The Social Network, the story of the founding of social networking website Facebook, has taken an important step towards Oscar success today after winning four awards from the US National Society of Film Critics. The film was named best picture, while David Fincher was named best director, Aaron Sorkin won best screenplay and Jessie Eisenberg [...]
Search Engine Blacklist Removes Sites From Google Search
Google Chrome only extension Search Engine Blacklist can remove selected sites from Google’s search result listing. The extension is especially useful for users who often stumble upon the same set of spam or irrelevant websites when using Google’s search engine. Do not want to see Wikipedia, ehow, About or other sites in the results all [...]
Windows Dreamscene Activator Fixes Desktop Text Bug
Remember Windows Vista Ultimate? The version of Vista where you paid more to get a handful of extras? Dreamscene was one of the extras. It basically allowed the user to use videos as wallpapers on the operating system. Microsoft has dropped the feature in Windows 7, or at least made it inactive so that it [...]
The 2011 Microsoft MVP Gift Pack
Firstly, a big thank you to everybody who sent me such nice messages after I was given a Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award by Microsoft last week, for “Windows Expert (Consumer)”, you’re all brilliant. But being an MVP isn’t just about being recognised as an expert and community-centred professional, you get goodies too! There’s free TechNet and [...]
Find Out How Much Power USB Devices Need
Each USB port can provide power to connected devices. This is not always necessary, especially if those devices have their own external power supply. But some devices need the power provided by the USB port to function or reload batteries. A problem with this is that USB ports can only supply a maximum of 500 [...]
How To Restore A Thunderbird Profile On A New Computer, After Crash
When you purchase a new computer you often want to move at least some data from the old computer to the new. At the very top of the lists are usually email accounts if a desktop email client like Thunderbird or Outlook is used. The same move may be necessary after a hard drive crash [...]
Better Grooveshark UserScript, Adds Features, Removes Ads
I really like Grooveshark mainly because it does not have IP or country restrictions and that the majority of features can be used without an account. That couples with a vast music library make it one of the best music streaming services on the Internet. Better Grooveshark is a userscript that adds several features to [...]
TorChat, Decentral Anonymous Instant Messenger
The Onion Router (TOR) is used by many users worldwide to browse the Internet anonymously and to retrieve data that would otherwise be blocked in their location. TorChat is an instant messenger that utilizes TOR to offer anonymity and security to its users. The client is available for Windows and Linux with the Windows version [...]
Wunderlist Task Management, Note Taking, Sharing App
I have the habit of writing down a lot of things that pass my mind throughout the day. This ranges from new projects over daily tasks like reviewing software on Ghacks to non-computer related things like creating a cool boardgame or doctor appointments. I usually do that on a small notebook that I carry around [...]