August of 2011 has been an exciting month here at Ghacks. It is usually pretty quite here in the summer months, but not this time. Microsoft started their Building Windows 8 blog where they revealed new features of the Windows 8 operating system. This includes improved file management features, a controversial ribbon interface for Windows Explorer (which experienced users can minimize to use a Quick Access Bar instead which is highly customizable) and support for native ISO mounting.
But it was not only Microsoft that was in the news in August. Mozilla made the news a lot of times. First with the very controversial suggestion to hide Firefox version from the about window which were later dropped, probably due to a lot of flak that the organization received from users who did not agree with the move.
We have seen new Firefox and Thunderbird releases, and read a lot about features of upcoming Firefox versions. Among the new features are better third party add-on security and new add-on compatibility checks, the new graphics component Azure and a general outlook of future Firefox features as well as features in Firefox 8.
Google’s social networking service Google+ seems to have lost some of its momentum in August. Users who want to get an account can get invites from the comment links of our 150 Google Plus Invites post. Google did announce Games in Google+ in August which are currently limited to a handful of games.
Google bought Motorola Mobility in August as well, which some have seen as a defensive move to get the company’s patent portfolio.
August was also the month where CNET introduced the CNET Download.com Installer, a highly controversial installer for most of Cnet’s software offerings.
Communication, Messaging, Email
Thunderbird 6 was the big release in August. The new release did not add a lot of new features, just like the Firefox web browser.
How To Configure Email Filters In Thunderbird
QuickArchiver For Thunderbird, Archive Mails Faster
TeamSpeak 3 Final Released, Android, iOS Versions
Twit Cleaner, Sort Out The Garbage Among Your Twitter Followers
Entertainment
MyP2P shut downw eeks after my review of the live streaming aggregator, and my quest for alternatives resulted in a few high quality sites and lots of spammy ones.
MyP2P, Football Live Stream Aggregator
Privacy: Another Reason Why I Won’t Use Origin By Electronic Arts
Hardware Reviews
Mike seems to get quite some hardware from his contacts at Samsung and other companies. I only wish that I would get some hardware to review as well ;)
Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Review
The Web
Lots of great new extensions and tools to test and make your life a little bit easier.
Captcha Trader, Automatic Free Captcha Solving For JDownloader
Chrome Live Sport, Watch Live Sports In Your Browser
Google Dictionary Chrome Extension
How To Create Multiple Firefox Profiles For Specific Tasks
How To Go Back Multiple Pages In Firefox
How To Run Firefox Stable, Beta, Aurora And Nightly Simultaneously
MasterCard SecureCode Explained
Most Popular Google Chrome Themes
Operating Systems, mainly Windows
Windows is still the operating system that gets the most attention here at Ghacks.
Analyse The Boot And Shutdown Performance of Windows
Gramps, Free Genealogy Software
How to Set Up a VPN on Windows 7
How To Uninstall The Babylon Toolbar Completely
Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator
NirLauncher, All Nirsoft Applications In One Program
Setting Windows Virtual Memory, why you need to and what about SSDs?
Speed Up Windows Explorer By Disabling Thumbnail Previews
Using the System File Checker to Repair Windows 7
Windows Network Locations: Differences Between Home, Work and Public Networks
Did I miss a story that you liked a lot? Or did we miss to report on something that made waves on the Internet? Let me know in the comments.
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