Back in October a rootkit was discovered that exploits a critical security vulnerability in the Windows operating system. We covered a detection and removal tool two days ago that would scan a […]
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 […]
Flash applications can be very taxing performance wise. If you ever had to run Flash apps on underpowered hardware, e.g. a netbook or tablet PC, then you know that you may experience […]
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 […]
The AeroSnap feature that is included in Windows 7 allows you to resize windows and adjust multiple windows that are displayed on the screen. ReSizer is a system utility that uses AeroSnap […]
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 […]
Protecting a computer system has become one of the most important tasks for computer users in the past decade. While you had your fair share of viruses, hacks and all that stuff […]
Quizzes can be a great way of testing your knowledge or a fun way to compete with others. Students often use quizzes in preparations of upcoming tests. Mega Quiz is a free […]
Update: The YouTube button is no longer available. I sometimes feel the urge to check for new email messages during work. Other users may feel the same urge when it comes to […]
It may still be in the lead but the decline of Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser is slow and steady. According to the latest browser usage figures released by NetMarketShare, IE has […]
Opera Software, developers of the popular Opera web browser, have released Opera Mini 6.5 for various mobile devices including Apple's iPhone and iPad, Blackberry devices, Symbian S60 and Java-enabled phones. Opera Mobile […]
If you are a heavy user of Google's Google+ social networking product you are probably keeping the site running in a tab all the time to never miss new messages. But even […]
Windows Task Manager allows us to monitor processes, services, and running applications and also provides control over these so they can be voluntarily ended if needed. There is a replacement for Task […]
Tabbed web browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera or Internet Explorer have specific orders in which tabs are opened and closed. Developers have to configure orders for opening blank pages and links […]
Google Buzz was a social networking service that Google integrated into the company's web-based email product Gmail. Google Mail users were able to make use of Buzz to share messages, photos, videos […]
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 […]
If you have been following security news lately you may have already heard about the Duqu rootkit that combines the technology of the Stuxnet rootkit with a backdoor trojan and keylogger. Duqu […]
If you are a regular on Google's social networking experiment Google+ you have noticed that the company makes changes to the site constantly. Sending messages to other Google+ users was something that […]
All experts are fairly certain that Microsoft will release the Windows 8 operating system in 2012, as it was confirmed by Steve Ballmer back at the Microsoft Developer forum in Tokyo in […]
Did you know that there are actually several reload options available for page reloads in the Firefox web browser (actually those reload options are available in all modern Internet browsers)? When you […]
Update: What's Hot is not displayed anymore in your stream. You can still access the feature with a click on the explore link at the top on Google Plus. Google recently introduced […]
If you are not running Google Chrome as your one and only browser on your PC system, you are probably tired of having to update Adobe's Flash Player regularly to protect the […]
Automatic add-on updates can be a fine thing. You save some time and make sure that your add-ons are always up to date. That's great to resolve security or stability issues as […]
One of the biggest usability issues on today's Internet are scrolling web pages. Browsers automatically add scrollbars to web pages if the contents exceed the vertical or horizontal display limitations of the […]
Have you ever posted a link, image, text or video on a website or forum only to receive the discouraging "it is old" reply? Maybe you have sworn to yourself that you […]
Update: The experiment is over and no longer available. A black toolbar is displayed on almost every Google property. The bar displays links to popular Google services as well as options to […]
Fake antivirus software has been on the rise in the past years. The term refers to malware that disguises itself as system protection software. Some of those programs fake malware infections to […]
It was only a matter of time until software developers found ways to bring features of new or upcoming Microsoft Windows operating systems to previous versions of Windows. One of the first […]
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 […]
Time is valuable. For some, it is more valuable than anything else. If you run a business like I do, you will encounter tasks that need to be done but waste lots […]
Update: Tweetfilter has not been updated since 2011 and is not working anymore as a result. There is unfortunately no comparable script or extension available at the time of writing. We have […]
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. […]
If you are a comic fan you have probably downloaded a fair share of digital comics to your computer. There are several sites on the Internet where you can download comics for […]
Firefox users have several options at hand to delete private browsing data. This includes running the browser in private browsing mode, configuring it to delete the data on shutdown or running the […]
Question on how to clear individual cookies in the Google Chrome web browser just came up and I thought I write a small guide here on Ghacks that provides details on how […]
With the rise of Solid State Drives came software from hardware manufacturers to manage and control those drives in a computing environment. Intel's SSD Toolbox has recently been released in version 3. […]
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 […]
Most Ghacks readers are tech savvy users who know how to type efficiently. When I visit friends, family or colleagues I sometimes notice that they type very slowly and in no optimal […]
Google, the company that conquered the Internet by storm by offering mostly free services is slowly being turned around to make even more money than it is currently. One of the latest […]
While the Firefox web browser is one of the most versatile when it comes to customizations, there are still a few areas that cannot be changed directly through the web browser's options […]
