We reviewed File And Image Uploader back in 2009 for the first time and found it to be a very comprehensive and useful tool to upload files and images to file hosts on the Internet. Many things have changed since our first review of the portable software program which is why we have decided to [...]
Google Chrome: Disable Tab Previews In Windows 7
One of the recent additions to the Windows version of the Google Chrome web browser was support for the Windows 7 taskbar to show preview thumbnails of all open tabs of the web browser in the taskbar. That feature addition caused some controversy as it was not possible to disable it. We recently covered how [...]
Configure hostgroups for Nagios
If you’ve been following my Nagios articles here on Ghacks (see “Easily extend Nagios’ functionality” and “Quickly install Nagios on Ubuntu” for more information) you are probably impressed with how powerful Nagios is. Well, I can happily say you haven’t seen anything yet. Nagios is amazing in it’s ability to extend and report. Of course, [...]
AquaSnap Brings Windows 7 Features To XP And Vista
Microsoft has added several new features to their Windows 7 operating system. These new features include the Aero Snap and Aero Shake options that allow users to snap windows to the corner of the computer screen, and to minimize all other windows by shaking the mouse. These features are not available in Windows XP or [...]
Turn Off Solve PC Issues Notifications In Windows 7
If you run Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7 you probably have noticed a white flag in the system tray that notifies about PC issues that the operating system has identified. This ranges from asking the user to setup a backup software over issues where no firewall or security software has been detected and requests [...]
File Server OneHTTPD
Internet users have many different options to share files with other users. They can upload files to file hosts like Rapidshare, upload them to a remote web server or ftp server or use a program on the local computer system to share the files with anyone that is connecting to it. The last option to [...]
Download Images From Google, Deviant Art Or 4Chan
If you are more of a download first check later type of user then the image downloader Media Spider might be after your liking. Media Spider can be used to mass download images from Google Images, Deviant Art or 4Chan. Everything is handled in the portable application’s interface where image search strings and other parameters [...]
No Virus Thanks Is A Virus Total Alternative
Virus Total is one of the most useful security services on the Internet. The service can be used by everyone to upload and scan files using multiple antivirus engines. It can be used directly from their website or by installing the Virus Total Uploader in Windows to send files directly from Windows Explorer. No Virus [...]
Easily extend Nagios’ functionality
My last article described how to “Quickly install Nagios on Ubunut“. That article had you up and running with the powerful open source network monitoring tool, but not much more. If you really want to make Nagios useful you have to do a bit of work. Some might see this work as too time consuming [...]