If you have followed the news in the last days about Firefox's new JavaScript engine and the implementation of gpu hardware acceleration, you can stop reading here. Everyone else, especially Mozilla Firefox […]
You never know what is dirtying up your Linux system. Your Bash history, temporary files, usage history, clipboard, free disk space...there's always a chance something is there that you don't want. But […]
Mafia Wars is a very popular game on Facebook with thousands of players playing it at any given time of the day. It is a so called browser game in which the […]
As a blogger or writer, you sometimes come upon an idea or website that you find interesting but do not want to write about right at that moment. Maybe you have already […]
Browserscope is a web service to profile the web browser used to access the website, and compare the results against web browsers from other users who have tested theirs on the site […]
Create Synchronicity is a portable and lightweight file sync software for the Windows operating system. Sync and backup programs have several things in common, but also differences. While both copy data from […]
I couple of months ago I covered what was to be expected in the upcoming release of Ubuntu (Lucid Lynx - 10.4). This release will happen in April 2010 and is much […]
HistoryBlock is a free add-on for the Firefox web browser that allows you to specify sites that you don't want listed in the browsing history. Firefox provides users with two core options […]
RedNotebook is a free, cross-platform graphical diary and journal program for Windows and Linux to keep track of notes and thoughts. A simple text file is sometimes all one needs to put […]
Linux on a laptop is notorious for sucking batteries down far faster than their Windows counterparts. My personal Linux laptops, without help, are lucky to get half the battery life than when […]
Able Rawer is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices to edit, convert and correct RAW images taken with digital cameras. Most digital cameras can save photos in different image formats including […]
If you are living in Europe right now and using a computer with a Microsoft operating system, chance is that you are now presented with a program upon system startup that states […]
Update: Facebook Lite is no longer available. Facebook Lite is currently offered as a public preview. It allows registered Facebook users to log into a lighter version of Facebook instead of the […]
I have reviewed a Windows gadget two days ago that allowed anyone to display images made by a webcam on the computer desktop. The developer pulled the gadget from the website after […]
Online services such as Pingtest or Speedtest enable you to test the reliability of your device's Internet connection by running various tests. Internet users can experience a variety of problems when connecting […]
Gmail Labs has been introduced as an add-on for Gmail as a way to test feature additions to Gmail without rolling them out to all users immediately. Gmail users need to enable […]
Picking up where we left off a while ago, let's add yet another feature to our Ubuntu server. We've already looked at using Postfix with multiple topics (see Postfix on Ghacks). But […]
Right-Click Extender is an easy to use program to add functionality to the Windows Explorer right-click context menu of Windows Vista and newer versions of Windows. The lightweight program display option directly […]
If you look at the available gadgets for Windows Vista and Windows 7 you notice that most provide the same features like displaying hardware stats, time and date or media related information. […]
A security vulnerability in Adobe Download Manager was discovered this month besides the recently discovered security vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Flash which had been discovered and fixed by […]
One of the greatest strengths of the Firefox web browser is the Mozilla development community that has produced thousands of add-ons to improve the browser or the browsing experience in the past. […]
Every computer users will eventually run into issues with duplicate files on a computer system. Some more than others but it is fair to say that every PC contains at least a […]
Open Hardware Monitor is a free portable program for Windows devices that displays various information about the PC's hardware components. Some computer hardware parameters change regularly while the computer is running. This […]
Is an photo or image real or has it been tampered with? That is a question that sometimes needs to be answered not only because of curiosity but also for more important […]
There are two major issues that users experience when they have troubles login in on Facebook. Some users run into issues that are related to Facebook not loading correctly. It can be […]
Recently I covered folder sharing in KDE 4.4 (Read my article "Easy folder sharing in KDE 4.4"). I thought I should offer the same article for the GNOME desktop. Although the tasks […]
MultiStage Recovery is a commercial file recovery software that supports most digital storage devices such as hard drives, flash drives and data cards provided that they are formatted with a Windows file […]
Blank and Secure is a tiny program for Windows devices to delete files securely so that they cannot be recovered anymore afterwards. It is sometimes necessary to make sure that old files […]
Windows users have quite a few choices when it comes to data compression software programs. They can use the commercial dinosaurs WinZip or WinRar for instance or free alternatives like 7-Zip, IZArc […]
If you have followed the news you know that Microsoft is going to introduce the browser choice screen, often also called browser ballot screen, to European users from March 2010 on. Microsoft […]
The office suite. Ah the importance you hold over the PC user. You help our business to flow, you help us to draft our papers and novels, and you help us communicate. […]
Chromium is the Open Source project behind Google Chrome. Chromium and Google Chrome have many similarities and it is usually the case that new features are integrated into Chromium first before they […]
Google Calendar Tab is an extension for the Thunderbird email client that integrates Google Calendar in the desktop email program. If you are a Gmail user chance is that you are also […]
Automatic Feed Downloader is a free program for the Windows operating system that enables you to download RSS feed attachments automatically. The most common type of RSS feed is a textual feed. […]
If you've come across any software that requires Perl modules, you might have found yourself pulling out your hair, trying to figure out how to install those modules. You've tried downloading the […]
Little Registry Cleaner is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices to remove obsolete entries from the operating system's Registry. A Registry Cleaner scans the Registry for invalid and outdated entries so […]
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a very important aspect of a webmasters day to day activity on today's Internet. SEO refers to all methods that increase a website's or page's visibility on […]
Back in the good old days it was essential to write optimized code so that a program could fit on a disk for easy distribution. Disk back then meant floppy disk and […]
Continuing with the KDE 4.4 theme we will turn our phasers towards configuring window-specific options. What exactly does this mean? It means you can configure options for a specific window that apply […]
This is the third and final part of the February edition of build your own PC. We have looked at the PSU, case and CPU cooler as well as the CPU, RAM […]
