Many users would agree that the one thing great about Mozilla Firefox browser is its flexibility which allows users to customize and enhance the browser itself with thousands of add-ons. Users can customize their Firefox browser to suit their net surfing activities with these add-ons. However, with a big chunk of add-ons available, the down side is users would have difficulties to decide which are […]
Windows 7 has a completely overhauled Taskbar to include many new features until many calls it as Superbar. Among changes in Windows 7 Taskbar is ability to hide title label for the buttons on Taskbar leaving only icons (revert to button with text), Jump Lists, ability to pin to Taskbar, and thumbnail preview for open running programs’ windows.
Telnet (Telecommunication network) is an ancient network protocol used on the Internet or local area networks to connect to remote host and provide a bidirectional interactive command-line interface communications facility. In Windows operating system, Telnet client application software is included to provide telnet capability. Telnet does include in all Windows system, but due to insecure connection security concern, Telnet no longer been enabled by default […]
You might have stored your favorite songs in various folders and various directories according to albums or singers. Some of the advanced MP3 players might allow you to generate a random playlist based on songs selected from various folders or directories but many cannot. If your music collection is stored in a folder structure and you want to mix your own songs for your listening […]
Windows 7 does not officially support Windows DreamScene feature, which introduced in Windows Vista as Ultimate Extras, and allows user to set a video or animation as desktop background wallpaper. Although there is a hack to install and enable DreamScene in Windows 7, but the result has been less than satisfactory, nor ideal.
Now with more and more features being integrated into mobile phones, you won’t be surprised to hear any new usage of how consumers utilize their mobile devices while on the move. Just recently, a group of engineering students from Duke University has just developed a useful mobile phone application that can let users writing notes in the air and those movement can be tracked and […]
Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) users should be quite familiar with the improved “new tab” feature available in Microsoft’s latest browser. When users hit “Ctrl + T” or click on the New Tab button, the new tab page revealed is not a blank page. Instead, the tab page offer users quick access to a list of sites that they have accessed the most and the sites […]
Briefcase is an ancient feature in Windows operating system, existed since Windows 95. Briefcase works as a special folder that supports two-way file synchronization with another folder on local disk or external USB/FireWire drive and network drive. However, with the advance of computing technology, the basic sync feature of Briefcase no longer sufficient for modern files safeguarding need.
Wonder how fast your computer takes to boot up? Typically for Windows based PC, it probably takes few minutes depending on system configuration. Just recently, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu has set an aggressive goal to have a boot up time of merely 10 seconds on their karmic+1, codename for version 10.04 by 2010.
Most modern web browser such as Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer (IE) is able to handle invalid URL or link location that user to type into address bar or location bar. The most typical option is automatically treat input as a query string or term, and search for it using default search engine.
Browsing Internet has become a habit as a daily activities especially for younger generation nowadays. If you are wondering what are the websites or activities that your kids spend the most on their computer or would like to know how much time you have spent for each of activities in your computer in order to understand how effective you are, ManicTime probably is a great […]
Windows Live Messenger (previously and still famously known as MSN Messenger) users have increasingly received annoying spam instant messaging from friends and buddies. When sending these spam IM, the contacts will sign in online and log out almost immediately, making those who want to chat with the pal disappointed. One characteristic of the spam IM sent in WLM is that they are almost arrived together […]
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