Logmein File Transfer for Free with Dropbox
Working from home today because of the snow, I’ve just used Logmein to access my work PC and remembered that a few days ago I installed Dropbox., a file synchronization application for mirroring selected folders between my local and remote PC. This is significant because the free version of Logmein doesn’t allow file transfer from [...]
MS Access 2007 Compact and Repair Database
I’ve recently been cleaning out the log files of one of my old sites which are stored in an access database which was touching on the 150mb mark. As I’ve recently upgraded to MS Office 2007 (Thanks Work!) I’ve been scratching my head to find where the Compact and Repair option is in the new [...]
Firefox 3 Beta 4 First Look
The new Beta of Firefox 3 is out and new in this revision is a cool UI re-design. The re-design in full. Click to enlarge. New downloads window New plugins window New bookmark dialogue New bookmarks management window Zooming now operates like IE’s and not just font scaling (not sure if this is beneficial?) When [...]
Windows Vista Sp1 Beta – Broken My PC
So I thought ‘why not install the new SP for Windows Vista… It says you should uninstall it to install the legitimate release so whats the harm?’ Quite a lot, as it turns out. I can no longer surf in Firefox, IE or Safari (tho Opera works?) I cant get email using Thunderbird I cant [...]
Firefox 3 Beta First Look
Just spied on Digg that there’s a new official version of Firefox out (Firefox 3 Beta). Get Firefox 3 Beta Here are a few of my first impressions and some issues I’ve found. The tab scrolling is nice and smooth with some acceleration When you open multiple tabs in Firefox 2.x you could quickly jump [...]
Safari for Windows not Working? Try This
OK now I’ve been surfing the forums and have found the following snippets which may help sort some of the issues with Safari beta 3. Firstly make sure youve installed the Apple fonts. Next navigate to program files / safari and rename the safari.resources folder i.e. "safari.resourcesx"… Start Safari (it wont work). Rename the safari.resourcesx [...]
Windows Safari Browser
Now this has to be some of the best news ive heard in a long time… not the new apple.com website… but the mac only web browser, Safari on Windows… I’m downloading it now and will update this article with my findings… Oh and heres where to get Safari For Windows Safari on Windows: Installation [...]
Internet Security: Browzar – the portable web browser that secures your privacy
There’s (yet another) web browser in town, this time, instead of being feature packed, it has most popular features stripped out of it. Why? Because its main function is to allow you to surf the net when you’re out and about without leaving tracks on the host computer. So theres no cookies, no history, no [...]
AOL’s Free Anti-Virus Software
Everyone likes it when you get something for nothing. Well AOL (man I cant believe it I’m actually praising AOL for something) is giving away a free anti virus software backed by well known software provider Kaspersky. It is said to update its self every hour which means that the chances of you obtaining a [...]
Anti-Virus Software – Buying the Illusion of Security
Do you own a virus killer? Has it ever let you down? Chances are that both are true so if you’ve bought some anti virus software, why do you still get viruses? The answer is that the anti virus software is always out of date with new viruses popping into existence continually… so if you’re [...]