Archive for January, 2010

Enable Firefox 3.6 Tab Preview in Windows 7

Written by Kent on January 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Tips & Tricks | Tags: ,

Pressing & holding Ctrl key while pressing Tab key in Firefox usually switches tabs opened in the browser. Now adding on top of that, you can actually ...

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Enable Firefox 3.6 Taskbar Preview in Windows 7

Written by Kent on January 22nd, 2010 | Posted in General, Tips & Tricks | Tags: ,

I actually was wrong when I claimed that the new Firefox doesn’t quite support the Windows 7 taskbar preview feature on my last post. My apology if I ...

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ShellFolderFix Manages Your Folder Windows Sizes and Positions in Windows 7

Written by Kent on January 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Tools | Tags: ,

If you often have multiple separate folders open up on your Windows 7 desktop, you might find this tool useful, especially when you also have multiple-monitors. ...

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17 Years isn’t old ! But … if it’s a bug YOU Might Want to Take Caution

Written by Jonathan on January 21st, 2010 | Posted in Security | Tags: ,

Yea, the bug we are talking about is of course not a real “bug”. But imagine a security exploit lives for that long in the Windows Kernel and for ...

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Microsoft Released A Out-of-Band Security Update for IE

Written by Kent on January 21st, 2010 | Posted in Security | Tags: ,

Microsoft finally released this security update to fix the vulnerability in IE that was used to attack Google and other 33 companies last week. This security ...

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Firefox 3.6 is Out with Many New Features, but still not so Windows 7 Friendly

Written by Kent on January 21st, 2010 | Posted in General | Tags:

It’s fast, just like they said. It’s the version that is faster and more responsive than any previous versions, and has been optimized to run on small device ...

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Welcome to the New Decade From Bill Gates

Written by Jonathan on January 20th, 2010 | Posted in General | Tags:

Surprise !? After decades of the invention of personal computer. The most popular world wide known “richest person”- Bill Gates is finally breaking out of silent yet again. Today ...

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IE Plays A Big Rule in Chinese Attacks on Google [update]

Written by Kent on January 20th, 2010 | Posted in Security | Tags: ,

Microsoft has issued a Security Advisory (979352) last week to respond the hacking attacks on Google and other 33 big corporations. Now its Security Response Center has more landscape on ...

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Love The Windows 7 Aero Theme ? Try Out “Aero” Apps That Are Semi Transparent

Written by Jonathan on January 18th, 2010 | Posted in Tools | Tags:

Windows 7’s new Taskbar is transparent, the start menu is transparent, many native application title is transparent. Now you can have fully semi transparent application for calculator, notepad and command ...

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Solid Color Background Causes 30 Seconds Delay During the Logon Process in Windows 7

Written by Kent on January 18th, 2010 | Posted in Tips & Tricks | Tags: , ,

You think computer that runs on Windows 7 would perform a little bit fast if the desktop background is set to solid color. It’s quite surprising that ...

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