by Richard W | Dec 21, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Security
This brief tutorial is going to show you how to easily and properly mount external devices in Ubuntu automatically. These devices can be used as a backup storage to protect your important information in the event your computer dies or crashes. Nowadays, it easy to get...
by Richard W | Dec 20, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
Here’s a quick tutorial that’s going to show you how to auto mount or map NTFS partitions in Ubuntu 12.10. For example, if you have another hard drive (Flash, IDE, SATA, etc.) that’s already formatted using NTFS file system which contains your data that you want to...
by Richard W | Dec 19, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Web, Windows
Windows 8 comes with two versions of Internet Explorer – one for Metro and the other for the Desktop. The Metro version is designed for touchscreen devices and the desktop version is like the one that’s available in previous versions of Windows, including Windows 7....
by Richard W | Dec 19, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Web, Windows
Here’s a quick news for Opera users; version 12.12 has recently been released for all users of Windows, Mac and Linux systems. There are many added features in this release, such as OS integration, improved standards and new extension APIs. Here are some of the...
by Richard W | Dec 18, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Windows
In previous version of Windows, including Windows 7, there was an option to hibernate your system instead of shutting it down. This feature is designed primarily for desktop computers where it puts your open documents and programs in the memory and on the hard drive...
by Richard W | Dec 18, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Windows
VidShot Capturer is a screen capturing or screencaster program that helps you quickly capture and record your desktop session, then convert it into a video file that can be shared and viewed online or via popular media players. We discussed similar program in Ubuntu...
by Richard W | Dec 18, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Windows
Microsoft Office 2013 is a suite of desktop productivity applications that include Word, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook. It is the newest Office Suite from Microsoft and comes with many new features and enhancements. With all the cool features that...
by Richard W | Dec 17, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Windows
Installing programs from other sources in Windows 8 is the same as in Windows 7. You’re given an option to choose where to store the program’s content on your local computer. By default, programs get stored in C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86) for...
by Richard W | Dec 17, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
The Folks behind the most popular open source media player called VideoLAN or VLC for short has just released version 2.0.5 which fixes many bugs and some regressions of the 2.0.x branch of VLC. This update also introduces many important fixes to MKV, SWF, AIFF, RTSP,...
by Richard W | Dec 14, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Windows
By now you probably already know that Bing is Microsoft Search Engine and comes with Windows 8 as the default search engine for Internet Explorer. It’s not bad, and really have some cool features, like Facebook integration and cool images as backgrounds that are not...
