Open Source Instant Messenger For YM, Gtalk, MSN, And AOL

Is there a universal instant messenger for MSN, Yahoo Messenger, AOL, ICQ, IRC and Gtalk? If you happened to be looking for a multi-protocol instant messenger that is not only light on the system resources, try Miranda Instant Messenger. Miranda IM requires no installation and can be made to fit on a single floppy disk [...]

Hardware Internet Filter For Linux And Mac OS Web Traffic

How to block adult sites and contents automatically from your children? Which is the best child internet filter for my computer? The best parental internet filter is none other than the Open Source DNS web content filter. Have you heard of the OpenDNS community? It is a open source community dedicating to make the web [...]

The Best Twitter Clients for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux

Spaz and Twhirl are third party software for the popular twitter service. One of the reason I decided to use these third party software instead of logging into Twitter via a browser is the user friendliness, and most important of all the ability to update twitter without launching my browser. It is almost like chatting [...]

How To Capture Screenshot of an Active Window Without Software

Probably by now you know how to use the ‘Print Screen’ key. Just in case you have no idea on how to use it, simply press the ‘Print Screen’ key and execute your favorite image editing software, e.g. Photoshop, open a new window/document/template and hit ‘Ctrl + v’ to paste the captured screenshot into the [...]

What is the Song in the new Apple MacBook Air Ads or Commercial

Apple is no doubt the king of marketing, every detail are carefully articulated to capture the attention of the audience. I may not the biggest Apple fan out there due to its closed source system, but I do admire their marketing skills. You’ve got to admit that the song used in Apple MacBook Air commerical [...]

Apple and Dell Comparison, Why Apple Mac Sucks

What I like about iMac and all Apple products is the simple design – KISS. As shown in the image above, more wires equals more cleaning area. The only drawback for an iMac is the tight integration of all hardware, a broken webcam means the entire unit is not available for a week or two. [...]

Microsoft Windows Vista Is More Secure than Linux and Mac OS X

Is Windows Vista and XP really secure than Linux and Mac OS X? According to Microsoft’s Security Technology Unit Jeffrey Jones, Vista and XP are indeed better than the other OS, or so it seems. One of the reason for such a high number of vulnerabilities is the fact that other OS like Linux and [...]