December 12th, 2011 by Aseem | File in: Reviews
If you have a computer that is accessible to other people, then there may be times when you want to know what USB devices were plugged in. At an office, there may be a common PC for employees to use in the break room or in the conference room. You can keep track of all [...]
December 11th, 2011 by Aseem | File in: Reviews
Looking for a quick and easy way to create a PDF from a bunch of JPG or other image files? Have a bunch of PSD files and want to place them all into one PDF file so that you can protect your source PSD files? Whatever the case, there are lots of reasons to want [...]
December 8th, 2011 by Aseem | File in: Reviews
For being in the tech field, it’s pretty sad that I just found out about Rainmeter. Rainmeter is apparently one of the most popular desktop customization programs for Windows. It’s free and it is very powerful. It’s basically like Windows sidebar gadgets, but way more customizable. You can keep track of system resources like hard [...]
December 2nd, 2011 by Aseem | File in: Reviews
I’m not sure why, but I’m always testing my Internet connection at home to see how fast it is and if it’s working properly. I never did this before, but after finding some really useful Internet speed test sites and apps for my phone and iPad, I’m always using it! At first it may not [...]
November 23rd, 2011 by Aseem | File in: Reviews
There may be times when you want to know how long your computer was turned on for a specific day. Or maybe you want to know when it was shutdown and for how long? What about if the computer went into standby mode? For any of these situations, you can quickly get the answer using [...]
November 20th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Reviews
We previously showed you how to save your clipboard content using a sidebar gadget in Windows. If you don’t like using gadgets, we have another option for a clipboard manager, called Clipboardic, which will also run in any version of Windows back to Windows 2000. Clipboardic does not have to be installed. Simply extract the [...]
November 13th, 2011 by Eric Fleming | File in: Reviews
Have you ever wanted to know exactly how long your Windows PC has been running without needing to restart or shut down? Thanks to a simple utility called Uptimer, you have an always accessible icon in your system tray that keeps you up-to-date as to exactly how long that is. It’s a simple program that’s [...]
November 6th, 2011 by Eric Fleming | File in: How-To, Reviews
If you’ve been using Ubuntu for a while, you know how easy it is to change themes. Simply open the Appearance control panel, select your new theme and you’re set. Using Ubuntu now that it’s started using the Unity desktop environment, however, means things aren’t quite so simple. You can install new themes, and even [...]
November 3rd, 2011 by Eric Fleming | File in: Linux Tips, Reviews
There are a ton of music players available for Linux. Banshee, Rhythmbox, Jux, Amarok, Listen, Exaile… the list goes on and on. Most have features such as cover art, lyrics display, the ability to modify metadata (and often to download it from the Internet), and more. In today’s article we’ll be talking about Xnoise, which [...]
October 30th, 2011 by Eric Fleming | File in: Linux Tips, Reviews
Ubuntu, like every operating system, tries its hardest to be stable, so that users don’t run into any crashes. Of course, users being users (and software being software), that’s a nearly impossible goal. It’s possible to force quit a frozen application (one that’s become unresponsive for some reason), by typing the following in the Terminal: [...]
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