You might not realize it but the eye strain or migraine that you get at the end of the day might not be from ogling your hot colleague or your nagging boss. It just might simply be your monitor.
First thing to check is your refresh rate. If your monitor allows for a higher refresh […]

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We’re inching closer and closer to the release of our favorite browser and we’re expecting Beta 3 to be released soon. Mozilla has just frozen the code for Beta 3 but indicated that there might yet be a Beta 3.1 before they move on to giving us the Release Candidate versions.
One great feature they’ve […]

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I’m still surprised at how some people still type down sentence-long search terms for Google. “Sex” gives you around a billion search results buy say you’re just looking for “sex wax” for your surfboard. Good luck getting the search result you want. You’d probably surf through millions of adult sites and wouldn’t get to anything […]

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Now here’s a nifty one for PC security. So you lug around a thumb drive as a handy backup for your data, store some no-install software for quick use, and a means for your to transfer or copy data on the fly. Who thought you can use it as your personal PC keyfob?
Here’s USB […]

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A few weeks back, we featured Bugmenot, a site that offers free use of usernames and passwords for free-to-register sites. It offers quite the convenience especially for those who just need to visit a site once and that’s about it.
Figures that they now have a Firefox extension to boot. What it does is that […]

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Yeah, so we’re all kind of pissed with how Microsoft decided to go another notch with their exclusivity by changing the default file types for Office 2007. I basically find myself making the conscious effort to always save via compatibility mode. But what if some inconsiderate friend of yours decides that you should be […]

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One thing you got to hate with how Microsoft marketed Vista is that most of them came in bundled with new PCs that they didn’t even come with an installation disc. Since this is Vista (a Microsoft product), it goes without telling when the damn system would decided to f*ck you up big time. […]

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Oh hell yeah, this one’s an interesting hack. So we’re all told that magnets and computers don’t mix too good. Well this hack says it isn’t so. With a reed switch you can rig your machine so that it will only power up if you’ve got a magnet on hand. Sort of like a […]

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Ever since XP, the notification area has been a welcome friend. However, over the course of your use, you might want to take a look at the list of notification icons that are indexed by your system. You can do this by right-clicking on the system tray -> Properties -> Notification Area tab -> Customize. […]

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If you think the next thing you need is an Add/Remove Programs replacement, then you do have a valid thought there. As with a lot of built-in features of Windows, they’re crap and many other programs can do the job a lot better 10 times over. As with the case of uninstallers, they do […]

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Tired of looking at that lousy orb and progress bar waiting for Vista to load? How about accessing that hidden ‘Aurora’ boot screen that was readily available when Vista was still called Longhorn. It bears that funky lights effect thing as background and a message “Starting Windows Vista.” Want to access this screen?

Fire up the […]

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In a statement released by Microsoft last Tuesday, they’ve confirmed that a vulnerability in versions of spreadsheet program Microsoft Excel can get you hacked. The vulnerable versions are as follows: Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2002, Microsoft Office Excel 2000, and Microsoft Excel 2004 […]

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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 […]

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I love TinyURL. While you don’t see me using them generated links here. I use them quite often in my other blogs. Posting links in Twitter is probably the most practical use I have for it save for the obvious trimming of thousand-character long URLs. But as a security cushion, wouldn’t you want to know […]

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