10 lesser known Firefox about:config parameters
Firefox offers a great way of changing hundreds of settings by opening about:config in the address bar.
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Wyzo an alternative to Bittorrent clients?
I think I heard about Wyzo the first time on Techcrunch and thought to myself at that time that no one would need a browser that would be able to download torre
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Security and Privacy Complete
My last review of Security and Privacy Complete dates back to December 2006 and I thought it would be a good idea to take a look at this application again.
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Youtube for Symbian S60 Phones
When Apple released their iPhone they never forgot to mention that the iPhone was able to play Youtube videos.
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Grab your Hulu Beta invites
Hulu is doing a huge promotion currently offering several websites 2500 beta invites each and lots are still available.
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Notebook Tip: Disable Hardware that you do not use
Most notebooks have several hardware components installed that are not used by the user.
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Internet Explorer 6 crashes when loading websites after update
A lot of users are still working with Internet Explorer 6 either because their company did not make the switch to Internet Explorer 7 yet or because they don't
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View TV Shows Online with Alluc
There is only one television in my house so there are times when programs clash.
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Use Custom Cursors in Windows
The default cursor set that ships with Windows is not really friendly to the eye and it happens from time to time that I have to search for the cursor on the sc
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Translate Bots added to Google Talk
What language will a German and a French use to communicate usually ? What a Italian and Swede ? They will speak English unless you find someone that speaks bot
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Reveal the domain owner and hoster of a domain
I know that you can literally use hundreds of scripts that lookup a domain name or IP and display information about that domain or IP.
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Get rid of a huge programs list in the start menu
I was testing the software Tidy Start Menu which offers users a way to move start menu entries into several categories like Office, Games and Internet when it o
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Reset the Windows Firewall
If you have discovered a Virus or Trojan on your system you are advised to reset (or check) the settings of your firewall to make sure that no backdoor has been
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Join Images Together with XnView
The majority of computer users are probably using GIMP, Adobe Photoshop or Paint.
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Launchy 2.0
One of the most popular application launchers for Windows has been updated to version 2 yesterday and I think that this is an appropriate moment to see what has
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Internet Explorer Clipboard Vulnerability
Are you using the Microsoft Internet Explorer ? You might be shocked by the following example of how insecure the Internet Explorer really is.
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An Advice on Buying and Selling Websites
I'm not regularly buying or selling websites but I know the trends, can estimate the value of a website, its future potential and current and future market situ
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Transfer all Hotmail Mails to another software
If you still have an old Hotmail account that you use regularly you might be relieved to know that there is a way to update or move all of the mails from that a
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Internet on the go
The problem with the net is that there isn't a sure-fire way to ensure that you will actually have access to it anywhere.
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Analyzing the svchost.exe processes
I more than once asked myself why I had so many svchost processes running when opening the task manager which displayed no additional information on the process.
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Change Firefox Themes instantly with Personas
The normal way of changing Firefox themes is painfully slow.
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What you should do before bringing the PC in for repair
Have you ever brought in a computer for repair to the friendly computer store next door or send your notebook to that big company that sold you it so that they
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Thunderbird Duplicate Contact Manager
I introduced a Thunderbird extension to remove duplicate mails yesterday and I want to continue today by writing about a Thunderbird extension that checks for d
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Soundsnap share free sound effects and loops
How does that sound ? A community that shares free sound effects and loops.
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Thunderbird: Remove Duplicate Mails
Duplicate mails can be a problem in the most advanced email applications.
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The Network Clipboard
I'm using a desktop PC and a Toshiba notebook at home, sometimes both at the same time which is the case when I write an article about Windows Vista.
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Firefox Bookmarks Gone! What now?
Bookmarks are like Gold in the online world.
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PFrank File Renamer
I have been looking for a flexible file rename for a very long time.
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Upgrading to a bigger computer monitor
I do work with a Samsung SyncMaster 19" LCD monitor which is an awesome monitor.
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Where's that darn router password?
Every router and even many modems are secured by a password, and while it is often very easy to find out what it is, for instance when the admin password is lis
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Remove System Folders from the Startmenu
Windows XP displays several system folders in the startmenu with no obvious way of removing them from it.
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HostsMan: A Windows Hosts Manager
The Windows hosts file is one of the major files on the system that malicious scripts, trojans and spyware programs use to manipulate the host system to redirec
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Prevent Malicious Software Removal Tool from phoning home
The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is a security program provided by Microsoft that scans computer systems for dozens of common malicious app
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Autocomplete for all applications
Autocomplete is being used in many browsers to offer the user suggestions of what he is going to type into the box giving him the opportunity to select one of t
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New DVD Burner not burning? Check this out!
A friend of mine bought a new Samsung DVD burner and installed it on his system.
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Windows XP prompts to activate every time
We have all seen and read about problems with WGA before and it seems some users are currently encountering a new bug in Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 which
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Convert eBooks into Images
Ebooks are normally supplied as txt, pdf, htm or lit documents that most mp3 players can't read by default.
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Create Web based Powerpoint Presentations
Microsoft Powerpoint has one huge disadvantage.
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Late-Night Remoting
Maybe some of you guys know that feeling: You've just come home after a long stressful day at work looking forward to an enjoyable evening of watching TV or rea
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3D Screensaver with your pictures
My Pictures 3D is a 3D screensaver that offers virtual tours through different environments such as castles, exhibitions and a space station showing pictures th
