The Google Update process was the bane for many Internet users as it seemed to come up again even if it was disabled on the computer system. The process googleupdate.exe was running all the time on the computer system trying to connect to Google to see if there were any updates for Google software available. [...]
Why Blackberry and Windows Mobile isn’t going anywhere
iPhone sells 1,000,000 devices in its opening weekend, Palm sells 300,000 Pre’s in 3 weeks, T-Mobile has 1,000,000 G1’s in circulation. You’d think with these numbers Microsoft and RIM would be pacing their respective offices. But instead both companies are business as usual. I’m almost sure that if you take a visit to Redmond or [...]
Exclude Categories From WordPress Feeds
I received an email from Matthew a few hours ago who asked if there was a possibility to exclude certain categories from my website from appearing in the RSS feed. I was really busy with a website that I purchased earlier this morning and could not answer immediately. The good news is that it is [...]
Get to know Linux: man pages
Have you ever had someone tell you to “RTFM” (aka: “Read The Flippin’ Man page”) only to realize you have no idea what man pages were? “Man pages” is short for “Manual Pages” and exist for both UNIX and Linux operating systems. Each man page is a self-contained document that holds all of the key [...]
Linux Mint
Linux Mint is an operating system that is used on PCs for production of elegant, up to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution. It is quite easy to use compared to other operating systems. When Linux Mint was originally launched, it was a version of Ubuntu that offered integrated media codecs. Founded and developed by [...]
Hide The Firefox Tabbar
The Firefox tabbar is always visible in the web browser unless it is permanently deactivated in the View menu. It does not really make sense to deactivate it unless there is never more than one website open on the computer system. What’s missing is an easy way of hiding the Firefox tabbar when it is [...]
Network Monitor Experts Extension For Microsoft Network Monitor
Version 3.3 of the Microsoft Network Monitor has been released a few months ago. The Network Monitor application has been designed for capturing and analysing of network traffic. The new version of Network Monitor added a few exciting features to the network monitoring software including the ability to add so called Experts – standalone applications [...]
Otaku Gadgets
You might know that Ghacks is not the only website that I run. I have for example a very successful Windows 7 website that I operate with Everton from Connected Internet. The project is that successful that we have decided to create another website as a joint venture. Otaku Gadgets, a gadgets and hardware site, [...]
Firefox 3.5 Portable
The long awaited new version of the Firefox web browser has been released in the last days. Users who have been using version 3.0x of the web browser are now facing the decision if they should upgrade to that new version or wait until they are sure that all their add-ons, websites and settings are [...]