After discovering how to merge avi movies in VirtualDub I ran into the opposite problem. I had a video that had a playtime of about 60 minutes. The YouTube account I wanted to upload the video to was limited to uploading a maximum of 15 minutes per video. I had to find a way to [...]
Sega loses 1.29 million people’s data in hack!
Sega is the latest company to admit to being hacked and has admitted that in a recent attack on its computer systems, the personal details of 1.29 million customers was stolen. The news first emerged on Friday when they said that the email addresses and dates of birth of customers on its Sega Pass database [...]
SUPERAntiSpyware Acquired By Support.com
We have reviewed both the free and professional version of the popular malware remover SUPERAntiSpyware here at Ghacks. Many users find the free version sufficient for all related tasks, while fewer find it necessary to upgrade to the professional version for extra features such as threat realtime blocking or daily definition updates. Most have used [...]
Face Recognition Software is a Big Organizational Help when Done Properly
Facebook’s new face recognition software that has been added to its photo applications has caused a lot of buzz. Many people, including Martin here at Ghacks, have written about this feature, and there are a lot of security implications that such software carries with it (you can read that article here, which outlines how to [...]
SaveAll Add-on Saves All Firefox Tabs
Firefox ships with options to save individual pages to the local hard drive. These pages are then accessible offline, which is great for research and preservation of information. If you use Firefox solely for research, you may end up with multiple open web pages that you would like to save to your computer. That’s a [...]
If Caught in Hacking Crossfire, Defend Your Information Furiously
It seems that those friendly, harmless little hackers from LulzSec have turned their attention, at least momentarily, from computing giants to passing bystanders in the evolving battle that has been kicking up online in past months. Friday the hacking community Lulz Security (LulzSec) posted a file which it claimed contained the username and password information [...]
How To Merge Avi Movies With VirtualDub
I have started to record game videos with the popular recording software Fraps. Problem with Fraps is, that it splits movies into 4 Gigabyte chunks which is not really helpful if you want to upload one video to your website or YouTube, and not parts of the video. VirtualDub is a software with the ability [...]
The Lesser Way to Disable Spell-Checking in Google Docs
Have you ever used the word processor in Google Docs and noticed unregistered misspellings? The first thing you should do is check in the View menu to see if Show spelling suggestions is activated. If it is turned on, the problem could actually be the less-than sign () or a period (.) with a capital [...]
Microsoft gets anti-trust approval for Skype buyout
It’s being reported that the US Federal Trade Commission has given the green light to Microsoft’s proposed buyout of Internet communications company Skype. The purchase was announced a few weeks ago and will cost the Redmond giant $8.5 billion. This will make the Skype purchase the company’s largest ever acquisiton in cash terms and is [...]