Web Talk

Post Revision is a nice feature in WordPress 2.5 + letting you save multiple drafts of your posts. This is particularly useful if  your blog has got different authors editing the same posts, or if you are so inattentive to delete important paragraph from your articles.  Basically, the Post Revision feature allows you to  see what was changed in a post, by whom and when, and revert it to a previous state if necessary. Now, if you are the sole  author blogger in your website, this feature may be not that useful. Let’s learn how to make your database more efficent by disabling or limiting it! Continue reading »

If you are one of those guys who like reading tons of magazines but, alas, you don’t have a lot of bucks to spend, here is a nice, legal hack which will help you achieve your biggest dream, namely reading whatever you want…for free! Continue reading »

I have already spoken of how to make your Firefox load faster than ever, thanks to a couple of simple tricks. However, if you are not into tweaking your applications because you are not a big geek and you prefer to rely on applications which “almost” work out-of-the-box, here is a nice script which can be quite useful to you. Continue reading »

As you know, Wikipedia is the best  encyclopedia available online. There is not a lot of add, since most of you guys know what I am talking about. Anyway, here are a couple of tricks you might not know about  which are quite easy to apply and require no extra- knowledge. Continue reading »

I have already and extensively talked about how to protect your files and software from anybody accessing your computer. You may want to read these articles of mine about how to encrypt your whole hard disk, prevent people from accessing your files and folders, conceal folders in your computer and disable the task manager in Windows to prevent people to know what’s up in your operating system. Anyway, if you are especially paranoid, here is a freeware software which can turn your files to an impenetrable stronghold just you can access. Continue reading »

A  few hours ago,  an internal source from Microsoft has reported that the official Windows 7 RC has been finished! The  full build tag for this new, last Windows 7 version  is 100.0.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700 which is nothing else than the rumored version 7100 which marks the final RC release, right before the RTM version (Release To Manufacturing).  Continue reading »

Well, this is not one of those tricks which is going to change your Internet-life forever but well, it is worth being told. Google Image Search can be restricted even further by using a new, specific string. In fact, now you can search images by colors thanks to the following strings: “imgcolor=green” or “imgcolor=blue,red”. Here is an example: http://images.google.com/images?imgcolor=red&hl=en&q=house. Of course you can change the color red and the keyword house with anything else you like!

OCZ Technology Group, Inc., has recently unveiled its new Vertex EX 2.5-inch Solid State Disk. Reading from its press release: “The advantages of SSD’s over traditional hard disc drives including performance, reliability, no cooling requirements, and lower power consumption, are all highly beneficial to enterprise applications and enthusiast consumers looking for the ultimate storage solution,” commented Alex Mei, CMO of the OCZ Technology Group. “The new OCZ Vertex EX is designed to deliver unparalleled performance and reliability, featuring the latest-generation architecture and SATA interface utilizing single-level cell NAND flash memory for unmatched overall system responsiveness and stability for enterprise grade server solutions.” Continue reading »