Whenever a new OS comes out routinely the first thing people do is run out and change the desktop image and the theme. Windows 7 comes with some nice default themes and images. Here are some of them and here are a list of other sites with some more themes. [...more]
Most people use Windows as their main downloading system just as a matter of convenience and availability of download tools. The pain comes in sharing these files with your Ubuntu system. This is when symbolic links really in a dual boot system. [...more]
Often when you are troubleshooting what is going wrong with your Windows box you are left to your own devices to guess what is running and what is screwing up. In the Linux world you can grep and get a view of what processes are running using Process Identifier, or more commonly known as PID or process ID. Here is how to get that same functionality in Windows. [...more]
Adobe Version Cue is a fantastic tool for managing your images, photos and videos. Here is the complete reference guide on how to configure Version Cue so that you can use it in your production environment. [...more]
I came across a really cool utility a little while ago. It allow you to use the MAC OS X Dock in Windows XP or Vista. It duplicates the functionality to a tee. Even the System Tray is included. Here is where to get it and how to install it. [...more]
When you use hibernate in Vista (just like in XP) it creates a file called hiberfil.sys. This file can grow rather large,if you don't use hibernate, the hibernate file hiberfil.sys is sometimes large enough to impact the amount of drive space you have available, and you're not able to delete it because it's in use. [...more]
Sites like Youtube and CNN offer free videos to viewers. It’s great to be able to watch them when you are online but what happens when you are when you are offline? What if you want to take the videos with you? The answer is to download them! [...more]
For the longest time I was using Google Browser Sync to manage my passwords and bookmarks. Unfortunately, a while back, just before Google Chrome was released Google discontinued the product. I wonder why? Since then I’ve been looking for something to manage my bookmarks and passwords for free. I finally found the perfect app! Foxmarks! [...more]
A while back we wrote an article about using Wine to install Windows programs in a Linux environment. There is a slightly better program out there that will allow you to use Windows programs in Linux. Here is the rundown on how to get it, install it and start using your Windows programs in Linux. [...more]
Microsoft recently announced a new operating system for the cloud called Windows Azure. Azure is a services platform that is hosted by Microsoft in Microsoft data centers around the globe and is completely scalable and affordable. Amazon.com also offers a hosted and scalable solution that they host. Here is the rundown on how to have reliable services without having to drop a ton of cash for your own servers, data center or infrastructure. [...more]
