Windows will try to access the contents of a DVD that is in a DVD drive whenever the user is accessing Windows Explorer. This can become pretty annoying as the DVD drive is starting to spin up making some loud noises in the process.
The question now is if there is a way to lock [...]
Ask The Readers: Lock A DVD Drive In Windows Explorer
DVD Sales Down. What do You Think the Reasons are?
At the recently concluded Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the Digital Entertainment Group released its figures for DVD spending in the United States in 2008. The results were a 5.5% decrease from the previous year.
DEG’s figures aren’t just for outright sales of DVDs, but also include DVD rentals and Blu-Ray disc sales. Rental revenue stayed nearly [...]
What’s On Your Wishlist for the Holidays?
It’s holiday season and while it is the season to spend time with the family and be grateful for your loved ones, it’s also the season for presents. Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, it’s likely that there’s something you really want to get your hands on.
Since this is Ghacks, there’s a pretty good chance [...]
Ask the Readers: Which MP3 Player Should I Buy?
In today’s world, owning a cell phone and/or a portable media player has practically become a necessity. The thing is I don’t own either. No, I do not live in a cave, I just took a conscious decision not to own one.
Recently though, I’ve decided to invest in an mp3 player. I knew about the [...]
Ask The Readers: Recommended Security Software
We have been writing about great free software programs for more than three years now here at Ghacks and it is finally time to create a list of programs that we can recommend fully to anyone who is looking for a software with that functionality.
It would not be Ghacks if we would not ask you [...]
- Author: Daniel Pataki
- Published: Nov 15th, 2008
- Comments: 5
What will our IT and internet future be like?
Will we continue to produce smaller and smaller gadgets? Will Google rule the World? Will the internet get faster and faster? I’ve always wanted to ask these questions, here’s my take on some of this, please do comment, I’m really interested to know what you guys think!
First of all, size. I mean the iPhone looks [...]
If Google Went Down What Would You Do?
Most Internet users rely heavily on Google. They use Google to search, Google Mail for emails, Google Reader for feed reading, Google Adsense or Adwords in their business and various other Google services. That got me thinking about the consequences of a Google downtime. What would you do if Google went down completely for a [...]
