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 has been quoted or mentioned in many major online and print publications, including Forbes, Lifehacker.com, ComputerWorld, LinkedIn, Reddit, Betanews.com, Bleeping Computer, TechCrunch, PC World, Tom's Hardware, Slashdot, Hacker News, The Register, and more.
Martin's articles on Ghacks
Never-Consent refuses GDPR consent requests automatically
GDRP and cookie consent prompts are displayed on many Internet sites. Some sites check a user's location to determine whether consent prompts need to be displayed, others display these prompts to anyone […]
Thunderbird 78.0.1 has been released
The team that is responsible for developing the Thunderbird email client has released Thunderbird 78.0.1 to the public on July 21, 2020. The new version is the first minor update for Thunderbird's […]
Ghacks Deals: The Complete 2020 Cloud Foundation Certification Bundle (95% off)
The Complete 2020 Cloud Foundation Certification Bundle includes 4 eLearning courses that cover AWS, Microsoft Azure and the Google Cloud Platform. The following courses are included: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner -- 7+ […]
Bloatbox assists you in removing Windows Apps including some system apps
Mirinsoft, creator of the now deprecated Windows privacy tool Debotnet and its successor Spydish, published the first version of a new tool called Bloatbox recently. Bloatbox was initially designed as an extension […]
Microsoft Edge gets dedicated option to launch site in Internet Explorer Mode
Even though Microsoft is pushing its new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge web browser on Windows 10 and other versions of Windows, it is still maintaining classic Edge and the even older Internet Explorer […]
Windows 10X may not support Win32 programs through virtualization
Microsoft's upcoming new edition of Windows 10, called Windows 10X, may not support Win32 programs through virtualization; only web applications or UWP applications may be supported locally. The company revealed plans to […]
Chrome for Android: new download options including scheduling
Google is working on improving the download options provided by the company's Google Chrome web browser for the Android operating system. Current versions of Chrome for Android offer little when it comes […]
Microsoft releases Process Monitor tool Procmon for Linux
Microsoft revealed some time ago that it had plans to port some of the tools provided by Sysinternals to Linux. One of the tools mentioned was Process Monitor, or short ProcMon, and […]
Windows 10 version 2004 may show "no Internet" even though there is Internet access
Microsoft's latest feature update for Windows 10, Windows 10 version 2004, has had its fair share of issues already. The situation has not been as bad as before -- Windows 10 version […]
Firefox's about:home loading performance improved significantly
First impressions count; that is true for everything including web browsers. When it comes to web browsers, startup performance is important. If it takes (a lot) longer than the previously used browser, […]
How to navigate tabs in Google Chrome with the keyboard
Most Chromium-bsaed web browsers follow the default design when it comes to displaying tabs in the browser's address bar. The browser reduces the size of tab icons the more tabs you open […]
Microsoft Edge 84 has been released
Microsoft released a new version of its Chromium-based web browser Microsoft Edge on July 16, 2020. Microsoft Edge 84 Stable is a major new update that introduces new functionality and improvements in […]
Microsoft hides www and https in Edge Canary address bar, then restores it
Google launched a controversial change in Chromium and the company's Chrome Canary web browser recently that hides trivial subdomains such as www and the protocol, e.g. http, in the browser's address bar. […]
Ghacks Deals: The Ultimate Scrum Foundation Certification Prep Bundle (96% off)
The Ultimate Scrum Foundation Certification Prep Bundle includes five courses in total. It includes the following five courses: User Stories for Agile Scrum + Product Owner + Business Analysis -- Discover the […]
A look at some of the changes in Thunderbird 78
The team behind the desktop email client Thunderbird has released version 78.0 of the program officially today. The new version introduces major changes and is only offered as a direct download at […]
Mozilla VPN launches in some countries officially
Mozilla announced the launch of the organization's VPN service, called Mozilla VPN, yesterday on the official blog. Rumors that the official launch was imminent surfaced in June 2020. The service is available […]
Thunderbird 78.0 Release Imminent
MZLA Technologies Corporation has uploaded Thunderbird 78.0 to the distribution server; this means that the new major version of the email client will be released soon. Update: The release notes are up […]
First look at Stardock Curtains
Stardock Curtains is the latest software program for Windows 10 by Stardock, a company known for tools such as the start menu replacement Start10, the desktop unclutterer Fences, or the tab-to-windows-adder Groupy. […]