around researching topics to […]
The Windows 7 pre-ordering period was not like many users, especially from Europe, would expect it to be. Microsoft promised discounts on Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional for a […]
It has been 2 ½ years since the PS3 has launched and since that time it has been trailing both the Wii and Xbox 360 in sales. Granted it has been doing […]
A Ghacks reader recently posted a comment asking whether it is possible to download old releases of Thunderbird. The situation was that he switched to Thunderbird 3 beta 3 and noticed that […]
Remind Me In is a basic but lightweight reminder software program for the Windows operating system. It is compatible with most editions and versions of Microsoft Windows including Windows XP and Windows […]
In the most recent release of Ubuntu (9.04) the developers decided (after a very lengthy discussion) that the old tried-and-true Ctrl-Al-Backspace key combination would no longer kill the X server. Their justification […]
Extracting audio from video files can be interesting for computer users in several occasions.One simple application is to extract music from video files so that you can listen to the music in […]
The latest developer release of the Google Chrome web browser introduces two important changes that change how extensions and themes are handled by it. You may remember that Google Chrome users had […]
Mozilla's development team introduced several new dynamic bookmark folders in Firefox 3 including the recently bookmarked, unsorted bookmarks and recent tags folders. All but the unsorted bookmarks folder are displayed in the […]
There are quite a few reasons for wanting to send an email message at a later time. It can be emails that cover a new product release that should not be received […]
A while ago I covered "Enabling the Cube in Compiz" where I illustrated how simple it was to get the Cube working in the Compiz 3D desktop. That article did not go […]
Did you know that there is a difference between sending emails to recipients that are in the email address book and those that are not? The display name is one of the […]
Database monitoring is not only important for businesses who want to monitor their online and offline services and applications but also for individuals. Webmasters who make use of databases like MySQL need […]
Well it seems that both Yahoo and Microsoft have reached an agreement regarding their search deal. You might remember that it has been close to two years that both companies have been […]
You may have read my series on VirtualBox virtual machine manager. If not, here it is: Installing and configuring VirtualBox for virtual OSes. Installing Windows XP as a virtual machine in VirtualBox. […]
There are some keys on standard computer keyboards that you may not use at all, like the caps lock key for instance which can even have a negative impact on your activities […]
Windows Vista introduced a new imaging stack, called Windows Imaging Component (WIC), and uses it in Windows Explorer to create thumbnails for most image file formats. Third-party software can use WIC codecs […]
The developers of ImgBurn have just released version 2.5 of their lightweight DVD burning software which added some interesting features to the already excellent software program. The biggest quirks that new users […]
A process that does not respond can be dealt with in various ways in the Windows operating system. One of the most common reactions in this case is to use the keyboard […]
How could version 3.7 and version 4.0 of the Firefox web browser look like? That's something that the Mozilla development team tried to answer by posting design mockups of Firefox 4 and […]
Microsoft's new search engine Bing is doing quite well in several search engine marketing studies. It could do better and one interesting idea that the Microsoft researchers had was to create a […]
Microsoft has released a critical security fix for its Internet Explorer web browsers. The vulnerability, actually its more than one that is patched by the cumulative update, affect most Internet Explorer versions […]
I get this a lot "How can I open and edit PDF files without having to purchase a costly application like QarkXPress"? Before OpenOffice extensions came about my answer to that would […]
Open Contacts is a free Open Source address book software that comes with an extensive set of options and a rather outdated user interface. Several import options are available for new users […]
The Direfox web browser does not offer many bookmark sorting options. The only option that is actually provided by right-clicking a folder is to sort the bookmarks by name. This is however […]
I started using Nero Burning Rom back in the days of the - super expensive - CD burners. It was an excellent CD burning software program but deteriorated into a resource hungry […]
For more and more people these days, our identities are centered online. Whether you have a company, a blog, or just a Facebook page, most of us have some sort of online […]
Microsoft and Reverbnation are currently running a promotion that is offering 1000 songs for free download. The songs are available in mp3 and m4a format and can be downloaded directly from one […]
As you can probably guess my machines are in a constant state of flux. Having to write about one distribution after another (and then include the scattered Windows content to cover) makes […]
A great Outlook feature is that it can be extended with plugins. Similarly to how the Mozilla Thunderbird email client or the Firefox web browser can be extended, but with the exception […]
Most Firefox users dislike how mouse scrolling is handled in the web browser. It feels everything but smooth and there are no obvious preferences in the Firefox options to change the scroll […]
