Posted by Brian Cui on January 12, 2012 at 12:11 am
We haven’t had a wallpaper pack in a while, so I thought I would add another netbook wallpaper pack to our growing collection! Pack 5 provides yet another set of 8 stunning wallpapers all sized to standard netbook resolution: 1024×600, so you can simply drag and drop them into your wallpaper slideshow or pick one to use manually along with any of the other netbook wallpaper packs we’ve provided. The wallpapers are compatible with all operating systems, all in .JPG format, so it works on tablet devices as well. A download link of Netbook Wallpaper Pack 5 can be found after the break!
Posted by Brian Cui on January 1, 2012 at 11:25 am
A planned, yet somewhat ironic move by the Adblock Plus team for Firefox pushed an update that enables “non-intrusive” advertising to pass through the filter and display on websites even with Adblock Plus enabled. Enabled by default, this was the best way as decided by the Adblock Plus team to support websites while disabling distracting or intrusive advertising, as advertising is what pays for sites that provide information, not services (like this one!). Some users will dislike the idea that an adblock tool wouldn’t block all ads, especially since Adblock Plus is the best plugin for the job – fortunately, it’s quite easy to get Adblock Plus to block everything again – as shown in the image above.
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Posted by Brian Cui on December 7, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Music services in the cloud have been growing quite a lot in the past year: Pandora has gotten a long-needed HTML5 overhaul, Google and Amazon are releasing music-hosting services, and even Apple has been trying their hand at a cloud-based music service. Since 3G and other always-online services are pretty expensive, I’ve always kept my music on portable devices. Turntable’s unique style of internet radio got me hooked however, and it’s a tool I now use regularly to play music not just for myself – with my friends as well. Instead of being a constant stream of music you want, you and a group of friends can set up an endless playlist of everyone’s favorite music.
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Posted by Brian Cui on September 22, 2011 at 7:43 pm
One of the newest (and slightly overlooked) features in Opera 11.5 are the new live speed dials – or speed dials that update automatically with information. Normal speed dials will just link to a page, acting as handy bookmarks – live speed dials will display information such as the current weather in your location, the amount of unread emails you have, your Twitter feed, and maybe even stock prices. They’re an easy way to keep track of things without having to open up new windows or tabs, and there’s virtually no performance impact as well. All you need is a copy of Opera 11.5, and the rest is easy.
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Posted by Brian Cui on August 19, 2011 at 12:00 pm
No doubt about it, YouTube is the number one online video portal, with millions of videos online and hundreds of hours of video uploaded each minute. It’s mostly the content and vast quantity of videos that draw viewers in, something other video sites can’t compete against. When you dig a little deeper though, you’ll find that YouTube doesn’t provide the best viewing experience for its users all the time – with excessive advertising blocking access to video content, and the inability to natively download videos to be viewed while offline or on a portable media player. Thankfully, there are two Opera extensions that can fix both those problems and make using YouTube a more pleasant experience.
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Posted by Brian Cui on July 26, 2011 at 6:45 pm
It’s been made clear on NBNW multiple times: netbook trackpads are not something you want to use heavily due to its (usually) small size, accumulation of fingerprints, and lack of precision found on a mouse. Portable mice exist, but they come with a hefty pricetag: Microsoft’s Arc Touch Mouse (see our review) costs $50 while on sale. Don’t worry though, LOGYSIS has your back with its Optical Finger Mouse – a cheap, unique trackpad alternative that isn’t quite the same as the average mouse.
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Posted by Brian Cui on July 16, 2011 at 9:23 pm
Being fairly small devices, netbooks are pretty easy to lose. Someone who picks it up is likely going to turn it on to test the device – and if they’re nice enough, try to find out who it belongs to. Chances are your netbook’s administrator user is password protected, and by enabling the Guest Account and leaving a digital imprint of your name and contact information, the chance of you getting your netbook back increases significantly.
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