Microsoft is probably not the first company that comes to mind when looking for a screen capturing tool, but the latest version of Microsoft Expression Encoder might change that. The completely free standard version of the tool comes with a ten minute recording limit, which should be enough for most screencasts and uses. And there [...]
BookStack, Effective Read It Later Firefox Add-On
I often encounter interesting looking websites, pages or even links that I have no time to read at that very moment. My usual way of dealing with those links is to add them to the unsorted bookmarks in the Firefox browser, with the last ten being displayed in a bookmarks folder on the Firefox address [...]
True Burner, User Friendly CD, DVD And Blu-Ray Burning Software
My favorite burning software is ImgBurn, a great program that supports everything that I require and then some. The application has one disadvantage though that becomes apparent if you watch new users work with the program for the first time: It is not that easy to use. It is for instance necessary to create a [...]
Paragon Migrate OS to SSD [Early Adopter]
Solid State Drives are becoming increasingly popular, with prices slowly dropping and capacities increasing. It will take another few years before these new storage devices will replace conventional hard drives on most computer systems. Still, some early adopters cannot resist the temptation and buy SSDs, despite their price tag and relatively low storage capacities. Sometimes, [...]
Youtube XL Brings Videos To The Big Screen
If you have ever tried to use Youtube on a big television screen you may have noticed that the controls of the standard page are not that easy to use as on a PC. Instead of fiddling around with the standard controls, Youtube users have the option to access the XL version of the popular [...]
Gmail Security Checklist, Improve Login Security
There are two to tango, and the same is true for an effective online security strategy. What does it mean? One the one side, the company offering a service needs to make sure that user accounts are protected on their servers, that no one can exploit vulnerabilities to gain login information or other data from [...]
Change the window controls from left to right in Ubuntu
According to Ubuntu >= 10.04, left is the new right. It’s old news by now, but I’m sure there are plenty of you out there who have battled to try to acclimate yourselves to the new “standard”. For some users, this is a no-brainer. But for other users, the paradigm of upper right window control [...]
Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out – Exclusive Free Chapter
My new book Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out from Microsoft Press goes on sale by the beginning of November and, yes, it’s been written by one of the staff writers here at gHacks.net! You can pre-order it here and from Amazon and it will be available from online retailers and all good bookshops. Now as an exclusive I’m [...]
Facebook Adds Download Your Information Feature
News is just in that Facebook has added a new feature to allow users to download their profile information to their computer. The feature is called download your information, and available in the user’s account settings. To access the new feature, users need to click on Account in the upper right corner of the Facebook [...]