If you regularly download movies packed in rar archives you might like the idea of playing those movies directly without having to unpack the rar archives first. A few specialized video players […]
Snap Links, one of our favorite Firefox add-ons of all time, has not been updated for quite some time by its original author. The only way to use it was to rely […]
Before we try to work with PHP we need understand the role it fills – what problem does it address. The World Wide Web is built on a client-server model. A client […]
Apparently, Wikipedia, the BBC, gHacks and the White House are malware. Well, there were for about 30 minutes. Google decided to claim that they 'may harm your computer', no doubt due to […]
Xmind is a multi-lingual and portable Open Source mind mapping software for various operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Linux and Apple Macintosh. The mind mapping software comes with an impressive set of […]
Windows Mobile Wallpaper Pack 1 and 2 are collections of wallpapers in the formats 480x640 and 240x320 that have been specifically designed for Windows Mobile devices. Both Windows Mobile Wallpaper Packs are […]
If you perform a Google search at the moment you will notice that Google is flagging every website that it returns as malware. The sentence "This site may harm your computer." appears […]
Software companies that release specialized tools to remove their software programs from a computer system are usually regarded with suspicion by many users. Many feel that there should not be specialized uninstallers […]
The first language that you need to learn if you want to start with web development is HTML. HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language, a set of tags and attributes that can […]
If you need another reason why DRM does not make sense whatsoever read on. The PC version of Gears of WAR apparently had am expiration system built-in to the game client that […]
Windows 7 changes the appearance of the taskbar quite drastically. One of the new visual changes to taskbar items is the height of each item. While it is possible to change the […]
Remote Queue Manager Personal is a multi-lingual print management software for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Windows Vista that can be used to manage local and remote print jobs. The […]
We all know about the autostart mechanism of the Windows operating system (and others) that will automatically start applications and processes that are listed in one of the many different autostart locations. […]
There are many reasons why you would want to employee the aid of an application to clean up after yourself (or your users). Following this advice can save space, retain your privacy, […]
Assassin SE is a software program for that will scan, identify and rate all running processes on a computer system running Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista. The program […]
Microsoft has released an update for Windows XP SP2 and SP3 system that adds exFAT file system drivers to the operating system. The exFAT file system is the successor to the FAT32 […]
Windows will try to access the contents of a DVD that is in a DVD drive whenever the user is accessing Windows Explorer. This can become pretty annoying as the DVD drive […]
Inexperienced computer users are usually having troubles understanding the port forwarding concept. Most of them hear about port forwarding in gaming or P2P forums where this is usually discussed when troubleshooting connections. […]
Windows File Analyzer is a file analysis software that can be used to analyze various system specific files. The portable software can be executed from any location on the hard drive and […]
One of the most annoying aspects of the Firefox web browser is the way add-ons are updated in the browser. Firefox will display that an update for an installed add-on has been […]
Folder RSS is a folder monitor for Microsoft Windows PCs that creates a valid RSS feed that can be accessed using any RSS reader. The feed lists the changes made to specified […]
There are several possibilities to copy and paste text on two different computers. Some users may use email for that. They add the text they want to be available on the other […]
Recently I wrote a simple how-to for burning CDs in GNOME (Easy CD Burning in GNOME.) From that article a request came in to illustrate how to burn from the command line. […]
Network Miner is a portable Open Source network security analysis tool that can monitor the traffic of a connected network adapter in the Windows operating system. It utilizes a build in passive […]
Update: Note that Send Via is not compatible with recent versions of the Thunderbird email client. Even forcing compatibility won't work and since the last update dates back to 2010, it is […]
Last Changed Files is a portable software for Windows NT based systems like Windows XP or Windows Vista that will display the last 100 changed files of a selected folder or drive. […]
You have no doubt heard of 'WYSIWYG' editors, which show you what you get. The vast majority of HTML editors and word processors operate on a WYSIWYG principle, but another principle is […]
The ability to burn CDs is one of those issues that often perplexes many new users (to any operating system). For Windows users it's about finding software to do the job. For […]
The Manual Works Prompter is a sub-100 Kilobyte teleprompter software that runs on the Windows operating system. It makes use of so called HTML applications (hta) that run on Internet Explorer. They […]
The various video qualities on the YouTube video portal are confusing part of the site's userbase. YouTube videos can be viewed in the original quality, in a screen resolution of 320 x […]
Do you like your taskbar clean and shiny? Are you one of those users who prefer to minimize to the system tray instead of the taskbar? If you have answered the questions […]
Registry Ripper is a portable software program to automatically analyze Registry Hives. It will analyze a selected Registry hive and export the findings into a selected text document. Registry Hives are locked […]
I do a lot with spreadsheets. And when I work in spreadsheets I work in OpenOffice. Most people know the ins and outs of spreadsheets, but many don't realize just how powerful […]
Facebook Beacon is part of Facebook's advertising efforts. It is basically a cooperation with 44 partner sites who execute JavaScript code on their website sending specific user information to Facebook. Examples would […]
At the recently concluded Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the Digital Entertainment Group released its figures for DVD spending in the United States in 2008. The results were a 5.5% decrease from the […]
Have you ever forgotten to add an attachment to an email although you mentioned that there would be an attachment in the email? It might lead to an embarrassing situation with business […]
SpeedCrunch is a versatile calculator for multiple operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh and Linux. The calculator is still an early development version, but it contains several interesting options and functionality […]
CopyGator monitors a site's RSS news feed to provide the owner or administrator with information about how it is being used. This includes information about other blogs that used the RSS feed, […]
Easy Peasy, which was formerly known as Ubuntu Eee, is a optimized (unofficial) version of Ubuntu for Asus Eee PCs and other netbooks. Netbooks have become very popular in the last two […]
World of Warcraft is an online roleplaying game by Blizzard. It is without doubt one of the most popular roleplaying games with 12 million subscribers. A great feature of the World of […]
