November 3, 2007
Last time I discussed finding drivers for your software programs and also how to set up a printer on Windows. Well today I am going to get onto a more interesting topic – what to put on your computer. I know countless other blogs have done lists like this so this isn’t anything groundbreaking. But [...]
October 29, 2007
Microsoft as a company is not usually associated with cool and free products. In that sense, Google is way ahead, it has Gmail, Google Reader, Calendar, Google Docs and dozens of other useful services. Nonetheless, there are a bunch of FREE Microsoft tools that are definitely worth a look. While some of them are yet [...]
October 20, 2007
If you’ve owned a PC for a long period of time, you’ll know that eventually you need to defragment the hard drive. As you use the PC more and more, files become scattered across different folders and the system slows down as a result. Defragging may be a pain up the rear but it’s unfortunately [...]
October 20, 2007
Previously known as OpenOffice.org Premium, OxygenOffice.org Professional (OOOP) is a modified source of Open Office 2.3 that contains all the “extras” you would find in a standard Microsoft Office suite and more. The simple extras include everything from a rich clip art gallery to variety of standard document templates (CV, greeting cards, etc.). However, OOOP [...]
October 16, 2007
Television sets and CD players are rapidly becoming a thing of the past for me. I spend most of my waking day in front of the computer and so I have adopted the practice of having DVD’s and CD’s playing in the top right hand corner of the screen while I work. Whether it’s a [...]
October 14, 2007
According to eBay, Paypal and Gmail (amongst others), I have about five hack attempts a week made on my accounts. Last year it was around ten a week. I know this because after a certain number of failed password attempts, the website locks down the account and informs the account holder by email that there [...]
October 13, 2007
Microsoft Office may be the most popular office productivity suite currently on the market, but don’t expect this to last forever considering the slew of new, web-based, and open-source alternatives coming every day. Recently, in only the last 2 to 3 years, not only has the number of MS Office competitors grown significantly, but also [...]
October 9, 2007
Keeping your software up to date is the best protection for your computer. Software is usually updated for 2 reason. The first being to improve and enhance the functionality of the software. The second being to close any known system bugs. These bugs can range in everything from open access points for hackers to use [...]
October 7, 2007
It’s not often these days that I find a Microsoft tool that impresses me – especially one that is free – but I have to admit that I was quite taken with SNARF – the Social Network and Relationship Finder. In a nutshell, SNARF is an MSI add-on for Microsoft Outlook (but not Outlook Express) [...]
October 2, 2007
It seems like everyone these days is downloading, watching, and sharing videos from video-sharing sites like YouTube, Google Video, MetaCafe, DailyMotion, Veoh, Break, and a ton of other similar sites. Whether you want to watch the video on your iPod while working out, insert it into a PowerPoint presentation to add some spice, or simply [...]
