From times to times, most of the Windows users find one strange colorless icon pointing to a document or file. Some other times, when one tries to open a file, there comes a small popup window asking with which program or application you do want to open the file.
It usually happens when a File Extension is linked to a program, currently uninstalled. The root of problem is not that the program or application is uninstalled, as much as the uninstaller software does not take much care of the registry entries …

The File Extension Mailhost is - as its very name suggests - a file format to store the email preferences of the user (such as the account to which he/she connects to read email) and it is basically used by the MSN Explorer. The MSN Explorer is by the way, a simple, efficient browser that used to be distributed for free by Microsoft. For free, until version 9. There are some basic differences between the almost universal Internet Explorer - that comes prepackaged with every distribution of Windows - and …

RAR is nowadays a very popular format for the compression of files, although its relatively recent development (it was created by 1993). The format itself poses a flexible bunch of options that turn out to be very helpful.
For instance, RAR files can be packaged to different levels of compression, from very loose to extremely packed. In the first case, disk space is sacrificed and in the latter, a bit of computer processor time. And taking into consideration the popularity of RAR files on the Internet, the most compressed the RAR …

SAAS is the acronym for Software As A Service. SAAS is - at a very basic level of definition - a paradigm of the use of Software. In the traditional approach, the enterprise (or SOHO) acquires one or more licenses of the required software. The prices for the licensing, might well range from as low as 30 USD to as high as several thousand USD.
And the worst part of it, is that many IT Managers are not still aware of the term: Cost of Ownership of the Software. Asides …

There are millions of websites on the Internet and the number increases day after day. Since the advent of Web 2.0 - specifically weblogs - it is increasing easier to put a new website online. It does not mean that every website produced has a convenient layout or design.
A visually appealing website can make the difference between a one time visitor and a returning one. The fact is that even if the content is valuable, when not in the right format, it will hardly attract visitors.
Nevertheless, if one decides on …

I recently started to use Google Apps, and I found it really startling. A few years ago, at about 1998, I was surprised to see the Yahoo search page with a small logo: "Powered by Google".
It was odd at the beginning. Well, why would a first-class search engine, as Yahoo would require another company to lend their search engine power? And as a matter of fact, many users - the curious one, as your loyal servant - started to use that Goog-whatever page to search for results.
And the story began. …