How to password protect and hide URLs or links
Posted on September 26, 2007 - Filed Under Computer Tips | 1 Comment
Aren’t there times when you want to send a family member or friend a link to something funny, but you’re at the office and you’re not sure whether your company might be able to monitor your emails and so you end up not sending it? Well, thankfully, there actually is a way to send someone a link via email that can only be accessed by entering a password that you specify.
How to find the name or title of a song by lyrics
Posted on September 25, 2007 - Filed Under Computer Tips | 4 Comments
Most people listen to songs from bands they like and sometimes search for the lyrics of a song if they can’t quite make out what’s being sung. However, for those of us who happen to listen to the lyrics of a song and want to find out who sang it, there are some useful lyric search engines that do just that. Frankly, this happen to me all the time!
Delete or erase Internet Explorer browsing history, cookies, and temporary Internet files
Posted on September 25, 2007 - Filed Under Internet Explorer Tips | 4 Comments
A few months back I wrote an article on how you can delete or clean your Internet Explorer cache by either manually going into the IE options or by using a program called CCleaner. Both of these methods will completely remove your browsing history, delete all cookies, and erase all temporary Internet files stored in the cache. However, both of these methods require several steps or a separate program, etc.
How to create, mount, and burn ISO image files for free
Posted on September 24, 2007 - Filed Under Computer Tips | 27 Comments
Most online tutorials that I have found describing the process of creating, burning, and mounting ISO image files are written separately or are only about doing one thing, so this guide is going to describe some free software that you can use to create and manipulate ISO images files for all purposes. Basically, the software is split into three categories: software to create an ISO image file from a folder on the hard disk or from a CD/DVD, software to burn and image file to a CD/DVD, and software to mount an image file as a drive in Windows.
Jing - Free Windows & Mac screen capturing and recording software
Posted on September 23, 2007 - Filed Under Free Software Downloads | 3 Comments
Jing is a free program from TechSmith that allows to your capture screenshots of your desktop, record your screen, and share screen captures with others instantly. Jing is a unique piece of software for grabbing screenshots of your desktop for two reasons: firstly, because it sits at the top your desktop for instant access and secondly because your images or video can be uploaded and shared with others automatically.
Create a bootable backup or clone of your Mac OS X hard disk
Posted on September 22, 2007 - Filed Under Computer Tips | Leave a Comment
If you’re looking for a free program that will either create an identical clone or a complete backup of your Mac OS X disk and data files, then check out Carbon Copy Cloner, a nice Mac backup application that is supported by donations from loving users. Many Mac people have been using this program for a while, but it’s not been updated to version 3.0 and supports the Tiger and beyond OS.
