I love the idea of organization. I started off every year of school since sixth grade with a glossy new planner and a plethora of eagerness and good intention (read: I never opened them after September). I’ve fallen victim to many a good marketing ploy […]
Convenience on any platform: How Springpad got me to love organization Read More »
Ah capitalism, the wonderful economic system wherein you can go broke saving money. Think about it. How many people spend the rest of the year eating ramen noodles after “saving so much money” shopping in the pepper-spray laced stores on black Friday and clogged webstore
Woot! I just found a great deal Read More »
Ashampoo is running its usual Xmas promotion and giving away five top products, all are totally free and full featured: Ashampoo Registry-Cleaner Update your registry and optimize the performance of your PC Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 3 Click-and-go editing for point-and-shoot photos Ashampoo Photo Commander 8
5 Ashampoo products – Xmas giveaway Read More »
When it comes to computers I’m not much into aesthetics, it’s more about practicalities and productivity for me. I’ve never installed 3rd party screensavers, never even used a screensaver. My desktop background has been an ancient static image until I started using Windows 7, and
Beautiful animated wallpapers – safe and free Read More »
On October 1st we reported predictions that Chrome would likely overtake Firefox as number 2 browser as early as December this year – HERE. The number crunchers at StatCounter Global Stats are declaring this has now actually happened: Google’s browser Chrome overtook Firefox for the
Firefox: Number 2 spot almost gone – revenue concerns Read More »
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DCT Giveaway: Ashampoo Burning Studio 11 Read More »
Wow, I do like this one – lots and lots of instant links to a plethora of interesting and useful sites, all nicely categorized and available from a single source. AllMyFaves includes so many categories and sites it’s impossible to itemize them all here. The
AllMyFaves: myriads of links to useful/interesting sites Read More »
There are quite a few free applications available now which provide a means for connecting between computers remotely. Very handy if you are the local community’s ‘go to guy or gal’ for computer problems – or for helping family and friends who do not live
TeamViewer 7 remote access – better and better! Read More »
What do the police do if their alcohol testing equipment fails – revert to Plan ‘B’ of course!:
Drunk Test – Plan ‘B’ Read More »
I’m not suggesting you stop drinking coffee – I would never deprive anyone of that life giving nectar! Heck, It’s a known fact that 95% of the tech world runs on Coffee (the other 5% substitutes alternate caffeinated beverages). What I am suggesting is that
You should junk your Java! Read More »
If you’re anything like me you’ll have literally dozens of logins and accounts which require a password for authentication, and having lots of passwords plus a bad memory is not exactly an advantageous combination. Anyone can easily create a very strong password in just a
How To: Create a strong password that you can actually remember! Read More »
There are several aspects of the Internet Explorer development pattern which have mystified me; primary among them has been why Microsoft would continue pouring millions of dollars into developing a browser which was no longer intrinsically connected with the Windows operating system anyway. The impending
Internet Explorer 10 – well on the way and integral to Windows 8 Read More »
Last week we received an email from a web developer who, along with some friends, has generated an online application which allows users to design and create their very own customized beer labels – at labeley.com. It is non-flash so it works in any browser
Create customized beer labels online with ‘Labeley’ Read More »
The issues with so-called freeware available from privacyroot.com were first brought to our attention by Marko, owner and administrator of our recommended freeware download site FreewareBB. The privacyroot.com home page displays summarized details of four software titles, three of which are clearly specified as being
Warning: Beware privacyroot.com Read More »
