Sorting files into folders manually is not the most comfortable option available, especially if you need to create multiple folders to move different files into them. I have reviewed a few programs in the past that automate that process, from I like To Move It which allows you to move files and folders based on [...]
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Anuran, An Automated Personal Text Log For Windows
I know quite a few computer users who are regularly writing down what they have achieved or are currently doing. Some use applications like Notepad for this, or full blown applications designed for that purpose, while others use the good old pen and paper method to keep track of things. You usually have to open [...]
Keyndicate Tells You When Key States Change
Before Ghacks I was working in the support department of one of Germany’s largest financial companies. I regularly received support requests from customers and employees, and many of the most common requests were login related. Users and employees trying to access a service could not do so because their login credentials were not accepted. Two [...]
New Scribus Version Released After Almost Four Years
The open source desktop publishing software Scribus has just received its first big update after nearly four years of development. Scribus 1.4 brings along more than 2000 bug fixes and feature requests that the developers managed to squeeze into the new version. One of the biggest improvements over previous versions of the application is that [...]
Display Your Internet Connection Speed In Your Taskbar
Sometimes you may want to display information about your Internet connection right on the desktop, for instance to test the speed of a new dedicated server that you just bought, or to make sure that you are uploading or downloading at full speed. Having direct access to realtime stats can also be helpful if you [...]
A Lightweight Transparent Calendar For Your Windows Desktop
When you want to look at a calendar in a default Windows installation the only option you have is to click on the clock in the lower right corner of the screen. And while that’s an option, it is not a very comfortable one if you need to look at the calendar regularly. The calendar [...]
Remove Old Chrome Versions To Save Disk Space
Back in the beginning of last year I ran a piece on how to free up disk space by removing older versions of the Chrome web browser. I started to investigate the issue after installing a Solid State Drive on my computer and noticing that it filled up rather quickly with auto-generated data. Turned out [...]
How To Verify If An E-mail Address Exists
Sometimes you may want to make sure that an e-mail address exists before you start sending out messages to that address. While you could simply send a test message to the address and see if it bounces off the mail server, you’d may want to try a sneakier solution so that the recipient does not [...]
Run A Local WordPress Blog With One-Click
WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms currently available on the Internet. Popular sites like Techcrunch, Gizmodo or yours truly are all powered by WordPress. Users who are just getting started have a few options at their disposal. They can start with a blog over at WordPress.com, get their own website and self-host [...]
Remember To Call Notifies You Of Important Phone Calls
If you ever forgot to make an important phone call or be at home or office to receive one, you may appreciate the small portable program Remember To Call. The program acts as a basic reminder on your system that notifies you when it is time to make that one call that you have to [...]
Track Folder Changes Monitors Directories On Your Computer
Sometimes you may want to make sure that a particular folder, and more precisely files stored in that folder, is not tampered with by any means. This includes the assurance that files have not been edited, moved, deleted or manipulated in any other way. And while you could use a program like Checksum Control, SFV [...]
Frostwire, Bittorrent Client With Built-In Search
One of the reasons for the success of the file sharing application Limewire was that it offered everything that one needed to get started. The program came with built-in options to search for and download files. All you had to do was to key in names that you were interested in, wait for the search [...]
Movie Explorer Puts Order Into Your Movie Collection
With hard drives and storage devices growing bigger by the year, it is only natural that computer users start to put more data on their computer systems. The shift from highly compressed movie formats to high definition formats takes its toll as well, as movies may now need Gigabytes of storage space instead of Megabytes. [...]
Test Your PC’s Stability
Testing a PCs stability makes sense in a number of situations. Maybe you have made the decision to overclock your PC and want to make sure that everything runs well and stable, or you are thinking of giving away your old PC to a friend or family member who is not the most knowledgeable person [...]
Photo Blemish Remover, Easy Basic Image Manipulation
Image and photo manipulation has become an art form of its own ever since computers were able to display images in decent resolutions on the screen. Professionals use tools like Adobe Photoshop to manipulate images, while you and I would probably prefer a simpler more straightforward solution. While it is possible to use a program [...]
How To Download Google Books Ebooks
There are four different types of books and magazines available on Google Books. First free ebooks that can be read only or downloaded to mobile devices and as pdf or epub documents, then ebooks that are only readable online but not downloadable, then books that are listed but not readable at all, and finally commercial [...]
Bittorrent Share, Easy File Sharing
Sending big files over the Internet is still a big issue for many users. While it is possible to overcome those issues, it often means spending time preparing the files to do so. You could for instance pack and split the files before sending them, upload them to an ftp server or online file hosting [...]
FolderUsage, Get Detailed Windows Folder Statistics
One of the big issues that many Windows users have with Windows Explorer is that the file browser is not displaying the size and amount of files that are stored in subfolders. Why would that be important? You could for instance use the information to detect the largest folders on your system, and that both [...]
Donation Coder Publish NANY 2012 Event Results
Like every year around year end, Donation Coder members and guests are pledging to release new applications for the New Year. You can read up our coverage of the NANY 2011, NANY 2010 and the NANY 2009 events to get a better picture of the type of applications that have been released in the past. [...]
MadApp Launcher For Windows
There are so many great launchers for Windows to make organizing multiple applications easy. One isn’t necessarily better than the other, as this depends entirely on your needs. To add to the collection of possibilities, MadApp Launcher is a tabbed launcher for Windows 7 and Vista that is exceptional for users who have numerous applications [...]