Firefox 15 stable will be released in about six weeks and it will bring with it major memory improvements that could once and for all do away with the browser’s memory hog image. We have shown previously that Firefox’s memory utilization has improved significantly in recent versions of the browser (see Chrome uses way more [...]
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DuckDuckGoog combines Google Search with DuckDuckGo’s !bang syntax
DuckDuckGo is my search engine of choice. One of its coolest features is the !bang syntax that helps you in the following way: if you can’t find appropriate results on DuckDuckGo, or want to search a specific site or service, then you can use so called !bangs to do that right from the search engine. [...]
MultiMonitorTool: Improve Multi-Monitor support in Windows
If you are working with a multi-monitor system you have probably noticed that Windows is not really providing you with the best of options when it comes to working with that setup. And while some of that is going to change when the Windows 8 operating system gets released, there is still enough room left [...]
Avira Protection Cloud: Cloud-based Antivirus Software
Avira, the company best known for its Free Antivirus program, has just made available a technical preview of Avira Protection Cloud, a new cloud-based antivirus solution that is leveraging the cloud and swarm technologies. It is not clear at this point in time if the technology will make their way into existing Avira products, or [...]
Increase your Microsoft Office productivity with KeyRocket
Often it is faster to work with keyboard shortcuts than to us the mouse to navigate through menus to complete the same action. The problem is that it is rather difficulty to get to know these shortcuts. While you sometimes see them displayed in a menu next to the menu item, they more often than [...]
MightyText, Text and read from computers using your Android phone
If you are one of those who gets itchy fingers whenever your phone leaves your hand in fear of missing a text, you may like the MightyText application for Google Android mobile devices. The application has just been released on Google Play from where it can be downloaded and installed on the Android phone. All [...]
How to buy Steam games at Valve’s UK Online Store from other regions
If you are a Steam user you may know that Steam store offers may differ depending on the country you are living in. This becomes apparent when you compare Steam store offers as you may find that games are listed in some regional stores but not yours, are cheaper in other stores, or may be [...]
YouTube Editor now with face blurring option
Google has been pretty busy lately on the YouTube platform, releasing several design and layout changes to the site as well as new features to various parts of it. Today YouTube announced that they have added a new option to the site’s video editor that uploaders can make use of to make lightweight modifications to [...]
Outgrow.me, the place to shop for Kickstarter funded items
It gets quite crowded on Kickstarter, as more and more businesses and individuals are discovering the funding platform. One of the things that I personally do not like that much about the site is that it is relatively difficulty to navigate, especially if you want to keep taps on every new project that gets posted [...]
