Most systems which warn of unsafe websites, like OpenDNS and Google, work in mysterious, non-transparent ways and websites are often deemed as unsafe for reasons other than safety. Web of Trust is […]
Good old Rarst posted another interesting article today about 10 things that make tech blogs unreadable. He has become quite the little ranter over at his Rarst stronghold but I have to […]
One of the many things that Opera is doing really well is providing an easy way to changing themes in the web browser. Everything from choosing a theme to downloading and installing […]
The maximize, minimize and close controls are located on the right side of each window title in the Windows operating system. While that might be a convenient location after working for years […]
A friend recently introduced me to the idea of X11 tunnelling, which is accessing programs over SSH whilst still maintaining a graphical interface. Most Linux distributions, and OS X, have built-in X11 […]
Don't have the time to read a long article on a web page? Then it might be worth to give the Great Summary service a try. The service extracts the most important […]
The Master Password of the Opera web browser is an optional security feature that protects the saved user credentials -- site usernames and passwords -- from being accessed by anyone locally without […]
Greasemonkey is a browser extension for Mozilla Firefox which can run so called userscripts that can change elements and information on websites in real-time. Some prime examples include link checkers, removing elements […]
Charity can be helped significantly through minor changes to what we done online; by changing search engines, buying through a portal or even simply installing a Firefox extension. This article will highlight […]
Google Multi-Column View is a Greasemonkey script that can display Google search results in two or three different columns instead of the default single column display that Google favors. Doing that can […]
Wikipedia are currently having their annual fundraising drive and consequently a large 'encouragement' to donate appears on every single encyclopedia article, which is an annoyance. It is fine if it is displayed […]
Tables can be embedded in HTML emails easily.Thunderbird users who receive tables in emails face a problem when they try to copy the table, as it cannot be done without losing the […]
Fasterfox is a controversial Firefox add-on mainly because of its prefetching setting that causes unnecessary load on web servers and may waste resources on the user side as well. By default, Fasterfox […]
Google Chrome Dual View makes it possible to split the Google Chrome browser into a left and right part that can each contain and display a website. Since there is no extension […]
MobileWitch Remote Control turns your mobile phone into a remote control that can control various applications on your PC. The software does have a few limitations and requirements though. Both the PC […]
AltMove is a portable software for Windows that extends the interaction possibilities between windows and the computer mouse. It adds seven new actions to various keyboard and mouse combinations. Among them interesting […]
GCal Popup is an experimental Firefox extension that is compatible with Firefox 1.5 to 3.x. It integrates the Google Calendar service nicely into Firefox by providing a button in the Firefox status […]
When creating a presentation, a web design, a leaflet or a brochure, it is important to find suitable images to use. Whilst one option is to pay for stock photos to use […]
Many users maintain multiple accounts on various websites, for example two Gmail accounts one for business and one for private contacts or multiple Facebook or MySpace accounts. Using multiple accounts is usually […]
Many users have to work with several web browsers. Could be that they are webmasters who have to check the design of their websites in the most popular browsers or because they […]
We have covered already two articles explaining how to download music from Esnips before and our reader Venki posted a comment about a Greasemonkey script that would make it even more comfortable […]
Click&Clean is a software program for users who like to optimize their workflow to the maximum. The software adds a link in the Windows Quick Launch bar that executes CCleaner with one […]
The Opera development team seems to be doing their thing opposed to other browser developers who are more focused on the competition. The team released the second beta of the upcoming Opera […]
Windows is a proprietary operating system which you cannot compile or modify at a source code level. This allows Microsoft to maintain control of their operating system and many people disagree with […]
Ubuntu is now the most prominent Linux distribution perhaps due to its philosophy of creating 'â€Linux for humans†and targeting the consumer first and foremost. With a regular 6 monthly release Ubuntu […]
Update: Malzilla hs not been updated since 2008 which indicates that the project has been abandoned by its developers. While still available for download, it may not be up for the task […]
One of the elementary things that the Google browser is missing is support for some kind of plugins or extensions system that Firefox has been supporting for a long time. Google announced […]
GnuPG allows you to encrypt data so only the intended recipient, with a key and a password, can decrypt it. It also provides a mechanism for verifying data is from the person […]
Web Archive Viewer is a plugin for Microsoft's Internet Explorer that provides access to file archives before the download. It displays the contents of zip and rar archives and gives Internet Explorer […]
There are three types of bloggers. Those that do it for fun, those that want to become rich and those that do it because they want to market themselves. The first group […]
One important task of being a webmaster is optimizing the elements of a website to provide visitors with a fast loading page. Unoptimized images can increase the page loading time tremendously. It […]
Many users do still use user accounts with administrative privileges in Windows XP and newer versions of Windows instead of limited accounts. It is comfortable to work as an administrator all the […]
AutoSave Essentials is a new commercial backup software developed by Avanquest which can be used to backup important data with minimal user interaction. That is the biggest selling point of the software. […]
Choosing secure passwords is important to protect the user accounts from being accessed by unauthorized users. The problem that arises for all users is that secure passwords are harder to remember. Writing […]
Most modern web browsers offer a password manager that stores usernames and passwords of websites and services in the browser so that users do not have to enter them over and over […]
Disposable email addresses provide you with convenient access to a temporary email address that they can use to register to services on the Internet without having to think about protecting their main […]
Joost who have been offering a software client for Macintosh and Windows to watch (mostly) prerecorded TV shows have launched a website today that is offering everyone using Internet Explorer or Firefox […]
I’ve got a feeling that the biggest loser from Google releasing Chrome is going to be Opera. I saw a lot of reviews comparing Chrome to Firefox, Safari and IE, but almost […]
Iterasi is a dynamic bookmarking service that provides users with the option to capture entire webpages instead of just bookmarking an url or thumbnail of a website. Iterasi saves every element of […]
There are several applications out there that can move almost every open window from the Windows Taskbar to the Windows System Tray. Tray It is one of the more popular applications. It […]
