Websites Cop is a program for the Windows operating system that ensures that a webmaster or system administrator gets notified immediately if monitored files on a web server have been modified. This is done by linking local files to files on a configured ftp server that the program then checks continuously to make sure that [...]
Receive Notifications If Someone Else Logs Into Your Facebook Account
Facebook’s popularity makes it a prime target for hackers, phishers and other malicious users who try to steal your login information, invade your privacy or do other malicious things with your account. Many Facebook users do not know that Facebook has an option to notify account owners about logins from other computer systems and mobile [...]
Share directories in Elive
What if I told you that you could share out directories, via Samba, without having to install a single package? You can in the new Elive 2.0 (which is based on the most recent Debian package). I have written about Elive quite a bit here on Ghacks (see Elive content on Ghacks), but this time [...]
Firefox Developers Outline Firefox 4 Product Plan
Mozilla’s Director of firefox, Mike Beltzner, has updated his personal blog with information about the upcoming Firefox 4 release. The product plan for Firefox 4 outlines the primary goals for Firefox 4 and aims to clear some of the confusion that surrounds the current versioning of the web browser. The blog post is actually a [...]
Google Search Now Offering Page Previews And Other Filters
Not every Internet user is happy with the redesign of the Google search interface and the increasing number of extensions, userscripts and other solutions to bring back old Google is a clear indicator for that. The left sidebar does no the other hand offer several new features that have not been there before when using [...]
Send To Toys Control Panel Applet
The send to menu in Windows can be used to quickly send selected files and folders to configured applications or locations. Default configuration is done in the SendTo folder in Windows which proves not to be that effective and straightforward as most users would want it to be. Send To Toys is a control panel [...]
How To Disable Geolocation In Google Chrome
The Google Chrome browser, much like Firefox, has a geolocation feature. Geolocation in this context means that websites and services can utilize the user’s location to provide personalized contents. A basic example would be a website that displays information based on the visitor’s location in the world. A weather report website could benefit from this [...]
Restore Google Account Information With Google Password Decrypter
Windows only tool Google Password Decrypter can be used as a last resort to restore Google account information in case they have been misplaced or forgotten. The portable program only works with selected Google tools and Internet Explorer but will list the Google password and username in no time and with barely any efforts. Supported [...]
Custom wallpaper placement with anyPaper
Today we continue on with our Wallpaper theme! You’ve already seen how to Manage your wallpaper in GNOME as well as how to set up a changing rotation of wallpapers with Wallpaper Drapes (see “Desktop Drapes for GNOME“). Now it’s time for something a bit different. Most wallpaper applets pretty much do the same thing: They [...]