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Clean The Keyboard, Mouse While The PC Is Running

Ghacks regulars know that a computer keyboard can be dirtier than a toilet, with up to 400 times the bacteria. If you are like me, you sometimes do things like eating in front of the PC that contribute to that. I usually feel the urge to clean my keyboard when I’m working on the computer, [...]

Author: , Monday August 29, 2011
Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Kingdom Rush [Game Saturday]

I missed the weekly game review on Saturday which is why I’m reviewing Kingdom Rush today instead. The browser game is of the Tower Defense kind, but boy is it pretty. I often spend more time playing Tower Defense games in a web browser than the latest full price smash hit. Kingdom Rush comes with [...]

Author: , Monday August 29, 2011
Categories: Games

Create Movies From Photos, Videos With ffDiaporama

You can use a program like ffDiaporama to create a single movie file from multiple photos, video files and music. This can be interesting for users who do not want to send individual photos or videos to friends, family or colleagues. Another would be to upload the self-created movie to a video hosting site like [...]

Author: , Sunday August 28, 2011
Categories: Software, Windows

Light Switch, Dim Everything But Media In Firefox

It can sometimes be very irritating to interact with elements on a web page if other page elements catch your attention as well. Have you ever tried to watch a video on a web page only to be distracted by an animated banner on the same page? Or maybe you have played games and more [...]

Author: , Sunday August 28, 2011
Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Create Website Shortcuts On Your Desktop

I sometimes write basic how-tos and guides that many of you consider common knowledge. This article is one of them. The majority of Ghacks readers probably know how to create a shortcut to a website on their desktop. Those who do not get detailed instructions on how to do that. But first, why would someone [...]

Author: , Sunday August 28, 2011
Categories: Tutorials Basic

Future Firefox Features, What I’m Looking Forward To

Firefox users who have went along with the update process from Firefox 4 to now Firefox 6 stable were in for a big disappointment as the new versions were not really offering any new features or visible speed improvements. That’s without doubt one of the issues that led to criticism of the rapid release process. [...]

Author: , Sunday August 28, 2011
Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Record Skype Calls, Conversations To MP3

Sometimes you may want to record a Skype call or conversation. This can be handy to have a record of a call or if you want to publish the conversation later on the Internet or a network. The Skype voice over IP software does not come with capabilities to record calls, which is why several [...]

Author: , Saturday August 27, 2011
Categories: Software, Windows

Ashampoo Core Tuner 2 Review And Giveaway

Have you ever noticed choppy videos, audio or a low frame rate gaming experience under Windows? This could have been caused by other tasks and processes that ran at the same time as that main task. Say, you have decided to render a video that is taxing cpu and hard drive to the maximum. And [...]

Author: , Saturday August 27, 2011
Categories: Software, Windows

Facebook Improves Photo Feature

It is an incredible number; The 250 million photos that get uploaded to Facebook every day. Imagine that: 250 million photos. That’s a lot and some Facebook users must really be active in this regard. The current photo viewer on the social networking site has caused lots of controversy since its introduction. Facebook users who [...]

Author: , Saturday August 27, 2011
Categories: Facebook

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