Fake virus alerts are a common yet dangerous weapon often used by cybercriminals. These alerts masquerade themselves as legitimate security warnings, tricking users into actions that end up compromising their own digital […]
If you use databases then you know how important it is to back them up. But backing up a database and being able to use that backup depends upon the back up […]
GTranslater is a free open source program for Windows and Linux to translate languages using Google's Translate API. The Internet has made language translation an easier than ever experience thanks to services […]
Intype is a text, code and xml editor for the Windows operating system that looks similar to advanced editors like Notepad++ in many aspects. It features the same extensibility and customization options […]
WordPress is a great piece of software, and allows more than you'd think to be done with simple coding. I bet that a lot of people out there would look for a […]
Any Color is an add-on for the Firefox web browser that allows users to change the look and feel of the browser without the need to install themes. While you may not […]
Remember BumpTop? We covered a tech demo of the 3D desktop technology back in 2006 and felt that it could be a great way of helping computer users bring order to the […]
Ugolog is a free and commercial online service that turns any webcam installed in your home into a basic home video surveillance system. Home video surveillance systems can cost thousands of Dollars. […]
While it is still not common sense to securely erase data on hard drives (read: Securely Erase Files) before computers or hard drives are sold, or given away. the matter becomes even […]
When you log into GNOME are there applications that you wish would start automatically? Are you one of those that fire up your web browser or your email client as your desktop […]
Microsoft does not only maintain a public download repository on the Internet but several sites that provide downloads for various company products and services. Many of these download sites offer downloads for […]
So called lite applications remove certain components from -- usually resource heavy - applications to reduce download time, storage requirements or features so that they are not installed with the application on […]
Ad Blocking in the Internet Explorer 8 web browser is not as easy to achieve as it is in other web browsers like Opera or Firefox with add-ons installed. Many Internet Explorer […]
A WordPress blog post is made up of a handful of elements like the title and content, but also tags, categories and comments. Tag pages usually display excerpts of all posts that […]
Are you looking for a simple backup solution that will work cross platform, with a user-friendly interface, that's open source, and free? If so, you've found it. The fwbackups backup solution is […]
One of the latest hardware trends seems to be to use multiple Solid State Drives (SSDs) in Raid setups. We already mentioned the 24 monster SSD Raid video that was uploaded to […]
GMA Booster is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices to accelerate certain Intel chipsets to improve their gaming performance. Laptops with integrated graphic accelerators like Intel's GMA (Graphics Media Accelerator) are […]
The UEFA Champions League is one of the world's major sport events that attracts fans from all over the world. The quarter finals are beginning this week with some exciting match lineups. […]
Internet Explorer add-ons have been introduced by Microsoft in the previous editions of Internet Explorer. Despite the introduction, they never managed to come close to the popularity and inventiveness of add-ons produced […]
Google Fx is a userscript that you may install in browser's supporting userscripts to modify the appearance and functionality of Google Search. Google Search has always been displayed with a rather minimalistic […]
The ever so popular Adobe Air platform has given us a lot of useful apps, but few as tastefully done and as handy as this one. zFlick is an application which enables […]
If you have users that log into a server, or a desktop (for whatever reason) you might want to take advantage of the Linux Message Of The Day file. This file resides […]
Sweet Dreams has been designed to reduce the volume of sound playing on Windows operating systems over time to improve sleep. If you are a user who likes to listen to music […]
Twitter is a service which really baffles me. It is an absolute killer idea, but I am still astounded by the volume of traffic it has. I find it very useful for […]
Sopcast Filter was a free tool for the media streaming and broadcasting application Sopcast which enabled streams in the Windows Media Player. Sopcast is a free Internet TV client that can be […]
Conficker Eye Chart is a free page on the Internet that helps you determine whether a PC is infected with a variant of the Conficker worm. While the Conficker worm did not […]
Browser bumpers is a lightweight portable application for the Windows operating system that interacts with both the Internet Explorer web browser and Windows taskbar. It is based on Fitt's Law which basically […]
F.Lux is a cross-platform computer program for Windows, Mac Linux and Android, that adjusts the color warmth of the display based on the time of time. If you ever had to get […]
I didn't have much use for loading ads after my content, since on most of my sites and those I worked on, they were near the end of the code anyway, but […]
Billy a very lightweight music player for Microsoft Windows devices that ships with a couple of extra features besides playback functionality. We had a look at how you use your media player […]
Hot Swap is a free software program for Microsoft Windows that enables hot swapping functionality for external SATA hard drives. Hot swap, or hot swapping, describes the process of connecting or removing […]
If you are in the business of selling and buying websites and domain names, or a webmaster interested in finding out the value of web projects you are left with a few […]
Back when I first started using Linux nearly all Linux systems were truly multi-user systems. Because of this the finger command was an important tool to keep handy. What finger does is […]
Sound Card Analysis is a portable program for the Windows operating system that has been compiled from an AHK script by a Donation Coder Member. The tool can be used to analyse […]
String-O-Matic, formerly known as File Substring Replacement Utility, is a shareware to run string replacement jobs in batch mode. Software programmers will eventually run into situations where they have to replace strings […]
In today's world of internet connections and everything readily available at the push of a button, do we really need 1Gb of printer drivers? Ok, that goes for Vista, not XP, but […]
If you use Linux you most likely have heard of the init.d directory. But what exactly does this directory do? It ultimately does one thing but it does that one thing for […]
Apple's iTunes software will only install and run if additional Apple products are installed on the computer system as well. These programs include Apple Quicktime Bonjour, Apple Software Update, Apple Mobile Device […]
Saving energy is already a critical task in many parts of the world, and started to become a issue even in countries that did not have this on a high priority. Computer […]
Want to see what other web browsers have to offer but have no interest in installing any of them on your computer system? You could hunt down the portable versions of those […]
Experienced PC users who have been working with computers for ten years or more will eventually run into partially unreadable CDs or DVDs that they have created in the beginning days of […]
