Web & Mobile Solutions
In Windows, you can scan the computer’s hard disks for errors (bad sectors) by right-clicking on the hard disk icon from My Computer and selecting Properties. Under Tools, press the Check Now button. The disadvantage of this tool is that you receive no information on what it is doing and it does not produce a report on the status of your hard disk. There is an alternative method of...
read moreThe pursue of a PHP editor is not a easy one. Over the years, I have tried a variety of editors. Some of them were generic text editors, like Notepad, VI, Pico, Textpad, KEDit, XCode and some dedicated PHP editors like Zend and PHPEdit. I needed a PHP editor that I could use on my Mac mini and my PC computer at work. I couldn't find one that was meeting all my needs. Zend editor is a good choice but it is expensive and slow. Hence, PHPEclipse.
read moreUp in the top right corner of Firefox, there’s a handy search box that puts search engines at your fingertips. When you download Firefox, a number of searches (like Google, Yahoo, and Ebay) are included but you can easily add more. There are literally hundreds of search engines available. I have written a Firefox search engine for the website of the University of Sussex. You can install it...
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The list with the available extentsions for Firefox over in Mozilla Update is so vast that may prove quite a challenge to identify the essential ones. Hence, I have compiled a list with all the Firefox add-ons that I feel that stand out. All-in-One Sidebar: A sidebar control, inspired by Opera’s. It lets you quickly switch between sidebars, view dialog windows such as downloads,...
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adblock is an excellent extension for Mozilla Firefox that filters the ads from the pages that you visit. You can fine tune it by specifying some filters that apply to the most of the sites on the web.
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A web developer based in Athens, Greece, Apostolos Dountsis, having lived and worked for 10 years in Brighton, UK, is now unleashing his expert PHP skills in the Greek and international market. In his limited spare time, he develops open-source plugins for CMS systems like WordPress and Drupal.