For Your PC
Free Firewall For Windows PCs
Every broadband user needs a decent firewall. Going online without one is tantamount to suicide.
Windows XP and higher has a respectable firewall, but it can be improved upon. Luckily there’s a good free one in PC Tools Firewall Plus from the makers of Spyware Doctor.
PC Tools Firewall Plus is much more than a [...]
Get Vista Aero Effect on Windows XP
Windows Vista has been out for nearly a year and personally I love it, but there are many people out there who are happy with Windows XP.
If you are one of those many people, but you’d still like to get Vista’s Aero effect then you should install Shock Aero. This free utility will add [...]
10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows Vista
Vista is a great operating system, but unless you have a better than average PC it can run at a snails pace, and even if you do have a decent machine, Vista might not be the quickest out of the blocks.
If you are determined to run Vista and you want to crank some more speed [...]
Buy And Sell Text Links With TNX.net
Many bloggers have heard of Text Link Ads, but not many have heard of TNX.net, a new network that combines the benefits of Contextual Advertising, Text Link Brokers and Relevant Exchange of permanent non-reciprocal text links. I certainly hadn’t until they approached me and asked me to write this review.
As I started to [...]
KeyXL - Every Keyboard Shortcut You Could Ever Need
Keyboard shortcuts can be very useful, particularly if you’re a laptop use and don’t have a mouse. If you use an application regularly then learning useful keyboard shortcuts will not only allow you to work much faster, then can even unlock additional functionality.
The problem is some program instructions don’t lay out their shortcuts in [...]
Readers Tips - How To Hide Your Desktop Quickly
How often have you sat in or given a presentation, and everything is going well until you have to flick to your messy desktop, exposing how unorganised you are or your inappropriate wallpaper featuring some bikini-clad babes?
The solution is simple, and has been right before me for some time, but I wouldn’t have thought of [...]
The Best Free Software For Your Computer - Part II
Not content with putting together one great list of free software, the Connected Internet team have put together a second list. My favourite on the second list is Notepad ++ which is a fantastic text editor and in my view the best available.
There are 9 other cracking free apps listed. So, if you’re [...]
How To Remove The Skype Worm
There’s a nasty worm burrowing it’s way around Skype. The w32/Ramex.A virus virus sends a message to other skype users containing a picture, which if clicked on will infect the recipients machine, where the virus is sent again.
If you’re running a good AV system then you should be protected. If not, then here’s [...]
Magnetosphere: Improve Dull iTunes Visualizations
Compared to the stunning Milkdrop Visualizations my Xbox has, the iTunes Visualizations, look very dull.
I think I’ve finally found a free plugin for iTunes that will jazz up the boring visualizations. Magnetosphere, has some amazing iTunes visualizations that will amaze and astound your friends, at the same time as bringing your music collection to [...]
Remove Duplicate Files And MP3 Files
I’ve just discovered another good duplicate file remover. The imaginatively title Duplicate Cleaner can remove duplicate files based upon a number of parameters e.g. size, date, type etc. It can even search within the metadata of mp3 files - handy if you’ve bulk downloaded a lot of mp3 files and you’ve ended up [...]
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