Microsoft
Run old applications in Windows 7 using Windows XP mode!
Windows XP Mode is a new virtualization feature to be available to Windows 7 users running the Ultimate, Professional or Enterprise versions of the operating system. This is basically a revamped version of Microsoft Virtual PC and a pre-configure Windows XP virtual machine. The beauty of this set up is that you can have your [...]
Review: Lotus Symphony 1.0
For those of you who do not know, Lotus Symphony is a new, freely available, office suite from IBM. It is based on the OpenOffice.org project but has been re-branded to lotus and has been extended and modified. You can get it at symphony.lotus.com. My test machine is Windows Vista running in a virtual machine [...]
Secunia PSI – A way to scan for vulnerable and end of live software
Secunia PSI (Personal Software Inspector) is a neat little application that scans your PC and informs you about outdated (only if it contains vulnerabilities), end-of-life and vulnerable software. Basically what it does is scans your PC (sort of like a virus scanner) and then creates a report of the software that needs attention. When I [...]
Alternative Audio and Media Players
Most of us are familiar with the more popular media players (Creative Zen V 1GB Portable Media Player White/Orange-) out there, like Winamp, iTunes and Windows Media Player, but recently I have been recommended two that I have never heard of before. One of these is called foobar2000 and the other is GOM Player. I [...]
Monitoring my bandwidth usage
I’ve never really thought of it but I use a lot of bandwidth. I guess it’s mainly because I run a program called Majestic 12. MJ12 is a distributed computing project with the aim to build a top notch search engine. What I am getting at is that it uses tons of bandwidth and I’ve [...]
99 downloadale browsers on the web…
You know how the original song goes… “99 bottle of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer, take one down pass it around, 98 bottles of beer on the wall…”. That’s the feeling I get now when I’m trying to decide which browser to use. But Just image how fun it is for a [...]
Whole disk encryption with TrueCrypt 5
Ok so in the last post I talked about a product called Free CompuSec and talked about how good it was. This weekend I decided to try out the whole disk encryption included with the latest version of TrueCrypt. First off I would like to say that I am very impressed with TrueCrypt. It’s open [...]
Whole disk encryption with Free CompuSec
I’ve finally decided it’s time to look into whole disk encryption for my notebooks. This day and age with all the information one has on a mobile PC there really isn’t much of an excuse to not have it encrypted. I’ve recently found a program called Free CompuSec by a German company named CE-Infosys. I [...]
Top 6 Open Source Apps To Install on a New PC
Each and every time I set up a new computer (happens quite often) there are a few “must have” applications that I install right away. Here is a list of my top 6 picks. They are all open source so are available for free. Don’t worry I’ve provided the links in case you want to [...]
Review: VirtuaWin – The Virtual Desktop Manager
It’s been a few days now since I last reviewed a piece of software so I guess it’s time. This time around I am reviewing a neat little open source application called VirtuaWin. VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system that allows you to manage multiple applications over virtual desktops (or [...]
