The experimental online service BurnBit can be used to create torrents out of any file that is hosted on the Internet. That’s interesting for webmasters who want to reduce the bandwidth usage of their server. BurnBit ensures that users who download the file get it delivered from the web server and at the same time [...]
Get A Better Google Chrome History Page
The standard history page of the Google Chrome web browser is a mess. All visited web pages are listed in order of visit, with no options to filter the items by date, name or frequency of visits. Only the search at the top offers some form of customization, as it can be used to find [...]
Reformat PDF Documents Before Printing
Some say that printer ink is more expensive than gold. I’m not sure if this is still true with gold breaking one all-time high after the other. Still, printer ink is pretty expensive, especially if you buy official ink. One way to save ink is to print multiple pages on one sheet of paper. That [...]
Why Bother With Facebook Send?
The reaction of web developers to Facebook’s introduction of the send button last week has been decidedly mixed. But no matter your view on the subject, it’s worth knowing how and why the button might be useful on your site. Tapping into the marketing potential of the large and active Facebook user base in any [...]
gHacks Editor’s “Windows 7 Power Users Guide” eBook is now FREE [UPDATED]
I’m delighted to announce that my 170 page Windows 7 Power Users Guide is now completely FREE to download and own as an eBook. The book is for people of all technical ability from complete novices to IT Pros. UPDATE : In the first day of it’s release as a free eBook, the Windows 7 [...]
How To Encrypt Files, Folders With EFS
The Encrypting File System (EFS) has been part of all professional versions of Windows since Windows 2000. The feature provides file level encryption for data stored on NTFS systems, and is directly linked to a specific user account on an operating system. Only the user who encrypted the files and folders will be able to [...]
Lemmings Remake [Game Saturday]
Remember the game Lemmings? The game was released by Dma Design on the Commodore Amiga, and later ported to several other systems. DMA Design made their way and are today known as Rockstar North. Lemmings was one of the most popular games of its time, and many gamers know the game even if they have [...]
Google Search, New Layout, Style
We know that Google is constantly running experiments on google.com. Those experiments are only visible to a subset of visitors to test them before they may go live for all users eventually. The majority of tests make small changes to the search page or result’s listing. Some users may not even notice that they are [...]
WhoisThisDomain, Look-Up Domain Name Information
When I want to find out who owns a domain name, I do a whois on one of the whois websites on the Internet. The domain look-up usually returns the domain owner, administrator, addresses and contact information. Problem is, that many whois sites only support specific regions, and that you may have to switch to [...]