Are you looking for a simple solution to check if your monitor is working properly and has no defective pixels? If yes, you should give Do I Have a Dead Pixel? a try. Do I Have a Dead Pixel? is a simple and easy to use online utility which checks your monitor for defective pixels [...]
For comfortable viewing, we can easily adjust the brightness and contrast of our computer screens and mobile displays using their built-in controls. But how do you calibrate a display? Which tool do you use to see if all the color shades are appropriately shown on your screen? The answer is a website called Display Calibrator. [...]
If you need to know what has been going on in your home while you were away, surveillance equipment would be a good option. But surveillance hardware can come with a big price tag. If you are looking for a basic monitoring option, then check out Sensr. Sensr is a great website that lets you [...]
Monitoring the functionality of your website on a regular basis is a must for serious website owners. While there are a lot of monitoring systems available today, not all of them are accurate when it comes to detecting glitches and bugs in application codes, database, and applets. These monitoring services only uses light scripts and [...]
There are several tools that let you manage and monitor your network but all the good tools cost an arm and a leg and all the free tools don’t just cut it when it comes to efficiency. However, Spiceworks gives you the best of both worlds by letting you manage your network or computer with tons [...]
Some sites do not support RSS feeds. People who have got used to getting their updates from feeds might find it inconvenient to manually visit these sites to see what is new. If you are one of these people, then you will greatly appreciate a website update alert tool called “ChangeDetection.” Change Detection is a [...]
Ask any graphics designer (or a gaming enthusiast) about the differences between various computer monitors and their color settings and you’ll probably get a long lecture about how important it is to get all those myriad settings just perfect. What, to us normal users, looks like esoteric (and probably meaningless) settings can actually make a [...]
A well-calibrated monitor is extremely important for professions that handle graphics and pictures (i.e. photographers, web and graphic designers, video editors) since they need to view their material in the best color representation possible. In addition, if you are a media freak, you will definitely want a well-tuned monitor. Photo Friday’s Monitor Calibration Tool is [...]
Do you worry about how many minutes you have left on your cell phone plan? Maybe you worry more about your wife or children’s minutes used and left. After all ““ all it takes is one huge phone bill to make you nervous and not want to go over. Some carriers send alerts via SMS to [...]
Thinking of buying a new flatscreen television, but aren’t sure how to set it up? Or perhaps you’re thinking of rearranging the furniture and want to know what would be the best viewing distance for your current TV? There’s a handy web-based viewing distance calculator over at myhometheater.homestead.com. Simply input the size of the screen, [...]