Windows users who have Java and the Firefox web browser installed might see a Java Console extension in the browser. That add-on apparently gets installed with a new installation or update of the Java Runtime Environment. According to information on the Java site the Java Console ” provides information about the Java version, user home [...]
More cool gnome-shell tips and tricks
If you have been reading Ghacks within the last month, you know that I have become a big fan of what will eventually become GNOME 3. That replacement is currently under the title GNOME Shell and it is already quite a stunning piece of work. I have covered GNOME Shell in a few pieces here [...]
DVDFab Passkey Removes DVD And Blu-Ray Protections On The Fly
Many video DVDs and Blu-Ray discs use protections to prevent the reproduction of the movies. This often prevents creating a copy of a movie even if it has been purchased legally. Users often face two different protections. The first is a copy protection that has been added to the disc to prevent that its contents [...]
Norton Safe Web For Facebook
Norton Safe Web is an url scanning service offered by Norton. It scans websites and urls and displays possible threats found on those websites to users of the service. It is in this regard similar to other url scanning services like AVG Linkscanner or Web of Trust. Norton Safe Web For Facebook is a Facebook [...]
Facebook Displays A Blank Page On Load
Panic! Facebook is not loading. I just encountered something that Facebook users probably experience as well from time to time. Tried to open the Facebook website directly in the Firefox web browser only to be greeted with a blank page. No content was displayed at all. Tried reloading the page with Ctrl-F5 but the blank [...]
Windows User Profile Relocator
The Windows operating system puts all user profile folders on the main hard drive partition along with the operating system files. Those user profile folders can grow quite large especially if the designated folders for multimedia files and documents are used extensively. Windows does not come with tools to move user profiles to another drive. [...]
How To Delete Facebook Applications
I’m not a very active Facebook user. Got my account just like anyone else on this planet but do not log in more than once a week or so as I mainly use it to validate news about Facebook. I have however used some of the features of the social networking site in the past. [...]
Cleanternet For A Cleaner And Safer Internet
Countries all over the world, especially those that claim to be democratic (when in fact we all know that they are not), plan to introduce various control mechanisms to increase their control over the content that is published and shared on the Internet. Cleanternet is satirical website that tries to educate Europeans (and users from [...]
Add some cool extensions to Banshee
I had recently been on a roll with the Ubuntu One Music Store. In that series I spoke a lot of Rhythbox, because that was the “default” player supporting Ubuntu One Music Store. But Rhythmbox isn’t the only player in town. Oh no. In fact, another outstanding player gets plenty o’ lovin’ from the Ubuntu [...]