We’ve all been there, a less than computer-savvy friend calls and says something like “When I click the button my internet won’t work.” and you’re left frustrated trying to help. ShowMeWhatsWrong lets you help your friends show you.
Google Public DNS uses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as its IP addresses. Advanced users will surely have no problem making the necessary changes to enable Google Public DNS. The company has also released a set of step-by-step instructions for Windows, Mac and Linux users that can be found here.
With a proliferation of logins and forms to fill – and with the information you need to accomplish tasks scattered across many websites – interacting with the web is more complicated than it needs to be.
CCleaner has been one of my most used (and most trusted) apps for years. The same goes for Defraggler. There’s no denying that the crew at Piriform really knows how to make useful little programs.
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Saving a webpage as a PDF shouldn’t be as hard as it is. If you’re on a Mac, you’ve got the built-in print-as-PDF function, but what of other operating systems? PDFmyURL is a web-based tool that converts any page to PDF format, on any operating system, and with hardly any fuss.
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Most laptop owners have experienced the frustrations of an unpredictable cursor when your wrist grazes the touchpad. Free, open-source utility TouchFreeze disables your touchpad as soon as you start typing, re-enables it when you stop.
Users of some torrent clients have been able to preview video downloads for quite some time. Millions more are about to get that ability, thanks to the arrival of streaming in the uTorrent 2.1 beta.
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The new interface in Office 2007 has a great new look but finding your favorite feature can be a little difficult at first. Microsoft Office Labs offers a helpful utility called Search Commands that brings search to the ribbon. Can’t find a specific feature? Just search for it!
Gaming is fun. Organizing all your personal video games isn’t. Sisimizi takes the hassle out of managing your collection so you can get back to raiding villages and killing zombies. [Read more...]
Chrome now has Extensions. Similar to Firefox add-ons, Chrome extensions are small widgets that sit on your toolbar and extend the functionality of your browser. There are hundreds of extensions currently available for Chrome, including a Gmail notifier, ad blocker, Google Wave notifier, ChromeMilk (Remember the Milk widget), and Chromed Bird (the Chrome equivalent of Echofon, aka TwitterFox).
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