Maybe you remember reading about Google’s try to buy Groupon, a leading deal of the day website, that is offering its users a deal per day based on their location. Google’s 6 Billion offer fell through and the Internet giant decided to follow one of the oldest credos on the Internet: If you cannot buy, [...]
Competition! Win “Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out” in Paperback
I love competitions and I’ve got another copy of my book “Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out” from Microsoft Press to give away :) And who better to give it to than a gHacks reader, because you’re all brilliant! The ultimate, in-depth reference for troubleshooting Windows 7 — from the inside out! This supremely organized book [...]
Skype Toolbar Blocked In Firefox By Mozilla
Many experienced Internet users have the firm believe that toolbars are a relict of the past, that toolbars are to be avoided at all costs. The majority of regular users on the other hand do not seem to mind, which might change with this news. Toolbars, like add-ons, can cause problems like slowdowns or increased [...]
Office Live Files, Microsoft Office Add-In
The Microsoft Office add-in, Office Live Files closes the existing gap between Microsoft’s popular Office suite and their online service Office Live. You see, while it is possible to save documents to Microsoft’s Windows Live SkyDrive service it is not that easy to load the uploaded documents again in Microsoft Office. While it is possible [...]
Youtube Homepage As It Was Meant To Be Userscript
Youtube recently changed the homepage after an initial tryout phase. The developers “removed some of the less-used modules such as “Videos Being Watched Now”, moved modules like featured videos to the right side to make “room for a combined list of personally relevant videos made up of recommendations for you, your subscriptions activity, and videos [...]
HTC Hub, The Phantom Data Leaker Identified?
I’ve been conducting my own investigation and tests into the “rogue app” which is leaking data on Windows Phones. I want to stress at this point that my evidence was not collected in a scientific way and I’ve been wrong before. While I’m pointing the finger in a particular direction I still could be wrong, [...]
Flickr Sign In With Facebook, Google Account Introduced
Back in October of last year, Flickr introduced an option to create a new Flickr user account by linking it to a Google ID. This made the signup process more comfortable for users with a Google ID, since they did not have to create a Yahoo ID to use the service. Yesterday Flickr announced that [...]
Add titles to OpenShot Video Editor projects
Recently I began covering one of the best open source video editors available (see my articles “Create videos with OpenShot Video Editor” and “Add transitions with OpenShot Video Editor“.) From those two articles (and an ounce of creativity) you should already be creating outstanding videos for various purposes. But now it’s time we take it [...]
Cannot Open A File? Smart File Advisor Tells You How!
Did you ever come upon a file that you could not open in Windows because there was no program associated to the file type that could open it? Maybe you tried to open the file in a text editor, or in a program that you thought would be able to open it. Most users however [...]