MPlayer is one of the most popular media players. Many media players that are popular on the desktop are actually using MPlayer as their core. This is for instance the case for […]
Fast, faster, instant. It seems that speed is a popular factor nowadays. Youtube Instant is a new third party example how speed can change a service. The developer, Feross, inspired by Google […]
Internet users have more than just a few options to download free music from the web. Common solutions include recording Internet radio, downloading music from portals like Jamendo and ripping music from […]
If you are tech savvy, you usually notice things related to technology that friends, family and work colleagues may not. This includes a very broad realization that most computer users have difficulties […]
Recently I've done a number of articles covering the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) which range from installation, adding entries, to full-blown GUI management tools (See LDAP content on Ghacks for more […]
Okay, so we've been dealing with LDAP a bit here on Ghacks, but mostly we've look at GUI tools (check out LDAP content on Ghacks). All of the GUI tools are good, […]
Valve's Steam platform offers a very comfortable gaming platform. It is probably one of the best examples how an online distribution system can be successful. Not everyone likes Steam on the other […]
A question came up recently in the comments on how to backup the master boot record MBR (see How To Detect A 64-bit Alureon Rootkit Infection for that). This article is going […]
File compression support is one of the features of the NTFS file system that often gets overlooked by Windows users. Its main purpose is to reduce the storage requirements of files on […]
So lately I've been covering some pretty sweet LDAP tools. You've seen "Manage your LDAP data with phpLDAPAdmin", "Access and manage your LDAP data with Luma", and "Set up an LDAP server […]
AMD has decided to kill off the ATI brand, synonymous with high performance graphics cards, to bring them under it's own brand instead. AMD acquired ATI four years ago and pledged to […]
The Windows event log records all kinds of events automatically in the operating system, from application installs to hardware failures and user permission changes. Many Windows users on the other hand ignore […]
The search for the perfect LDAP management tool has brought me around to a tool that is very similar to that of phpMyAdmin (for coverage of this tool, see my article "Install […]
I have recently been dealing with LDAP and attempting to find easier solutions for this often daunting task. If you've ever had to try to set up and manage an LDAP server, […]
Last year Youtube started to expand their offerings of user uploaded video clips to include shows and movies. The offer back then was limited, especially movie wise. Today Youtube announced the availability […]
The H.264 video codec has been proving extremely popular of late, enabling all of us to watch quality, high-definition video on the web and in our homes. Microsoft and Apple have also […]
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is one of the more complicated setups for a Linux machine. LDAP is to Linux what Active Directory is to Window. And if you have a lot […]
One of the biggest strengths of music on the Internet is easy music discovery, something that the music industry still has not understood completely. Users find new music in Youtube videos, Internet […]
The Windows 7 Taskbar is one area of the Windows 7 operating system that Microsoft put lots of improvements in. Two of the features that have been introduced and revamped are Jumplists […]
If you are working in IT, or with computers throughout the day, you know that it is important to take regular breaks, to relax the eyes and move the body a bit […]
Windows Explorer in Vista and Windows 7 makes use of different folder templates to present the files and folders to the user. A folder with mostly images for instance is displayed using […]
So called sitemaps are files that contain information about a website's structure. It is usually not the only information but that should be enough as an explanation for now. Many content management […]
Many Windows users do not know that the operating system offers a flexible shortcut system to start programs but also open websites directly with the keyboard. Those who do often make use […]
Have you ever wished you had easier access to a calculator when using your PC? Do you do a lot of numeric work of a laptop? If the answer to either one […]
Delays during software installations in Windows are something that many Windows users experience from time to time. One of the most common causes is the spawning of an installation window in the […]
Most modern web browsers make use of so called user profiles to offer access to different user profiles. These can be used by different people or by the same user for different […]
Nothing is more frustrating than having to wait until a media player has finished building the font cache, before a video can be played on the local computer system. Especially so, if […]
Skype users who have switched from Windows XP or Windows Vista to Windows 7 recently may have noticed that the Skype icon remains in the Windows 7 taskbar even if Skype is […]
The popular video hosting site YouTube has offered limited beta HTML5 viewing capabilities for some time now on their website. HTML5 video playback was limited to Google Chrome and Safari, and only […]
If you are at the top you have to keep up with the demand, if you are not it is likely that someone else will snag that position right from you. Youtube […]
The uninstallation of Flash Player can sometimes be problematic and not as easy as clicking on the uninstall button. The first thing that Windows users should note for instance is that there […]
Windows Explorer in Windows 7 contains a left sidebar that displays links to favorites, drives and libraries. This section can be expanded (by right-clicking a blank spot in the sidebar and selecting […]
Safe Mode in Windows loads the operating system in a limited state, which can be helpful for troubleshooting and correcting PC issues. Many of the standard services and features of the Windows […]
Site speed has been added as a ranking factor by Google some time ago. Webmasters since then have started optimizing their websites' page loading times. Some of the optimizations done included reducing […]
Windows Explorer can basically be set to either open each new folder in a new window or all folders in the same. Windows users who want to mix the two modes have […]
If you are chatting or hanging out on sites like Facebook or MySpace regularly you are often inclined to spice up your messages. Many users make use of so called emoticons like […]
Windows Aero is the graphical user interface of Windows 7. The default theme of the operating system is making use of Windows Aero if the computer hardware and edition of the OS […]
I just finished reading a guide over at Freeware Genius explaining how to add an UP button to Windows Explorer in Windows Vista and Windows 7 to bring back the functionality that […]
Youtube is raising the bar once again with the announcement that the video hosting site will support 4K videos in the near future. Less than a year ago Youtube enabled full HD, […]
Back in 2005 when I started this site I had it hosted at Godaddy along with the domain. That was a comfortable thing to do as I only had to deal with […]
