Moo0 is a new software developer to me but their website has lots of nifty little freeware utilities on it. One of these is Moo0 Diskcleaner. This cleaner is similar to the others I have included in my roundup of computer cleaners comparison. It simply has a checklist of items to clean and a clean [...]

Privoxy is a very small proxy that can be run from startup to filter your web traffic. It is simple to set up and basically acts as a go between in front of your browser stopping rubbish getting through. The kind of filtering it provides is: Ad removal Web bug removal Removes html and JavaScript annoyances Popup prevention Advanced cookie handling Configurable [...]

Just a note to say I am officially back from my wedding and honeymoon and will be back on full time posting duty as of today. Thanks for the patience. Be Kind And Click A Social Bookmarking Icon Hide Sites

Unfortunately I’m going to be slowing my posting down for a month. On the positive side I’m getting married! Luckily I seem to have found someone who is willing to take me on and put up with me until I die. Unbelievable but true. She also happens to be the funniest and most gorgeous wife to [...]

This is not what I wanted to see when I was temporarily having trouble accessing my own site but it confirmed that my site was down. Downforeveryoneorjustme is a web service that does one thing – checks if a website is up and working. After a few hours and an email to my hosting provider, normal service [...]

Gizmo’s TechsupportAlert has teamed up with Emisoft to offer a free 1 year licence for Mamutu. Mamutu is an IDS (Intrusion Detection System) and an extra real time layer of protection to add to your current security setup. This is a similar type application to the excellent and free PCTools Threatfire. This is due to it’s malware [...]

A study that can be found on the Social Science Research Network has revealed that many large websites are tracking users with Flash Cookies.

Outssider is a freeware tool that is to be used with your laptop when you are “walking outside in the need for WiFi.” This is not a situation I’ve found myself in but for people who live in cities or more built up areas then this could be handy. Essentially it can find open WiFi [...]

Okay all you Bibliophiles (that’s bookworms to the less well read of you) – here we have some resources for finding books. Whether you want to find that perfect first edition signed antique book, or want the latest bestseller – at the cheapest price, one of these websites will help. Global / American Book Search Engines AbeBooks [...]

There have not been many Firewalls available for x64 bit operating systems. Luckily another Firewall has just become freeware. Privatefirewall is not just any firewall neither, it gets extremely good results from Matousec who are the best authority (in my opinion) on firewalls at the moment.

Whilst trying to edit a text file I came across a windows problem I hadn’t seen before, – The file name is too long. It took me a while to figure out what to do as I couldn’t open or rename the file.

I’ve recently had one of my posts stumbled quite dramatically. This led to a very nice boost in traffic. As an avid user of Stumbleupon I know it has a great community feel. Thanking Stumbleupon users for stumbling me is polite I believe so I wanted a quick way to find who stumbled me.

I’m not normally someone who uses vending machines, usually I take my own coffee and tea along with a packed lunch. My frugality is something I pride myself on and I consider Scrooge to be a roll model. Today however, I thought I’d treat myself to a vending machine coffee – push the boat out as they say.