No Windows 8 Desktop Gadgets? Try these two tools to get them back!
One of the features missing in Microsoft's latest operating system Windows 8 is desktop gadget support.
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Skype updates now also available via Windows Update
Can you believe that more than a year has passed since Microsoft acquired Skype back in 2011? In that time, Microsoft managed to get Facebook to integrate the v
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Skip Metro Suite is your all in one getting-rid of Windows 8 Metro solution
While Microsoft is still pondering about the name of the new user interface of the Windows 8 operating system after ditching the Metro name earlier this month,
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Reasons why you do not want Windows 8
After giving you ten reasons why you should upgrade to Windows 8, it is now time to give you reasons why you may not want to upgrade to Windows 8.
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How to add two-step verification to your Dropbox account
One of the solutions that companies came up with to fight against hacking attempts is the so called 2-step verification.
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How to recover deleted Gmail messages
Things can go wrong when you are working with a computer or relying on a set of data, and it does not necessarily have to be your fault to begin with.
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Ten reasons why you should upgrade to Windows 8
Windows 8 will be out on October 26 and even though it is a highly controversial operating system, it is likely that Microsoft will once again make a huge profi
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Slender [Game Saturday]
A few weeks ago I reviewed the game Hide here on Ghacks.
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MediaFire with 50 Gigabyte free cloud storage, desktop client
MediaFire is one of the largest file hosting sites that is still standing after the Megaupload fallout.
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Syncbox makes your local data available on the Internet
If you do not trust cloud hosting services, or want to make available large amounts of data, you are usually better of using a service that lets you host your o
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Thunderbird to get silent and background updates in coming version
Are you still using the Thunderbird email client or have you switched to another desktop email program after Mozilla's announcement that it would move the appli
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Windows 8 SmartScreen filter reporting back to Microsoft
The SmartScreen Filter is a new technology in the Windows 8 operating system that is protecting users from installing unsigned applications, malicious programs
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Install Microsoft Visual C++ Runtimes in one go
Sometimes when yo try to install or run a program on your Windows system you may get an error message that a component it depends on is missing.
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AVG Linkscanner discontinued: Secure Search takes its place
AVG Linkscanner was first added to AVG products with version 8.
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Want to run 64-bit Internet Explorer on Windows 8's desktop? Here is how
If you are running a 64-bit version of Windows 8 you have got access to 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Internet Explorer 10 on the system.
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Opera AutoStack Add-on: change Opera's tab stacking behavior
One of the coolest recent features of the Opera web browser is its tab stacking functionality.
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Security tip: do not answer security questions correctly
When you create an account on Internet sites, services or in local apps you are often asked to pick a security question and answer as a recovery option.
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How to activate Chrome extensions with shortcuts
If you are using Google Chrome and have a number of extensions installed, you have probably asked yourself if there is a way to activate the extensions more eas
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Manage Microsoft Account data with Microsoft's Personal Data Dashboard
Microsoft today released a beta version of its Personal Data Dashboard web application which reminds me a bit of Google's Dashboard which serves a similar purpo
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How to add email accounts to Windows 8's Mail app
I have added an Outlook test account to the Windows 8 Mail app shortly after I have installed the Windows 8 RTM from TechNet on my second desktop PC.
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Display the browsing history of multiple browsers with BrowsingHistoryView for Windows
Want to look up a web page again that you visited in the past week but can't remember the web browser that you used to access it? I have all major web […
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Facebook Messages get a new look
Change does not necessarily have to be a bad thing, but when you look around in forums and on sites like Reddit when companies like Facebook, Google or Microsof
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Mozilla Firefox 17: better add-on security but some add-ons may break
Additional security is always a good thing, right? Mozilla is currently working on a patch that is improving the add-on security of the Firefox web browser.
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What happens when Windows 8 expires?
Microsoft has released three previews of its upcoming operating system Windows 8 to the public.
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Use the old Windows Boot Manager on a Windows 8 dual boot system
Microsoft has changed the look and feel of the boot manager of the Windows 8 operating system.
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You can now save your search settings to your Google account
Google's search settings are available to all users of the search engine, regardless of whether they are signed in to their account or not.
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How to install Windows 8 without product key
If you have installed the final version of Windows 8 on a PC recently, you have noticed that you had to enter a valid product key at one time during setup to [&
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Google's new JavaScript benchmark Octane released
All modern web browsers are considerably fast when it comes to rendering web pages and executing JavaScript code.
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Windows 8 Pro to cost $199 after promotional pricing of $69.99
Microsoft up until now has confirmed the upgrade pricing for the operating system during an initial promotional phase that lasts until January 31.
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Mind8 mind mapping app for Windows 8
If you have access to the RTM version of Windows 8 and visited the store recently, you have probably noticed that new apps are starting to appear regularly now.
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How to protect your credit card with RFID chip from unauthorized scans
According to latest estimates, more than 1 billion credit cards and IDs have been released with an RFID chip in the recent past.
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Windows Upgrade Offer: all you need to know
If you are buying a Windows PC with Windows 7 between June 2 and January 31 you may be eligible for a low-cost upgrade to Microsoft's soon to be released operat
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Ubi voice-controlled wireless computer on Kickstarter
I love to browse around new projects that have been added to the Kickstarter crowd funding platform.
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Enable or disable Chrome extensions for specific websites
Extensions in the Google Chrome web browser can either be enabled or disabled once they have been installed.
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Improve your text reading speed with Speed Reader Enhanced
Remember those movies where a genius is reading each page of a book in a few seconds? While average readers probably never get that far when they start to impro
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Flash bug: Firefox losing focus when Flash contents are loaded
If you are running Adobe Flash 11.
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Why weekly defrags are turned on for SSDs under Windows 8
One of the advantages of using Solid State Drives (SSDs) under Windows is that the operating system excludes the drives automatically from the weekly scheduled
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You can't block Facebook using Windows 8's hosts file
The Windows hosts file offers a great way of blocking or redirecting certain Internet hosts.
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Put.io: downloads torrents for you, lets you stream or download afterwards
If you can't run a Bittorrent application on your local computer system, either because you are not allowed to install any software on it, or maybe because your
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Disable Windows 8 mouse over corner interfaces
A menu is displayed in Windows 8 whenever you move the mouse cursor to one of the corners of the screen.
