Catching up with the BBC’s iPlayer and Channel Four’s 4oD, British broadcaster ITV has released its own free video-on-demand service: ITV Player. ITV Player uses Microsoft’s Silverlight format to stream its media, which allows it to be played on Windows and Macs. Users report problems with it working under the Linux build of Silverlight. The [...]
Gizmo Drive Mounting With New Features
There is definitely no shortage when it comes to mounting CD or DVD images. The functionality will finally be added in Microsoft’s upcoming operating system Windows 7 and has been build in in KDE for a few years. We covered a few tools in the past that can be used to mount iso images in [...]
Microsoft Outlook Quickbooks Addin
If you are using Intuit’s Quickbooks accounting software and the email client Microsoft Outlook you might like the Improve Email addin for Microsoft Outlook that provides the option to email Quickbook customers from within Microsoft Outlook. The addin for Microsoft Outlook is currently available for free on the developers homepage. Just email the developer for [...]
Firefox Invert Colors Add-On
The Invert Colors add-on for Firefox will – as the name suggests – invert any colors on websites basically turning very dark looking websites into lighter ones and vice verse. The first run after the installation of the add-on will come as a shock for many users as the option is turned on globally by [...]
Forensic Data Recovery Software
Forensic data recovery software is different from common data recovery tools as its main purpose is the recovery of information rather than files. This can obviously be the same when trying to recover images but it can be something completely different when recovering text. The forensic data expert will try to get access to the [...]
Copy Locked And Open Files In Windows
Locked or open files are not only problematic when trying to delete them on the computer system. They can also be problematic when a user tries to move a folder with files or single files to a different location. One extreme example would be moving the Windows folder to another hard drive to replace the [...]
Ask The Readers: Ghacks Redesign
Two days ago I asked if I should move some of the more advanced content to another blog. The result currently stands at 47% no voters to 41% yes voters with 12% saying they do not care. This reflects why the decision is that hard to make and why it takes so long to come [...]
Converting WTV files
WTV is the default recording format in Windows Media Center if the TV Pack has been installed and it is also the default recording format in Windows 7 Beta. Microsoft has announced plans to switch from the previously used dvr-ms format to the new wtv format. A few commercial applications can convert wtv files to [...]
Shorten Linux Boot Time with Services
The patience of today’s computer user is low. Time is, very much, of the essence. And for some reason that adage applies in spades to Linux computer and Linux server boot times. Although less than 1 or 2 minutes doesn’t seem like an eternity, when booting a computer it is. And when getting work done [...]