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 into the program. Each extension provides one or multiple notification options, each configurable in the Snarl preferences. A basic set of apps ships [...]
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 that it adds features to the troubleshooting process to streamline it. Lockout Fixer for instance allows the administrator to view the audit failure [...]
How To Password Protect The Email Client Thunderbird
No password protection is enabled by default in the email client Mozilla Thunderbird. Anyone with access to the computer system is able to open Thunderbird, read the emails and look at contacts and other information stored in the software. This lack of protection could be a problem if multiple users are using the computer or [...]
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 comments by Gbot. The application offers to rename tv shows and movies that are loaded into its interface. Even better is the fact [...]
Better Office Doc Preview appears in GMail
The war of the webmail 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 of which was quietly announced over the weekend. The company has added a one-click preview for the world’s most common file format, [...]
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 killers Chromium B.S.U. When I first discovered this game it’s original title was simply Chromium. Obviously this was a serious conflict of interest [...]
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. But is a small PC with a transparent plastic block on the front gorgeous or a gimmick, and more importantly, where you are [...]
A Look At The Latest Firefox 4.0 Design
The Mozilla Firefox developers are working on several different branches of the web browser at the same time. The latest public version, Firefox 3.6.6 just released today, and Firefox 3.7 which will be renamed to Firefox 4.0 later this year. The latest nightlies of Firefox 4.0 concentrate on finalizing the graphical user interface of the [...]
Rename TV Series With TV Show Renamer
Many TV series releases on the Internet follow a specific naming convention. Filenames usually contain the tv show name, episode and season, format and group that released it. The information are helpful prior to downloading the TV series releases as they help the user identify the show and quality of the release. Some users who [...]