Martin Brinkmann
Martin Brinkmann is a journalist from Germany who founded Ghacks Technology News back in 2005. Martin started his career as a tech support representative at a large German financial corporation which he used to finance his college education in English, Information Technology and History.
He quit college and his job when Ghacks began to attract a large enough readership. He made the decision to become a full time blogger and webmaster, and has not looked back since.
Martin is interested in all things tech. His primary focus is on desktop operating systems, web browsers, Internet services, and privacy related topics.
He published the book The Complete Windows 10 Privacy Guide: Windows 10 Fall Creators Update version in 2017. Martin writes a weekly column for fellow tech site Betanews as well.
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Martin's articles on Ghacks
Mozilla plans to push Tracking Protection in Firefox
Mozilla plans to push the built-in Tracking Protection feature of the organization's Firefox web browser in the coming releases. Firefox will display Tracking Protection options in the browser's user interface more prominently, […]
Malwarebytes' acquisition of Windows Firewall Control maker Binisoft
Security firm Malwarebytes announced last month on May 24, 2018, that it acquired the privately held Romanian company Binisoft, best know for its Windows Firewall Control security product. Windows Firewall Control is […]
Configure Firefox to accept third-party cookies for the session only
Third-party cookies are still widely used on today's Internet to track users across browsing sessions and sites they visit. While the reach of the tracking depends on the popularity of a service […]
Yahoo Messenger is dead
Yahoo revealed today that it will no longer support Yahoo Messenger, the company's instant messaging program, after July 17, 2018. Yahoo Messenger users can use the program like they normally do until […]
Iridium gives you more control on YouTube
Iridium is an open source browser extension for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox that gives you more control on YouTube. YouTube gives users only a handful of customization options and many of […]
Google will change the login prompt this month
Google plans to roll out a change to the company's login prompt this month that changes the design but not the functionality of the prompt. While the redesign is not major by […]
WizFile 2.0 file finder released
When Antibody Software released WizFile back in April 2018, it was already one of the best file search and management tools for the Windows operating system. Now with the release of WizFile […]
Burner Emails for Firefox and Chrome
Burner Emails is a free browser extension and web service that adds options to Firefox and Chrome to create throwaway email addresses. Spam is still a big issue on the Internet and […]
Ghacks Deals: Pay What You Want AWS Cloud Development Bundle
AWS Cloud Development Bundle is another popular Pay What You Want Bundle on Ghacks Deals. It offers a mix of online courses and ebooks, and covers topics such as AWS and Microsoft […]
Bypass link shortener URLs that require action
Universal Bypass is an open source browser extension for the Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers that bypasses intermediary pages created by link shorteners so that you don't have to interact […]
How to use a Ram Disk in Windows
You may install a Ram disk on your Windows PC to improve performance, maintenance, and privacy on the device. Ram disks can best be described as memory-based drives that act just like […]
Firefox 60.0.2 is a security and bug fix release
Mozilla plans to release Firefox 60.0.2 later today to the stable channel. The new version of the Firefox web browser is a security and bugfix release, and a recommended update for users […]
How to configure the Windows 10 Tabs (Sets) feature
Microsoft plans to release a feature that it calls Sets currently in the next feature update for Windows 10. While it is not 100% certain that Sets will make an appearance in […]
AutoZipper archives selected folders when run
AutoZipper is a free portable software for Windows to run archive jobs regularly using jobs that you configure once using the application. Note: The program requires the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 but […]
Color is a new Firefox Test Pilot Experiment
Mozilla launched the Test Pilot experiments Color and Side View yesterday officially; I reviewed Side View, an extension to display any link or open tab in the Firefox sidebar, yesterday already. Today, […]
Microsoft Office June 2018 Non-Security Updates overview
Microsoft released updates for Office 2013 and Office 2016 on yesterday's Office non-security Patch Day. The company releases non-security updates for Microsoft Office on the first Tuesday of the month; security updates […]
Phil Zimmermann joins Startpage.com
Startpage.com announced today that Phil Zimmerman, the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) joined the company "to spearhead its product innovation and crypto-development". Startpage.com, which is best known for its privacy focused […]
A look at Side View: an upcoming Firefox Test Pilot project
Side View is an upcoming Test Pilot project for the Firefox web browser that adds an option to Firefox to open any link or page in the browser's sidebar to display it […]