Most of you probably know that we know have a Ghacks forum that provides everyone with the means for in depth discussions about the articles here at Ghacks but also totally unrelated topics. We do post for instance interesting information that we come upon on the forum that did not make it into an article [...]
Highly Critical Firefox 3.6 Vulnerability
Reports about an unpatched security vulnerability in Firefox 3.6 that has been in existence since the beginning of February have been released on the Internet. Not a lot of information are known about the security vulnerability other than it has been successfully used to exploit Firefox 3.6 on Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista with [...]
50 100k Or Less Windows Software Programs
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. Today size does not matter that much anymore and some developer’s seem to take the easy road to provide their users with less optimized programs. That’s not such a big [...]
Window-specific options in KDE 4.4
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 only to a specific window or a specific application. And what’s best, it’s easy enough that any level of experience shouldn’t have trouble. [...]
Build Your Own PC February 2010: Video Card And Storage
This is the third and final part of the February edition of build your own PC. We have taken a look at the PSU, case and CPU cooler as well as the CPU, RAM and motherboard in the two previous parts. This time we are deciding on a video card and the storage devices that [...]
Ubisoft To Introduce Online Copy Protection For PC Games
PC games publishers, like the music or film industry, face the challenges of piracy. A game for instance is usually available on the Internet before it can be purchased. The Internet game comes without copy protection and other forms of protection. Regular buyers on the other hand have to wait longer and face copy protection [...]
National Geographic Wallpaper Downloader Updated
The National Geographic Wallpaper Downloader has been initially released in December of last year. The application back then allowed a user to download hundreds of National Geographic wallpapers in an automated process. All that had to be done in version 1.0 of the wallpaper downloader was to select the years and the desired resolution and [...]
Facebook Adds Privacy Settings For Applications
If you are a Facebook regular chance is you have played around with some of the applications offered on the social networking sites. This ranges from the overly popular Farmville game over greeting cards, quizzes to fantasy football and business applications. Applications are anywhere and most users receive regular invitations to participate in yet another [...]
User Management Software
If you are a Windows system administrator you sometimes have to manage a computer’s user accounts. You might want to check all the user accounts, list their status, enable or disable them or reset a password for a specific account. This can be all done from the command line without lots of effort if the [...]