The DVD slide show software DVD Slideshow GUI is an excellent software program for creating photo slide shows. The slide show software supports a variety of input formats including the most popular photo formats jpg and png but also avi movies. One transition effect out of more than 80 effects is automatically applied to every [...]
Merge Mp3
It sometimes happens that I discover a need for another software program while reviewing an application. This happened during the review of DVD Slideshow Gui which is an excellent tool for creating DVD photo slideshows. The problem that I encountered during the review was that the program only allowed only one mp3 file for the [...]
Display RSS Feeds On Computer Monitors, Flat Screen TVs or Walls
Rollgator offers an interesting service that could be very appealing to businesses and organizations. The online service creates full screen RSS feed tickers of up to four RSS feeds. These full screen ticker has been optimized for large displays that include computer monitors, flat screen televisions and even walls or projectors. Rollgator could be an [...]
Google Dictionary, Translate And Definition Software Dictionary.net
It was yesterday that we reviewed the Firefox add-on Wikilook which proved to be a great way of looking up word definitions without leaving the active website. Dictionary.net is more or less the software counterpart of Wikilook. The software program uses the Google Dictionary service to look up word definitions. But that is just one [...]
Hotkey Manager Signo
Signo is a flexible hotkey manager from the developer of Minimem. It comes with a huge range of predefined hotkeys with the option to add custom hotkeys or to edit or delete existing ones. The hotkeys are divided into different categories that make it easier to manage the different subsets. Categories include computer memory, text, [...]
Feed Roller Is A Lightweight Twitter And RSS Feed Ticker
Most users who subscribe to RSS feeds read these feeds in feed readers that can either be accessed from the desktop or on a website. Popular options are for instance the Feed Demon software program or Google Reader on the web. There are some other options for users who do not want to open a [...]
SpeedyFox Optimizes Firefox Databases To Speed Up The Web Browser
The switch to storing data in SQLite databases has caused a problem for Firefox users who use the web browser heavily. The databases grow over time and reduce the startup time and responsiveness of the web browser due to fragmentation. This can be largely attributed to the fact that Firefox will not optimize the databases [...]
Host A Windows 7 Launch Party And Get Windows 7 Ultimate For Free
It seems that Microsoft is trying to explore some new ways of promoting their upcoming operating system Windows 7. Other methods of promoting Windows 7 are slowly coming to light next to the official launch parties that are hosted by Microsoft in various cities throughout the world. One of the – rather unusual – strategies [...]
Installing Ubuntu Server 9.04
Recently a friend requested I help him with an installation of Ubuntu Server. Since he was completely new to the process of installing Linux (and the topic is a winner anyway) I thought it would be smart to walk through the process of installing a Ubuntu Server, step by step, here on Ghacks. Ubuntu Server [...]