IE7 VS Firefox2
Look all browsers are as secure as the user who is utilising them. If your software does not have the latest patch, then you're not secure. The thing I like about using Firefox is that you can lock it down very easily. Tools->Options (Edit-> Preferences in Linux) and you can disable java and java scripting as well as images from particular websites. This is somewhat harder to do in IE, however it can be done.
Make Firefox more secure with the following addons
IETAB is an add in that opens web pages in firefox that are made for IE.
VIDALIA BUNDLE is a proxy randomizer that makes it hard to trace your IP.
And the winner is...Firefox is still the best browser!
Labels: disable java in Firefox, Firefox, IE7 VS Firefox2, IETAB, VIDALIA BUNDLE
Another blog...
http://birdpretty.blogspot.com/I'm just starting out another blog, it won't be updated that often given the nature of it. But I'll tell you here whether I have updated it or not.
Maintain hardware prolong its life
It is good practice to update your software on your machine (Antivirus patches, windows updates, fixes) it is also good to maintain some of the hardware on your machine:
Keep your hard drive in top shape, by running chkdsk c: /f from the command line (click start->and then run->type "cmd" without the quotes -> press Enter)
Type "y" to schedule it for the next boot.
Now... Keeping the command prompt on screen, type "defrag c: -f" and hit enter, leave this to run until you get back the prompt. Go make some coffee, drink it and come back.
CD/DVD writers do not last forever and will only write so many and then start to fail.
Warning signs to heed would be reports of errors when using Nero / other CD writing software. To prolong their lives, use disk cleaning media and give the drive a short break after writing 5 to ten discs in qiuck succession.
Graphics cards are used to display colours and media on your screen, it is important that their fans are checked regularly and the capacitors are not leaking.
Memory of a PC plays a pivotal role in your machine's life and you should always be sure that you have enough, a quick judge of this would be the hard drive light. If it is constantly flashing even when you are not running programs, consider more memory (RAM). Seriously consider more RAM when you start to hear the hard drive making a clicking noise (at this point, I'd probably consider a new Hard drive too?)
A good tool to have handy is the ultimate boot cd (
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/)
Labels: CD/DVD writers fail, DOS commands, error with Nero, hard drive in shape, Maintain hardware, Run command in Windows XP, ultimate boot cd, update software
I want a virtual filesystem - where to?
There are many places on the Internet where you can save your data, but which is the best do people say?
Personally I have four favourites...
- For Emailing attachments that contain jokes, I use http://www.imageshack.us/
- For Large attachments, I use http://4shared.com - also good for finding manuals, drivers
And there was Linux...- For Images I want to share with the communtiy, I use http://www.flickr.com/
Which incidentally someone has come up with a filesystem called flickrfs, sounds corny huh? Well it isn't the first time someone has come up with a virtual file system for Linux, namely GmailFS. Erm they both run on
Fuse
- And soon I'd like to be running GmailFS
Firefox launched from GmailFS
Ah looks interesting, I don't have a working Linux system, but as soon as I do I will be sure to give this a shot.
The project was started at the end of November 2005:
It is a virtual file system that you can mount in Linux that uses your Gmail account as its storage medium, I have heard rumours of this but didn't think it was actually possible. However it seems not for the faint hearted as the application requires python libraries and a working knowledge of how Linux file systems operate. The project has been ported to Mac OSx...
The system saves data in the form of emails sent to yourself without a subject. So security is only as good as your password is.
..READ ON HERE
My gosh what does this thing do?
Trawling through the web, it is interesting what one finds.
Click the picture for more...
Windows 7
Is Windows 7 coming sooner?
Windows Week in Review, SearchWinIT.com
Just as Vista gains momentum in the market, rumors of Microsoft's next desktop OS have surfaced.
Click here for more
