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.
You can reach Martin on Facebook or on Twitter. Please use the contact form at the bottom of the page to contact the author directly.
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
I did make two large purchases in the last two days. I finally ordered my new computer yesterday, or better the parts for the new computer, and cannot wait to build it […]
then you have come to the right article. If I would ask you to name five browsers, which would you mention ? Most likely Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari as the first […]
Giggle released a beta version of their music and event recommendation software that currently works only with Apple's iTunes software and the event recommendations seem to be exclusively for locations in Great […]
I'm often amazed by the videos that are offered at the TED (which stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design) website. Today I saw a very interesting demonstration by researcher Johnny Lee who was […]
I was beginning to think that the time of the free promotional keys was gone when I spotted yet another promotion at Tip and Trick. This time it is possible to get […]
I seldom run into an application that is as hard to describe as Shell Enhancer. When you install the application you can configure some settings of it and I was really blown […]
The Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be released to the public tomorrow. A lot of users have already downloaded the service pack from various locations like download portals and the Bittorrent […]
Some of you may have encountered spyware, viruses or trojans on your system that spawn another process whenever you attempt to kill it so that it seems impossible to kill a process […]
I was rather skeptical of Adobe Air when it was first announced thinking of just another desktop application that no one would ever need or want. Surprisingly though this is changing quite […]
Many Firefox extensions add their own entries to the Firefox configuration that you can access by typing about:config in the address bar of Firefox, or by opening the file prefs.js directly from […]
Fileseek is another application developed by the creator of Display Fusion, one of the best multi-monitor wallpaper applications in existence. The software is a file search tool that can be seen as […]
Studio Twenty Eight is the homepage of designer Javier Ocasio who is offering his services and also some of his visual styles, wallpapers and icons on the site. Each category contains a […]
I read about Mbbit when it was first introduced on several websites but never checked it out until now because I did not find a web based IRC client that appealing. I […]
If you take a look at the online tutorials on DVD ripping you find some that require five or six different tools to rip a single DVD. Thankfully though it is possible […]
Foxit Reader 2.3 supports tabs, that was the headline on many blogs that I read regularly, for instance at Cybernet News and Download Squad. My first thought was that surely no one […]
Recording Internet Radio is not a new invention, several programs offer this ability for years. I'm thinking of Streamripper, Screamer Radio or XMPlay which all have functionalities to record music from Internet […]
After the publicity that the launch of Stage6 clone Divxit caused it was clear that the new company would sooner or later run into troubles with the Divx company. Not so much […]
Oh not, not another process manager. I hear you, really. But Bill2's Process Manager is something special, at least I think it is. It is optimized for multi core systems and compatible […]
Are you addicted to to social networks like Twitter or Friendfeed ? If you are you might be interested in the Adobe Air application Alert Thingy which combines data from three popular […]
I can't really say how many apps and tools for Windows provide you with the functionality to display the temperature of your cpu, graphics card or hard drives. I have been using […]
The Opera team has finally revealed the missing pieces of the puzzle and explained in an email what Opera Dragonfly is. In short, Opera Dragonfly is a web developers tool that gives […]
Stage 6 was a highly successful video portal created and maintained by the creators of the DIVX codec to showcase among other things the power and quality of the DIVX codec. This […]
Why would someone pay for sending an SMS if he could send it for free on the Internet ? He should be sitting next to a computer of course but if the […]
Did you ever run into a Vietnamese tool for Windows? I did just a few minutes ago. I read the article about Reg Toy at the Download Squad website and made the […]
It feels like I'm updating my computer every day in the last weeks. Microsoft issued yet another two security patches for Internet Explorer and the .net framework that can be downloaded from […]
If you want to use iTunes Apple wants to make you believe that you need an iPod or iPhone. That's not the complete truth and there are numerous ways to use iTunes […]
Kevin published a great top ten list of Amazon Power Shopper Tools at Lifehacker which is a great list of services that can save lots of time and money. I want to […]
There were basically two editions of Windows XP for home users, namely Home and Professional. While this was confusing for some it turned out to be a minor problem. When0 Vista launched, […]
Users who made purchases in online stores that use DRM to "protect" the files from being copied and shared are slowly beginning to reap what they sowed. I never bought music or […]
Did you notice that operating systems tend to become similarly over time? It's the same in the browser war, if one browser introduces a unique feature it will be copied and added […]
Photo Books are a great gift idea. I once created one manually which was lots of work, never thought about the possibility to create one on the Internet before. The benefits are […]
This is the final month of my Building a PC series that details the components that I will purchase for my new computer. To be able to compare components and prices I […]
Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2008 is a free edition of Microsoft Office Accounting that is currently designed for small businesses in the United States and the United Kingdom. While there is no […]
I'm always looking for new Firefox add-ons that speed up my browsing and Quick Drag is exactly one of those useful add-ons. It basically makes it possible to drag and drop elements […]
RSS Feeds are very handy if you visit lots of websites regularly because they tell you exactly when a website was updated. It's relatively unknown to the general Internet crowd though, mostly […]
While I'm not someone that likes transparent windows, I can acknowledge that some users might find transparency pretty useful. Blend is a tiny Windows application that can deliver transparency for all or […]
Environment variables are divided into system and user variables. They contain information about the path and its directories for instance. Those are the location that Windows looks for when it can't find […]
I'm sometimes amazed by new Firefox extensions that get developed. One of those that surely has its uses is the Firefox iPhone Emulator extension which is currently an experimental build. Don't expect […]
The Explorer Preview Pane in Windows Vista is only displaying the contents of several file types that have been added by Microsoft as the default file types. The contents of the file […]
Would you pay money for a DVD that would be readable for a period of 48 hours after taking it out of its vacuum-sealed packaging ? Sounds a lot like video rentals […]
