Your own company, how would it look like? That's what you can find out in Corporation Inc, a free Flash based game that gives you the role of the company founder. It […]
It's been announced that US government is about to expand its scheme to get broadband and PCs into low-income households across America. It's a similar scheme to others that have been run […]
When I was working in IT I sometimes dealt with support requests that involved the caps lock key. Users were complaining that they could not enter their password, or that they locked […]
For a while now I received an error message whenever I tried to run the file deletion software Eraser. Eraser, which I reviewed in 2005 for the first time here on Ghacks […]
I just wanted to test the Light Explorer plugin for the notepad replacement Notepad++ on Windows. The plugin itself adds a folder browser sidebar to the Notepad++ interface which can speed up […]
Game Saturday was yesterday, why on earth are you reviewing another game today? Because it is bloody awesome. Stealth Bastard is a free 2D-stealth game for the PC. It combines elements of […]
Looking for a relaxing fun puzzle game for the weekend? Than the Flash game Waterfalls 3 may be exactly what you are looking for. It is the player's task to redirect color […]
Origin is a controversially "Steam-like" distribution and gaming platform by Electronic Arts. The service has recently received bad press because of its end user license agreement which EA in the meantime has […]
Today I tried to install the Adobe Flash Plugin for Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The basic idea was to download the executable, run it and have Flash installed. The problem was that somehow […]
Game cheats and cheat codes have been very important for previous gaming generations. They were highly popular before the Internet became popular. Game magazines back then filled a lot of pages with […]
I remember that both the Commodore C-64 and the Amiga had a thriving public domain, demo and freeware scene. While it was overshadowed by commercial games and applications, it was there and […]
One of the most common questions I'm asked when people email me with PC questions is how they can find out exactly what it is that's causing X disk operation or eating up Y […]
Now that Nokia have launched their new Windows Phones, and cemented their future with Microsoft (at least for the foreseeable future) we're down to just four major players left in the smartphone space. […]
2011 has not been a good year for HP's WebOS tablet operating system. The year began with the company praising the product they had acquired when they bought Palm but there then […]
Remember the original Age of Empires game series (no, not the "bad" third part)? The real-time strategy game back then was well received by many players thanks to its setting and game […]
Nothing seems to annoy PC users more than networking problems. They begin with the inevitable when Windows fails to install the drivers for either your network controller card, your WiFi or usually […]
One of the problems with Windows Phone when the operating system was first released was that while you could secure your phone with a passcode it was either all or nothing. This […]
I recently noticed that my WordPress blog's page loading times increased through the roofs which made me reevaluate everything that contributed to the loading times of the website. I implemented a few […]
Windows may accumulate new context menu items any time you install programs on the system. Not all applications end up adding items to the context menu but chance is high that the […]
One of the things that I do not like that much about YouTube is the fact that several key pages and services are not linked directly on the main page of the […]
Of all the laptops available at the moment, the two categories that interest me most are ultraportables and full desktop replacements. Ultraportables can be incredibly useful for life on the move due […]
Google in an effort to make their online music service Google Music more popular has created a website called Magnifier (more precisely a blog) which promotes the service by giving away music […]
I love to play all sorts of tower defense games. From classic flash based versions to new interpretations like Orcs Must Die which I recently bought on Steam. Today's game is a […]
The Windows command line prompt can be handy at times, and sometimes even the only option to execute a specific command on the operating system. You sometimes may need to copy the […]
When it comes to using a computer mouse, I like mine as plain and simple as possible. I only need three mouse buttons (left, right and middle) and a scroll wheel and […]
British electronics retailer has today slashed the price of the RIM Playbook from £399.99 down to just £249.99, a decrease of £150. It's the most significant price drop for a tablet since […]
Sometimes, or maybe even all the time, when you synchronize or download files from your Dropbox online storage you may notice that file transfer rates are lower than they should be. That's […]
Figures released for the last quarter by IDC and Gartner show that, despite rumblings at HP that included rumours about dropping their entire PC division, the truly unprecedented Touchpad fire sale and […]
Data is now everywhere and we store pretty much everything as data. Contacts, diaries, music, photographs, videos, conversations, business records, everything is data. In fact more and more people are shredding the […]
I love Tower Defense (TD) games. Last game that I played quite a bit was Orcs Must Die, a Tower Defense game with action elements that you can purchase at Steam or […]
A few years back, buying an external hard drive meant buying an overpriced, loud, clunky housing, and then having to spring for a hard drive separately. It was, essentially, a pain. Even […]
Backing up data on your computer is important and most users know this. Windows features a backup utility that allows you to backup your system and files. This is a useful utility […]
A video card is not just a video card, as any enthusiast will tell you. There is a hell of a lot that goes into the design and manufacture of these devices, […]
It is Saturday again and this means that I'm going to review another game for you to play during the weekend. Today's game is Prizma Puzzle Challenges, a browser based puzzle game […]
The rise of smartphones and other mobile handheld devices has increased the importance of optimizing websites for smartphones and other mobile devices. There are three core aspects that need to be taken […]
I recently began to take a closer look at ambient sounds and noise colors, e.g. white noise, to improve my sleep. I personally do not sleep that well which can be mainly […]
Remember when you were a kid and there was something that was just so cool that you absolutely had to have it? Even going so far as risking the ire of your […]
When it comes to TVs, we are really getting spoiled these days. Never before have we had access to the kind of vibrant picture quality that we can find on the market […]
When I worked for one of Germany's biggest financial organizations back before I started blogging full time, I had to change my user account password on a regular basis. Even worse, they […]
So many users enjoy customizing various features and appearances in Windows 7. Personalizing features and appearances is fun and gives a fresh new look you your Windows 7 experience. Generally, Library icons […]
