In my quest to find my tech groove back on, I decided to tinker with Windows Vista. I automatically installed all apps that I frequently use and that actually led me to overlook Windows Mail - Vista’s default mail client. While I’d prefer using Mozilla Thunderbird this (not that I need to since I’m [...]

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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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As always, if it’s from Microsoft, it must have bugs. Reports have circulated that Excel isn’t good at math at all, missing out something as simple as 77.1 x 850. Instead of dishing out the pen-and-paper solvable arithmetic (the answer’s 65,535), it gives out the wrong answer (100,000).
This happens on two instances, particularly:

The result of [...]

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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 [...]

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I envy my friends who are still riding out the Vista wave, comfortable computing with their PCs and lappies still on XP. Quite honestly, save for one guy who’s running on a rig with a 5.7 Windows Experience Index, everyone’s doing just fine. Be it for daily office productivity, gaming, and the Internet, XP [...]

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I just can’t wait for Firefox 3! Trying to pick some add-on stragglers that I haven’t featured here yet and still finding a few courtesy of my other favorite Firefox sites.
If you’re just like most of us who keep tabs permanently open (I keep my two Gmail tabs and Google Reader), then PermaTabs should [...]

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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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Windows Vista changed a lot of things from XP making the new Vista user quite in the dark when it comes to finding features and options that he/she has gotten used to in older Windows versions. One such feature is the Display Properties. If you right-click on your desktop wallpaper, you might confused where [...]

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You can’t always rely on those technical support guys because sometimes taking your PC to a computer store is just too much trouble. Remember these tips and reminders so that you’ll never have to depend on boys when your PC is having system errors.

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You say it’s your best friend but by the looks of it, you don’t really know how to take good care of your PC. The only time it looked shiny was the day you bought it, and it was dusty ever since. Here are some basic cleaning and educating information on being a responsible PC [...]

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Firefox getting swamped with all the add-ons and toolbars? Then why not get rid of the StumbleUpon toolbar. If your primary use of StumbleUpon is that magical Stumble! button, then you might consider uninstalling the toolbar. While I love stumbling and voting myself. There are a lot of buttons and drop-downs that I don’t [...]

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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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For those of you who are new to Office 2007, you might notice the Quick Access toolbar that’s available at the topmost left corner of your window. By default, it features the Save, Undo and Repeat commands. However, if you want more control of your interface, it’s a good thing that Office lets you [...]

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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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If you’re an Office 2007 user, probably one of the things you found different in the new interface is the elimination of the those toolbars that suddenly pop up when you select a particular tool. However, Microsoft has just found something else to annoy use with - the Mini Toolbar. And you just have [...]

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