I recently started to add custom jumplists to my sites. That’s when I noticed that jumplists were not showing up under Windows 7 at all anymore. Even standard programs like Microsoft Office, Firefox or Google Chrome where not showing any jumplists, except for the option to unpin the icon from the taskbar and to launch [...]
Edmus [Game Saturday]
I somehow missed to post a game review yesterday and decided to post it today instead. Today’s game is called Edmus. It is a Flash game that looks on first glance like one of those jump and run games that you find in heaps on every flash game site on the web. Your task is [...]
Why You Should Always Install Windows on Disk Zero
Windows has always had what many people believe to be an unconventional and frustrating method of addressing physical hard disks. I’m talking here about drive letters. These virtual constructs, I can only really describe them as that, are pointers to the actual names of the disks in your computer. This works in a different way [...]
SimpleSysInfo, Portable System Information
Windows users have many choices when it comes to system information tools. Tools that we have reviewed and really liked are for instance System Information For Windows or Hardware Info 32. SimpleSysInfo falls into the same group of applications. It is a lightweight portable program that displays various information about a computer’s hardware and software. [...]
LessChrome HD Hides Firefox’s Urlbar
LessChrome HD for Firefox is an add-on that hides part of the Chrome user interface in the browser. The add-on hides the urlbar in the browser so that only the tabbar and Firefox menu are shown when the browser is used. This feature may remind you of the compact navigation feature in Chrome, that’s offering [...]
Firefox 5 Beta Is Here, What’s New?
The first beta of the upcoming version 5 of Firefox has been released to the public. The release has been delayed by a few days which is a short time considering the delays during Firefox 4 development. The accelerated development cycle is now almost in full swing. The cycle is complete with the release of [...]
Apple’s Growing Up and Getting Big Boy Scareware
A couple of weeks ago word started spreading to Apple forums that there was malware installed on some systems. Discussion has continued to grow, and even security companies have reported that there is, indeed, a virus for macs in the wild. Seemingly the only company who is still denying the existence of the bug is [...]
8 Social Likes That You May Not Want To See In The Search Results
Both Bing and Google are dead serious that search engine users want a search that is more social, that weaves recommendation’s, likes and personal messages into the results. This change is happening right now, as both Bing and Google are already adding social recommendations in their search results. The two search engines may promote results [...]
gHacks Gears up for Microsoft’s UK Tech.Days
Recently there have been many tech websites telling you that they attended Microsoft’s TechNet conference. They sat in the audience at the various presentations and fed back news. At gHacks we’re doing things a little differently and I’ll be at Microsoft’s UK Tech.Days in London when they start on Monday at the request of Microsoft [...]