We have established the new Ghacks forum just a few days ago and are still in the progress of getting accustomed to the very powerful Vbulletin forum software. Basic options are already provided and we are currently looking at extensions and plugins for the forum to make it more appealing and to add more features [...]
Study Suggests That Google Toolbar Transfers Data Even In Disabled State
The Google Toolbar is a web browser add-on that is currently available for Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer. The toolbar is an official Google application that provides quick access to several Google services and features like translating web pages or sharing websites with friends. Everyone knows that the Google Toolbar transfers data to Google [...]
Create Computer Profiles With Quick Config
Quick Config is a software program designed for users who work regularly in different computing environments. It can be used to create computer profiles that can be activated with one click of the mouse button. These computer profiles contain computer environment specific configurations that the computer user would have to setup manually otherwise. The first [...]
RSS Subscription Extension [Google Chrome]
Google Chrome, unlike Mozilla Firefox, Opera or Internet Explorer does not offer a quick way to subscribe to RSS feeds with a shortcut. Both Opera and Firefox display an RSS feed icon in the address bar while Internet Explorer displays an icon in a toolbar instead. A click leads to the subscription options for the [...]
Hide Extension Buttons In Google Chrome
Now that a stable version of Google Chrome with extension support has been released to the public it is time to concentrate on some of the usability issues in the web browser. One of these usability issues is that most extensions add buttons to the Google Chrome toolbar. This toolbar can fill pretty quickly with [...]
Test your students with iTest
Educational institutions would be remiss if they neglected open source tools. There are so many available, you can cover nearly all of your needs. Recently I covered iTalc (see my article “Instruct your users or manage your classroom with iTalc“) which allows you to instruct students and take control of their machines. Eventually you are [...]
Secunia Online Software Inspector
Keeping software and the operating system up to date is a dead given for expert computer users and part of their computer maintenance schedule. These users know how to check for updates and install them as soon as they are released on their systems to protect the system from exploits. Inexperienced users on the other [...]
Google Chrome 4 Stable Released
Google today released Google Chrome 4 stable which is another milestone release for the Google browser. The developer’s have managed to overtake the Firefox web browser – at least when versioning is the measurement – which recently has been released as version 3.6. It is also closing in on Opera and Internet Explorer with a [...]
Remove Duplicate PST Files From Microsoft Outlook
It can happen that duplicate pst files appear in Microsoft Outlook. These files are sometimes referred to as ghost files which are displayed in the folder list and other folder views in the email client. These duplicate pst files can be very problematic as they usually cannot be deleted easily from Outlook. Error messages such [...]