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I’ve done a major rework on the PC Maintenance Handbook and the second edition is now available as a free download. Below is a changelog of some of the changes you’ll see in the new edition. As always, feedback–whether positive or constructive–is always welcome.
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Got a “love-hate” relationship with your TV? Love the shows, but hate the commercials? Viewing your favorite TV Series on DVD is an excellent way to watch TV. Dropping those DVD’s down to your hard drive makes the experience close to perfect.
There are several ways to get TV shows on to your PC – the most popular is probably downloading the shows from a bit.torrent site – another way is to buy the series on DVD and then make a backup copy (where this can be done legally of course) on your hard drive.
Many current TV series are available on iTunes, and even YouTube is getting into the act. Here in New Zealand our national broadcasting networks (we have two!) started “On Demand” services a year ago and a clever user might find a way record the material fed by their streaming media.
[Ed note] Recently, we suggested seven free alternatives to iTunes and Songbird made the list. In this guide, we take a look at why this media player is so good.
This funky Free music player gets you geared up and keeps you conscience clean.
Songbird is a Web Player—a music program on your computer that utilises the internet constantly to give you many features. This makes Songbird superior to other major players as you can view artist bio’s, lyrics, concerts and videos as you listen to them. Then upload your files to you music player or mobile or publish what your listening to your IM, twitter or last.fm account for your friends to see. Pretty damn cool eh?
Did I mention it monitors your music directory and actively imports and corrects files locations for songs?
Read on for the list of life-saving features, cool add-ons and smooth skins.
I’ve done a major rework on the PC Security Handbook and the second edition is now available as a free download. Below is a changelog of some of the changes you’ll see in the new edition. As always, feedback–whether positive or constructive–is always welcome.
My last post was about looking for basic signs of malware infections: 6 Signs Of Malware Infections
That post was a little introduction, about how to know if a virus and other sort of malware is on your computer.
Now, we are going to use utilities to look for that creepy software.
I am sure that many of you are thinking, why I need to know all of this stuff if I have an antivirus?
The answer is pretty simple: many times these applications cannot remove the virus, so it is very useful to know other ways to get rid of infections.
We are going to use free utilities that exists in the operating system that can reveal if any undesired program is in your computer.
Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) has been around for some time and has proved to be a popular, free anti-virus program. In this guide, I’ll show you how to configure MSE, what all the options mean, and some advanced tips to make the program run optimally for you.
Note: This guide is written for those using the stable release of MSE; however, if you’d like to download the Beta, get it here.
