Firefox add-ons can add many different features to the web browser. Some add new menus to the browser, for instance to the context menu when clicking on elements in the browser or the menu toolbar. It may sometimes be a little bit inconvenient to access some of the new toolbar options added by add-ons, especially [...]
How To Run Firefox Stable, Beta, Aurora And Nightly Simultaneously
Can you run multiple versions of the Firefox web browser next to each other on a system? And if you can, how can you configure the different browser versions to either share a user profile, or use their own independent profiles? Maybe you have already installed multiple Firefox versions on your PC. If you did, [...]
How to Modify Windows Defender for Compatibility Issues with Security Software
If you are running a full security suite to protect against malware, there are often compatibility issues between certain anti-malware software and the built-in Windows Defender. Windows Defender is a standard part of Windows 7 and it cannot actually be uninstalled, but it can be disabled if it is interfering with your security suite. I [...]
Gramps, Free Genealogy Software
One of the things that I will do with my mother in the coming months is to write down our family’s genealogy. We are both interested in both the research involved and how far back in history we can trace our family tree. For that, I’m currently testing various genealogy software programs to find a [...]
Good Old Games, Buy, Download Old PC Games
Over the past 20 years or so, I played numerous computer games on many different platforms. This included all time classic games like the original Pirates game on the C-64, the first Civilization game by Sid Meier or Unreal Tournament. I have fond memories of those games, and sometimes feel the urge to re-play them. [...]
Google Dictionary Chrome Extension
Google some time ago retired the Google Dictionary web service. Well, that’s not entirely correct. What Google retired was the frontend of that service on the web. The definitions are still available, but can only be displayed in Google Search. Users need to use the advanced search parameter define followed by the phrase that they [...]
Download gHacks Editor’s FREE Facebook Privacy Guide eBook
Over the weekend Martin here reported that Facebook had released their own Guide to Facebook Security “aimed at young adults, parents and educators to educate them about security concepts on the social networking site.” It’s a 14 page, fairly academic piece that doesn’t address the fundamental issue that Facebook need to get their own house [...]
Virtual Files, Organize Data With Virtual Copies
Libraries are a new feature of the Windows 7 operating system. They are virtual folders that offer access to files and folders stored in one or multiple locations on the operating system. The core benefit here is that Libraries provide access to all the files at once, even if the data set is stored in [...]
Overcoming Office 2010 Starter Purchase Problems
Most new PCs these days will come preinstalled with Microsoft’s relatively new Office 2010 Starter. This is the replacement for the frankly awful Microsoft Works and gives people a much better upgrade path to the full version of Office if they want it… or does it? I get a regular tech mailbag of people asking [...]