The US government just love spying on people, but let’s face it, without them we wouldn’t have all those brilliant cold war thrillers to watch over the holidays.  Nobody is safe from the US government’s prying eyes either as even Santa Claus is tracked each and every year by the Pentagon’s North American Aerospace Defence [...]

Categories: Cool

The BBC is reporting a small study by UK security firm Securenvoy into the impact work-related email will have on UK workers this Christmas.  The study says that British employees are so “email obsessed” that almost 50% plan to check their work email over the Christmas holiday period. So how does this break down and [...]

Categories: Email

When I was young I remember looking at the pre-Christmas toy advertisements on the TV and wanting the latest Six-Million Dollar Man action figure in the Action Man range, the latest new engineering kit from Mecanno, a Lego castle (or two) and perhaps a chemistry set so I could practice blowing things up. Over the [...]

Categories: Apple

While I’m personally not a huge fan of anything animated on my desktop, I know quite a few people who love some level of activity on their desktop. When it comes to Christmas some users like to decorate their computer desktop much like they decorate the rest of their house and property. Th next best [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

They can’t find Osama Bin Laden, they can’t find the leaders of the Taliban, the US military can however track Santa Claus and has been doing so for years (to be honest I’m convinced Santa’s allowing them to do this to prove to all little boys and girls that he really does exist). Yup, the [...]

Categories: Funny

It is the last day of the Ghacks Christmas Giveaway and when I look back I see great programs and lots of participation from old and new readers, and some that only come out at this time of the year. I’m in a hurry which is why I will make this a short post before [...]

Categories: ghacks

One of the best things about the Internet and social networks these days is that it makes it easy and simple to identify trends and capture the mood of entire nations.  With another Christmas spent in a period of economic uncertainty that’s what social media agency Yomego did to find out what it is we [...]

Categories: The Web

Sometimes it’s hard to see just how much the internet has really changed things. The holidays are just one example of how things are intensely different than they were before. It’s not easy to always see the differences because they tend to creep up on us a little bit at a time. For example, you [...]

Categories: Misc

Instead of giving away free software on Christmas Day, Apple are giving away free media on iTunes in the UK and possibly other European countries. Apple’s 12 Days of Christmas’ Giveaway provides one free download every day between 26 Dec and 6 Jan. Yesterday, Apple were offering a music video of ‘That’s Not My Name’ [...]

Categories: iPod, Music and Video