WinRAR is an archive manager with support for packing RAR and ZIP archives and unpacking RAR, ZIP, ZIP64, 7Z (7-Zip), CAB, ARJ, LZH (Lempel-Ziv-Huffman), TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR (Java Archive developed by Sun Microsystems) and ISO (ISO9660) archives. You may use it to backup your data, reduce the size of email attachments, decompress [...]
The title might seem weird, but to most of us in the computer biz we call it partitioning a hard drive, or creating a hard drive inside your current hard drive. This might seem like something that you really don’t need, but lots of times you don’t know where to back up your data, especially [...]
A credible rival to MS Office, OpenOffice.org includes powerful applications for making text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, diagrams, and databases, as well as HTML and XML documents. Not only does it let you edit basic documents, such as letters and faxes, it also handles equations and complex and multipart documents with bibliographies, reference tables, and indexes. [...]
Gotta thank CNet for this gem, it’s strange because now Opera is going for the iPhone and it’s the fastest browser around? Crazy stakes Opera has been making now a days! I think it might be worth the try, they are competing with some crazy giants out there, so it might be worth a shot. [...]
If you have ever had a problem reading a CD/DVD and you really don’t understand why, maybe it is scratched, maybe it just simply wont play, then this an application you should definitely check out. This is for those discs that show files when you load them up, but wont play correctly for whatever reason. [...]
There is a nifty little application floating around the web called ZamZom. It’s a nice and simple lightweight application that can see everyone that is using your network, both wired and wireless. The free version sadly does not show any computer names, so it is rather difficult to tell who exactly is using your network. [...]
Phoenx Freeze, an application designed with one sole purpose: Locking your computer if you aren’t near it. This software seems so simple at first glance, that you might just walk away from it without really giving it a chance. Well I gave it a chance, though about it, and deemed it to be worth it! [...]
From time to time a client will come up to me asking about pirated software and what they should do if they happen to encounter some of these forbidden goods. Like the Indiana Jones would do, keep away from it. You have to think to yourself about who is giving these types of programs away, [...]
A New Year’s resolution is a commitment that an individual makes to a project or the reforming of a habit, often a lifestyle change that is generally interpreted as advantageous. The name comes from the fact that these commitments normally go into effect on New Year’s Day. -Wikipedia Now that I got the specific definition [...]
I am sure that most of you have heard of Temporary Internet Files and Fragmented Files and all of those things that tend to eat up your computer’s hard drive space and your computers overall performance. If you haven’t well now is the time to learn about them, two well-established programs that have been around [...]
