by Richard W | Jul 5, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Windows
VirtualBox, the popular virtualization software that lets you run multiple virtual guest machines (Windows, Mac OS X and Linux) on a single host machine (Windows, Mac OS X and Linux) has been updated to version 4.2.16 and this brief guide is going to show you how mine...
by Richard W | Jun 27, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Windows
Yesterday, Microsoft announced the release of Windows 8.1 which is an update to Windows 8 that many folks had problems with. Windows 8.1 is Microsoft’s answer for those who may have issues with Windows 8. It comes with a Start button and an option that lets you...
by Richard W | Jun 21, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Security, Windows
Although most of our tutorials are Ubuntu based, we do get some questions about Windows and other operating systems. This one came in yesterday from one of our readers who asked ‘If it was wise to check for updates every time when using Windows 8’ The...
by Richard W | Jun 17, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Security, Windows
When you sign into Windows 8 using your Microsoft account, some of your system’s settings which may include personal information and apps preferences are stored in the cloud and is used to sync between computers. If you don’t want your system’s...
by Richard W | Jun 10, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Windows
VideoLAN, the organization behind the popular open source music player, VLC has just released the latest version of the program for Windows, Mac and Linux users. This release brings some fixes for audio decoding and encoding, small security issues and improves the...
by Richard W | Jun 4, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Web, Windows
Here’s a quick tip that shows you how to add SkyDrive to the Sent to command on the context menu in Windows Vista, 7 or 8 so you can easily and quickly put stuff into your SkyDrive online account. This only works if you already have SkyDrive desktop application...
