Wimamp is a great audio application. There are many people (for instance the author of this post) who seem to be addicted to it. I especially like the earlier versions that didn’t have all the fluff of today’s multimedia apps but, unlike them, could play a clear sound. I have been living under Linux for many years and I certainly don’t miss...

When you run a slow computer and/or a slow Internet connection, browsing the Net can be a bit of a challenge. Fortunately, Firefox offers many tweaks to help you speed things a bit. As I mentioned in a previous post, the about:config command in Firefox opens the door to many useful tweaks. Probably there are hundreds of useful settings among them and it might...

Horizontal scrolling is very unpleasant and I really hate when I have to do it. I hate it especially when I have to do it with the tabs in Firefox. Every time I reinstall my PC, one of the first things I rush to do is make Firefox show an unlimited number of tabs. When I browse, I usually open new tabs all the time and soon my Firefox gets cluttered with tabs....

This isn’t the first time Android tops iOS in the US because this happened in January this year but as latest data shows, Android is increasing the gap and is headed to become the unchallenged leader in mobile platforms. Rather, the news from the latest ComScore survey on mobile trends is that Blackberry is going down further and now it is the third...

Don’t answer “no” before you read what I’ve got to share with you. You can create a decent Flash site in an hour or less – all you need is the free Wix website builder. I am NOT a fan of Flash sites, but I do have to admit that sometimes a Flash site rocks. Besides, many users like Flash sites and are eager to have one. What do you...

Good news for all of you iOS fans – the long-awaited WordPress for iOS 2.8 is out! In addition to fixes (you find them in any release), this one boasts some new, cool features (you don’t find them that often). Your iOS blogging is now one step closer to getting awesome! Let’s start with the good news first. The two new major features are Quick...

Table of ContentsIntroduction Turning the Machine On The Operating System Takes Charge Windows Linux IntroductionHave you ever asked yourself how many steps your computer performs from the moment you press the power switch to turn it on till the moment your favorite desktop wallpaper shines in its full glory in front of you? Well, there are many steps that the...

Table of Contents:What are Processes? Windows Processes Killing the Bad Guys What are Processes?Process is one of the core terms needed to understand operating systems. The simplest but most precise explanation is that a process is a program in execution, a running instance of a program. In the study of operating systems there are several states for a process,...

Rootkits can be named the most technically sophisticated form of malicious code (malware) and one of the most difficult to discover and eliminate. Of all types of malware, probably viruses and worms get the most publicity because they are generally widespread. Many people are known to have been affected by a virus or a worm, but this definitely does not mean...

If blue is your favorite color, maybe there is a guaranteed way to start hating it — by seeing it five times a day, accompanied by really charming messages that gently inform you that any unsaved information might be lossed or that there was a hardware failure and so on. Can you guess what I am talking about? Blue Screens of Death, of course. The effects...

Dealing with end-users or simply beginners is not always a pleasant and easy experience for some techs. I personally sometimes get irritated when I have to explain for a thousandth time a simple concept I have already clarified in layman’s terms a day or two ago. While I was working in Technical Support where dealt with users all the time, one of the...

One of the things I like in software is having the freedom to tailor it to my needs and preferences. I’m not talking about customizing the interface only, although I am certainly happy when I can choose whether the interface will be blue or green. For myself, tailoring the software to my needs means that I am able to choose which...

Searching the Web is easy. The difficult part is to find what you are looking for. While search engines, mainly Google, have done miracles in making millions of pages accessible, finding what you need when you need it is not always an easy task. And the truth is, that the ease to which Google has made it possible to retrieve most of the information we need has...