NoCrap Removes Annoyances From Google Search
Google in recent years has started to make many modifications to Google Search, from auto suggestions over live previews to Google Instant.
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Display The Inbox On The YouTube Frontpage
With YouTube's redesign now live on the site and with no turning back opportunity anymore, it is time to realize that the changes have not all be for the better.
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Don't Want To Be Tracked Online? Use TrackerBlock
Most Internet users do not know that every step they make on the Internet is likely tracked by one or multiple companies.
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Log Into Google With Your Smartphone And A QR Code
Smartphone users can access most Google services on their smartphone.
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Zappos Hacked, Security Email Asks Users To Change Passwords
Zappos yesterday notified all of their employees and customers that a company server has been compromised.
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How To Add A New Email To Your Hotmail Account
When I signed up for my Hotmail email account I used a custom email address.
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Hotmail Gets Newsletter Filter
Did you know that newsletters make up about 50% of the email the average user receives? Microsoft discovered this after analyzing what they called graymail.
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SearchMyFiles, A Versatile Desktop Search for Windows
SearchMyFile is a portable desktop search software for the Windows operating system by Nirsoft.
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Can't Open A File? Try These File Openers
Every now and then you may come upon a file that you cannot open right away, because you do not have the right file opener available on the system.
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How To Analyze WordPress Plugin Performances
I have been using WordPress ever since I started blogging here on Ghacks in 2005.
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What might a post-Windows world look like?
We take for granted these days that Microsoft will always provide new versions of Windows and Windows Server, that Google will always provide world-leading sear
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Virustotal Updated, Now Accepts 32 Megabyte Files
The Virustotal online virus scanning service is one of the services that I use on a regular basis.
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RogueKiller, Remove Rogue Security Software On Your PC
Rogueware, or rogue security software, is a class of malicious software that disguises itself as legit security software.
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Could "Windows TV" be Windows 8's biggest surprise?
The closer we get to the unveiling of the Windows 8 beta, the more I'm thinking about the impact (or not) this operating system is going to have on the world.
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Oogle Highlights Google Image Results On Pages In Chrome
If you are using Google Image search for your image finding needs you'd probably noticed that it is sometimes not as easy to find the image on the page if you a
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Awesome Tanks [Game Saturday]
Awesome Tanks is a free fast paced action game that you play in your web browser.
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How To Turn A Magnet Link Into A Torrent File
The popular Bittorrent indexer The Piratebay announced yesterday that the decision was made to switch the position of torrent and magnet link download links on
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The Internet Bubble, And How To Escape It
Many search engines are no longer tools that you use to find unfiltered results.
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hisNoise For Chrome, Pink, Brown and White Noise in Your Browser
I prefer a near silent environment when I'm working on the computer.
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FreeBSD 9.0 Has Been Released
The operating system FreeBSD 9.
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Create Local Websites With Ampps
The majority of web developers develop their websites and services locally before they publish them on the Internet.
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A Better Way to Use Ninite
Ninite is a great way to easily install many essential programs.
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Cheevos Lets You Earn Firefox Achievements
When you look at modern computer games, you will notice that many of them make use of achievement systems to keep players interested in the game.
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Facebook Users Can Soon Listen To Music With Their Friends
When I discover a great video or music track on the Internet I often want to share it with friends who I know have a similar taste when it comes to entertainmen
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Free Video Dub Is A Quick Basic Video Editor
I sometimes have to edit or convert videos before I upload them to YouTube or save them to a backup server.
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Amazon Release "Send to Kindle" Software for Windows
I had to look twice at the press release about the new "Send to Kindle" program for Windows as on the face of it, it seems to be both obvious and something [&he
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Microsoft Outlook Email Signature Creator
Email signatures are automatically added to emails.
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Move Files Automatically Into A New Folder
Sorting files into folders manually is not the most comfortable option available, especially if you need to create multiple folders to move different files into
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Anuran, An Automated Personal Text Log For Windows
I know quite a few computer users who are regularly writing down what they have achieved or are currently doing.
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Minimap Sidebar, Address Lookup, Directions The Easy Way
Many Internet users use the Internet to lookup addresses or get driving directions.
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Manage Hosts Files From Within Firefox
The so called Hosts File can be used to redirect hostname requests to different IP addresses.
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Keyndicate Tells You When Key States Change
Before Ghacks I was working in the support department of one of Germany's largest financial companies.
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Scribus: Download Desktop Publishing (DTP) Software
Scribus is a free open-source desktop publishing (DTP) application used to create professional-quality layouts for print and digital media, such as brochures, m
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Display Direct Website Links in Google Search
Sometimes I'm searching on Google to copy the search results link into another application.
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Display Your Internet Connection Speed In Your Taskbar
NetSpeedMonitor is a free program for Microsoft Windows that displays the speed of incoming and outgoing network traffic and bandwidth use for the month, day an
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Microsoft Releases First 2012 Security Update
Microsoft today has released seven security related bulletins that fix issues in the Windows operating system and in Microsoft's Developer Tools.
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Highlight New Links On Hacker News
Hacker News is a popular news aggregation site with a focus on Internet, computers and technology in general, and news of general interest.
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A Lightweight Transparent Calendar For Your Windows Desktop
When you want to look at a calendar in a default Windows installation the only option you have is to click on the clock in the lower right corner of the screen.
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Kinect For Windows Coming In February, Preorders Available
Microsoft yesterday at their keynote revealed that the company sold more than 18 million Kinect units for the Xbox 360 gaming console.
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Remove Old Chrome Versions To Save Disk Space
Back in the beginning of last year I ran a piece on how to free up disk space by removing older versions of the Chrome web browser.
