Anti-malware testing group AV-Comparatives.org not only gave Microsoft Security Essentials a top rating for malware removal, but now they’ve given it their best ranking in their performance test as well.
High quality extra-virgin olive oils are perfect for salads or drizzling over cooked food, but they’re also expensive. When you’re cooking with oil, food author Molly Stevens suggests saving your fancy olive oil — the cheap stuff will do just as well.
Windows: If you’re a fan of the website monitoring service Pingdom, they’ve released a handy desktop alert app to put site updates in your system tray.
Windows only: We’ve featured a desktop torrent searcher before, but it only searched one site. If you want multiple tracker searching with seed and peer information, Torrent Magnifier runs on your desktop as a standalone program or a Windows gadget.
The final week of 2009 starts today, and amidst all the travel and gift-giving and family drama, be sure to make time for the ultimate life hack: an honest, year-end self-assessment.
Windows/Mac/Linux: Previously mentioned Songbird, the open source, Mozilla-powered, supposedly iTunes-killing media player has updated to 1.4.2, bringing a host of new features, including AAC metadata support, a new feather (skin), CD ripping and support for many mass storage devices.
iPhone/iPod touch: We thought RunPee was a clever site and iPhone app that picks dull movie moments for bathroom breaks. The iPhone app can now store your chosen movies for offline use and quietly vibrate an alert at break times.
The control and shift keys have long been the imprecise means of selecting multiple items on a Windows system. The How-To Geek’s blog away from Lifehacker reminds us that, as with Vista, Windows 7 users can use check boxes instead.
