by Richard W | Jan 16, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Windows
I had a problem today with my Dell Latitude E6410 laptop that bugged me for about an hour and a half. For almost an hour, there was noisy beeps coming from my Dell Latitude machine about 10 to 15 seconds apart. This was driving me crazy to the point that I almost give...
by Richard W | Jan 16, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web, Windows
Here’s a simple trick I did that almost double my blog pages in Google’s Search Index. If you’re a blogger or webmaster, your # 1 priority is to rank better in Google’s search result pages and increase your blog or website’s traffic. You must follow the industry’s...
by Richard W | Jan 14, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Security, Windows
Keeping your Windows 8 machine as secure as possible is important. There are many ways make this happen. You can choose to create a strong password that contains alpha-numeric characters, upper case and special characters. You can also increase your security by...
by Richard W | Jan 13, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux
A pre-release version of LibreOffice Productivity Suite 4.0 RC 1 has just been released for testing. The release candidate is not recommended to use in ‘mission-critical’ systems as it’s not fully tested and may contain many bugs/errors. Complete release notes of it...
by Richard W | Jan 11, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
A stable version of DropBox was recently released which fixes some issues, including web login not working in certain cases, finder overlays not updating on Snow Leopards, Lion and Mountain Lion. Besides fixing bugs, new features were also added, including new icons...
by Richard W | Jan 10, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Windows
So, recently we’ve been showing you how to create encrypted directories and folders in Ubuntu using EncFS. We’ve shown you how to do it from the command line as well as how to use Cryptkeeper GUI tool to encrypt files from your desktop. To read our previous posts on...
by Richard W | Dec 27, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Security
There are many ways to update and upgrade packages in Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) systems. Two of the most frequently used methods are via the command line and your desktop tools (GUI). Updating your system via the command-line is the fastest way to do it, even...
by Richard W | Dec 26, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Windows
Dell Marketing Department is giving away a free Windows 8 for dummies eBook to Windows 8 users. The e-Book is about 138 pages long and covers everything from the new Start Screen in Windows 8 to finding your desktop and configuring your devices. All you have to do to...
by Richard W | Dec 23, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux
CDemu is a program suite designed to emulate an optical disc drive, also known as virtual drive in Linux systems. It was original called Virtual CD but in 2007 was renamed to CDemu. It allows you to create a virtual disc drives in Linux systems and mount images like...
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...
