VirtualBox is my virtualization software of choice. It is free and feature-rich, so all my virtual machines are created in VirtualBox. In this article, we will see how to set the BIOS date for a VirtualBox VM.
Category: Software
Fix Gimp cannot save PNG image
If you are a Gimp user, sooner or later you will face the issue when Gimp cannot save a PNG image. It creates a file from the Save dialog, but it will be of zero size and Gimp shows an error. Here is how you can fix it.
How to change the background color of Pidgin windows
Pidgin is a very popular open source instant messenger which is available for various operating systems like Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Pidgin supports several protocols and consumes very light amount of system resources compared to bloated apps like Skype. Pidgin also does not show ads and is very stable. However, customization is not its strongest attribute. It has only basic options. In this article, I would like to share how you can change the background color of Pidgin windows.
Popcorn Time is now available right in your browser
Popcorn Time is a popular app for watching films using peer-to-peer / torrent broadcasting. Initially released for Windows, Linux and OS X, Popcorn Time was quickly ported to major mobile platforms. However, many copyright holders considered such way of media redistribution as illegal, so the app is constantly under scrunity and legal attacks, and its open source GitHub repositories and forks were closed many times.
How to resize a window to a specific size or move it to specific position
In the Windows OS, sometimes you may want to to resize a window to an exact size or move it to a specific position on the screen. This is useful, for example, when you need to create a screenshot, or insert an image of the window in a Word document. The manual way of resizing the window or repositioning it is neither convenient nor fast, because Windows does not provide a fast method to set the window size or move the window to a particular position. Today we will see how to quickly set a window to a specific size or reposition it instantly.
Universal Watermark Disabler 1.0.0.4 is available
My friend, PainteR has updated his Universal Watermark Disabler app. It can clean up your Windows Desktop by removing any watermarks from it in Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 8. It is a free app. The updated version includes several bug fixes and adds support for the latest Windows 10 build 10031.
Why you must switch from uTorrent immediately and to what
uTorrent is one of the most popular BitTorrent client apps for downloading anything. It has always been the de-facto app for Windows users owing to its low resource consumption and small executable size. Its UI was also clean, simple and an example of a successful design. However, newer versions of uTorrent are full of ads, and, what is worse is that the latest version installs a Bitcoin miner silently on your PC, which leads to heavy CPU usage and overall performance slowdown of your PC hardware. Here is what you need to know if you use uTorrent.
Mozilla supports Tor project by operating 12 relays (nodes)
In November 2014, Mozilla announced that they will support the Tor project. For those of you who don't know, Tor is a project for resisting online censorship. By connecting to the Tor network and relaying all traffic through their servers, you can access the internet anonymously. Let's read what Mozilla has done to support the Tor project.
Vivaldi – A browser for all Opera 12 fans
Opera Software buried their good, old Opera 12 browser and started working on a very simplified (and far more useless) modern Opera version. I was a big fan of the classic Opera browser. In search of a decent replacement for it, I came to know about Vivaldi, a new browser from Opera's co-founder and his team. Even if this browser is at the early "Technical Preview" stage, it looks very promising. Let's take a closer look.
Speed up OpenVPN and get faster speed over its channel
OpenVPN is a well-known VPN client for secure remote access or virtual private networking. If you use OpenVPN and experience a slow speed over its channel, you might be getting annoyed. This issue is very common for all OpenVPN users. While the general advice you can find on the Internet is to tweak the MTU (Maximum transmission unit) value and/or MSSFIX parameters, here is another trick you should try. It can help you significantly improve the bandwith. Here's what you should try.
