Category: Technology

Flash might be the preferred choice for delivering videos and rich media, but you cannot deny that it has also given rise to annoying ads with effects, popups and what not. To hide annoying Flash advertisements on sites, you can get rid of Flash elements entirely, and then enable them selectively when, for example, you […]

Using non-standard hardware can be a pain on Linux sometimes – we experience it with printers, webcams, modems etc. all the time. When I tried to use Reliance Netconnect wireless USB modem with Ubuntu, the process was not as easy as I would have liked. Below is a write-up of the steps required to get […]

Excel 2010, part of MS Office 2010 suite, uses Calibri 11pt font as default in a worksheet, header, footer, text box etc. However, if you are not a big fan of Calibri and/or like another font, you can easily change and use a different font face and size default in Excel. To modify default font […]

Backups of your iPhone and other iOS devices (iPod Touch, iPad) can take up more disk space than you think. If you are in a tight spot thanks to your small Mac hard drive and need to clear out files to make space, consider deleting older backups of iOS devices. Backups can go back quite […]

Ashampoo anti-malware is an internet security suite that has antivirus, anti-spyware and anti-rootkit components. As is common to all-in-one suites, it works against virii, trojans, worms, rootkits, bots, spyware and adware. Ashampoo’s suite also uses a signature check to detect threats based on patterns observed about malware (heuristic detection). It also works against unwanted browser […]

Facebook launched the Places feature, and as is now common with Facebook, the default privacy settings are not exactly enticing. Your friends can tag you when they check in to a location. Why not While this might sound like a great feature, this has two problems – you depend on your friends being totally honest […]

Windows Vista and Windows 7 introduced newer versions of Direct X, version 10 and 11 respectively. However, these are not backward compatible, and hence, users of Windows XP are obviously left out. Furthermore, most new games require Direct X 10/11 for best results, leading to much disappointment among gamers. Installing DirectX 10/11 on Windows XP […]

Cyberduck is a popular free FTP application for Mac OS X. As mentioned in a previous article Show hidden files on Mac OS X, you can use Cyberduck to view hidden files like .htaccess and others beginning with a period. However, there are cases where Cyberduck does not show hidden files. This is a known […]

Windows 7 Activation Update (WATu, KB971033) was released recently. It fixes many known activation hacks/cracks/exploits around genuine Windows validation technologies (typically used for piracy of Windows 7). If your copy of Windows 7 is not genuine, or you have a legit copy but encountered activation problems earlier, KB971033 update might cause trouble again. Below are […]

Mac OS X hides files beginning with a period “.” by default. One of the reasons for this is that important system files have names beginning with a period. Ideally, you shouldn’t touch such files, but there are occasions when you need to – a web developer may have to edit local .htaccess files, for […]