Save games have been an essential part of the gaming experience ever since the first home video systems were introduced to the market. We have come a long way from the early […]
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Tor project have published a new Firefox add-on that switches to encrypted connections whenever possible. As you may know, many websites allow you to connect to […]
I take notes. I take a LOT of notes. When I'm not at a PC I use pen and paper. When I am at a PC I use whatever tool is the […]
The Google Chrome developers integrated a native Flash plugin in the web browser less than three months ago. This internal plugin improved the traditional browser plugin model. Most noteworthy from a user's […]
The popular blogging platform WordPress has been updated to version 3.0. WordPress 3.0 contains more than 1200 bug fixes and enhancements including a new default theme and a redesigned admin area with […]
Cross-platform application and web service Dropbox syncs and backs up files between computers and the Dropbox servers on the Internet. Free users get 2 Gigabyte storage with their accounts. Dropbox places a […]
Many web developers run local web servers to test website changes without affecting the live websites on the Internet. They can also be used for numerous other purposes from offering access to […]
Some applications in Windows have an option to be always on top of other open windows even if they become inactive. That's a helpful feature for users who want to have the […]
Recently I covered the addition of RGBA support in Ubuntu (see my article "Enable RGBA support in Ubuntu"). I've had a lot of people contact me about various tweaks to that desktop […]
Microsoft began to rollout the new Windows Live Hotmail yesterday to customers worldwide. Hotmail mail accounts are stored on cluster servers that will get updated one at a time which means that […]
I switched to Bing recently and had my fair share of experience with Microsoft's search engine. The main reason for switching was a deterioration of quality results in Google Search. It began […]
The introduction of encrypted search at https://www.google.com/ a month ago has increased the privacy of search engine visitors by preventing people from intercepting search terms and results. Encrypting all communication between the […]
AT&T has already sold out of pre-order iPhone 4's, having had some 600,000 people in the US sign up for one of the spangly handsets (though I doubt anyone who finds one […]
For any open source advocate, one of the biggest needs is an Exchange-like server. There are plenty of them available, some of them offer less-than enough features to really be viable. Some […]
A vulnerability in the component Windows Help and Support Center was discovered recently that can be exploited for remote code execution on affected systems. Only Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 are […]
We were impressed by the functionality of 7Plus back in April when the first public version of the tool was released to the public by its author. Back then we came to […]
Microsoft Office 2010 has been released by Microsoft. The popular Office suite is available in three different editions in retail shops: Office Home and Business 2010, Office Home and Student 2010 and […]
This football Worldcup in South Africa is notorious for two things until now. Boring football games and the annoying sound of the vuvuzela, the blaring horn that drowns all other background noises […]
Carrying an USB-stick around with you can be beneficial in numerous situations. USB devices are for instance ideal to copy data without having to carry a larger device like a notebook or […]
In a recent article I introduced to the Ghacks readers the latest release from Fedora (see "Fedoras Lucky 13"). In this article I mentioned a number of features that helped to make […]
Many web users are accustomed to filling out login forms to access web accounts on Internet sites. These login forms usually ask for the username and password of an account but sometimes […]
If you've been around Linux long enough you know there are many ways to secure your box. What you may or may not know is that a number of those means are […]
The default Windows Explorer does not offer many customizations. Users who prefer to spice up Windows Explorer can now do so with the Windows 7 Folder Background Changer which, despite its name, […]
One problem with that many popular sites out there on the Internet is that of data redundancy. Facebook users who also have a Flickr account had that problem in the past. If […]
Time tracking software can be helpful in several situations but especially for freelancers who are getting paid by the hour or users who want to optimize or track their daily workflow. Programs […]
Google and Adobe have integrated a native Flash plugin into the Google Chrome browser. This integration offers two benefits and one disadvantage to computer users. An integrated Flash plugin means that the […]
After last week's security breach in which the email addresses of iPad owners were harvested by hackers, AT&T has now sent letters to apologies to the customers concerned, as reported by Engadget […]
If you are new to Fedora, or if you are now returning to Fedora from a long haitus (since Fedora 9 for me), Fedora 13 has been a welcoming experience. Not only […]
Online videos are highly popular and get posted in two forms on third-party websites. Videos can be embedded on a web page so that they can be watched directly on the page, […]
Most Windows users use the mouse for activities when they work with the operating system. The mouse is used to open and close programs, files and folders, to create new files or […]
The football Word Cup in South Africa kicked off last Friday. We have already seen a few surprises when favorites like England or France could not beat their opponents in their opening […]
As more and more of us live more of our lives online with banking, shopping, photo galleries and social networking etc. a part of our daily lives, it becomes more and more important […]
Windows Update is an essential Windows service that will by default automatically download and install updates. This ensures that Windows users are always getting the latest security updates whenever they are released […]
There was talk, some time prior to the release of 10.04, that RGBA support would be included in the release. Well, it wasn't (much to the chagrin of many - including myself). […]
Are you annoyed by the fact that Windows continues to play music or videos when you lock the computer? If you have never experienced it try it out by starting to play […]
Managing different screen resolutions is a common problem that Windows users experience. Windows has no option to create screen resolution profiles to switch between them whenever the need arises. This can be […]
The order of desktop icons can change in Windows if the screen resolution changes. This happens both in one-user but also in multi-user environments. Nothing's more frustrating than having to move the […]
Google has made lots of changes to its search website in the past year. A few of the noteworthy, and often distracting changes, include the new fade-in homepage which only displays the […]
DVD regions are an annoyance from an end user's standpoint as they make it impossible to view movies created for different regions. While you can switch the region code a limited number […]
Where would we be today without social networking? I have heard many tales how a social tool has saved a life or joined two lives together. Just recently a friend of mine […]
