ghacks Technology News

WordPress 2.7.1 Update

Seems the WordPress developers have finally released a new version of the free blog software. The update to WordPress 2.7.1 (from 2.7) is a maintenance release which fixes 68 tickets. It is therefor a recommended upgrade and should be applied by WordPress webmasters as soon as possible. The WordPress tracker which is mentioned on the [...]

Author: , Wednesday February 11, 2009
Categories: Software

Remove WGA

Remove WGA is a small tool that will check if the Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications Tool is installed on a computer system which is a tool created by Microsoft to check if a Windows operating system is genuine. What many users do not understand is that the check if an operating system is genuine is [...]

Author: , Tuesday February 10, 2009
Categories: Software, Windows

Rapid Download

Rapid Download is a fast, portable and lightweight Rapidshare download manager that can automatically download a batch of files from Rapidshare. It will automatically fetch all download links that are contained in a file called download.txt that has to reside in the same directory. While that procedure might seem uncomfortable as it requires copying and [...]

Author: , Tuesday February 10, 2009
Categories: Software, Windows

Pod To PC Transfers Data From iPods And iPhone To PC

Pod To PC is a free software program to transfer data from any kind of iPod or iPhone to a computer. It supports all generations of the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPod Video, iPod Nano, iPod and iPod Shuffle making it an universal tool to transfer data from those mobile devices to a PC. The software [...]

Author: , Tuesday February 10, 2009
Categories: iPod, Software, Windows

Lightscribe Software

DVDScribe is an Open Source software that allows the user to burn images on Lightscribe disks. If you remember Lightscribe disks are specifically coated CDs and DVDs that can be utilized to produce laser coated graphics on the disks by using a CD or DVD burner that is supporting Lightscribe. The first release of DVDScribe [...]

Author: , Tuesday February 10, 2009
Categories: Software, Windows

Install Drupal on a LAMP Server

Drupal is one of the most popular of all the Content Management Systems (CMS). Drupal can power: Community portals, discussion forums, corporate sites, personal sites, blogs, e-commerce, and more. Drupal is open source (released under the GPL) and the only real installation restriction is that of the database. Drupal must use either a MySQL or [...]

Author: , Tuesday February 10, 2009
Categories: Linux, Open Source, Software, Tutorials Basic, Web Development

Remove Microsoft .Net Framework Assistant From Firefox

If you take a look at the installed add-ons in Firefox you might notice an add-on called Microsoft .net Framework Assistant. That add-on is different from most other installed add-ons. The first thing that you will notice is that you cannot uninstall it as the uninstall option is inactive in Firefox. You might also realize [...]

Author: , Monday February 9, 2009
Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Create A Free US iTunes Account From Any Country

If you have a US iTunes account you can get all sorts of freebies like new songs or media that is only being made available for US users. We previously mentioned how to get a free US iTunes account but Apple soon after disabled that option. You see, if you want to create a new [...]

Author: , Monday February 9, 2009
Categories: The Web

How To Quickly Open Folders In Windows

Here is a quick tip on how to open specific system folders in the Microsoft operating systems Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. All you need to do is press [Windows R] and enter one command to open a specific folder. These so called shell commands will open various Windows folders but also applications [...]

Author: , Monday February 9, 2009
Categories: Windows

© 2005-2012 Ghacks.net. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - About Us