One of my sworn enemies back in my old job was our network administrator. For one, I’m a firm believer that the research and development should be given a fair amount of buffer for them to be able to be creative and productive. I still wondered why the IT department tried to prevent us from [...]

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Here’s a nice tweak for Google Reader. Most feeds I subscribe to do not always feature complete content. So, in order to read details or the full story, I have to click on links or the feed item’s title to open the web page (in a new Firefox tab). For some this may be [...]

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My Firefox browser notified me again that it needs to restart to install version 2.0.0.6. I was really expecting that the next time I’ll be installing a new version of Firefox will be with Firefox 3 Beta but it seems that Mozilla is patching a few security loopholes with this 2.0.0.6.
Yup, and there’s all [...]

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I wouldn’t know if a lot of people would be interested in this, but hey, some of you just might. It’s an extension that turns your idle Firefox browser into a screensaver by displaying wholesome and hand-picked pictures from the Web to display on your computer. Here’s what their site has to say about [...]

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Google probably wants to stop all the headaches (lawsuits) that came with their acquisition of YouTube. Imagine acquiring buying something for $1.65 B and getting slapped with a lawsuit amounting to $1 B afterwards. Remember Viacom? Well, that’s what happened so it’s pretty much understandable why Google is just intent on developing an anti-piracy [...]

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As always, Billy Gates is out for global conquest. And he wants to keep hold of his control over computers worldwide by pimping his new OS to every new PC user. They are now expecting to reach a milestone of one billion by the end of a year’s time.
Now here’s one story I failed [...]

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Jumping into code development is Yahoo! and here’s an interesting release from them - YSlow. It’s a Firefox add-on that uses the Firebug extension to check, based on several criteria, how slow a page loads.
It adds a YSlow tab to Firebug that shows different information about the page. You can check the performance (which [...]

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Taking some insurance is better than burning your laptop to a toast. But sadly for me, heat is just another problem. In any case, one other probably source of heat in your notebook is your battery. Keeping your notebook’s in top condition by minimizing the risks and dangers of overheating or combustion. Know the basics [...]

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We’ve taken a break from the daily Firefox Quick Tips since I think we’ve featured a lot of the useful add-ons and the worthwhile tweaks for Firefox 2.0. I still can’t wait for Firefox 3 to come out but that is still a long wait. But here’s a trickle of life to what used [...]

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I’ve been catching up on unread items on my feed reader and I probably have skipped this item from ComputerWorld (undoubtedly one of my favorite reads for tech stuff).
I am now a Vista user and I’m still contemplating hard on whether I’d upgrade to XP or just . I’m even using Home Basic and [...]

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Sorting, which is probably one of the handiest functions in your stand-alone spreadsheet program, is now available in Google Spreadsheets. A sortbar is now available just below your column that would let you sort data in ascending or descending. You can even drag the sortbar to freeze rows. How’s that for added functionality?
Aside from the [...]

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Thinking about buying yourself a notebook? We don’t blame you! We can think of more than one reason for you to switch from your old PC to a new laptop. Name it: portability, mobility, productivity, plus all the good stuff compacted in a way smaller, thinner, and lighter (whoopee!) computer. Tired of bringing the whole [...]

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I remember learning BASIC back when I was a kid. Sure, it’s dated (so are my programming skills) but learning programming helped me a lot in my work. I know that some grade schools and high schools around the world are now teaching Java or even Visual Basic .NET. While those can benefit kids [...]

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I’m not a big fan of WordPress’ Visual editor so I usually gun for the Code. Unfortunately you may not have the keyboard shortcuts that you’ve been just too familiar with in the Code editor unlike in Visual where you can use Ctrl + B to use boldface.
However, the Code editor does have its [...]

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Seems like I’m making up for not getting to post that many tech tips for the past week and pardon me if I’ve been focusing on Word 2007. Doing all of these academic writing had me staring at Word 2007 for a good number of hours lately. Long enough for me to see some of [...]

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