Windows
Add the Calculator in Excel 2000
Thanks to Diana for the original tip – the steps in Excel 2000 are slightly different: Open Excel. From the Tools menu, click Customize. Click on the Commands tab. Under the list of Categories, select Tools. Scroll through the list of Commands and select Custom (it will appear with a calculator beside it). Drag the [...]
Printing Part of a Web Page
There is an abundance of information available on the Internet pertaining to every topic imaginable. Sometimes you may come across a piece of information that you may want to print for your own records. This is as simple as selecting File and then Print within Internet Explorer. However, the problem with this is that you [...]
A Few Record Labels Are Backing File-sharing
No, they don’t want you to get their music for free. But at least they are finally joining the rest of us in the twenty-first century.
Microsoft Internet Explorer Spoofing
CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: Spoofing WHERE: From remote SOFTWARE: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 DESCRIPTION: cyber flash has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to trick users into downloading malicious files. The vulnerability is caused due to Internet Explorer using the file extension from the URL’s filename when [...]
cPicture LE v1.2
cPicture LE is for viewing and working with your digital photos. It offers support for thumbnail browsing, EXIF display, histogram view, as well as various features to resize, rotate, crop, and more. You can also remove red-eye effects, create an HTML gallery or picture index, and batch process images to perform selected operations on multiple [...]
Beyond Compare v2.2.7
Beyond Compare is a great, simple to use tool for comparing files and folders on your system. What can you use it for? More like what can’t you use it for!
Movie Mistakes
The movie industry has released countless fantastic films with over the top visual effects, storylines, and acting. But guess what? They’re not perfect. If you have a keen eye, you’ve probably noticed a handful of blunders in some of your favorite films. Sometimes minor mistakes will accidentally get passed over in the editing room, and [...]
Deleting Firefox History
Q: I’m using Firefox 1.0 PR and would like to know how I can delete some of the addresses from the address bar. I hardly ever visit some of the sites that are there, and I’d much rather remove them than keep them. How is this done?
The Sky Is Falling, But We're Doing Fine!
Yesterday I mentioned a disaster that hit a friend when his house burned down with everything in it, including, not the least, his complete network of computers and all his data. It turns out that this is not the only disaster to hit seniors with computers. Check out this letter from Jerry:
Feedback: Tut, Tut on the Troubleshooter
In response to our entry about The Ultimate Troubleshooter, Gnomie Sarah Danks writes: I work at keeping my systems clean and lean. This app sounded good, so I ran it on my Toshiba Portege 3500 tablet running XP Pro Tablet. Of the tasks currently running, it told me that Norton Speed Disk and the Toshiba [...]
