I have four web browsers installed on my computer (mainly for writing articles here when I need to test out stuff), that being Internet Explorer 9, Opera 12.02, Firefox 15.0.1 and Chrome 22. My favorite home page is by far the one used in Opera, the “Speed Dial” feature. Now while true you can use [...]
Following up to my last article about crapware, McAfee, sorry to say is one that digs really, really deep into the Windows OS and is almost impossible to get out unless you have the McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool. Before I explain what MCPR.exe does, I’ll give you a simple example of how difficult it [...]
In a maneuver that is sure to surprise absolutely nobody, the first Windows 8 PCs will of course be bundled with what’s affectionately known as “crapware”. The full list of crapware is in the linked article, but some of the crap that will be preinstalled is a 60-Day Trial Edition of Microsoft Office 2010, a [...]
Something that people truly miss from the Microsoft Outlook Express 6 email client was the ability to easily have multiple identities and the ability to password-protect them in a very simple way. Granted, the security was “fair” at best, but hey, it was easy.
Today’s issue of Layman’s Terms is going to look at some of the terminology related to application development. Native Applications are programs coded in the “native language” of an operating system. For example, the native language of iOS is Objective C. Any applications coded in that language are considered native applications. Consequently, a Non-Native application is anything [...]
For this Chrome goodie I picked the game Isoball 3. I liked this game because it even though it’s Flash-based, it requires barely any computing power to run, and it’s ridiculously addictive. It’s not an action but rather a puzzle game, so you don’t have to race around or do anything that requires quick hand [...]
Gismeteo for Google Chrome is definitely one of the better weather apps I’ve seen for the browser, mainly for the reason it gives you the quick info you need to know right inside an icon, and on click gives you pretty much exactly what you were looking for concerning forecast information and so on. Most [...]
If you can believe it, the Mozilla Firefox browser is now 10 years old. Well, slightly older than that. Phoenix 0.1 (what it used to be called) was released 23-Sep-2002, which makes it 10 years and 2 days old at the time of this writing. The browser name Phoenix was dropped for Firebird, then that [...]
Hey there, folks. In today’s issue, we’re going to have a look at a few terms and phrases specifically related to graphics and graphics cards. Naturally, we don’t have enough space to cover all of them in one article, so this is probably something we’re going to be revisiting at a later date. Ambient Occlusion: You’ve [...]
If you hapeen to run the Firefox web browser portable-style, or you notice the browser has been acting slightly sluggish as of late on your computer, setting a manual limit for what the cache can hold may speed up your browser a bit. Doing this is no guarantee it will make the browser lightning fast, [...]
Minecraft’s a pretty awesome game on its own. I’m not sure I can even count the number of hours I’ve spent in a virtual world, happily building whatever structure happens to pique my interest. As with most PC games, though, user-generated content makes the experience all the better. Due likely in part to the game’s [...]
Yeah, Steam is coming to Linux. We’ve heard that for a while. But the project is gaining some, well, steam (couldn’t avoid that pun) and it looks like the Steam platform should really work well on Linux. The ever-present issue of course is the commercial aspect of the whole thing. The Linux community by nature [...]
It’s been a while now since Google announced their plans to launch Google TV and now it’s time to learn more about it. There are new television sets on the market that are Google-enabled and if you haven’t had the chance to pick one up yet, you may be missing out. Google TV is a [...]
Problem Steps Recorder is definitely something that’s worth getting to know, whether using it to send instructions on how to do something, or get help by sending a record of what you clicked on before you had a problem/got stuck/etc. The only unfortunate part is how hidden this feature is! I do wish it wasn’t [...]
Unless I’m mistaken, there are three ways to use keystrokes in Windows to switch tasks. The most famous is ALT+TAB which has been around in Windows ever since version 3.0. The second is ALT+ESC (which I don’t recommend because it has a habit of only working “when it wants to”). The third, introduced in Windows [...]
