So you’ve installed Ubuntu and your system is rearing to go, but what next? How about we go adding a few bells and whistles? There are many things you can tweak on your Ubuntu desktop, let alone the applications, but a simple area that is often overlooked are the panels and their gadgets.
Unlike Windows, your [...]

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If you’re really long in the tooth, you’ll recall when Microsoft introduced the undo command in Word for DOS. This little piece of bacon-saving magic was one of the great milestones in user-friendly software development.
It’s taken a while for browsers to catch up with the delights of undo. Of course, the need for an undo [...]

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I was looking around Google for something (I can’t remember what) I stumbled upon a list of things you can do with your Apple iPod.
One was record audio files for free (the standard method requires a special iPod attachment) with a microphone plugged into the iPod.
One link led to another and I found [...]

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This is part two of my Windows Vista article. Part one can be found here.
“It prompts me to allow or deny every two minutes!” Not true! While Vista does have a security feature that prompts you to allow certain things, it is no where near annoying as commercials make it look.
Pretty much anything involving [...]

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Although with Vista, Microsoft has made great strides in the stability of its Windows operating system, things can still go wrong.
What happens when a key driver goes missing or a system disk fails? How would you go about recovering the system and especially, all your precious data?
Problem: How do you recover a damaged Vista [...]

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We’ve all seen the Mac commercials: PC goes off to be upgraded to Vista and his return is uncertain. And when he finally does return he’s bloated with trial software like that snobby blueberry girl on Willy Wanka & The Chocolate Factory. But is this all true, or just a big exaggeration?
In this article, [...]

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