Hotspot Shield is a free VPN connection from AnchorFree that is designed to make your web browsing safer when you're on the go. By routing all of your traffic through a secure VPN connection, you would gain these benefits according to their website: Hide your IP while you're online. Access all content without censorship; bypass firewalls. Protect yourself from snoopers at … [Read more...]
Product Review: Flip Video
I won a Flip Video a little while back and finally had a chance to really test it out on a recent scenic trip through Colorado. I have the Flip Video Ultra, which I'll be reviewing, and a new Flip Ultra HD version of the pocket camcorder is on the market. Flip Video started off as a creation of Pure Digital Technologies, a company which has since been bought by Cisco Systems. … [Read more...]
Simple Tip: How to Take a Screenshot
Screenshots are just images of what is displaying on your monitor. These images can be very helpful for capturing error messages or other things on your computer you'd like to record. No special screenshot taking programs are required despite what many will try to convince you of. It's a function built into Windows. There are two ways to take a screenshot. One will take a … [Read more...]
Doing More With Less: Links and Shortcuts
In this economy, everybody is trying to get more for less, but should you be concerned about conserving clicks? No, don't be silly. Regardless of that, here are some services that might come in handy for other reasons: you can create a shortcut that will open multiple programs or generate URLs that will link to multiple websites with a single click. Lacuna Launcher Lacuna … [Read more...]
Idiot-Proof FTP
I was recently tasked with improving the workflow of a process that involved using FTP to upload files to a server. The main part of the workflow that needed reworked was making the interaction with the FTP server more user-friendly/idiot-proof. In researching and accomplishing this task, I uncovered a few tools that warranted mentioning here so that it might help others that … [Read more...]