Double File Scanner is a free portable program for Microsoft Windows operating systems that scans selected directories for duplicate files. While there are plenty of programs out there for Windows that find […]
Eugen Kaspersky, head of the Russian security company Kaspersky Lab has accused Microsoft of anti-competitive practices in the Windows 10 operating system. Kaspersky complains that Microsoft pushes Windows Defender on Windows 10 […]
Diffinity is a feature-rich yet lightweight free diff and merging program for PCs running Microsoft's Windows operating system. So-called diff tools highlight differences of plain text files. The author of Diffinity put […]
AMD Radeon RAMDisk is a free and commercial application for Windows to create a RAM disk -- read memory drive -- from system memory. Softperfect announced recently that its Ramdisk was no […]
If you compare the ratings and reviews of the Windows Store application with store listings on Microsoft's Store website, you may notice that they are not identical. Windows 10 users have two […]
Microsoft customers on Windows may have experienced yet another popup notification while running their device. Microsoft's latest informational message is directed towards Office365 subscribers and is pushed to various versions of Windows […]
The most recent beta of the WhatsApp messaging app for Android supports two-step verification now to improve security of the account. Update: Two-step verification is now available for all WhatsApp users once […]
Google just launched a new feature in Chrome Dev for the desktop and Chrome OS that when enabled ensures that only one audio source is playing at the same time. Did you […]
The first quantum project component, Quantum Compositor, has just landed in the latest Firefox Nightly version (currently on 52). Project Quantum is Mozilla's attempt to create a next-generation web engine. We talked […]
Mozilla revealed yesterday that it plans to enable multiple content processes in Firefox Nightly, the cutting edge development version of the web browser. Firefox's multi-process architecture is not yet enabled for all […]
The following guide walks you through the steps of adding custom search engines to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Vivaldi, Opera, Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer. The guide covers the major browsers on […]
Spotify is a popular music service that is available as a web version, desktop clients and as applications for various platforms. Some Spotify users noticed back in June that the client was […]
MParallel is a free command line program for Microsoft Windows devices that enables you to run multiple tasks you specify in parallel. It is probably best to start with a few examples […]
DxWnd is a free program for Microsoft Windows operating systems designed to run fullscreen processes in windowed environments, and to manipulate those environments for better compatibility among other things. If you have […]
Microsoft announced on yesterday's Patch Tuesday for November that it plans to retire the publication of Security Bulletins in January 2017. Security bulletins like MS16-129 reveal information about patched vulnerabilities. This includes […]
Microsoft revealed some time ago that it wanted to bring the cumulative update scheme from its Windows 10 operating system to Windows 8.1 and 7. The new scheme started in October 2016 […]
Yes, it is this time of the month again. Microsoft just released updates for all client and server versions of Windows and other company products. Our Microsoft Security Bulletins November 2016 provides […]
Valve published a new version of Steam Store today called The Discovery Update 2.0 that is designed to give users "more control" over their browsing experience. When you open the main Steam […]
Pleasant Windows 10 is a collection of one-click batch files by Ghacks reader Joern that improve the operating system in various ways. While there are plenty of tweaking and privacy tools out […]
Opera Software published the first preview version of Opera 43 to the Developer Channel today. The company plans to ship Opera 43 with a whole array of new features that include native […]
If you read password managers that don't store passwords here on Ghacks, you know already what deterministic or stateless password managers are. Broken down to the basics, these password managers don't store […]
Telemetry -- read tracking -- seems to be everywhere these days. Microsoft pushes it on Windows, and web and software companies use it as well. While there is certainly some benefit to […]
ONLYOFFICE is a cross-platform Office solution that is available as a standalone desktop and mobile version, a self-hosted server version, and a cloud version. The desktop, apps and the self-hosted community edition […]
Call of Duty Infinite Warfare is the latest iteration of the popular first person shooting franchise released just a couple of days ago. The game series focuses on console gaming traditionally with […]
Firefox Nightly has been crashing on me for the past three days. The browser starts up fine, but it crashes after about a minute has passed even if I don't do anything. […]
Microsoft Selfie is a new application for Google Android devices that is designed to make your selfies look better through some post-processing magic. While I never understood selfies in first place, I […]
The popular browser extension Web of Trust is no longer available on the Firefox add-on repository or the Google Chrome Web Store. Mozilla and Google have pulled the extension from their stores […]
Windows 10 felt in many regards like an operating system that was not ready for release back when Microsoft released it. This was the case for the new system browser Microsoft Edge […]
Application Update Service Helper is a new system add-on for the Firefox web browser that is pushed to all Firefox 50 or newer versions of the browser. System add-ons work in many […]
Microsoft announced yesterday that it has extended the support end data of the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit from January 2017 to July 2018. Microsoft introduced EMET in 2009 as a standalone security […]
Microsoft revealed yesterday that it plans to ship an improved updating system called Unified Update Platform (UUP) with Windows 10's Creators Update. Updating is definitely one of the sore topics when it […]
Malwarebytes reports that a new tech support scam is exploited in the wild that targets all recent versions of the Google Chrome browser. The scam exploits a bug in Chrome's implementation of […]
Web Storage Viewer is a brand new browser add-on for the Firefox web browser that displays data stored by websites on the local system. While many Internet users are aware of cookies […]
I'm keeping an eye on Humble Bundle, and while most of you may know the service from its regular game bundles, it has branched out some time ago to other items including […]
O&O ShutUp10 is one of many privacy tools created specifically for Windows 10's operating system. All of these programs are designed to block Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system from collecting and transferring […]
Facebook launched Gameroom for Windows, a desktop gaming platform similar to Steam, Origin, uPlay or Gog today. Gameroom provides users with access to a collection of native web games, ported mobile games, […]
LastPass announced today that all users of its password management solution are now able to sync data across all their devices for free. LastPass is a popular password management solution for desktop […]
Google is testing a new experimental flag on Chrome for Android currently that moves the URL bar of the mobile browser to the bottom. The URL bar, or address bar, is one […]
You may have noticed that update checks on Windows 7 machines may take a long, long, long time to complete before any updates are displayed for download and installation. Some users have […]
Add-on companies are selling the browsing history of millions of users to third-parties according to a report that aired on German national TV. Reporters of Panorama managed to gain access to a […]
