May, 2012 - Softonic English

How to remove Facebook timeline

The Facebook timeline is a lot like peanut butter– you either love it or you hate it. If you fall into the second camp then be warned: May 29th is ‘T-day’, the day when your Facebook profile page will change over to the new timeline view – forever!

If you can’t bear to wave goodbye to your old Facebook page then don’t panic: it is possible to remove the Facebook timeline. That’s to say, you can trick your browser into showing the classic Facebook view, without the cover image and date-ordered activity history. This will apply to your profile and those of all of your friends.

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DAEMON Tools for Mac released

DAEMON Tools has finally released DAEMON Tools for Mac. The free CD/DVD emulation software has been available for many years on Windows and is an excellent tool for emulating CD or DVD drives if you don’t have a physical drive available or don’t want the hassle of burning one.

DAEMON Tools for Mac Lite is free and has been initially released in beta. Like the Windows version, The Lite version of DAEMON Tools for Mac lets you emulate up to four virtual drives at once.

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Digital Distribution: An inevitable future?

It wasn’t that long ago to get movies, games, and music; you had to drive to a store to buy it. Now almost everything can be bought online.

Receiving content, whether it be programs, videos, or other files, has become a digital process that is firmly embedded in almost everything we do.

Will we ever stop needing physical formats?

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SF Giants team up with ESRB on video game ratings

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) announced a new partnership with the San Francisco Giants during a press conference on Wednesday at AT&T Park, pertaining to video games and their respective ratings.

ESRB is the non-profit entity responsible for assigning ratings to video games, based on the content within them. ESRB’s ratings serve as a helpful guideline for parents to decide what games may or may not be appropriate to purchase for their children.

On Wednesday, ESRB revealed a new public service announcement (PSA) campaign, starring two popular baseball fan favorites – catcher Buster Posey and pitcher Ryan Vogelsong, both of the San Francisco Giants. Continue reading “SF Giants team up with ESRB on video game ratings”

Chrome 19 introduces Tab Syncing

Chrome 19 – version 19.0.1084.46, to be precise – was released this week, bringing with it one major addition: tab syncing. This nice addition means that you can access your current tab session across multiple devices.

That means, for instance, that if you’re researching hotels in Barcelona at home, you can access the same selection of tabs from your Android device or tablet while you’re traveling. It’s a really handy feature and a welcome addition to Google’s star browser.

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Why I left my iPhone

In June of 2010, the iPhone bug bit me hard. I remember reading the live blogs of the keynote, staring at one of the most beautiful pieces of technology I had ever seen. I had to have it.

Unfortunately, Apple’s site was flooded by people trying to pre-order the phone and I was too late. To get my iPhone, I waited in line for 17 hours on launch day, almost losing my sanity. Never again.

The iPhone 4 wasn’t my first smartphone. I was replacing my then ancient T-Mobile G1. I left Android because it just wasn’t polished as iOS and the hardware was uninspired. Today, though, Android has caught up to iOS’s stability and hardware design, which is why I left my iPhone 4 for a Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

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Moving to Mac Guide: Part 2 – How to Install Apps

A new Mac comes with a bunch of useful pre-installed programs, but you might want to install some additional software like an alternative browser (such as Chrome, Firefox or Opera.), an instant messenger client (like Adium or MSN) and, of course, some games!

This raises the question: How do I install software on a Mac? Is installation of Mac software similar to Windows?

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Video: What is Diablo III?

Are you wondering what all the fuss is about Diablo III? It’s a huge release, but coming 12 years after Diablo II, it wouldn’t surprise me if there were lots of people with little idea of what it actually is.

It looks like Blizzard are aware of this and they’ve released a video, which you can see below, called ‘What is Diablo III?’. The game is released on May 15th on Windows and Mac, and boxed editions come with Guest Passes inside, which you can give to your friends so they can also try the game.

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Head to head: CCleaner vs Mz 7 Optimizer

CCleaner has been one of my favorite tools to maintain PCs. It is simple to use and offers powerful tools. It has a small footprint and it can be installed on a USB drive to clean up PCs on the go. CCleaner can clean up files that are left behind from uninstalled apps, fix the registry, and uninstall apps but it is by no means the last word in PC maintenance. There’s no defragmentation or optimization option within CCleaner. Enter Mz 7 Optimizer, an app specifically designed to tune up your Windows 7 PC. Can it replace CCleaner as our PC maintenance app of choice? Let’s find out. Continue reading “Head to head: CCleaner vs Mz 7 Optimizer”

Play Wolfenstein 3D for free online

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of Wolfenstein, Bethesda Software has released Wolfenstein 3D free to play online.

The browser version is the full Wolfenstein 3D in which you play the part of an American soldier in World War 2 trying to escape Nazi Germany’s Castle Wolfenstein.

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