Fake virus alerts are a common yet dangerous weapon often used by cybercriminals. These alerts masquerade themselves as legitimate security warnings, tricking users into actions that end up compromising their own digital […]
Privacy Checkup is a free tool by Google that lets you review and adjust privacy and account related Google Account settings. Basically, it enables you to verify that the information that is […]
Opera Software just released Opera 35 Final, a new version of the web browser introducing several new features including audio muting, download manager improvements and better customization options. The first stable release […]
If you’re remotely tech savvy or follow tech sites like this one, then you already know that there are numerous utilities that can recover all sorts of stored passwords and registration keys. […]
7Stacks is a program for the Windows operating system that enables you to bundle links to multiple files and folders into a single icon accessible on the operating system. Windows users have […]
Microsoft changed the state of the "upgrade to Windows 10" update for Windows 7 and 8.1 devices to recommended on February 1, 2016 from optional. Microsoft continues to push Windows 10, and […]
Synced Tabs is a new feature that is planned for Firefox 47 that will display tabs from other devices connected to a Firefox Sync Account in the browser's sidebar. Mozilla is working […]
Barracuda Networks announced plans yesterday to retire its cloud storage services Copy and CudaDrive on May 1, 2016. The company launched the cloud storage service in 2013, in a period when many […]
Google's popular online virus scanning service Virustotal received an update recently that enables users of the service to scan firmware just like other files. One of the biggest strengths of Virustotal is […]
Vpnify.me is a free speed testing service for VPN services and servers that runs upload and download bandwidth speed tests regularly to show to users of the service how servers of specific […]
My Disk Wiper is a free program for the Windows operating system to delete data on disks securely so that it cannot be recovered anymore. There are quite a few situations where […]
Picklor: Camera Color Picker is a free application for Android devices that you can make use of to identify any color using the device's built-in camera. If you are a designer, interested […]
LanTorrent is a free program for the Windows operating system that prevents torrent file corruption by backing up the configuration and ensuring that all resources are available before launching the torrent client. […]
CustomizerGod is a free portable program for Windows that provides you with options to customize icons and the branding of the operating system. Windows offers only limited icon customization options. While you […]
Mozilla runs an experiment currently in which some of the participating Firefox users see a unified address bar and search bar in the browser. Of all the major browsers available for the […]
E-Mail History Browser is a third-party standalone program for the Windows operating system that enables you to browse email archives independent of installed clients on the machine. The program has not been […]
Oracle announced on January 27 that it will deprecate the Java browser plugin in JDK 9. Browser plugins, at least those based on the ancient NPAPI standard, will become a thing of […]
The app cPro is a third-party client for the popular online service Craigslist. Craigslist itself makes available a mobile version of its site but no official application for Android that users can […]
Microsoft is giving away Windows 10 for free until mid 2016 to customers running Windows 7 or Windows 8 machines. The move, designed to get as many users as possible on the […]
A not-so recent report (page no longer available) indicates that Microsoft's Edge web browser may be leaking web browsing data of the browser's private browsing mode locally. The researcher's investigation of locally […]
Imagine, for a moment, that you publish a site about freeware and free software, and that you’ve been doing it for 10 years. Now imagine telling people about it, acquaintances that you’ve […]
HTMTied is a free portable program for the Windows operating system that allows you to create browser-independent links. If you want to have links to websites available on the desktop or another […]
Google launched a new Security Overview panel in its Chrome web browser recently which has been designed to provide detailed information about the state if a site's secure connection. Designed for webmasters, […]
Extra Keys is a free portable program for the Windows operating system that you can use to copy and/or paste special characters such as accented characters. If you have ever tried to […]
OnTopReplica is an open source program for the Windows operating system that enables you to clone any window or region on the system, change the cloned windows size, and set it to […]
Malwarebytes Anti-Ransomware is a new product by security firm Malwarebytes designed to protect Windows systems against so-called ransomware attacks that has been released as a beta version to the public two days […]
Pale Moon 26.0 has been released. The new version of the web browser is the first in which the switch to Goanna, the new rendering engine that is closely related to Gecko […]
Randomizer is a free portable software program for the Windows operating system that you can use to generate random data. While that is not something that you may need access to every […]
Aegis is a powerful script for Windows 7 and Windows 8 devices that takes care of all components related to Microsoft's news operating system Windows 10. In addition to that, it is […]
AIMP is a popular music player that has the look and feel of a modern Winamp in my opinion. The player has been updated to version 4 recently, featuring a new interface […]
Munch is a free RSS feed reader application for Android devices that requires no extra permissions and is completely annoyance free. When it comes to feed reading, something that I consider an […]
The official release data of Firefox 44 is January 26, 2016. This overview provides you with detailed information about the new release including new features and changes in the desktop version of […]
Edge Blocker is a free program for the Windows operating system that users or system administrators can make use of to block Microsoft's new web browser Edge on the system. Microsoft made […]
FileWing Shredder is a free program for the Windows operating system that you can use to delete files or folders (containing files) securely on PCs running Windows to prevent recovery. This can […]
PixelHealer is a free portable program for the Windows operating system that provides you with tools to detect and sometimes repair dead or defective pixels on the display connect to the machine […]
Puzzle Bars is a free add-on for the Firefox web browser that adds several icon control options to the browser improving how you access browser-specific and add-on icons in Firefox. Firefox users […]
Sync 2.3 has been released and with it come new features designed specifically for power users according to BitTorrent Inc. Sync has been a hot topic here on Ghacks Technology News ever […]
Registry Finder is a third-party Registry Editor for machines running a flavor of Windows that offers features such as quick jumping that the default editor of the operating system does not support. […]
Downloads is a free browser extension for the Google Chrome web browser that removes the -- rather clunky -- download toolbar from the browser that pops up whenever files are downloaded using […]
If you like Windows freeware, chance is that you stumbled upon Samer Kurdi's website Freeware Genius before. He is been in hiatus for the most part in the past two or so […]
Who Stalks My Cam is a free program for the Windows operating system that detects webcam use and informs you about it. All modern laptops and smartphones ship with microphones and cameras […]
