Latest Posts

Change the number of results in the Firefox location bar

The default number of results that are shown when you type in a phrase in the Firefox location bar is 12 which may seem a bit like an overkill to many users. […]

Resolution Changer

Resolution Changer is a neat software for Windows that can change the screen resolution temporarily or permanently. The author created the application at first for his children who were playing around with […]

Vreel is live !

I was not really sure if we would ever see Vreel, the semi-official successor of Stage 6, go live but apparently the developers did it finally. Vreel's doors have opened and anyone […]

convert images to html

Image 2 HTML

Something that is more fun than anything else is a function to convert images to html. I cannot think of any other reason but to post it on some forums or websites […]

firefox smaller location bar

Trim down the Location Bar in Firefox 3 to show results in one line

By default Firefox is displaying each suggestion underneath its address bar in two rows. The first row is showing the title of the result while the second row contains the url of […]

skype 4 beta

Should you try Skype 4.0 Beta ?

Skype just recently the first beta of their new Skype 4.0 client that is currently only available for Windows. The focus of this release is to receive user feedback to work further […]

free pdf unlocker

Remove PDF Document Restrictions

PDF Documents can be protected during the creation process to disable specific features that are otherwise available to users accessing them in a PDF reader. Some options that can be blocked are […]

firefox 3 page info

Making use of the new Firefox Page Info menu

The Page Info menu, introduced in Firefox 3, has been designed to provide users of the browser with additional information about the website that is currently active in the browser. The easiest […]

firefox location bar bookmarks

Disable Bookmarks in the Firefox 3 Awesome Bar

There have been more comments than usual on an article that I wrote about the Firefox 3 Location bar also known as the Awesome Bar. Many users who voiced their opinion said […]

A Few Useful Tweaks

Since this is a subject we have touched on a couple of times recently I decided to share a a few useful registry tweaks. These apply to Windows Vista. 1) Stop UAC […]

firefox location bar typos

Show Location Bar Results when correcting typos in Firefox 3

The location bar, also dubbed awesome bar, has already created some controversy among Firefox users. A group of Firefox users does not like the fact that bookmarks are displayed as suggestions when […]

5 Essential Firefox 3 Add-ons

While it is definitely true that some add-ons get a wider coverage and more downloads than others it is still a fact that each Firefox user had his own share of add-ons […]

organize files

Organize yourself with Tobu

As you may know from my blog, I love information organizers. I think that sounds a bit sad looking back at that sentence, but nevertheless I do, and I cam across a […]

windows longhorn

Windows Longhorn Blog

It may be a little late to be discussing leaks of Windows Longhorn seeing as the project was reset over 4 years ago and we are now looking at Windows 7 on […]

indexer sidebar gadget

Windows Vista Indexer Sidebar Gadget

Ever wondered what and how the Windows Search Indexer is indexing your files in Windows Vista ? Wonder no more the Indexer Status Gadget displays information about the current indexing status and […]

5 Windows Tweaks That Do NOT Work

Information that is added on the Internet hardly ever go away which is highly problematic if the information is not correct. It becomes even more disturbing in sectors where everyone can have […]

identify files

Identify Files with Trid

Users are usually puzzled for a moment when they encounter a file type that they never heard about before and that none of their installed applications seems to be able to load […]

titanion game

Game Tuesday: Titanion and Tumiki Fighters

The best games every Tuesday that I have found and written about at my games website Take 9. I do like to play games every now and then and have discovered many […]

Firefox 3 News Archive

Update: This is the news archive for all Firefox 3 updates that we have reviewed in the past. Firefox 3 is no longer supported by Mozilla. You can download the latest version […]

Speed up Vista

When I first got Windows Vista about 7 or so months ago it did seem to be pretty slow compared to Windows XP. After checking out all the online tech websites I […]

flock 2 sidebar

Flock 2 Beta

Well this month has been all about browsers as both Firefox and Opera release new versions and people compare each of the 4 main competitors Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Safari. Flock […]

grab and drag scrolling

Grab and Drag Scrolling in Firefox

Grab and Drag is a Firefox add-on that provides several additional options to scroll pages on websites. The browser extension is only compatible with versions of Firefox released before Firefox 57. The […]

vuze

Azureus is no more

Back in 2007 the team that developed the popular Java Bittorrent client Azureus created the content distribution plattform Vuze and integrated it into Azureus. Today, after more than a year, to consolidate […]

facebook chat google talk

Facebook Chat and Google Talk on the Desktop

Gabtastic provides desktop access to the chat applications Facebook Chat and Google Talk. Those two are normally only accessible on the Facebook and Google Mail websites which require a permanently opened browser […]

Notepad++ 5.0 beta

Notepad++ has been my Notepad replacement for the last years and I have never looked back since I installed it on my first computer. It combines the speed and low resource usage […]

NMIndexingService.exe

NMIndexingService.exe is a service that is part of the Nero Burning Rom suite, or more precisely Nero Scout which comes bundled with Nero 7 and Nero 8. If you have one of […]

laplink pc mover

Laplink PC Mover Promotion

A problem that many users will face when they buy a new computer is that they have to find a way to migrate the data from the old computer to the new […]

Photoshop "skin" for Gimp

Image editing applications have been coming and going on my desktop for some time now. I used to be a Photoshop user, but I decided to give free software a chance and […]

firefox themes

Firefox Themes Website Updated

Not long ago the Firefox add-on website was relaunched and users were slightly disappointed that the Firefox themes websites was not changed at that time as well. There is however no reason […]

A Few Defragmentation Tools

My defragmenter of choice has always been Auslogic Defragmenter, I have no idea how effective it is compared to other programs but it’s simple enough and looks pretty. However I came across […]

restart windows explorer

Don't Reset!

This is a incredibly handy little tip that I found over at APC Magazine. When you’ve been working on your computer for a day or two and it’s starting to slow down […]

clean after me

Clean After Me

Clean After Me is a new software by the well respected NirSoft developers. The application is as usual portable and can be executed right from its location. The main purpose of the […]

scan hard disk

Scan your Hard Disk for Read Errors

If you are looking for a software that checks hard disks for read errors and provides a visual representation of the process you might want to take a look at Ariolic Disk […]

Color Laser Printers and Tracking Dots

Did you know that a lot of newer color laser printers create yellow tracking dots on their output which can be used to identify the printer and probably even the person that […]

Firefox 3 Location Bar Controversy

Most users who have tried one of the beta versions or release candidates of Firefox 3 like the new location bar also called the awesome bar. A group of users however who […]

music sharing reble

Listen to your Friend's music with Reble

Reble is a software for Windows that is providing a group of friends access to their combined music collection over the Internet. Think of a buddy system from an Instant Messenger with […]

logitech setpoint tweaker

Enable all options on all buttons in SetPoint

If you have a Logitech mouse you are probably also using the Logitech SetPoint software to configure the different mouse buttons. Logitech Setpoint is a huge - the setup file is over […]

Twingly Blog Search

There are two blog searching engines which dominate the market… Google Blog Search and of course, Technorati. The biggest challenge both search engines face is trying to keep their indexes spam-free and […]

An easy way to learn web design

I spent a little time today on a WordPress theme for one of my clients. He asked me to copy his webpage design and turn it into a WordPress blog. This took […]

Create PDF Documents from RSS Feeds

I had the idea some time ago to create a plugin for WordPress that would take articles from my site, for example of the last month, and turn them into a pdf […]