It was only a matter of time until some began posting screenshots of the recently leaked build of Windows 8. News about the leak with the build number 7989 broke on June 18. We did not know a lot about that build back then, other than that it was compiled on April 21. The leak [...]
gHacks Editor’s Tutorial Videos to go on Official Microsoft Support Website
Here at gHacks we pride ourselves on giving you the very best help and advice, and it seems that we’re not the only ones who think so. After an approach by the company, Microsoft have now confirmed that they will be putting my tutorial videos for Windows 7 on the official Microsoft support website at [...]
Memory Microchip: No Longer Science Fiction
Since the days of Star Wars and Star Trek, we’ve dreamed of technological advances that would make us faster, stronger and capable of doing more than ever before. Sure, we’re not quite at the point where we’re teleporting about or living in space “Jetson’s” style, but technology has made some impressive advancements, even in just [...]
Like+1 For Chrome Combines Live and Google+1 Buttons
There are so many different buttons available to promote, like, write about or +1 pages on the Internet that it is sometimes difficulty to keep an overview of the available options. Two of the most commonly used buttons on today’s Internet are Facebook’s Like button and Google’s recently introduced +1 button. If you are a [...]
Nitro PDF Reader 2 Final Released
When it comes to pdf readers Windows users have lots of choices. From Adobe Reader over third party alternatives such as Sumatra or Foxit Reader to built-in pdf readers in browsers such as Google Chrome. When it comes to creating pdf documents, the choice shrinks significantly. Nitro PDF Reader has received lots of praise in [...]
Microsoft Updates SkyDrive, Faster, Better, With HTML5 Support
SkyDrive, Microsoft’s cloud hosting service, has been around since 2007. The service gives users access to 25 Gigabytes of free online storage, for file hosting, sharing and collaboration. While it has been a great service to store data online from the start, it felt slow at times especially when navigating folders or photo albums in [...]
Have A Secret? Don’t Post It On The Internet!
Here is a rule of thumb that is more important than ever on today’s Internet: Do not post anything on the Internet that you do not want others to find out about you. Do not post it on your public Facebook profile, not on Twitter, do not use real life accounts when you make awkward [...]
Apple Drops Black MacBook Air for Being Disgusting
Apple last year had problems making its black iPhone 4 white, and now it appears the company has also had issues making it’s lovely silver Macbook Air black. It’s been rumoured for a while now that the company was prepping a black sleek Air to add to its line up in the next few weeks. [...]
Software Developers: Host Your Files On Ghacks
I always wanted to go ahead with a download directory on Ghacks, but never had the time to ready the site for this. I have started hosting some files here on Ghacks, pre-dominantly software without a developer website. This is usually the case when a software gets released and the developer vanishes into anonymity after [...]