After applying to patent the term InPrivate with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office end of last month, one of the long speculated privacy tools, In Private, was finally affirmed by Microsoft and shown in its official blog (another tool is Cleartracks). As highlighted in the application form, InPrivate refers to “computer programs for disabling the history of file caching features of a Web browser, […]
You might have stumbled onto some adult websites either by accident or intentionally. Don’t be naïve and think that by clearing the history or emptying your cache file, you can prevent your boss, your colleague, your parent, from knowing your secret. Your computer is smart enough to track all your “dirty” actions and store these evidences into your hard drive. Some smart alecks can easily […]
Instant messenger enthusiasts should be quite keen and eager to discover this secret and explore the new upcoming Windows Live Messenger 2009, which is planned to be released soon. If you can’t wait for the official release from the world’s largest instant messaging network, then you can have a taste of it via the latest build of Windows Live Messenger 2009 which was leaked out […]
Sometimes when you want to delete a file or folder from your desktop, you will get frustrated when the Windows prompt you a message: “Cannot delete Folder: It is being used by another person. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again”. Of course other flavors you might frequently see include: “Cannot delete file: Access is denied”; “There has been a […]
Need a quick check on how many images have been downloaded or how fast is the downloading speed? Firefox users can download and enjoy a new plugin, Extended Statusbar 1.2.8 that is able to provide the useful information. Extended Statusbar 1.2.8 will display and indicate to users the number of loaded images, the size of the file downloaded, the average downloading speed, the load time […]
User-mode and kernel-mode drivers and kernel-mode system code can be written to be either pageable or non-pageable. Pageable means that the Windows operating system can page or flush the driver or system code to disk when not in use in order to free up the memory for other processes.
Virtual Desktops’ features have been Linux’s greatest selling points. This useful tool allows Linuxers to work with multiple applications at once. The Linux Virtual Desktops offer multiple desktop areas whereby users can enjoy working with multiple environments. Users can set up a virtual desktop for office suits and another for a graphic program, etc. Users do not need to close, minimize or maximize the running […]
To better organize their music collection, some users tend to edit or modify their music file tags. They rename their music files and folders in accordance to the music information, complete empty tag fields such as lyrics, cover art, album artist, and so on. If you are MP3 collection enthusiasts and at a loss in organizing and archiving the library of your MP3 music files, […]
A lot of users still don’t getting used to Windows Vista. A lot of reviews have been labeling Windows Vista as bloated, hard to use, tons of compatibility issues, inconvenient, not user friendly, not stable and etc. Unfortunately, Windows XP has been phased out, and now most OEM desktop and notebook computer from brands such as HP, Dell, Lenovo, Sony, Toshiba, Fujitsu, Acer and other […]
How many emails that will reach your inbox daily? If you have received tons of emails and found most of your time has been spent just to browse through all the emails in your inbox to check which is important, this tiny plug-in may help you. Named as EmailPrioritizer, it will able to prioritize and sort all the incoming emails in Micorsoft Outlook 2007 with […]
Whenever user type into a folder view in Windows Explorer, the system will automatically highlight and select the typed items (typically matching first character of both files and sub-folders) listed inside the folder. In you have a large collection or big amount of files and folders saved, Windows Vista has a feature that allows user to quick search the folder by simply start typing.
After installing new programs into Windows operating system, such as Windows XP and Windows Vista, the personalized Start Menu will highlight these newly install programs, with a notification bubble indicating there is new program just installed pointing at the Start button.
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