Archive for March, 2010
Re-encode movies while downloading them at the same time
It will be nice when the day arrives that content providers produce their media in all the popular formats. As it stands, your computer is generally very flexible in media playback – assuming you have all the necessary codecs installed. But problems arise when you wish to take that content off your PC and onto [...]
Shape network traffic on a per application basis
As our network bandwidth increases into our homes, we are always finding more ways to saturate the connection. The Internet knows no limits; even a few years back, no one could have imagined the possibilities as high-speed internet has opened the door to exciting opportunities. Today I can stream live television to my home theater [...]
Sharing audio output over the local network
You are probably loosely aware of the concept of sharing files or printers from one computer to another, over the local network. After all, it’s a pretty common scenario even on the home front. What you may not be familiar with is sharing other types of resources – like sound perhaps. The concept of sharing [...]
Keep Firefox’s memory in check with Memory Fox
The web browser market is quite mature and stable; developers are struggling to innovate and introduce features that are actually useful for anymore than a handful of their user base. Users expect newer versions with new features of their software, not just with their browser. An expansion of features often comes with a price – [...]
Selecting files by checkboxes in Windows Explorer
One of the many attractions to the Apple platform is centered around easy of use and usability in general. Windows is commonly thought of as not being easy to use to new users – with multiple or confusing ways to accomplish a single goal, there is some truth to the matter. If it’s possible for [...]
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