Okay, so Adobe Reader is one bloated piece of software and it’s not the type that you can just lug around in a thumb drive. Remember when we featured Foxit reader to control PDFs and tabs better?
Well, with the release of Foxit Reader 2.2, we just have to say that it is, by far, [...]

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I won’t take it against anyone if he has decided to stand firm with Windows XP. Nearly four months into Windows Vista and I have yet to find a really good reason to convince someone to shift. Well, probably it’s because I’m running on Home Basic which really doesn’t have much to offer.
I’d have [...]

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WordPress users, rejoice. The much awaited WordPress 2.3 release is now here. Dubbed “Dexter” (as a tribute to saxophonist Dexter Gordon). It now features goodies like tagging support, plug-in update notification, and URL handling improvements for starters. Anyway here are the highlights of the latest release:

Native tagging support - Tags! Finally! And best of [...]

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Those who have purchased Microsoft Office 2007 might be feeling sucker punched now. Alternative Office suites have really become a force in shifting the balance of power in the market, especially with the popularity of free (like OpenOffice and Star Office) and web-based office suites (like Zoho and Google Docs).
The latest company to join [...]

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I have to admit that with all the hype on web standards, usability and accessibility that I’ve practically scrapped WYSIWYG editors in favor of text editors (PSPad’s my choice tool). At least I have full control over the code. However, I also have to consider that coding is one tough cookie to crack, especially [...]

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If you’ve neglected cleaning and organizing your files for some time, you may be in for one tough job. Ever wondered where all of those bytes went? While most of the “lost bytes” in Windows are due to the shadow files and restore points, some of the overlooked ones are due to empty directories. [...]

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By default Windows only allows you to manage windows through the context menu with a meager set of options. Quite frankly you only get Restore, Move, Size, Minimize, Maximize and Close. Very limited if you ask me. Now if you’re looking for more functionality, then you might want to use a third-party window management [...]

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Nope. It’s not Windows messing with you as always (it sucks how all those errors make you look like an idiot). But in terms of potshots taken, I bet you’ve insulted your computer a lot more than what a normal person can take in a lifetime.
So wouldn’t it be time for your computer to [...]

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We’ve featured this nice DVD ripping utility called Handbrake. It’s probably one of the most versatile DVD rippers that you can get for free out there not because it has the most features but it’s because you can use it on three different platforms -Linux, Windows, and Mac.
Version 0.9 now features the following.

Re-envisioned [...]

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Ever wish you had a Magic 8 Ball every time you had to make a Yes-or-No decision? For some reason that Mattel toy never lost its novelty and we can still see a fair amount of references in pop culture.
Here’s one that can be used on your PC. It sits comfortable on your desktop [...]

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Being an advocate of making services free to people, Google introduced the Google Pack a while ago. This Pack contains Google’s recommended software that should pretty serve you in most of your daily computing needs. One thing I like about the Google Pack is that you can customize the things you want included there. [...]

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Ever wanted to extract the audio from video sharing sites? This trick works only with sites using the FLV format. And here are two ways.
UnPlug + FLV Extract. You can actually use any of the available FLV downloaders. I used to use VideoDownloader but I’ve found that UnPlug works better for me. After downloading [...]

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How-to Geek apparently doesn’t find a need for the Caps Lock key so why not disable the darned thing. Come to think of it, I haven’t really used it for a very long time. I prefer to use bold or italicized characters for emphasis and I always tend to just hold down the Shift [...]

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Hmm… a precursor to SP1 perhaps? Oh well, I think these have been long overdue, especially for those experiencing a lot of problems after shifting to Vista. Billy’s boys have released, not one, but two update packs for their “best” OS so far. These two update packs aim to improve compatibility and reliability and [...]

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Here’s one more thing that can be added to the mix of candidates to replace Windows Vista’s really dumb Defragmenter.
A little over a month ago, I posted about Vista Defrag’s dumb-down interface which prompted a few responses on using third-party software to do the job for us. From the comments, a few suggestions came [...]

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