Zip and unzip are two free command line programs that comes with Linux. For Windows, they can be downloaded from the Info-ZIP Website. This article provides the basic of archiving and compressing files using the command line zip program.
How to give name to a thumb drive
June 28th, 2009 | No CommentsEach time we plug in a thumb drive, the PC will assign a letter to it. But, what if we plug more than one thumb drive? How are we going to know which one is the one we that want just by looking at the drive letter.
Fortunately, Windows enable us to give the thumb drive a name.
To give the thumb drive a name, right click on the drive letter, and choose Properties.
In the Properties windows, we can change the name, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Rename a thumb drive
How to reopen the last closed tab in Firefox or IE8
June 27th, 2009 | No CommentsThe last closed tab in Firefox or Internet Explorer 8 can be reopened using a keyboard shortcut.
If Ctrl+T will open a new tab, to reopen the last closed tab, use Ctrl+Shift+T.
To reopen the second last closed tab, hit Ctrl+Shift+T twice, and so on.
Digsby offline installer
June 26th, 2009 | No CommentsDigsby is an easy to use application for managing all your existing IM, email, and social network accounts.
Supported Chat/IM accounts: AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber, and Facebook.
Supported emails: Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL/AIM Mail, IMAP, and POP.
Click here to download the latest Digsby offline installer.
How to create a secure, memorable PIN number
June 22nd, 2009 | 1 CommentUsually people will use their existing numbers, such as telephone number, house number, birth date or social security number as their PIN number for banking. These numbers are easy to remember, nevertheless easy to be broken.
This article will give an idea on how to create a secure, but memorable PIN number.
