Portable Flash player in Portable Firefox

Yes, you have your own set of portable applications – your secret super portable software weapons. I understand, it’s like click and run, your cyber veins are screaming to forget native installation. No more to installation cycles!
You got your portable Firefox, Firebird, Ccleaner, KompoZer, UTorrent, VLC, Gimp and a host of other apps like portable [...]

Five Best AbandonWare of 2009

Rock-Five Five Best AbandonWare of 2009
From Wikipedia: Abandonware refers to computer software that is no longer sold or supported, or whose copyright ownership may be unclear for various reasons. While the term has been applied largely to older games, other classes of software are sometimes described as such. Definitions of “abandoned” vary; generally, it [...]

Orbit – the rounded dock

Orbit is a program similar to Apple’s dock and another of the long list of clone windows app launchers. But it’s different in many ways. It is a program that instead of taking up space on screen, it stays hidden and only shows up whenever you call it. Orbit has some very nice effects too [...]

sTablauncher – Tab that App!

Very nice app launcher with a tabbed and colorful, customizable design. It can give RKLauncher and RocketDock a run for it’s money and acts clearly almost the same albeit with a tabbed twist. It looks more of a folder organizer and ledger in one. The good thing about it is the plethora of launch options [...]

evolvEd – Notepad replacement for fanboys

Powerful default Notepad replacement. It offers customizable syntax highlighting, built-in function tips, tag completion, template support and much more. Besides the standard text editing functions, it also includes various convenient features, including browser preview, file insertion, bracket matching, line numbers, word count, export to Rich Text, HTML color picker and more. With color themes and [...]

CWShredder – Protect your browser from CoolWebSearch

CWShredder finds and destroys traces of CoolWebSearch. CoolWebSearch is a name given to a wide range of different browser hijackers. Though the code is very different between variants, they are all used to redirect users to coolwebsearch.com and other sites affiliated with its operators.

RkLauncher – the darkhorse docked app launcher

RK Launcher is a free application that will allow the user to have a visually pleasing side or dock bar at the side (or anywhere) of the screen that is used to quickly launch shortcuts and executables. With support for themes, PNG’s and ICO’s and with smooth amazing animations, RK Launcher is a versatile and [...]

Regcleaner – Registry Editor and Cleaner in one

Regcleaner is a simple and minimalistic program that is more than capable to perform registry editing chores. It has start-up customization and software uninstall capabilities. It features a very powerful registry fixer and cleaner which to my opinion is better than other recent retail cleaners. If by mistake you delete an important registry entry, you [...]

geoShell – Best Windows Shell replacement

GeoShell is the best replacement shell for the Microsoft Windows operating systems. It replaces the default Explorer interface. It features menu bars – called geoBars – that can be dragged-and-dropped anywhere on the user’s screen. It also has plugins that add stuff like mp3 player, rss readers, weather forecasts, mail checkers, web search bars, virtual [...]

H33t Torrent Site down

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The popular website h33t.com had been down since January 2, 2009 and has never been back up until now. Some members expressed concern that the famed torrent site might have been hijacked. Apparently, according to some users it was only temporary since it was a router issue and it’s on the way to being fixed.
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UPDATE: [...]

Company of Heroes cheats for PC

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Company of Heroes: Cheat Codes

While in-game, hold CTRL + SHIFT + TILDE(~) or CTRL + SHIFT + @ to open the console, and enter any of the following codes:
You must press CTRL + SHIFT + TILDE(~) again to close the console.

Cheat
Effect

FOW_Toggle
Toggles Fog of War on/off

ee_bigheadmode(1/0)
Big Head Mode. 1 for on, 0 for off

setsimrate<number>
Set game speed [...]

Need for Speed Most Wanted cheats for PC

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Need For Speed Most Wanted: Cheats

Type the following codes at the intro screen. This is the screen that says “CLICK to Continue” right after the intro movies and BEFORE the main menu. If entered correctly, a message will come up letting you know what you have unlocked.

Cheat
Effect

castrol
Unlock Castrol SYNTEC Ford GT in Bonus Cars

burgerking
Unlock Burger [...]

PLDT Scandal – Hell day for Customer Service

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I admit I’m a bit late in publishing this scandal involving the PLDT call center agent who was caught cursing a customer on tape. It has spawned into a viral case which prompted the blogosphere and other related social-networking services to capitalize on the heat of the scandal. It was uploaded in 2006 and made [...]

Demonoid.com back online – popular torrent site lives!

I received a message in my E-mail today from Gate_keeper, a staff from popular Demonoid torrent website and it read:
Hello THE11thROCK,
We are pleased to inform you that Demonoid.com is finally back online
The rest of the message I have no intentions presently to post online, but what a relief for all the waiting fans and general [...]

Hack the Hosts file to block websites

If you work in a kiosk mode PC say a computer cafe or in a school setting, there are restrictions that you want to enforce when it comes to sites that users can browse. This is specially important when you have a family workstation which little kids can use. Filtering is an option but programs [...]

Teracopy – forget about the default windows copy handler

From the developer’s website, it says: TeraCopy is a compact program designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed, providing the user a lot of features:
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Copy files faster. TeraCopy uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times. Asynchronous copy speeds up file transfer between two physical hard drives.
Pause and resume file transfers. [...]

Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom cheats for PC

For archiving purposes, I have here posted the usual Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom cheats for PC. During game play press Ctrl + Alt + C to bring up the cheat console and type these codes:
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Random Text Cheat Codes

Cheat
Effect

Uncle Sam
Tax collectors change to become Uncle Sam

SpawnMugger
A mugger is spawned in [...]

Remove Viruses that use Autorun

Pen drives or USB drives is now the trend of tech storage in the world today. The portability, ease of use and geekiness (if I may say) makes it a must-have for all tech fans out there. Personally, it’s my first choice for tech support because I can either install any portable OS and programs [...]

The Top 10 Golden Rules of safe Internet surfing

Are you a World Wide Web lurker? Ok, no offense meant. You are a light-saber wielding Internet wanderer. Better? Here are my personal guidelines so that you’ll be in a much safer zone when browsing the net.

Lose IE (Internet Explorer) and use Firefox, K-Meleon or Opera instead

Forget about unfixed bugs, worms, and unpatched holes. I [...]

Google Notebook in your Firefox sidebar: Cool!

From Wikipedia: “Google Notebook is a free service offered by Google that provides a simple way to save and organize clips of information when conducting research online. This personal browser tool permits a user to write notes, and to clip text, images, and links from pages during browsing. These are saved to an online “notebook” [...]

Darkhorse Firefox add-ons for 2008

Last year I named the top Firefox add-ons for 2007. This time around, I have accumulated several add-ons which I believe should have been included in that list but which I had not bumped into last year. Why darkhorse? Well most of them I did not notice at first glance, but whew! What a blunder. [...]

Make OpenOffice startup faster and disable splash screen

I personally use OpenOffice as my default desktop office suite compared to others like the bulky and bug-ridden Microsoft Office or the online processors like Zoho and Google Office (I like Online office suites, but they are severely limited). However, OpenOffice is an excellent office tool, but the start-up is truly a turtle crawl! Follow [...]

Best Torrent Clients of 2008

Here is an overview of the most popular file downloading software for torrent file sharing of 2008. I’ve included some of their features and what makes each client rock or suck. Personal experience may vary for each user, so my take on this maybe different from yours. However, my review of these clients may be [...]

Torrent tracker Demonoid out for good?

The popular BitTorrent tracker Demonoid has been taken offline again and this time it looks like the site is gone for good – hopefully not. A notice on the Demonoid homepage reads: “The CRIA threatened the company renting the servers to us, and because of this it is not possible to keep the site online. [...]

Top 5 Torrent Sites of 2007

BitTorrent (BT) is a peer-to-peer (P2P) communications protocol for file sharing. A BitTorrent client is any program which implements the BitTorrent protocol. Each client is capable of preparing, requesting, and transmitting any type of computer file over a network, using the protocol. A peer is any computer running an instance of a client.
To share a [...]

Top 15 Mozilla Firefox Add-ons

Not using Firefox? Go back to the ancient times! Firefox is the trend-setter and industry standard in today’s internet browsers. It is user-friendly, a thousand times safer than IE, free, open-source, multi-platform, highly-customizable and a webmaster’s partner. Use it and be empowered over the web.
The full potential of Firefox is actually released through the numerous [...]

Limit Reservable Bandwidth in Windows XP: DIY Hack

I like playing with these values as a practice. However, I have not yet proven if such a technique will dramatically show significant bandwidth boosts in your surfing or online gaming speeds. I say this because I am a user of broadband, ADSL and cable internet connections. I have numerous PC workstations in my own [...]

Anno 1701 Cheats for PC

For archiving purposes, I have here posted the usual Anno 1701 cheats for PC.
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Simply rename one of your warehouses to one of the case-sensitive names below to activate the desired cheat

Cheat
Effect

BonanzaCreek
100,000 gold (in my experience it is limited to 999,999)

Linlithgow
Warehouse filled with tools

SiliconValley
All (current) research completed when you build the correct building

ParadiseCity
Warehouse filled with all [...]

Stronghold Crusader cheats for PC

For archiving purposes, I have here posted the usual Stronghold Crusader cheats for PC.
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At main menu press shift + alt + a. Now in game press:

Cheat
Effect

ALT + X
Increases popularity by 100 and money by 1000.

ALT + C
Cycle characters or unlocks all missions.

ALT + K
Destroy enemy fortress.

ALT + Z
Destroy selected enemy.

ALT + G
Destroy main stronghold.

ALT + [...]

GTA San Andreas cheats for PC

For archiving purposes, I have here posted the usual Grand Theft Auto San Andreas cheats for PC. Enter these codes during gameplay.
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Random Text Cheat Codes

Cheat
Effect

YLTEICZ
Aggressive Drivers

LLQPFBN
Pink traffic

IOWDLAC
Black traffic

AFSNMSMW
Boats fly

BTCDBCB
Fat

JYSDSOD
Max Muscle

KVGYZQK
Skinny

ASBHGRB
Elvis is Everywhere

BGLUAWML
Peds Attack You With Weapons, Rocket Launcher

AEZAKMI
Never Wanted

CIKGCGX
Beach Party

MROEMZH
Gang Members Everywhere

MROEMZH
Gangs Control the Streets

Rocketdock – the best Mac-dock clone for Windows

I am not biased. Rocketdock won me over, I surrender . Rocketdock is a slick Mac-like desktop dock for Windows. Nothing even comes close. It bounces when you hover your mouse over the icons and easily lets you to drag and drop shortcuts to the dock. It is very customisable, spends a very small [...]

How to remove CTFMON

Ever heard of CTFMON? Try looking at the processes in the Task Manager. This one very annoying Windows program runs during start up. It is a harmless process connected with the Alternate User Input Text Input Processor and the Microsoft Office Language Bar. You may had been frustrated trying to remove it every way possible [...]

Windows XP Run Commands

I am a keyboard freak. If by chance you get a glance of my desktop screen, you will not see a single icon. I only leave my run command tab as the remaining point of command in my Windows XP OS. I inherited this behavior even during the MS-DOS days – obviously. Here is a [...]

Windows XP SP2 Tweaks Part 1

These are few of the usual tweaks I perform for Windows XP. Currently, I’m using Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. Not all of these tips may work for everyone but is most effective to boost XP system performance.
Stop the unwanted Services:
(Either choose to completely disable or check manual) FTP Publishing (If you’re not into [...]