Ordinarily I am very, very against "skinning" a web browser because it usually makes it perform like absolute crap. Usually what will happen is that some internal menus won’t work and sometimes it even interrupts web site loading. However, when I saw that Personas was actually developed by Mozilla Labs themselves (i.e. the guys and gals who made...

As you may have found out, the Add/Remove Programs functionality of Windows sometimes yields dead entries. These entries can be the result of corrupt installs or accidentally deleted files. While there are lots of programs out there which can clean these entries up for you, you can always delete them manually in the registry. You can can find all the Add/Remove...

Need your Linux fix? Ubuntu’s new version 9.04 is available today and with it some genuinely significant updates, such as: GNOME 2.26 The biggest improvement (for me) is that GNOME does better multi-monitor setup now with this version. Multi-monitor troubles with a Linux GUI have been a longstanding complaint of mine, and while Ubuntu 8 was a huge...

For many, there will come a time when you’re "connected" to too much stuff on the internet. You know you’re too connected when you simply can’t keep up with everything you’re signed up for. Whether it’s email subscriptions, RSS feeds, YouTube channels, MySpace/Facebook friends, AIM buddies and so on, all this information...

Of the new stuff with Firefox 3.0.9, I’m happy to see that several really (and I mean really) annoying issues were attended to, such as: Cookie database getting screwed up I have a love/hate relationship with browser cookies. But I do appreciate them for the fact they make my web surfing faster due to the fact they make the browser "remember"...

If you do not already have a backup process in place (don’t worry, I am not going to harp on their importance… you already know) and are looking for an easy and free solution, check out FBackup. Like most backup software, you configure your job and schedule a time for it to run. However, FBackup offers several features which are not always available...

Outlook users: have you ever sent an email which was supposed to have an attachment, but didn’t attach the file? Of course you have. To help prevent this in the future, check out the free Outlook plugin: Missing Attachment PowerToy. This free PowerToy for Microsoft Outlook is designed to help you avoid that exact scenario, helping you save time and avoid...

One of the most beautiful things about the internet is that anyone can develop a program, post it on a web site and charge for it. And if the program is good at whatever it does, people will readily pay for it. "But I know very little about programming", you may say. Don’t worry, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist. All you need is a...

If you are looking to have a little fun with your digital photos, a really awesome application to play with is Photosynth. Imagine being able to share the places and things you love using the cinematic quality of a movie, the control of a video game, and the mind-blowing detail of the real world. With nothing more than a bunch of photos, Photosynth creates an...

Copy-pasting is probably one of the most common things any computer user does. For Windows users, whenever you copy something it stays in the clipboard for you to paste to other locations. The problem with this is when you copy something else, the clipboard gets erased to make room for the new item you copied. To overcome this limitation, take a look at the...