Dustin Patterson
Articles by Dustin Patterson
Essential Wordpress Plugins Part 1: Security
As the popularity of the easy-to-use Wordpress blogging software increases, developers and users continue to develop more creative ways to use it. Although Wordpress comes as a basic content management system by default, users have developed an array of plugins that allow web developers vast amounts of control and options for their Wordpress-based websites. In part one of my Essential Wordpress Plugins... [Read more]
Opera Web Browser: Fighting Back With Version 10.50
Many people are aware of the instant popularity of the Google Chrome web browser, taking just over 3% of the browser market share upon its release. Opera, a competitor in the web browser market since 1996, has only achieved a 2% market share in the past 14 years. The Opera developers aim to get back into the web browser market with the 10.50 release of the Opera web browser. The Opera 10.50 web... [Read more]
Do Public DNS Services Such As Google DNS Have Any Real Benefit?
If you haven’t heard about it, Google announced their free Public DNS service in early December. According to Google’s Blog, Google Public DNS will provide increased DNS lookup speeds, making the end-user experience faster. Google isn’t the first company to provide an alternative DNS service. The popular OpenDNS has been around for a few years now and claims to provide the same... [Read more]
7 Gifts For Your Special Geek This Valentine’s Day
With Valentine’s Day happening this Sunday, hopefully you have thought ahead and purchased your special someone a gift already. If you haven’t purchased your Valentine a gift yet, then continuing reading to get some ideas for what to get them this year. E-Book Reader (Him and Her) Chances are that your special someone likes to cozy up at night with a good book. Instead of purchasing... [Read more]
How to Add Facebook Chat To Your Desktop Instant Messaging Software
When Facebook Chat was first launched in early 2008, it added a powerful feature to the growing social network. Almost two years later Facebook Chat has received an upgrade – the ability to use Facebook Chat from your favorite desktop IM software. This new feature works by utilizing the XMPP messaging protocol (the same protocol used in Google Talk) with your Facebook username and password. ... [Read more]
Improve Windows Print Screen With Gadwin PrintScreen
Windows includes only the most basic screen capture capabilities by default, but free software like Gadwin PrintScreen offers a solution that will add much more functionality to your computer. Using Gadwin PrintScreen Once you have downloaded and installed Gadwin PrintScreen, right click the newly created icon in your system tray and select Properties… from the menu. Here you can see all of... [Read more]
CDBurnerXP: Free, Powerful & Easy-To-Use Disc Burning Software
Although the increasing size of USB flash drives has decreased the need to use CDs and DVDs for data transfer, they are still very useful for backing up important files. In the event you need to burn a disc, CDBurnerXP is free, powerful, and easy to use. Despite it’s name, CDBurnerXP supports Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. Download and Install Start by downloading CDBurnerXP from the software’s... [Read more]
SUPERAntiSpyware Releases Portable Scanner
Removing spyware from your computer can often prove to be a difficult task. Many programs are available to remove viruses and other malware in the case that your computer does become infected. The developers of SUPERAntiSpyware have recently released a portable version of their popular spyware removal application called SUPERAntiSpyware Portable. SUPERAntiSpyware Portable is a spyware removal utility... [Read more]
What’s New in Firefox 3.6
Today marks the release of the latest version of the Firefox web browser – Firefox 3.6 Some changes to the popular web browser have come about in the latest release, and are outlined below. Lightweight themes Included in Firefox 3.6 are lightweight themes, also known as Personas. When using Personas, users will have the ability to quickly change themes without having to restart the browser. ... [Read more]
Jolicloud: A Fresh Netbook OS
With the increased popularity of netbooks in the last year, most PC manufacturers started producing their own line of netbooks, trying to condense high resource systems into small form factors. Many users began looking for a way to get the most out of the sometimes limited system resources with netbooks. The first instinct many netbook owners have is to upgrade system resources with a larger hard... [Read more]
