Year: 2009

  • Google Labs Announces Google Squared

    Released today from the Google Labs is a new product that may help change the way that you search.  Google Squared is a Google Labs feature that combines search results into a table, allowing for data to be organized so that it is quickly viewable to the reader.  Clicking on a section of the Square…

  • Adobe and NVIDIA Collaborating on GPU Acceleration for Flash

    Adobe and NVIDIA announced today that GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) acceleration will be included in future releases of the Adobe Flash Player.  Both Adobe and NVIDIA are part of the Open Screen Project, a collaborative project intended to bring rich internet applications to the desktop by taking advantage of the full capabilities of Adobe Flash. …

  • How To: Create, Edit, and Share Documents Online with Google Docs

    I feel like the guy who showed up late to a really good party.  Google Docs has been around for quite awhile now, but it wasn’t until last week that I actually tried it for the first time and I can’t believe I had been missing out on this fantastic service. Google Docs is a…

  • Fix: Firefox Won’t Save Cookies or Auto-Logins

    Update 06-16-09: Mozilla has announced in Firefox 3.0.11 that “Several issues were reported with the internal database, SQLite, which have now been fixed by upgrading to a newer version.”  So if this guide works for you, be sure to upgrade to the newest version of Firefox. It can strike when you least expect it –…

  • How To: Try Ubuntu Using Wubi

    Many people are interested in trying Ubuntu – a popular Linux distribution – but are unfamiliar with terms such as “partition” and “dual-boot” and how to perform those actions on their systems.  Although partitioning a drive is reasonably simple, it’s not always the best or easiest choice to make when deciding to install Ubuntu on…

  • Files Over Miles: Browser to Browser File Sharing

    A newly launched service allows you to send files (large files included) directly from your web browser to another web browser.  Files Over Miles is a service that is built upon the P2P file transfer capabilities that are included in Version 10 of Adobe Flash Player.  With this P2P capability, the need for an intermediate…

  • Hulu Desktop Lets You Watch TV Online Without The Browser

    Hulu – the mega-popular TV and movie streaming site backed by NBC, Fox, and others – has just launched a desktop application for both Windows and Mac that allows you to stream all Hulu content on your PC. Hulu Desktop adds support for Windows Media Center and Apple remotes, which will allow you to treat…

  • How To: Figure Out What svchost.exe Is Actually Doing

    Windows XP/Vista:  If you’ve ever dug around in your Windows Task Manager (available by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ESC and clicking the Processes tab), you no doubt have noticed multiple instances of a process called svchost.exe.  Not only is the title of this process ambiguous, it typically exists as System, Network Service, and Local…

  • How To: Restore Built-In Zip File Integration in Windows XP

    Have you ever used a new computer and found, to your dismay, that a 3rd-party shareware program (such as WinZip) was currently set to handle compressed .zip files?  Windows XP already has built-in .zip file integration, so unless you’ve decided to replace it with a program such as 7-zip, it is usually best to let…

  • Gather Hardware Information With CPU-Z

    CPU-Z is a lightweight freeware program that very useful when it comes to finding out your computer’s detailed hardware information.  CPU-Z focuses on gathering motherboard, processor, and memory information and displays it in an organized and easy to read format. Information Gathered CPU Name and number Core stepping and process Package Core voltage Internal and…