My latest article is up over at Freewaregenius. It covers High Sign, a promising mouse gesture program that allows you to use strokes of your mouse as shortcuts, which is in a second alpha release. It shows a lot of potential to replace some of the current mouse gesture programs out there and make improvements to become a real top-notch application. Find out more information … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2009
Configure your Antivirus Correctly
Antivirus software can frequently be blamed for eating up computing resources and slowing down a computer. Most of the time that is the basis for arguments when we choose or recommend our favorite antivirus software (I recommend Avast.). The problem of resource-hungry malware protection software is usually a result of the program itself or poor programming, but some of the … [Read more...]
Prevent the Microsoft ActiveX Exploit in Internet Explorer
Microsoft yesterday announced a dangerous exploit for users with Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 operating systems and use Internet Explorer. You can read more about the exploit with this article from The Register. If you are using Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, you are not susceptible to this bug. This is an odd announcement for Microsoft to make; usually, they … [Read more...]
Pandora vs. Grooveshark – Streaming Music Showdown
A year and a half ago, I wrote an article recommending Pandora. A year and a half later, I unfortunately have to update my review on Pandora. From the article: Streaming radio with no audible ads and the music custom-chosen to your tastes, it’s hard to imagine many improvements that could be made to Pandora. … [Read more...]
BumpTop: Your Desktop in 3D
Check out a new article over at Freewaregenius by yours truly. This article covers the impressive software BumpTop that can change your desktop into a 3D environment. It definitely beats Vista's Aero. It's pretty impressive, really helps with photo navigation, and has some awesome feature to make your desktop more dynamic. The full article at Freewaregenius goes into depth … [Read more...]