Category: software
Speccy tells you what your computer has in it
Frequently, in the act of diagnosing computer problems or deciding which parts to order for upgrades, we find ourselves wanting to know about the hardware components inside a computer. A new program aims to make it easy to know as much as possible about the innards of your machine. Speccy is a product from Piriform,…
AuctioneerTech Firefox add-on collection
Image via Wikipedia Wednesday’s post showed how a simple extension called Weave can synchronize your Firefox passwords, bookmarks and other preferences between computers. That’s all fine and good, but what happens when you are installing a fresh copy of Firefox and want to install all your favorite add-ons and plugins? Do you write down your…
Mozilla Weave – synchronize Firefox among multiple computers
Anyone who uses multiple computers has the struggle of maintaining productivity across different environments. Web browsers store passwords and bookmarks and preferences on each computer. Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a way to have each computer automatically synchronize your bookmarks and passwords? If your browser of choice is Firefox, you’re in luck. A…
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 and for some unreasoned purpose decide to use something lesser. A few products fit this…
Microsoft Security Essentials – no more anti-virus subscriptions
Image by nDevilTV via Flickr On September 28, Microsoft announced the general release of a new product called Microsoft Security Essentials. It’s the successor to OneCare, Microsoft’s prior for-pay security package. Security Essentials has been in limited preview under the codename Morro and now is available to everyone for free. Security Essentials racked up 1.5…