From time to time people want to change their email provider. It could be that you have been with Hotmail for years and want to move to Gmail, or that you’re worried about the future of Yahoo! and want to safeguard your email account with another provider. It could even be that you’ve finally had [...]
Myp2p.eu Alternatives
Myp2p.eu went offline less than a month after I reviewed their service here on Ghacks. The site was basically a live sports aggregator. It collected live links from a variety of sources, bundled them neatly as game and match listings to make it as easy as possible for its users to find live streams of [...]
The Benefits of Raid 5
If you’ve every suffered a hard drive failure, you’ll know how it feels to lose data. Even if you have a backup, it can be a pain having to copy everything back from a tape drive and there’s always that uncertainty as to whether the backups will work at all. RAID is an acronym that [...]
Windows 8 Get Improved File Management Features
The default Windows file management tool Windows Explorer is in dire need of an overhaul. This includes – in my humble opinion – the interface but also the capabilities of the software. Microsoft recently made the announcement that the company will improve the file management capabilities of Windows Explorer in the upcoming Windows 8 operating [...]
Remove Windows Context Menu Entries
Some applications that you install add entries to the context menu. This is usually true for programs that interact with files, like the 7-zip archiving software, a text editor like Notepad or software to play media. The usability issue here is the following: It is sometimes not possible to accept or decline the program’s integration [...]
Facebook Introduces Photo Tag Previews, Other Sharing Changes
One of the most annoying elements on Facebook in my opinion is photo tag spam that is running rampant on the social networking site. Especially so since spammers take advantage of the fact that you do not really need to be on a photo to be tagged on it. Even worse, those new photos appear [...]
Block Download.com From Google Search Results
My story on Cnet’s Download.com installer that the company added to many downloads on their website has sparked the interest of other websites and software developers. Users who download software from download.com now download an installer first that comes bundled with a toolbar. This web installer then offers to download and install the installer of [...]
Opera Software Readies Opera 11.51 Maintenance Release
When I look at the feeds in my RSS feed reader I cannot help but notice that the Opera browser is not receiving the same attention that the Firefox and Google Chrome browsers receive. This puzzled me for some time now and I figured that it is either caused by Opera’s marketing of the browser, [...]
Classic Shell, Add Dropped Features To Newer Windows Versions
When you compare the Windows XP operating system to Vista or Windows 7, you will notice that Microsoft has changed, altered or removed features in the newer operating system. From a new start menu to a new Windows Explorer layout, new copy user interface or the new Internet Explorer 9 that looks and feels slightly [...]