Google Chrome only extension Search Engine Blacklist can remove selected sites from Google's search result listing. The extension is especially useful for users who often stumble upon the same set of spam […]
Remember Windows Vista Ultimate? The version of Vista where you paid more to get a handful of extras? Dreamscene was one of the extras. It basically allowed the user to use videos […]
Firstly, a big thank you to everybody who sent me such nice messages after I was given a Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award by Microsoft last week, for "Windows Expert (Consumer)", you're all […]
Each USB port can provide power to connected devices. This is not always necessary, especially if the connected devices have their own external power supply. But some devices need the power provided […]
When you purchase a new computer you often want to move at least some data from the old computer to the new. At the very top of the lists are usually email […]
I really like Grooveshark mainly because it does not have IP or country restrictions and that the majority of features can be used without an account. That couples with a vast music […]
The Onion Router (TOR) is used by many users worldwide to browse the Internet anonymously and to retrieve data that would otherwise be blocked in their location. TorChat is an instant messenger […]
I have the habit of writing down a lot of things that pass my mind throughout the day. This ranges from new projects over daily tasks like reviewing software on Ghacks to […]
Sometimes you are working with a text or part of the text that you want to sort. Maybe someone else has added a list to a text document and you want to […]
Maybe you have experienced similar situations. You are working with your netbook or browsing the Internet via your mobile phone and want to print information. Problem is, the printer is not connected […]
Lets say you have used the Mozilla Thunderbird client for some time and have decided to move to the cloud, more precisely to Gmail or Google Mail. Question is, how do you […]
Microsoft will be releasing two security bulletins on this January's patch day leaving two security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer and one issue affecting the Windows graphics rendering engine unaddressed. The first vulnerability […]
The main advantage of the Windows recycle bin is that it acts as a temporary storage space for deleted files to give the user an opportunity to restore them if the need […]
If you look for a program to manage startup applications in Windows you end up with dozens effortlessly. They all allow the user to manage startup items, but similarities end there. Some […]
It sometimes happens that you cannot find the information you are looking for on a specific search engine. You try different phrases and word combinations but somehow the results are not satisfactory. […]
One of the problems associated with web based email services is that users only get indications of new emails when they are on the providers web page and logged into their account. […]
Microsoft Hardware has designed a new computer mouse called Microsoft Touch Mouse which adds touch features on top of the usual mouse functionality. The mouse looks like any other mouse albeit with […]
All web browsers can be used to save files to the local system. A wide variety of file types exists from html and text files over media to archives to basically any […]
Are you a Facebook junkie? Do you find yourself constantly posting status updates? And...more important...do you constantly  upload photos of yourself, your friends, your animals, and your computers to your facebook account? […]
Firefox, like most modern web browsers, offers to save login information so that they do not have to be entered by you again on the next visit to a website or service. […]
Common wisdom is that mp3 are already highly compressed which means it does not make sense to compress them further, for instance to zip them before sending them to a friend. But […]
Update: Microsoft made the decision to use the codename Windows 8 as the final name of the operating system as well. Windows 8; That's the unofficial name of Microsoft's next operating system. […]
I review Firefox add-ons regularly and i like the thrill of diving into the depths of the Firefox add-on gallery to find new add-ons that I have not reviewed yet. Especially so […]
If you are looking for a tool that can give you a graphical, interactive representation of what is taking up all of that hard disk space on your Linux machine, look no further than […]
There are many books and websites available on the net today that offer planned nature trips at the lowest possible prices, but for those with an independent streak who don't want to […]
If you have ever started to learn a foreign language you have likely realized quickly that you need to learn vocabulary and grammar regularly. Failure to do so can mean that you […]
Windows Vista and Windows 7 create so called shadow copies automatically from time to time. A shadow copy of a file is basically a backup of that file. That's helpful when a […]
You sometimes may want to load media or links in other programs than Firefox. Instead of playing a movie natively in Firefox it is often better to play it in an external […]
Gadgets, which is just another word for small applications that run on the desktop, have been improved in Microsoft's latest operating system Windows 7. Introduced in Windows Vista and restricted to a […]
I can group emails that I receive into different priorities, the highest priority is for instance reserved for emails that concern my websites and servers. Messages that inform me about server, database […]
Firefox and Thunderbird share several components which makes it easier to develop for both applications but can also lead to side effects that produce issues that should better be avoided. One of […]
While it is possible to automate the power switching in the Windows 7 operating system with built-in tools, it is not the easiest thing to do. An application like Power Scheme Switcher […]
Webmasters and search engine optimizers need to be aware that speed, or better a website's loading time, is now part of the algorithm that search engines use to rank websites. At least […]
Have you ever been to a website with lots and lots of file links that are hosted on file hosting websites like Rapidshare, Hotfile or Megaupload? Downloading multiple files from hosting companies […]
Have you ever been in a situation where you had to write a special character that does not exist in your native language? Maybe it was an ü and you were corresponding […]
Did you ever find yourself in a position where you wanted to add numbers to a list in a text file? A program like List Numberer would have then been exactly the […]
I first became aware of the problem when Dotan posted about it in the Ghacks forum. He mentioned that he could not "figure out how to get the File Browser to stop […]
If you are on the move regularly with your laptop or netbook you may experience times where an Internet connection is available, and times where it is not. These network status changes […]
There is definitely no shortage of duplicate file finders for the Windows operating system. Most of the programs on the other hand are complicated to use which may confuse or irritate some […]
A file recovery software may be able to recover accidentally deleted files on a computer system. Situations where the software may be able to do that include files that have been deleted […]
