Archive | January, 2010

Why YouTube HTML5 Videos Don’t Work in Firefox and Opera

Why YouTube HTML5 Videos Don’t Work in Firefox and Opera

YouTube and Vimeo introduced HTML5 video, but due to the use of proprietary codecs (H.264), the new player doesn’t work in Firefox and Opera. Learn more about the on-going codec war.

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Three Modern Firefox Themes Which Really Rock

Three Modern Firefox Themes Which Really Rock

Three sophisticated and modern Firefox themes including All-Glass Fx, TwentyTen and Strata 4.0.

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Fix Failed Installations or Uninstallations With Windows Installer Cleanup Utility

Fix Failed Installations or Uninstallations With Windows Installer Cleanup Utility

A quick and simple way to tackle broken installations and uninstallations.

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Windows Prefetch Optimisation Myth Busted

Windows Prefetch Optimisation Myth Busted

Several windows system optimisation utilities and technology blogs reccomend periodically cleaning the prefetch folder to improve performance. Not only is this stupid but also counterproductive and can result in significant degradation of system performance.

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How to Disable Taskbar Tabs in Opera 10.5

How to Disable Taskbar Tabs in Opera 10.5

A simple trick to disable taskbar tabs in Opera 10.5 when using Windows 7.

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SPlayer – A Simple, Powerful and Intuitive Media Player for Windows

SPlayer – A Simple, Powerful and Intuitive Media Player for Windows

ShooterPlayer is a simple, intuitive and powerful open source media player which includes features like GPU acceleration and automatic subtitle download.

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Xunlei Thunder – Fast and Efficient Download Manager With BitTorrent Support

Xunlei Thunder – Fast and Efficient Download Manager With BitTorrent Support

Xunlei Thunder is a little known download manager which is the most popular torrent downloader in the world and may well be the fastest download manager.

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