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  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Nov 18th, 2009
  • Comments: 1

Sumatra PDF Reader 1.0 Released

We reviewed the Adobe Reader alternative Sumatra back in the beginning of 2008 and came to the conclusion back then that Sumatra was a lightweight and fast replacement that was ideal for viewing PDF documents. Version 1.0 of Sumatra was released yesterday which actually was one of the two updates that the developer of the [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

Keep your Linux system up to date with KPackageKit

As you have most likely seen on Ghacks, there are numerous ways to keep your Linux distributions up to date. There are new systems available such as the Ubuntu Software Center (see my article “The new Ubuntu Software Center“) that make installing software a piece of cake. But even with applications such as the USC [...]

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Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Nov 17th, 2009
  • Comments: 2

Flickr Desktop App Destroy Flickr

Destroy Flickr is the second Adobe Air application that provides Flickr users with capabilities to manager Flickr from the computer desktop. It was one of the recommended applications in the comments of the Zflick Flickr photo viewer review. Destroy Flickr can only be used by Flickr users to manage their own uploaded photos. This limits [...]

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Categories: software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Nov 17th, 2009
  • Comments: 52

Check Open Computer Connections With My Ports

Ports are what connects your computer to the outside world. This can either be in a network or the Internet. Open ports are required for many things like connecting to websites, downloading files, chatting or uploading photos to Flickr or Facebook. Most ports are only open when they are needed by an application. Problems can [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Nov 17th, 2009
  • Comments: 13

Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Download

The beta of Microsoft’s upcoming Office suite Microsoft Office 2010 has been finished and already been made available to MSDN and Technet subscribers. This leaves the general public who is also highly interested in this new beta with second row seats for now although it is rumored that public Office 2010 beta downloads will be [...]

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Categories: Microsoft, Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Nov 16th, 2009
  • Comments: 59

Microsoft Security Essentials Updater

Microsoft’s new and free security software Microsoft Security Essentials received some raving reviews since its first release as a beta version. The final version of the antivirus software program was released alongside Microsoft’s new operating system Windows 7. Microsoft Security Essentials is using Windows Update to update the virus definition files which can be problematic [...]

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Categories: Security, Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Nov 16th, 2009
  • Comments: 5

How To NOT Offer A Program Publicly

So I discovered that program Freeware Updater which looked interesting enough to be a potential candidate for a review here at Ghacks. I downloaded it and scanned it at Virustotal. It passed that check and I began the installation of the program with the usual double-click on the program executable. The software program did display [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

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