Archive for the month of November 2009

Reclaim screen real estate with Firefox tweaks

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Fixing Firefox

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser that is popular for its security, third-party add-ons called extensions, and it’s speed relative to the current dominant browser Internet Explorer. Today we embark on a three-part series about making Mozilla Firefox usable. … Continue reading

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Google Picasa provides fast and easy photo management

Image via Wikipedia Sometimes there is a piece of software that is so obvious for a specific need that we make assumptions. We assume that everyone uses it and, if not, that those who don’t at least know about it … Continue reading

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Motorola Droid

The Motorola Droid officially dropped yesterday. It’s the first of several Android-powered devices coming to the Verizon network. Here’s a quick list of relevant phone features. 3.7″ capacitive touchscreen, 480×854 resolution 5 mega-pixel camera with flash, zoom and focus 16 … Continue reading

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The end of the sitemap as we know it

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series All things must end

Back in the days of the FAQ and the image map (remember when you would hover your mouse over a picture and different parts of the graphic would link to different pages?), web designers used a website element known as … Continue reading

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Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor and Resource Monitor

Windows has a very useful tool to monitor the programs and services that are utilizing system resources. In Windows Vista, this tool is the Reliability and Performance Monitor, shown here. In Windows 7, the tool has been upgraded and is … Continue reading

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