The Firefox built-in page search can be handy at times, especially on large pages or pages where a specific term is not found on first glance. Firefox users just need to press Ctrl-f to open the onpage search form at the bottom of the screen. They can enter a search term there and flip through [...]
Bing Improves Personalized Search
The Bing team made an announcement over at the official Bing blog that may be interesting for users who use the Bing United States search engine. Personalized search is one of the latest buzz words, especially Google seems to be pushing it. It basically means that my search engines may be totally different than yours [...]
gHacks Editor Back on ComputerAmerica This Friday
I’m delighted to announce that Mike Halsey, that’s me writing about myself in the third-person again, will be making a return appearance on the ComputerAmerica radio show this coming Friday (11th February 2011). I’ll be on the show for the full two hours again discussing various topics around Windows 7 and Windows Phone. There will [...]
True System Security Tweaker For Windows
True System Security Tweaker offers to change, enable or disable more than 450 security related settings in Windows. The portable application concentrates on user restrictions that are grouped into categories in the application interface. More than 20 categories are available of which some link to sub-categories. Among them security settings for Internet Explorer, the Windows [...]
Google Rolls Out Advanced Sign-In Security
A Google account is currently only protected by a username, which in most cases is an email address, and a password. Threats like phishing, brute forcing and social engineering are very common on today’s Internet. To protect its users, Google has decided to roll out an advanced sign-in security feature for Google accounts that makes [...]
Internet Explorer 9 RC Download Links
Microsoft is set to enable Internet Explorer 9 RC downloads later today. The official Internet Explorer 9 test drive is currently offering the latest public beta build for download. Read on to find out how to download Internet Explorer 9 RC ahead of the crowd. Users who do not want to wait can download the [...]
First Windows Phone Update Delayed to March 8th
It’s been reported that the first update for Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 smartphone operating system has been delayed until March 8th. The report by NeoWinsays that sources have told them the update should be expected on March 8th. The cause for the delay is apparently last-minute changes that Microsoft has implemented. Carriers also need two [...]
Buttonizer Turns A Firefox Toolbar Into A Button
Browser toolbars are sometimes a necessity, especially if they provide functionality that is otherwise not available. The main problem that many users have with toolbars is that they take up a lot of space. Firefox offers the tool to move at least some of the toolbars around but that usually is not enough to reduce [...]
Collage It Review And Giveaway
Photo collages are a great way to express yourself, or to create a wonderful personalized gift for a loved one or close friend. Collage It, which is available in a free limited version and a commercial version, offers to create photo collages in three easy steps. Photos are added in the first step. The application [...]