Jul23
VLC 1.0 has gotten several cool new features, one of which is the ability to record what is playing in the screen. Here we will take a look at how easy it is to record a DVD or other video formats using VLC.
Record Using VLC
You won’t see the record button in the default view so we need to make it available in the control panel by going to View and selecting Advanced Controls.
Now you can see the Record button along with a couple other handy controls like snapshot and looping.
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\\ tags: DVD, VLC
Jun04
Amazon S3 provides a simple web services interface that can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web. Amazon S3 is a cheap and cost effective way to handle sudden increase in traffic (such as from Digg, Technorati, StumbleUpon). Many bloggers are using Amazon S3 to host their images and other static media (such as mp3 files for their podcasts). Accessing and managing S3 account is not simple as it seems. Below is the list of Amazon S3 tools to access and manage S3 account on Windows, Mac, Linux powered computers.
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\\ tags: Linux, Mac, Tools, Windows
Jun04
There have been tons of Firefox hacks out there that have been covered to death, but we’ve recently taken some time out and run a side-by-side comparison on a couple of identical computers from the shop we had laying around. What did we find? You can essentially double your browsing speed if you’re currently on a broadband connection if you just run a few simple tweaks. We have a set of three. That’s not too many for you, right? Now let’s get started.
Basically, what we found is that Firefox tends to eat a lot of RAM in exchange for quicker launching and handling of the browser. It’s a pretty steep trade-off, and for those of us with tons of RAM and a broadband connection usually end up seeing no difference or at times, even slower performance than if these restrictions weren’t enabled by default. Here’s how to take them off and harness the full power of Firefox:
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Jun04
FirefoxFirefox reviews can be made into so much more than just a browser via its huge extension base. Yes, this means you can replace some of your instant messenger, chat and microblogging needs by adding just a few extensions. Here are 18 tools that will let you turn your Firefox 3 browser into a communications portal.
Whenever we discuss numerous Firefox add-ons, we like to remind you that we do not recommend you install ALL of them unless you like your browser slowing down.
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\\ tags: chat, Firefox, google talk, im, Lists, messenger, Pownce, social media, Twitter
Apr25
Introduction
This is an article on SSH, the marvelous secure socket shell that can be used a myriad of remote login and file transfer ways. The focus of my article is the OpenSSH software package specifically: it’s feature-rich, I am the most familiar with it, and lastly (and most importantly) is very prevalent in the Linux world — it’s installed by default in just about every Linux distribution (and Mac OSX, BSD, etc.) Some other client applications for Windows like PuTTY or SecureCRT have some of these features implemented, but that’s beyond the scope of this article.
Within this article, I’m going to focus on SSH keys and their uses, and some tools that we can use to manage these ssh keys. I’m planning to release more articles related to SSH, such as scp usage, port forwarding, and so on as time goes on.
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Apr20
This posting will discuss which of the following three programs deserves the title of “best freeware antivirus program”: Avira Antivir, Avast, or AVG. My conclusion: all three are very worthy contenders that can hold their own or surpass any heavyweight for-pay antivirus; however Anitvir and Avast are definitely in the first tier, while AVG is a close second tier.
There’s been a vigorous debate going on in the little “cbox” message box (in the sidebar) over which freeware antivirus program is best. This posting will explore this issue more closely. The objective is to go beyond the ubiquitous “I have used program x for y years now and it has kept me completely virus free” to a more substantial comparison.
The findings presented here are not my original work but come from a single source: AV-comparative.org’s antivirus comparison tests conduced in Nov 2008 (test #20) and Feb 2009 (test #21), which are the latest as of this writing. It is somewhat difficult to reference these as sources because the av-comparatives site disallows direct linking to the test results and requests that all links be to its root domain (presumably because new tests are always published and they do not want links to results that may be obsolete).
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Apr20
This article presents three handy free programs designed to remove installed applications from your system: Appremover, PC Decrapifier, and Revo Uninstraller. All three are portable (or, in the case of Revo, have a portable version available).
1- Appremover: uninstalls security applications
Have you ever uninstalled a security application only to discover that related files/folders/registry entries still remain on your computer? For some reason (I cannot put my finger on) this is actually not uncommon when uninstalling various antivirus and security apps. I remember uninstalling Norton AV many (many) years ago only to find traces of it all over my PC; at the time I used a free “Remove Norton” type app that did the job of really removing it completely. Appremover is similar, except it is not simply Norton specific and uninstalls a wide range of security programs.
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Apr20
With a wealth of tips, tricks and tutorials on using Photoshop scattered around the web, we found some of the best resources throughout the day.
It’s time to get started checking out these amazing links:
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Apr15
Well here are simple 6 steps to block ads in your firefox. This will increase your browsing speed if you dont like advertisements while browsing web.
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Apr15
Here are simple and easy steps to increase the speed of your Firefox up to 150%. Well before you may continue, please make sure you are using a Broadband Connection, you may not notice any change in your browsing speed if you are using Dial-Up Service.
- Open Mozilla FireFox
- Type “about:config” in the address bar
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