One Media Player To Rule Them All

One Media Player To Rule Them All

Just because the biggest and most recognized company makes a media player doesn't mean it's the best - or even any good for that matter. As with many things in life and on the internet, the biggest isn't always the best.



Specifically, Microsoft's windows media player is the most popular, but by far not the best. The biggest problem is a media player's ability to play all movie formats. Media Player is notorious for not supporting most movie formats. The problem lies in the video decoder portion of the media player. Movies are created (encoded) with specific formats such as AVI, MKV, MPG and so on. These formats require a decoder to be able to view them.Therein lies the problem. If a movie is encoded and you do not have the proper decoder, the movie will not play. You may get sound and no video etc. Windows media player will automatically attempt to download the proper "codec" but almost always fails to find the proper codec.

Competing movies players such as VideoLan Technologies (VLC Player) pretty much eliminate this problem. VLC media player support many video formats and plays just about every format without issue. VLC is also free to download and has the support of the community for updates, addons and more! Give it a try!


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Get Your Old Facebook Photos Back

Get Your Old Facebook Photos Back


Facebook has once again made some changes to their photos using the new 'Photo Theater'. Unfortunately, many of us liked it the way it was. if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Apparently that wasn't enough  





Fortunately, you have some options to get the old facebook picture gallery back.


You can use the facebook app: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Disable-Picture-Theater-Pop-out/180966125280642


Goole Chrome users:
1) Install the plugin; http://crossrider.com/install/120-get-rid-of-the-new-and-annoying-facebook-image-preview

Firefox users:

You can also press F5 (refresh) to reload the page with the old images gallery format.
Firefox users can also



Install for Firefox here and Chrome here to permanently disable Facebook photo theater view!  
Internet Explorer users :will have to wait, and disable it manually.

Firefox 4 is Official

Firefox 4 is Official!

Firefox 4 is finally out of beta and is here. Those that have shed Microsoft's Internet Explorer could care less about the new internet explorer 9, but our IE9 review is a good read for anyone that is curious about IE9's features and enhancements.  Cut to the point - Download Firefox 4

Firefox 4 Speed

Firefox 4 boasts increased speed, which in various speed tests is up to 6 times faster than its predecessors. It also promises faster graphics, faster load up times, and a new javascript engine called Jägermonkey.

Firefox 4's new minimalistic interface is great for netbooks and smaller screens, allowing more viewing space. tabs are moved to the top, menus can be combined into a single button, and navigation buttons are now located in the browser address bar. 

Firefox Tabs are organized visually, using task based organization - either by task, or to do list. You can now "pin" tabs which sends a tab to the left side of your tab bar as a tiny, favicon-only. You can also search for any open tab in Firefox's address bar and switch to that tab.

Firefox Synch integrates synchronization of your passwords, bookmarks, history, and open tabs. When you get a new computer or do a reinstall, you don't have to setup Firefox all over again. With firefox synch, all your preferences will be immediately synced and easily retrieved. 

Firefox also has some othe rimprovements, to name a few, including;

• 'WebM' video format offering full hardware acceleration (better graphics)
• Plugin 'safe mode' offering increased crash protection
• Extra privacy protection
• Increased HTML5 and CSS3 support

Limewire Addicts Have Alternatives

With the recent court ruling on Linewire's lawsuit, Limewire has been ordered to close it doors. This means that the millions of Limewire addicts are out in the cold right? Nope, there are always alternatives. You just have to look for them. Torrents are still hugely popular, and P2P as well, however there are some new file sharing kids on the block that deserve a look.

TV Trigger

TVTrigger is like TV Guide for your computer. TVTrigger keeps you up to date on your favorite shows, and has a built in TV Guide. It can automatically find and downloaded the latest torrent of your favorite TV show as soon as it's released.

Usenet - This is the best source for everything - music, movies, games, ebooks etc. Everything is here, however usenet is not user friendly as Limewire or other P2P programs are. Nor is it free, however the benefits are undeniable. Ever ask a friend if they had a particular song, or movie, only to find out they don't? maybe you really wanted to find that certain album, so you had all your friends ask their friends? Only to come up empty? How about that one friend that seems to have everything. Wonder where or how he does it? My money is on usenet!

Put simply, usenet is a unmoderated service on the internet (it's actually older than the internet) that is completely open and public. It's free for the most part, but not with any of the really good newsgroups.

Usenet is often called newsgroups because it is organized into groups and threads. Newsgroups are the topics we all want - movies, music, software, games, applications, video games, ebooks, pictures and so on. Everything organized into groups. These groups are populated and updated by the public. You and i can comment, upload pictures, movies, games and share them with everyone. We can request anything we want as well. Put simply, of course, there are some requirements to be able to participate in newsgroups.

You will require a newsreader program and a newsgroup server. Once you get started, you'll soon realize what you have available to you. It's highly addictive - because once you know how to look, you can get anything you want! Once you reach this point, you'll likely be thinkign about purchasing a premium newsgroup account.

Facebook Email Scam

Facebook Email Scam

With the recent announcement of facebook adding @facebook.com email to user's accounts, the scammers have started to target users.

Security experts are warning of a new Facebook 'phishing' scam designed to steal your facebook log-in credentials. The facebook phishing scam promises you a '@facebook.com' email address. but is actually a trap to gather log-ins and passwords for the malicious site.

"The first sign of phishing is to get your @facebook.com email address before someone else takes it.
"Then, a bit.ly link redirects you to a Facebook App which contains an iFrame that points to a compromised site that is hosting the phishing page.
"Once you click 'Next', your information is sent to the phishers and your account is hijacked immediately. Then, your facebook status is updated to try to scam friends/family."
 

Prevent this, and other attacks, is to revisit Facebook's settings page and select the option that 'informs users when an attempt to access their account has been made on another computer'