Facebook has activated a lite version of their popular website for users in selected countries. Facebook Lite was initially designed to offer users with slow Internet connections a faster way of accessing […]
It is not often that Google changes something on the front-end of Google Search. The only element that the Google developers change regularly is the logo that adds a little bit of […]
Looking up information like the local time, local date or local weather can be helpful in certain circumstances. Maybe you are planning a trip to another location and want to make sure […]
Windows Explorer is definitely not the most comfortable file management software. There are Windows Explorer replacements out there, both free and commercial, that extend the functionality of Explorer by a lot. Replacements […]
Want to know when prices drop at shopping sites? When someone posts a new message on a forum? When your favorite website posts new content that is not offered via its RSS […]
Rollgator offers an interesting service that could be very appealing to businesses and organizations. The online service creates full screen RSS feed tickers of up to four RSS feeds. These full screen […]
It was yesterday that we reviewed the Firefox add-on Wikilook which proved to be a great way of looking up word definitions without leaving the active website. Dictionary.net is more or less […]
If you want to look up the definition of a word in a web browser you usually have to open a second browser window or tab and open a web dictionary like […]
Google Chrome is making huge gains in the web browser space. It has done wonders to catch up to all of the competition and, in some ways, has surpassed the competition. The […]
The Google Chrome user interface is currently more static that that of the Firefox or Opera web browser. There is for example no customize option to add or remove elements from the […]
If you are a Windows user who uses a desktop email client chance is that you either use Mozilla Thunderbird or Microsoft Outlook. Mozilla Thunderbird is in many aspects what Firefox is […]
Note: This is a news and release history for all Opera browser versions that we have reviewed in the past here on the site. It covers all major versions of Opera as […]
Videosurf is a video search website that you can use to search multiple video portals at once. Supported video websites include (among others) Youtube, Hulu, Google Videos, Dailymotion, CNN Video, Reuters and […]
Many computer users believe that memory optimizers are software programs that offer barely any positive effect. Some computer memory optimizers reduce the memory by raising the virtual memory instead, others degrade performance […]
One of the major security threats that computer users face in the past couple of years are web browser exploits. These exploits use 0-day vulnerabilities (and often also older known vulnerabilities) to […]
A recent feature of Google Chrome is the synchronization of bookmarks. You can use it to sync bookmarks between different installations of Chrome on all supported devices. That's handy if you want […]
So far I have helped you to "Manage your E17 menus" and to "Edit your GNOME menus." Now it is time to give KDE some love. I admit that I haven't given […]
Recently I instructed you how to "Manage your E17 menus". In that article you saw how easy it was to add to the E17 favorites menu and handle some of the configuration […]
Many websites on the Internet use pagination. This includes all major search engines like Google Search or Bing, blogs like Ghacks or websites that provide access to media like Youtube. Pagination is […]
Enlightenment E17 is one of those window managers that once you use you won't want to leave behind. Not only does it offer plenty of eye candy, it does so without sacrificing […]
A web browsing security test that pitted Internet Explorer 8 against Firefox 3, Opera 10, Safari 4 and Google Chrome 4 had one winner: the conclusion was that Internet Explorer 8 was […]
You might have already heard about Google's new sandbox search engine that is showcasing a new search infrastructure. Google invited webmasters to test the search engine and provide feedback which might indicate […]
Mozilla Thunderbird is probably the second most popular desktop email client next to Microsoft Outlook. One of its main advantages that it has over Outlook is its the extension engine that users […]
Jumplists are part of the new Windows 7 taskbar, and also part of newer versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The jumplists provide access to program related options basically. This can […]
Do you need your operating system to be as efficient as possible? Do you hate having to go back and forth between the mouse and the keyboard? Would you rather have a […]
Being a writer requires more tools than one might think. In today's instant-on, instant-off world, writers need immediate access to tools that enable them to look up words, save data, keep tasks, […]
Themes were added to the beta version of the Google Chrome web browser (also known as the Google browser) not long ago. It was more or less an unfinished feature back then […]
Bandwidth and speed are usually not a big concern for many users with broadband Internet connections. It is however something that users who connect to the Internet with slow connections have to […]
Blackout was a browser extension for Firefox that you could use to change the default color scheme of websites to a different one. The extension is not available anymore but Firefox supports […]
The latest developer release of the Google Chrome web browser introduces two important changes that change how extensions and themes are handled by it. You may remember that Google Chrome users had […]
I get this a lot "How can I open and edit PDF files without having to purchase a costly application like QarkXPress"? Before OpenOffice extensions came about my answer to that would […]
A great Outlook feature is that it can be extended with plugins. Similarly to how the Mozilla Thunderbird email client or the Firefox web browser can be extended, but with the exception […]
Probably one of the most important pieces of software you think about when looking to keep your PC healthy is anti-virus software. You have the option of purchasing top of the line […]
It is a pretty solid walkthrough that unfortunately lacks images to go along with the article. The tips and tweaks are divided into these five subjects:
Chance is you have already stumbled upon a few websites that are posting images as links or thumbnails. The only way to view the full images is to click on the links […]
Google Image Search is a very comprehensive image search engine. It basically works the same way as the standard Google search with the difference that image thumbnails are displayed as results on […]
Mouse gestures can be a way to increase the productivity of a user working on a computer system. Especially if they are not limited to one software program but work everywhere. Some […]
Windows users have lots of choices when choosing applications and software programs for certain tasks. This is especially true for popular tasks like reading RSS news, email or messaging. A selection of […]
Computer costs can add up fast. You need anti-virus software, you need a word processing suite, you need several anti-spyware programs, etc. Each of these programs can cost you from 20 up […]
You need to search on multiple search engines if you truly want to research a search term, as opposed to simply finding a solution to it. Some users might think that searching […]
