Firefox 13 is scheduled to be released in June 2012, and that, dear readers is when the hammer finally comes down and WinXP will be the minimum required Windows OS to install the Firefox browser. The image to the right is exactly the notice you will get on Win2000 running the the current Fx 12. Several times I’ve had to point out to people that yes, you...

With all the data breaches that have been happening lately, it’s only natural that some of you are starting to feel a bit paranoid about your own personal information. If you’ve ever subscribed to something online, or used a bank, or signed in to an email or social media account, then guess what- your info’s on a server in a data center...

Sometimes I come across a Linux distribution that pretty much does everything right, and Macpup is definitely one of them. The ISO disk image is only 164MB in size and the entire OS can run in nothing but RAM. Yes, really. Whether you boot off USB stick or CD with Macpup, it’s pretty much ready to rock out of the box. The best part however is that Macpup...

Google Chrome, as fast as it is, can turn into an annoying sloth if you never clear out your browser history. This is a bit different than clearing out your browser cache because it only applies to the address bar and nowhere else. Unless you’ve specifically cleared out the browser history before, Chrome keeps a local record of every single web site...

Windows 7 gadgets are something everyone basically forgot about – however there are still a few that are genuinely useful and worth having around. From the ones that are available currently, I go over a few and show which would serve to be most useful on your desktop. See video below for...

Many people prefer VLC over Windows Media Player because it’s smaller, easier to deal with and in many instances faster. VLC covers a ton of different formats that it will play, but there are times when you will want to pick-and-choose which file type launches with VLC and which doesn’t. You could do this via Windows file associations, but it’s...

When composing formatted email (meaning the type where you can bold/italic/underline text), when you type an apostrophe or double-quotes, Windows Live Mail 2011 will automatically replace those with what most people know as "curly quotes". The problem with curly quotes is that for some people you may send mail to, their email will show your...

Claws Mail is the perfect solution for those looking for a lightning-fast email client that does IMAP like nobody’s business – and does it in a way that’s friendly to those with slow internet connections. This is part 4 of of 4-part video series explaining how to set up and use the...

Claws Mail is the perfect solution for those looking for a lightning-fast email client that does IMAP like nobody’s business – and does it in a way that’s friendly to those with slow internet connections. This is part 3 of of 4-part video series explaining how to set up and use the...

Claws Mail is the perfect solution for those looking for a lightning-fast email client that does IMAP like nobody’s business – and does it in a way that’s friendly to those with slow internet connections. This is part 2 of of 4-part video series explaining how to set up and use the...