An overview of Microsoft Security Essentials
Posted on August 28, 2009 - Filed Under Software Reviews | 1 Comment
Was it inevitable? For years, Microsoft has taken a great deal of criticism regarding their security, or lack thereof, with the Windows operating system. Some may argue that because of the widespread distribution of the Windows OS, it just makes it a more practical target. Other point to poor programming of Windows code making it easy for attackers to compromise system features.
Maxthon – Free alternative web browser
Posted on August 14, 2009 - Filed Under Software Reviews | 1 Comment
Maxthon is probably one of the best free alternative browsers that you have not heard of. With Maxthon you get a lot of extra functionality on top of the basic browsing features.
Unlike Mozilla Firefox, Maxthon has the more advanced features preinstalled so you won’t have to download plugins just to customize the program. Don’t get me wrong though, Maxthon has its own set of plugins for you customization freaks.
At first look, Maxthon’s interface is a cleanly implemented GUI. It reminds me of Safari with it’s polished silver gray default theme.
CrossLoop – Online computer support for low rates
Posted on July 25, 2009 - Filed Under Software Reviews | 1 Comment
Ever have a computer problem you couldn’t fix yourself, but didn’t want to get fixed by your local store for hundreds of dollars? Unfortunately, many people end up paying a lot of money to fix technical problems that they could do themselves, only if someone helped them.
I’ve previously written about online screen sharing and remote desktop apps that allows your friends or family members to connect to your computer and help you solve computer problems. While this is great, not everyone knows a computer geek ready to solve all their problems.
Moblin – Mobile OS for netbooks and nettops
Posted on July 12, 2009 - Filed Under Software Reviews | 1 Comment
Moblin, short for Mobile Linux, is a free and open source OS from Intel designed for netbook hardware. It is designed to be an eye candy and user friendly OS targeted to the standard home user – meaning for emailing, twittering, browsing, media playing and such – unlike the more “serious” flavors of Linux like CentOS.
It is designed to be lightweight with minimal footprint so that it will run extremely fast on Atom-based computers like netbooks. You can download the beta V.02 image file from this URL http://moblin.org/
Is Amarok the best audio player for Linux?
Posted on July 9, 2009 - Filed Under Software Reviews | 2 Comments
If you have a Linux setup then most probably you are running Amarok for media playing. Amarok is probably the most popular media player for Linux because it offers a lot of functionality: KDE support (it’s pretty!), support for outbound streaming, media database support, gapless audio decoding, remote controllable and also supports intelligent playlists from database.
You can see the comparison table from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_media_players
If you have not yet added Amarok, you can add it using your Linux’s interface for managing applications. In Ubuntu, for example, you can use the Add/Remove Applications interface under the Applications menu:
How to use Windows Live Movie Maker Beta
Posted on June 12, 2009 - Filed Under Software Reviews | 18 Comments
Windows Live Movie Maker, appropriately codenamed “Sundance”, is a video creating/editing program that is a part of Microsoft’s Windows Live package (http://download.live.com). It is intended to replace Windows Movie Maker that is currently included in Windows Xp and Vista, so expect it to be the default Windows 7 movie editing program.
According to LiveSide.net, Windows Live Movie Maker is a complete rewrite of the Windows Movie Maker application, focusing on the needs of Windows Live Photo Gallery users.