Javascript is one of the basic building blocks of websites. It can make the webpages dynamic and add many features using javascript libraries like jQuery or Mootools. But some websites make use of javascript to prevent users from right-clicking, showing annoying popups or load the images in the background. If you feel perturbed by these sort of websites, then you can quickly switch off javascript on those webpages using the Quick Javascript Switcher.
Read moreStay Anonymous Online with ZenMate for Chrome
There are more and more reasons why we should stay anonymous on the Internet. Recent news about NSA spying on user activities through secret collaboration with major corporations is one of them. If you want to stay anonymous online, then you can use the ZenMate extension for Chrome. It works on the basic principles of a VPN. It redirects your Internet traffic through their servers, thus giving you a new virtual IP address and keeping your online activities anonymous.
Read moreRun Linux Commands in Windows with Gnu on Windows
Its a thing of common knowledge that Linux has many powerful commands that put Windows command prompt to shame. Although Microsoft has come up with Powershell for Windows, but its still not in competition with Linux commands. If you want to make use of the powerful Linux commands in Windows, then you can use GoW (Gnu on Windows). It is a pack of hundreds of Linux commands that run inside Windows in the same manner as on a Linux machine.
Read moreAvoid Selective Tweets on Twitter with Silencer
Twitter is a great way to interact with your family, friends and also other like-minded people. Many professionals use Twitter to connect with their clients everyday. But just like any other social networking website, Twitter is also infested with people who make your life miserable, in general by posting clich
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Search Wi-Fi Networks with Homedale Wi-Fi/WLAN Monitor
Wi-Fi networks have quickly gained popularity in the past few years for accessing the publicly available Internet. For using public Internet through you Wi-Fi, you need a computer equipped with a Wi-Fi adapter. If you have more than one Wi-Fi networks available in your area, then you should connect to the one with better signal strength. You can search for Wi-Fi networks and view their signal strengths using the free software called Homedale Wi-Fi/WLAN Monitor.
Read moreHow to Set Default Page Size in LibreOffice
Everytime I open LibreOffice Writer to compose a new document, it creates a new document with the Letter size page. So I have to change the page size to A4 everytime, because my printer supports only the A4 sheet size. This is very annoying as I have to do this multiple times everyday. Then I found out that I could easily set the default page size in LibreOffice Writer through the default template.
Read moreRotate and Merge PDF Files using FreePDF
Sometimes when you scan a document in your scanner into a PDF file, the orientation is all wrong. Usually you can re-scan the same document with correct orientation, but sometimes you no longer have the original document anymore. In those cases, the only solution is to rotate the existing PDF file. The open source program called FreePDF allows you to rotate and merge PDF files together easily.
Read moreHow to Set Minimum Font Size Limit in Firefox
Some websites create their webpages with very small font size which makes it very hard to read the text. Also if you have eye sight problem, then you may not really love to read the small font text. In both of these cases, you may enforce a minimum font size limit on the websites so that they cannot use a font size smaller than the one you have specified. This can be done easily using the No Small Text add-on in Firefox.
Read moreUninstall Internet Explorer 11 from Windows 8.1
Windows 8.1 comes with Internet Explorer 11 pre-installed, without giving you any options to choose a third party browser like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Opera. This is partly because Internet Explorer is not only used as a web browser but its various components are also utilized by Windows itself. But if you do not like the Internet Explorer browser, then you can always remove it from Windows 8.1.
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CDInfo Gives Information About Your CD, DVD and BD Media
Sometimes we download an ISO that claims to be a bootable CD image but it does not seem to work. That makes us think if the ISO is really bootable or our system is not properly configured to boot from a CD. Instead of rebooting your PC and checking your system BIOS for settings, it is quicker to check if a CD or DVD is bootable or not. The freeware program CDInfo helps you find such information about your optical media (CD, DVD and Blueray disks).
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