If you'd like to make your desktop a little more informative, you might check out Rainmeter. The program provides you with very customizable widgets that you can use to get the information you need about your computer or with feeds from the Internet. Rainmeter has a lot of skins so it can be made to look a lot more stylish that the default setup I have pictured below. You … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
Latest Avast! Definitions Contain False Positive Blocking Legitimate Websites, Malware Detected [Updated]
While it's nowhere near as bad as the McAfee False Positive problem that ended up killing tens of thousands of Windows XP PCs, the latest Avast definitions (4-11-11) seem to be blocking tons of legitimate websites thinking that there are malware scripts embedded in them. Tons of people are reporting the issue on Twitter and the Avast! website is being hit so hard, it has been … [Read more...]
Google Introduces A Daily Puzzle To Test Your Trivia and Searching Skills
This morning, Google announced a new feature, A Google A Day. It's a little bit of trivia and a little bit of showing off what Google does best - search. Progressing like newspaper crossword puzzles, the trivia will get more difficult as the week progresses. You can visit AGoogleADay.com in order to see each daily puzzle. Along with the question appearing below the search … [Read more...]
Sized Up – Visualize Your Online Purchases More Accurately
There are two downsides to online purchases: shipping costs/delays and you can't physically handle the device to get a feel for the quality or dimensions of your purchase. Sized Up at www.sizeasy.com helps you visualize an item by taking the dimensions given and showing you comparisons between common objects like a deck of cards in different views. You can add any item and its … [Read more...]
Power Search Gmail With Advanced Operators
Along with its large e-mail quota and clean interface, one of Gmail's primary strengths is its search abilities. With this tool built-in, it makes organizing your inbox an easier problem to solve. You can use the power of search at any time to find a message you're looking for or as part of a filter to automate some tasks. I was hoping to be able to forward some e-mails from my … [Read more...]