Cinemas will dim the lights prior to the commencement of a movie in order to help eliminate distractions and provide maximum contrast. Now, thanks to Turn Off the Lights, you can enjoy the ‘cinematic experience’ on the home PC while viewing videos on popular media […]
According to the latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report released very recently, 45% of all malware infections are propagated per medium of social engineering techniques. These are the threats which trick users into running a malicious program and rely heavily on user interaction. Not far behind
Almost 50% of malware infections are user initiated Read More »
In these days, where advertising and profits seem to largely rule even the freeware world, it’s refreshing to encounter an example of selfless commitment where the only motivation is to provide a useful and worthwhile contribution. Such is the nature of a new freeware called
Most experienced users have dabbled with Linux at some stage, some have gone on to migrate completely while many others have decided to stick primarily with Windows – I fall into the latter category. The biggest issue concerning Linux’s failure to gain mass acceptance, specifically
If you’ve missed our past articles on Windows Home Server 2011 you can catch up by reading the previous articles covering installation of Windows Home Server 2011, installing the Connector software, the Dashboard Home tab, the Dashboard Users tab, and the Dashboard Computers and Backup
The Windows Home Server 2011 Dashboard: Server Folders and Hard Drives Read More »
LotSoft is currently running a giveaway for its very good BDLot DVD Clone Ultimate software. This is the latest, newly released version (3.0) which would normally sell for $39.95usd and is currently available to everyone for free – NOTE: Offer expires 20th October. BDlot DVD
Mozilla, the developer of the popular Firefox browser, are about to announce an increase in revenue for 2010. Mozilla’s gross income grew 18%, from a recorded $104 million in 2009 to an anticipated $123 million in 2010. A significantly large portion of that revenue being
I don’t actually need to change screen resolution here on my home PC, but I can well imagine how this may be necessary for situations involving multiple users; and especially where multiple users with varying degrees of eyesight are concerned. If you are in this
Carroll: Set individual screen resolutions for each user Read More »
This was originally posted on the DCT forum some time back, but it is very clever so we thought we’d share it here too: In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a
It seems more and more developers are insisting on bundling extras with their freeware; toolbars are becoming common place as well as changes to home pages and search engines. Some are open and up front about it, many adopt a more sneaky approach – such
FreewareBB – helping you avoid those bundled extras Read More »
There have been a lot of comments over the past couple of weeks lambasting Microsoft for supposedly introducing an element into Windows 8 which is said to prevent users from dual or multi booting different operating systems, and Linux in particular. It is astounding how
Steve Jobs lost his 10 year battle with pancreatic cancer today at the age of 56. I’ll be the first to tell you that I am not a fan of Apple, or its products. From their draconian business practices to advertising that stretches the truth
Almost one month ago, the official distribution site for the Linux kernel was shut down following a serious malware incident. The people behind the Linux kernel discovered malware on the PC of at least one kernel maintainer, as well as on the kernel.org servers themselves.
