http://techblog.hdexpertise.com/en HD Expertise Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:02:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You boot up your computer and you wait, and wait... and wait, as all sorts of programs, helper apps, widgets, and remnants of forgotten installations load. Grab one of these five popular startup managers and beat back the startup clutter. Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite startup ... http://techblog.hdexpertise.com/en/collection/five-best-startup-management-tools/ Bill Detwiler shows you how to change the registration information on your Windows system using a registry hack or TechRepublic's Vista and XP Registration Changer tools. Once you’ve watched this TR Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our TR ... http://techblog.hdexpertise.com/en/howto/change-the-registration-information-in-windows-vista-and-xp/ Among a flurry of mini mobile announcements today, Google announced a new application called Google Goggles designed to let you search Google using your Android device's camera. Just point, shoot, and search. The video above gives you a good idea of how it works—and how it doesn't. In a nutshell, Goggles ... http://techblog.hdexpertise.com/en/howto/google-goggles-searches-by-sight/ Google today launched a new, free DNS service—called Google Public DNS—aimed at making your web browsing experience even faster. Here's how it works: For those of you who are unfamiliar with DNS (and it's cool if you are—as long as DNS is working, most people never need to know what's going ... http://techblog.hdexpertise.com/en/news/google-public-dns-aims-to-speed-up-your-browsing/ Writing emails while offline can help keep you on top of things, especially while on the go. As of today, Offline Gmail allows you to add attachments to an email while you're offline, bringing essentially the full offline experience to Gmail. No one likes sending out the "Oops! I forgot my ... http://techblog.hdexpertise.com/en/howto/gmail-now-lets-you-add-and-send-attachments-offline/ The first information about the next version of Microsoft's Web browser was revealed at PDC on Wednesday. The announcement described three main areas of improvement: JavaScript, Web standards, and graphics technology. IE9 will contain a new, significantly faster JavaScript engine, it will have richer support for Web standards like CSS ... http://techblog.hdexpertise.com/en/uncategorized/javascript-graphics-performance-improvements-on-tap-for-ie9/ Seriously, how awesome have the past few hours been? Engadget turns the design stakes up to 11, Google finally dishes the dirt on Chrome OS, and now you can even download the forthcoming software to have a fiddle with yourself. It's completely free, though you'll need VMWare running atop a ... http://techblog.hdexpertise.com/en/news/google-chrome-os-available-as-free-vmware-download/ You've always wanted to learn how to build software yourself—or just whip up an occasional script—but never knew where to start. Luckily, the web is full of free resources that can turn you into a programmer in no time. Since the invention of the internet, programmers have been using it to ... http://techblog.hdexpertise.com/en/howto/teach-yourself-how-to-code/ As any database admin knows, mastering the subtler nuances of SQL can be likened to the black arts. For me, tuning the efficiency of SQL queries on large, heavily used databases is a perfect example. Sure, I know how to use the query analysis tools built into SQL Server and Oracle ... http://techblog.hdexpertise.com/en/news/taking-the-black-art-out-of-sql-tuning/ If you're using Firefox's built-in password management, you should also be using its master password feature to protect your saved passwords from prying eyes. But what happens if you lose your master password? Since the master password prevents anyone from accessing your saved passwords, you're out of luck if you lose ... http://techblog.hdexpertise.com/en/howto/how-to-recover-your-firefox-master-password/