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Make Gadgets Visible Only On Mouse-Over In Windows 7

Desktop gadgets, love them or hate them. Some can be pretty useful depending on their functionality while others may be dispensable. Who for instance needs a clock gadget if a clock is […]

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Plugin Security Changes Coming To Google Chrome

Integration of the Flash plugin and a native PDF reader in Google Chrome has been a controversial move. Some users liked the idea as it allowed them to access contents without having […]

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Thunderbird 3 JavaScript, What's The Deal?

Veteran users of the Thunderbird email client might remember that JavaScript was supported in version 2. Users who have recently upgraded to version 3 of Thunderbird might also have noted that JavaScript […]

KDE releases final bugfix version of 4.5

If you are a user of KDE then big things are happening in your world. The development team has released the SC (Software Compilation) version of 4.5 which means this is the […]

1 Million people download Windows Live Messenger for iPhone

It was only released a week ago, but already 1 million people have downloaded Microsoft's new Windows Live Messenger software for the iPhone.  This has got to make it one of, if […]

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Pin Folders And Files To The Windows 7 Start Menu

The Windows 7 Start Menu is made up of two parts; The first screen shows recent items or selected programs depending on the customization of the user, the second a list of […]

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Foxit Reader 4 Installation, Read Carefully

Ghacks was one of the first blogs to write about the release of Foxit Reader 4.0 yesterday. We mentioned that Foxit are bundling the Ask Toolbar (called Foxit Search Bar and Foxit […]

Google's back in China, but who's won?

Google pulled out of China earlier in the year in an argument over censorship that began with rumours that the communist government there had hacked into the GMail accounts of political activists […]

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CleanHaven Is A Multi-Platform Text Cleaner

Text can be made available in different formats, a basic example would be THIS and this. It is the same word but the first is using uppercase letters while the second lowercase. […]

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Foxit Reader 4.0 Released

Foxit Reader is a popular choice among computer users who prefer a lightweight pdf reading solution. It is not the only pdf reader that provides this, alternatives are the portable software Sumatra, […]

KDE Accessibility tools

For those with disabilities, using a computer can be a serious challenge. Whether it's a vision impairment or physical challenge making the most of the PC seems nearly impossible. That is why, on every […]

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Last.fm Free Music Player For Google Chrome

Last.fm is one of the most popular music portals on the Internet. It offers a wealth of information about bands, musicians, concerts and anything else that is music related. A popular feature […]

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Play Free Sierra Adventures, In Browser, Multiplayer

Ah the good old days. When adventures were hard to crack and players could really die when they made the wrong moves. Sierra On-line was one of the big dogs of adventuring […]

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Internet Explorer 9 Will Monitor Add-On Performance

There has been a lot of talk about Microsoft's upcoming web browser Internet Explorer 9 lately. The third preview release, still bare-bones with no Chrome user interface, showed great promise in speed, […]

Creative wallpaper and images with Fotowall

We all like wallpaper. Some people even search for days for the perfect wallpaper. But why not create your own wallpaper? You say you don't have the talent? That's okay when there […]

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Snarl Notification Software

The notification software Snarl has been around for quite some time. It has grown over the years to a fledged notification system. Snarl is powered by applications that are loaded as extensions […]

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Troubleshoot Domain Account Lockouts With Lockout Fixer

The portable software Lockout Fixer is a helpful program for system administrators that aids them in troubleshooting domain account lockouts. The application works similar to Microsoft's own tool Lockoutstatus.exe with the exception […]

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How To Password Protect The Email Client Thunderbird

Password protection is not enabled by default in the email client Mozilla Thunderbird. Anyone with access to the computer system may open Thunderbird, read the emails and look at contacts and other […]

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TV And Movie Organizer theRenamer

We have reviewed TV Show Renamer yesterday, a program that allows computer users to automatically rename downloaded TV show episodes to standardize the filenames. TheRenamer was suggested as an alternative in the […]

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Better Office Doc Preview appears in GMail

The web mail war is raging on with the continued roll out of Microsoft's new Hotmail service.  Now Google is coming back with new features to it's own GMail service, the first […]

Linux Games: Chromium B.S.U.

It's been a long time since I offered up a nice Linux game for the Ghacks audience. So I thought, today I will introduce them to one of my favorite Linux time […]

Transparent HTPC, Gorgeous or Gimmick?

Chinese company Novo first announced their Coloured Glaze Media Centre PC at CES at the beginning of the year but now it's approaching release, Engadget China have had a close look at it.  […]

A Look At The Latest Firefox 4.0 Design

Mozilla is working on several different branches of the web browser at the same time currently. The latest public version, Firefox 3.6.6 just released today, and Firefox 3.7 which will be renamed […]

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Rename TV Series With TV Show Renamer

TV Show Renamer is a free software program for Windows devices that you may use to rename media files, especially TV show episodes and entire seasons. Many TV series releases on the […]

Password protect files and folders in Linux

Security sometimes equates to sanity. You have to keep sensitive information from prying eyes for various reasons. You might have a folder that needs to be given access only to certain people […]

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How To Add Google Encrypted Search Engine To Firefox, Opera, Chrome And Internet Explorer

Update: It is no longer necessary to add encrypted search to the browser as Google defaults to it now. Jojo just asked in the thread about Google's new encrypted search engine if […]

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Google Encrypted Web Search (HTTPS) Moved To New Domain

Google launched an encrypted version of their web search in May (see Google SSL HTTPS Search). HTTPS search was enabled on the main Google.com domain and users simply had to add an […]

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Fix Oops! Google Chrome Could Not Connect To Errors

Google Chrome can be configured to save the browsing session on close so that the user can continue the session on the next startup. All websites and services that had been open […]

128Gb Blu-ray XL Specification finalised

The next monster disc is just around the corner but possibly bad news for PC users who have upgraded their machine with a blu-ray writer.  The Blu-ray Disc Association have now published […]

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Folder Monitoring Made Easy With Portable App Watch 4 Folder

Computer users have different reasons for monitoring folders on their system, might be that they want to make sure that no one is tampering with files in those folders or that they […]

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Doing Some Firefox Configuration Spring Cleaning

The Firefox configuration file contains entries for core Firefox settings and extension settings. Most users know that it is possible to modify or add settings by typing about:config in the Firefox address […]

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Firefox Default Manager 2.2 Extension

I just noticed a new Firefox extension after uninstalling the Bing Toolbar and restarting the browser. The extension is called Desktop Manager 2.2, both the options and uninstall buttons are disabled, the […]

Make the most of your tablet with My Paint

If you use Linux, have a tablet (or a pen/tablet addon), and want a graphics tool designed specifically for that device, you need to take a look at My Paint. My Paint […]

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What Is the Process plugin-container.exe?

Firefox users with eagle eyes might have spotted a new process (or two) that pops up from time to time when they are running the web browser. The process plugin-container.exe appears and […]

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Uninstall The Search Helper Extension In Firefox

Windows users who take a look at the installed extensions in Firefox might notice a Search Helper Extension in the listing that can only be disabled but not uninstalled. It is safe […]

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DropIt Copies Files Based On Their Name And Extension

There are basically two types of computer users when it comes to organizing files on a computer system. Type a sorts files neatly in folders based on type or other criteria while […]

Vinagre remote desktop connection for Linux

Do you administer Linux machines? Or do you just need the ability to remotely connect to your Linux machines from other Linux machines? If so, are you looking for an easy solution […]

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Run Custom Firefox Plugins In Their Own Process

Firefox 3.6.4 has just been released by Mozilla after a longer than usual wait time. The new version of the web browser comes with out-of-process plugins enabled. This feature runs plugins in […]

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What's iGoogle And How To Return To Google Classic Search?

Imagine the surprise of a close relative when they were greeted by an iGoogle page instead of the classic Google homepage after opening their web browser. The search page looked slightly different. […]

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OpenDNS FamilyShield Blocks 18+ Contents Automatically

Users of the free DNS service OpenDNS are already familiar with additional blocking options that an OpenDNS account offers. It is for instance possible to configure web filters to block contents such […]