This month, we’ll be looking at two brilliant Mac utilities - Growl and Quicksilver. I’d like to note that these are Mac-only, but never fear, Windows users, for next month, I have a large number of utilities for XP lined up. Quicksilver Developer: Blacktree Licence: Freeware Available from: http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/ Every Mac user will know that the dock serves as a [...]
I am what you might call a Windows “champion”. I am one of those people who knows a lot about the OS, has been using it for years, and generally feels comfortable within it. Many of you here, I bet, could not make their own Path Variable or trick Windows Explorer into thinking that C:/Documents [...]
This month has been an interesting one in tech, from Dell offering Linux on new computers to the HD-DVD keys being cracked. Let’s take a look. HD-DVD processing key cracked, Digg swamped In early May, the key for HD-DVD disc protection was cracked and released on the internet. This cryptographic key (beginning with 09 F9) allows people [...]
We’re now at our twelfth issue of the Informer - a whole year old, and this month I will be interviewing Shane and Brad, administrators of the Informer since its beginning. Matthew: What inspired you to make the Informer? Shane: A suggestion in the RSBandB Site section. Brad: Yeah, Shane put out a topic looking for prospective editors, [...]
It’s time for some Apps of the month once more. This month, we have some excellent Windows utilities (sorry Mac and Linux users). The first is SpeedSwitch XP, a little applet designed for laptop users that can speed up or slow down your processor at will to offer performance or power saving. The second [...]
There’s been a lot of talk on the forums about the so-called ‘Browser Wars’. I admit I am one of those who tries to persuade people to use Opera over Firefox over IE, although not many people on the forums know much about the real browser wars over the last decade or so. Mosaic NCSA Mosaic was [...]
If you Google ‘RuneScape’, you will find more than 8.5 million pages relating to it in some way or another. Some of them just mention it, some are huge fansites. Ignoring the 2000 or so hits from the actual RuneScape website, that’s a hell of a lot of fansites and websites dedicated to RuneScape. Obviously [...]
Welcome to the first of my series of articles about some of my favourite freeware programs. Every month, I will write an article about two pieces of freeware, describe their function, rate them, etc. Please note that for now, I will only be writing about Windows (and possibly some Linux) freeware, although no Mac freeware [...]
Another month, another load of Tech questions. Unfortunately not as many this month, although some interesting questions have been posed nevertheless. Again, not all questions have been answered, and I apologize for that. - I’ve been looking around for a good, free recording device with which I can record with. I’ve tried HyperCam 2, but it slows [...]
Gaming — a refuge from the outside world, a place to vent your anger, or just a place to pwn. The world of gaming is unlike the real world in many ways - here, those with skill or patience are those who rule, not those with money, posessions, or physical ability. Most of you who [...]