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Encrypting your web connections automatically when possible
Recently, the Electronic Frontier Foundation in collaboration with the Tor anonymous routing project released a public beta of their security and privacy conscious Firefox extension. Inspired by Google’s latest SSL encrypted search option, HTTPS Everywhere extends that concept to other websites. Visiting a website known to the extension will automatically switch your browsing session over [...]
Expanding Windows Explorer right-click menu with “Copy to..” “Move to..”
Let’s be honest, Windows Explorer is a shining example of many components within Windows by Microsoft – it’s merely good enough to not warrant finding a more functional replacement. While there are many file managers available freely for Windows, most users will just stick to Explorer and all of it’s annoying or featureless glory. If [...]
Toggle functionality on the Windows 7 Start Menu power button
In an attempt to stream-line the shutdown process, Microsoft modified the behavior in Vista and Windows 7. Previously, in Windows XP, when a user went to shutdown they’d click the button off the Start Menu, the screen would dim and you’d be presented with a second dialog where you ultimately selected what you wished to [...]
Using Granola to reduce the cost of running your PC
Saving energy isn’t just the popular thing to do, it’s right thing to do. Whether you believe in the impact of society on global warming or not, you probably are still receptive to saving a few dollars on your electricity bill? All modern PCs behave quite nicely with Windows built-in power management features such as [...]
Quickly closing every single running application
As you are probably aware, Microsoft releases their security and software updates on the second Tuesday of every month – June’s just occurred this week. Almost 15 years ago, Windows was known to require daily, if not more frequent, reboots to maintain any resemblance of stability. Even anti-Windows enthusiasts can admit those days are long [...]
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