There are literally thousands of online services that allow webmasters to lookup domain name registration information. These services will tell the webmaster if a domain name is available for registration or already registered. Many domain registrars allow users to place so called backorders which will basically make the domain registrar register the domain name in [...]
SitePoint Raises Rates; Tells Customers to Stop Whining
On June 22, 2009 the domain sales service known as SitePoint split and changed their name to Flippa. Flippa’s design is simplified compared to SitePoint although it still offers options to browse popular categories like established or premium websites. According to SitePoint, Flippa will offer a new search function that allows users to search for [...]
Windows 7 Beta To Go Into Crazy Mode On July 1
You might want to consider switching to the Windows 7 Release Candidate before July 1 if you are still running the (excellent) Windows 7 Beta release. The beta will go into crazy mode – please bear with me, those are my words for what will be happening from that day on – which simply means [...]
Taking screenshots in Linux
So you’ve been reading about Linux on ghacks for a few months now and you’ve noticed plenty of screenshots or images of applications in action. Now it’s time you found out just how those images are taken. No it’s not magic, but in one instance it’s ImageMagick. Actually there are a few ways to take [...]
Microsoft Security Essentials Beta Now Available
Microsoft has made available the public beta version of their new free antivirus software program Microsoft Security Essentials which was formerly known as Morro. The antivirus software is available for 32-bit editions of Windows XP and 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. It was formerly speculated that the beta would be [...]
Microsoft Apologizes for Next Gen Console Mixup
Microsoft has found themselves in yet another mix-up, yet its CEO personally apologized to devastated gamers. Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, has apologized for unclear remarks made last week regarding careless word choices that led gamers to believe that a Microsoft would be releasing a new gaming console. Ballmer reportedly made an announcement that that a [...]
Create Heatmaps With Heatmap Studio
Heatmaps are basically graphical data representations on two dimensional maps. They can for example be used to represent how users access applications or websites which makes them an extremely popular instrument for usability studies. Many webmasters use heatmaps to design their websites in an optimal fashion which usually means placing the ads in a position [...]
FriendFeed And Twitter Accelerators For Internet Explorer 8
Accelerators is a new feature that Microsoft introduced in Internet Explorer 8. They allow users to launch web services more easily and can for example be used to view a selected location on a map or to write a new article on a website about a specific text found on another. The FriendFeed and Twitter [...]
Internet Explorer 8 Command Line Arguments
Internet Explorer 8 is not a bad browser. No really. It is definitely better than Internet Explorer 7 or the dreaded Internet Explorer 6. Microsoft has added several interesting features to the web browser that can compete with the features offered by popular third party browsers like Opera, Google Chrome or Firefox. It is probably [...]