Back in the days when I worked part time for a big financial company and ran Ghacks the rest of the time I sometimes had to access Ghacks while I was at work. The worst case scenario was that the web servers were down but it could also have been because of time critical security [...]
Windows Process Blocker SPKiller
We reviewed a Windows process blocker just a few days ago which can be used to automatically kill processes after they are executed on the computer system. The main issue that we had with the program was the notification system that displayed popups in the Windows System Tray area whenever it blocked a process or [...]
gOS Gadgets: An Operating System for the Google Generation
Over the years I have seen the operating sytem evolve into and out of various types of fads. Most recently the operating system has toyed around with the idea of the Cloud as generator for applications and even the operating system itself. It is my thought that a full-blown, wide-spread Cloud-based operating system is a [...]
Enable Bitlocker On Unsupported Hardware
Bitlocker is an additional software component that gets distributed with Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate and Enterprise only. It can be used to encrypt full partitions on computer systems but can only be run on supported hardware. Bitlocker by default does require a Trusted Platform Module chip (TPM Chip) that is located on the computer’s motherboard. [...]
QR Code Generator
QR Code can be described as a two-dimensional barcode which can be decoded quickly by cameras, especially those in mobile phones, supporting the codes. The T-Mobile G1 cell phone is for example able to scan QR Code and open the associated resource in the cell phone. The resource is usually a website but can also [...]
Internet Explorer 8 Address Bar Buttons
Internet Explorer 8 has just been released by Microsoft. The eight version of the web browser is more stable, faster and efficient than previous installments of Internet Explorer. It does however change and move common address bar buttons. If you open Internet Explorer 8 you realize that the Stop and Refresh buttons are located on [...]
Tags For Your Files
The usual way of organizing files is by either performing a realtime search on the computer system or by using a search software that build an index of files which speeds up the search tremendously. The search usually finds file names and directories but can also search for information contained in the files, at least [...]
Giganews Upgrades Retention To 365 Days
File retention is one of the biggest arguments for or against a Usenet provider next to similarly important factors such as connection speeds, completion rate, security and the price / download ratio the service is offering. Giganews, the one and only Usenet provider that I do recommend, announced just a few days ago that they [...]
Ask the Readers: Someone Gave Me a Laptop. Now What?
I had relatives from out of the country a little while ago and before they left, one of them decided to leave his laptop behind for me. It’s an old model from the Toshiba Satellite 2410 series but I’m not complaining since I got it free. The current configuration of the laptop is a little [...]