April 18, 2010
Most definitely the easiest way to install all your basic apps after a fresh install of Windows is using Ninite. You simply go to the website, select some popular apps you would install anyways (like Winamp, iTunes, Firefox, Adobe Acrobat Reader, uTorrent, WinRar) and the site checks for the latests version of those apps and then gives you a package to download of all of those apps, and then runs all their default installations disabling all the annoying installation options like ad-ware, toolbars, etc. And done!
Tags: Apps, format, fresh install, installation, popular, windows
Categories: Apps, Browsers, Internet, PC, Security, System, Web-Based •
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January 7, 2010
I had previously mentioned Foxit Reader as a recommended alternative to Adobe Acrobat for viewing PDFs, and while that still stands, I would also recommend the Google Docs Viewer for viewing PDFs through your web browser. A couple of plug-ins do a very nice job of seamlessly integrating the Google’s Viewer into your Firefox or Chrome browsers as plugins. Plug-in download links below:
Tags: add-on, chrome, extension, firefox, google, pdf, plugin
Categories: Browsers, Web-Based •
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December 31, 2009
Lifehacker’s High Five topics are an awesome resource, when it’s readers vote for the top five of various tech categories. I’m already using a lot of the most popular apps, but I’ve also learned about a lot of alternatives and discovered some real gems. And now I’m going to double check each of these one by one to make sure that I am in fact using the latest and greatest.
Below are some of their most popular High Five topics of 2009.
Tags: 2009, Apps, best, best of, compare, Comparison, lifehacker, top 5, versus
Categories: Apps, Browsers, Comparison, Hardware, Mac, PC, System •
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December 29, 2009
Quick little tip for Google Chrome users, and yet another reason for you to use it. Pressing SHIFT + ESC brings up Google Chrome browser’s internal task manager showing the memory and CPU usage of individual tabs and extensions, revealing what is hogging up the memory. Not being able to figure this out was a major annoyance of Firefox as it become more and more bloated over the last couple years.
Tags: chrome, firefox, google, memory, task manager
Categories: Browsers, Mac, PC •
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