Are you constantly working with various types of files and documents? If yes, then you might as well consider having a reliable file conversion tool like CloudConvert. This way, you’ll never have to worry about converting an...
There may be lots of decent QR code scanners out there but not all of these apps can provide you with all the tools and features that you’re looking for. Some apps can only scan QR codes and barcodes. There are also those th...
You can pin folders to the Windows 7 taskbar with the TaskBarPinner software. However, TaskBarPinner doesn’t have options that pin folders to the Start menu. Nevertheless, folders can still be pinned to the Windows 7 Start menu wi...
The MS Office 2010 office suite packages, such as Word and Excel, have a few image editing options. Among them is a cropping tool with which you can cut out areas from your document pictures without any image editing software. The...
Those who usually open multiple software applications, in Windows 7, should install Windows 7 App Launcher. That’s a utility with which you can open multiple software packages at once with a hotkey or Windows 7 Jump Lists. With th...
Excel 2010, like other MS Office applications, has plenty of keyboard shortcuts. There are Excel hotkeys for formulas, spreadsheet formatting, inserting and editing data and more besides. These are a few of the more notable hotkey...
There are many ways you can customize the Firefox browser with add-ons. How about replacing the Firefox menu toolbars with one compact button comparable to Google Chrome? Well, you can do that with Compact Menu 2 4.3.1. Check out ...
We didn’t think that Windows XP finally saying goodbye and not getting software updates in the future would be this bad so quickly. Perhaps Microsoft didn’t calculate, or miscalculated, as there is already a major security bug tha...
The recent development in Internet privacy has me worrying about the future. Why? Apparently a new ruling by a New York judge said that US search warrants can be applied to e-mail accounts and other digital data even if they (the ...
About 10 percent of those in my Facebook and Instagram feeds are in Japan. I understand the fascination and I wish to visit the country soon. Even US President Obama is in Japan for a state visit as part of his Asian tour. He quic...
You may think that at this day and age, malaria would be a disease unknown but sadly, we’re still fighting against it. I know one who had been infected with it after staying in a country where malaria is still common. It was a fri...
I understand digital scent technology but I never expected it would go further. Who thought that scent could be used to deliver notifications? Apparently, a university team made a machine that could give off colored and scented bu...
Even before selfies became popular, I was taking self-portraits with either mirror shots or photos of my feet or shoes wherever I am. That was before when I was younger and adventurous. But right now, I am too lazy to bring my cam...
To coincide with Apple’s new video on caring for the environment, the company created a dedicated page to their environmental initiatives. Within the page, a video featuring the company’s planned ‘Apple Campus 2&...
There are a lot of talks about privacy and security whether online or offline. We recently heard about a US judge ruling that it’s okay for the government to check on an e-mail account even if stored outside the US as long there i...
If you’re to ask me, I never really thought much about Google+. I didn’t think it would beat Facebook or Twitter. I have my own Google+ account but I don’t remember when was the last time I checked it. While I know people who say ...
A few days ago we shared a Heartbleed checklist. And now more tech companies have joined forces to fight this security breach. The likes of Google, Microsoft, IBM, Amazon, and Google are working together to prevent another Heartbl...
Even if you’re still active on Facebook or not, you would know that most stories are shared on the top social network. People are not as willing to RT (retweet) on Twitter as they are willing to click the share button while ...
Whilst Windows includes hide folder options, such options are hardly full-proof. There’s a much more secure way to hide, or disguise, your folders as shortcuts which few would guess you have documents or software in. The tri...
There are a variety of file formats for videos, and you can convert video file formats from one to another if required. You could do that with Microsoft packages such as Windows DVD Maker and Movie Maker, or alternative third-part...
The Internet Explorer right-click context menu is one which can get cluttered with accelerator and add-on options/shortcuts. However, you can still clear up the context menu with the browser’s options and a few registry edit...
Nowadays, QR codes and barcodes are everywhere. You do not only see them in various items, you can also see them on websites, magazines, recipe books, catalogues and even on apparels. Needless to say, these types of codes are used...
You can add the Windows 8 Metro style to Windows 7 with the freeware Immersive Explorer. That’s a file manager alternative to Explorer which mimics Windows 8 Metro. Its graphical hardware acceleration displays fluid animations and...
The Windows Vista and 7 desktops include system shortcut icons such as the Recycle Bin. When you right-click on the system shortcut icons and select Properties, there is no option that changes their icons as you would find on soft...
If you’re looking for a way to create image thumbnails from your video files, add the freeware Thumbnail Me 3.0 software to Windows XP/Vista/7 and 8. That’s a software package which scans video clips and presents you w...
If you have opened a large OpenOffice spreadsheet document, it might be handy to keep some of its rows and columns stationary. OpenOffice Calc has an option with which you can freeze selected columns and rows so that they always r...
MS Word 2010 has, like many software packages, a variety of keyboard shortcuts. With the keyboard shortcuts you can select a variety of options that aren’t visible on its menus and Ribbon. These are a few of the more notable Word ...
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Microsoft may have fully acquire the Nokia mobile division but that doesn’t mean it’s forgetting it’s main product, the Windows platform. Nokia, now called Microsoft Mobile, is just one part of the Redmond giant. As for the OS div...
The Internet is fast becoming a world on its own. Admit it or not, the Internet is everything to you and me. No one really owns the Internet, we live in it. Who leads it? Nobody can really say but countries are busy making their o...
