What is Todo.Txt and how to use it?
Have you ever written down a list of things to do or buy? Things have changed over time, and paper and pen lists have paved the way for modern alternatives like
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A look at the backup software Acronis True Image 2020
Acronis True Image 2020 is the latest installment in Acronis' long-standing backup product series.
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Tablacus Explorer is a file manager with a tabbed interface and a ton of add-ons
We have reviewed many file managers here, the most recent one was an old-school looking one called FAR Manager.
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Here is what you can do against auto-playing trailers on Netflix
If I had to name one thing that I really, really dislike about Netflix I'd pick the auto-playing trailers on the site.
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Enhancer for YouTube: Firefox and Chrome add-on
Enhancer for YouTube is a popular browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge that customizes and improves the YouTube viewing experience.
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VLC Media Player 3.0.8 is a security update
VideoLAN, the organization behind one of the most popular media players VLC Media Player, released VLC Media Player 3.
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How long will Microsoft continue to support desktop versions of Office?
The latest version of Microsoft Office for the desktop is Office 2019; the company released Office 2019 in September 2018 and made it a Windows 10 exclusive whi
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How to enable Clipboard History in Windows 10 and customize it
Windows 10 has a ton of features baked into the OS; one such feature is the Clipboard History which some find mighty useful, others not so much.
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YouTube is testing large thumbnails on the homepage
If you have been to the streaming video site YouTube lately you may have noticed that the design of the homepage changed.
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Tab Notes lets you write and save notes in Firefox and Chrome
We have seen and reviewed plenty of note taking applications in the past including tomboy-ng, Boostnote and Joplin which we reviewed recently here on Ghacks.
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Advanced Renamer is a free batch renaming utility for Windows
Renaming a lot of files is a chore, even more so when the names are very different from each other.
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How to use the first page as the icon for Microsoft Office documents
Microsoft Office documents that you save on your computer or device use the same generic icon by default.
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RollBack Rx is a free Windows Time Machine software that's better than System Restore
If you have used Windows System Restore, you may know that it isn't always reliable.
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LibreOffice 6.3 with performance improvements
A new version of the open source Office suite LibreOffice, LibreOffice 6.
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Pingo is a fast image optimizer for the Web
Pingo is a free software program for Microsoft Windows and Linux devices to optimize images for web publication and other purposes.
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Basic things to do after a clean install of Windows 10
Whether you have just finished installing Windows 10 on a computer or updated to Windows 10 for the first time, there are a few things that you may want to do;
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ImageGlass is a free image viewer for Windows
Windows 10's photos app is horrible and slow but it is the default application to display images on the operating system.
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Subtitle Edit is an open source subtitle editor and converter which supports 200+ formats
Subtitles can be invaluable when you watch movies, especially if they have some commentary or if the video is in a foreign language that you don't understand.
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TaskSchedulerView update introduces Wake To Run information
TaskSchedulerView, a handy portable program for Windows devices to manage scheduled tasks, is one of our favorite Nirsoft applications.
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How to speed up your computer the right way - get an SSD
In my last article here on the site, I suggested that running system cleaners, tune-up tools, and other third-party tools for the purpose of speeding up your PC
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Bittorrent Client qBittorrent 4.1.7 is out
The developers of the open source Bittorrent client qBittorrent have released version 4.
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PSA: Don't use system cleaners, they won't speed up your PC
Every time someone asks me to fix a slow computer I almost certainly get a question about a program that I'd recommend to speed up the system.
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tomboy-ng is a note taking app for Windows, macOS and Linux
If you want to jot down notes quickly, you shouldn't use notepad or Wordpad in most cases.
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Blast from the Past: Nirsoft's CurrPorts
We are revisiting great applications in this series that we reviewed in the past.
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ProgCop is a straightforward application firewall for Windows
ProgCop is a free open source program for Microsoft Windows devices to block certain programs from accessing the Internet.
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ShanaEncoder: Download versatile video and audio converter
ShanaEncoder is a free open-source audio/video encoding program for Windows based on FFmpeg, designed for both beginners and professionals.
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Nirsoft's SearchMyFiles 3.00 adds new find text in files option
SearchMyFiles 3.
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How to customize the settings in mpv
The free media player mpv is an incredible program despite its simple interface.
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Restores Twitter's old interface with GoodTwitter, an extension for Firefox and Chrome
You may remember my previous article about how to disable Twitter's new design.
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Malwarebytes releases AdwCleaner 7.4 featuring preinstalled software cleaning
Malwarebytes, maker of the security solution of the same name, released a new version of the company's AdwCleaner program this week.
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Emsisoft Emergency Kit is a free portable antivirus that you can use as a secondary scanner or to disinfect PCs
Emsisoft Emergency Kit has been around for a long time and ranks high in my troubleshooting arsenal.
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How to make sure that AIMP remembers the last playback position
The media player AIMP is my favorite application for music and audio playback on Windows.
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Microsoft renames Office Online to Office
Microsoft announced yesterday that it decided to rename Office Online, a suite of Office applications on the Web, to just Office.
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QuickHash GUI is an open source hashing tool for Windows, Linux and macOS
QuickHash GUI is an open source hashing tool which is available for Windows, Linux and macOS.
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DirLister is an open source program which can print a list of files and folders
Creating a list of a folder's contents in Windows is very easy.
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ScreenToGif is an open source screen recorder for creating animated GIFs
While mostly used for memes and instant messaging these days, Animated GIFs can be useful in various ways.
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How to disable the email signature in Avast Free Antivirus
People often ask me which antivirus I recommend, and while I suggest Windows Defender (and uBlock Origin) for most people on Windows 10, I have wondered how oth
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CCleaner may install CCleaner Browser and remap file associations
CCleaner, particularly the free version, may bundle the installation of the CCleaner Browser and automatically change user file associations to open files with
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ClipAngel is an open-source clipboard manager for Windows
A Clipboard manager can be a very useful tool, especially if you do a lot of writing and calculating work.
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Paint.net 4.2 is out with a huge list of changes
The developer of Paint.
