Iron is a web browser that is based on the Chromium source code that is also powering the Google Chrome web browser. The main difference between Iron and Google Chrome is that the developers of Iron have removed privacy related issues from the code. This includes things like the unique client ID, error reporting or [...]
Open source predictions for 2010
Is it really almost 2010? The first decade of 2k is nearly at an end, a decade that has been quite prosperous for the Linux operating system. A decade that saw the world’s economy plummet, giving rise to the need for more and more free, open source software. But what will the next decade bring [...]
Display Custom Windows Folder Settings
Every time a folder is opened in Windows Explorer information about it will be stored in the Windows Registry. This information include the folder path and the time it was last accessed on the computer system. This makes it easy to analyse the folder usage of a system which can be interesting if multiple computer [...]
Find Windows Drivers With Ma-Config
Automated solutions to find new Windows drivers are not usually as reliable as they should be. Most of the services that have been tested in the past did display false positives that could have a negative impact on a computer system’s stability. The drivers that can have a negative impact are usually system drivers for [...]
Google Voice To Get VOIP
Even if you do not like Google you must have to admit that they are brilliant when it comes to tapping in markets and providing products that many people want to use. Google Voice for instance offers that many additional features that it on its own is a very competitive and interesting product. Features like [...]
Manage Windows Services With WinServices
The Windows services configuration tool has changed much in the last Microsoft operating systems. The tool can be used to manage Windows services which includes starting and stopping services, changing startup types and exporting the current service status list to a tab delimited text document. WinServices is a free software program for the Windows operating [...]
Theming GNOME
I get a lot of questions as to how to make the GNOME desktop look better. This question can be approached from numerous angles: Compiz, Emerald, Metacity, Window borders, etc. I have covered Compiz here on Ghacks (see Compiz on Ghacks) as well as Emerald (see Emerald on Ghacks). But I have yet to cover [...]
Discover Similar Pages With Google Similar Pages For Chrome
One of the advantages of the Google Chrome browser is that Google is actively developing extensions for it. That’s an advantage because it ensures that users do not have to worry (that much) about data security and that popular Google services are available as extensions for the web browser. Google Similar Pages is an add-on [...]
Computer Temperature Monitor HWMonitor
Keeping an eye on the computer temperature, especially the most relevant components like the processor (cpu), hard drives and video cards is essential to ensure data integrity and reliability of the computer system. Temperatures that reach critical levels can lead to all kinds of computer hardware related problems like crashes, blue screens, data loss and [...]