Archive for January, 2008

Get Stealthy

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

When I kept noticing strange sites popping up in my history on my desktop at home, I double checked to make sure I didn’t have some strange virus or Trojan.

That came up empty so then I remembered the baby-sitter had mentioned she had just “checked her email for a minute”. So I installed a key […]

Vertigo Plugin

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

There are many users that enjoy the power, control, and flexibility that Firefox brings.

I found a small and simple extension that, although it cannot be considered indispensable in any way, is quite obvious. And for us that have a wide screen, makes our monitor gain some vertical space. It is called Vertigo, playing on the […]

Micrsoft Virtual PC

Friday, January 4th, 2008

What if you wanted to try out a particular software application, but didn’t want it to damage your computer?

Or if you wanted to play that legacy game sitting on your desk, but it doesn’t currently work on your desktop? Maybe you want to try other operating systems, but don’t want to go through the hassle […]

Miranda IM

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Miranda IM is an open-source instant messenger.

It’s a multi protocol messenger meaning you can login to AIM, Yahoo, MSN, GTalk, Jabber, IRC, ICQ, Gadu-Gadu and many more networks from this single software. It has a very robust and dedicated development team with a wide user base and a very active forum. I have used other […]