Google Alerts is another tool from Google that can send you e-mails for any particular search query. Its usefulness is all going to depend on how well of a search query you can craft, but out of the box it has ton of potential. This might be very useful to the webmaster running their own site or the consumer looking to keep up to date on an awesome upcoming product (like the … [Read more...]
Wake-on-LAN @ Home
I briefly mentioned Wake-on-LAN (WoL) in a previous article, PC Power Management, and that's when I started to think about it seriously and how it might be relevant to my setup. Right now, I leave my home computer on for long periods of time, even when I'm not there just in case I need to remote control it or if I want to stream my media. This wastes a bit of electricity each … [Read more...]
Microsoft SuperPreview and BrowserShots – Your website in different browsers
Due to the way Internet Explorer is integrated with the Windows operating system and just the restrictions Microsoft puts on it in the first place, you can only have one version of IE on a machine at a time. Of course, I've covered Tredosoft's Multiple IE solution before, which does allow you to have more than one version, but Microsoft has just released (in beta) a solution … [Read more...]
Helix – Computer Security Forensics
Computer security forensics can get pretty detailed and pretty involved. In fact, it's almost always best left to the professionals. Even your standard, run-of-the-mill IT professional can get called into court to testify regarding evidence gathered at a scene. When it comes down to justice, you might not want to be the one that gets the blame for a case being dismissed through … [Read more...]
Power Manage PC Power Management
With Green Initiatives becoming the norms these days, lots of people are looking for elaborate ways to save electricity and reign in their energy-sucking computers. Looking at the numbers, we can see that just turning off something like a CRT monitor when it's not in use can save a lot of juice. There are quite a number of elaborate schemes and utilities (both hardware and … [Read more...]