I’m going to come clean, I’m not a fan of Google’s Android operating system. I just don’t think that a desktop / icons approach is appropriate for either a smartphone or a tablet. That said I’ve now seen the demonstration video for Google’s forthcoming ‘tablet’ version of the operating system, codenamed Honeycomb and I’m quickly [...]
Microsoft Introduces Internet Explorer 9 Tracking Protection
Consumer Privacy made it in the news big time recently in the United States with the FTC’s (Federal Trade Commission) report on online consumer privacy. Microsoft, secretly until now, has been working on a feature called Tracking Protection for some time that they plan to ship with the release candidate and final version of the [...]
Weather Desktop Background, Change Wallpaper Based On Weather Conditions
Weather Desktop Background could be a complimentary tool for Aero Weather, a program that I have reviewed earlier here at Ghacks. Aero Weather changed the Aero color based on the weather conditions. Weather Desktop Background basically does the same for the desktop wallpaper. The program changes the desktop wallpaper based on the weather condition so [...]
Highlight Favorite Domains In Search Results
When I search on the Internet in search engines like Google or Bing I tend to favor results from domains that I trust. If I had to chose between a post on Windows7news.com and a Blogger domain I would open the Windows 7 site first since I know it and use it regularly. Locate Multiple [...]
MediaMonkey Gold Review And Giveaway [Ghacks Christmas Giveaway]
Digital music collections that reach a certain level in terms of size are hard to manage, especially with the tools offered by the Windows operating system. Many users resort to applications like Windows Media Player or iTunes to manage music on their computer system, but those tools cannot really be called lightweight and efficient when [...]
Add a user-configurable menu to your Linux desktop with 9menu
I love menus. Actually, I love to be able to configure menus in order to make the Linux desktop be as efficient as possible. The problem with that is, I tend to not go with the usual desktop (GNOME or KDE). So sometimes getting the menus exactly how I like them (or to suit my [...]
Thunderbird Conversations, View All Conversation Emails At Once
Pre-Thunderbird 3.3 versions display every email message on their own page. The only way to follow a conversation is to make sure that all messages are included whenever a new message is written. Sure, there is this new option that displays conversations in a threaded structure instead of sorting them into the email listing, but [...]
Sys Information, Windows System Information Tool
Sometimes you may need information about a computer system, for instance to troubleshoot a issue or to look up the exact type of hardware of the PC system. Sys Information is a free and handy tool that can do that, and some more. It is not as sophisticated as previously reviewed applications Speccy, PC Wizard [...]
DivX HiQ, Replace Video Player On Youtube, Other Video Sites
Current Adobe Flash versions cause a heavy load on many computer systems during video playback. This will change with the upcoming Adobe Flash Player 10.2 which is currently available as a beta version. Users who are experiencing performance problems during video playback, especially when they are playing high definition contents on video sites such as [...]