A while back, we featured this (De)Motivator poster generator that can be found online and free to use. For some reason, I hate seeing Motivator posters (especially the one in my totally non-motivating boss’ office in my first job). But I do find amusement in Demotivators – those spoof posters that give a different twist [...]

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If you’re a big fan of portable storage – USB flash disks, external hard drives, even your iPod – you know the annoyance brought about by having to eject them first from your OS before yanking off the USB plug. It’s a two-stroke process for Windows users (left clicking that icon in the system tray [...]

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I really haven’t gotten around checking new freeware for the past few months so oblige me as I sneak in a post or two. In all honesty, I could just go on and on featuring all sorts of freeware here but I usually go for the top-ranked ones. Call me prejudiced, but if it’s not [...]

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This is nothing new, especially for PC gamers out there. I’ve been revisiting some of my old games while waiting for the holiday crunch (and the bouts of laziness) to finally pass. While a lot of PC games out there are really built for PCs (strategies and simulations) where you get to use the combination [...]

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Year-end list and year-end awards. I stumbled upon CyberNet News’ Tiny Program award. It was the first time I’ve read about Pitaschio but heck, after checking it out, I’d have to say that I’d give it the same props too. Tons of features to help you manage Windows and yet it just takes up 360KB [...]

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So probably not everyone will be needing this functionality but for power users, testers, and designers, this may yet be a must-have for them. There are times when you just have to change your display resolution whether it’s to try something out in a different resolution than your default. For those who have done so, [...]

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Just got my Firefox updated to 2.0.08. No better notification than that right? Just a message saying that the updates are out and you’re good to go. Now it isn’t really that long until we finally see 3.0b but I just can’t wait for it. These releases (2.0.0.8) are security updates to the browser. According [...]

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If you haven’t really been exposed to Microsoft Office 2007, then you still might not know of the new file formats that Word, PowerPoint and Excel use. They’re those file formats with “x” mysteriously added at the end (e.g. .doc of Word now is .docx by default). Don’t be fooled by this, though. Somehow the [...]

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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 with [...]

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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. So [...]

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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 program. [...]

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