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12 Booster Apps For Windows 7

Experienced computer users have a specific routine that they go through whenever they install a new operating system. This includes playing around with the default configuration of the operating system, but also […]

Apache troubleshooting tips

How many times have you installed a LAMP server only to find Apache doesn't seem to want to run right? Or you install a new module only to see Apache try to […]

To Droid Or Not To Droid

Okay folks, the Droid is finally out now. Through all the iPhone-bashing and the creepy ad campaign, it has made its way into our minds and hearts (sort of). At the very […]

Install Missing Runtimes With All In One Runtime

All In One Runtime is a free program for Windows to install multiple frameworks, runtimes and packs at once on a Windows machine. Many programs for the Windows operating system need so […]

Full HD? That Is So Yesterday! Get Ready For 4K

Chance is that the majority of friends, colleagues and relatives do not make use of the full HD TV technology yet. DVD sales do still top Blu-Ray sales by a large margin, […]

Thunderbird: Unsubscribe Mailing Lists

Unsubscribe From Mailing Lists is a free extension for the Thunderbird email client that enables easier newsletter unsubscribing options. Thunderbird day today? Not sure about that but today is the day where […]

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Increase Thundebird's Mass Mailing Capabilities

The desktop email client Thunderbird offers mass mailing capabilities by default. It is possible to add multiple recipients for an email, either to the "to", "cc" or "bcc" fields. Problems arise however […]

iPhone Update: iPhone Loved, Hated And Unlocked, $99 3GS, RFID And More

If there’s one phone that is constantly in the news, it is the iPhone. Love it or hate it, you simply cannot ignore it. So here we have some more iPhone news […]

Mandriva 2010 installation walk through

Mandriva is another one of the Linux distributions that has been around for quite some time. Beginning as Mandrake Linux, the company MandrakeSoft was forced to change its name when sued by […]

Make Your Own Business Cards

Several web services exist that allow visitor to make their own business cards. Some of these services are free while the majority of them is not. Paid and free services differ highly […]

Cache My Work Launches Apps Again After System Restarts

Cache My Work is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices that will load programs automatically after you reboot the PC. A popular feature in modern web browsers is session management. Web […]

The Form Letter Machine

The Form Letter Machine is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices that assists you in writing letters by re-using paragraphs. If you write letters with similar paragraphs regularly, you may speed […]

Windows 7 Taskbar Tweaker

7+ Taskbar Tweaker, formerly known as 7 Taskbar Tweaker, is a free program for Windows to customize the taskbar functionality. One of the most prominent features of Microsoft's new operating system Windows […]

Stop Internet Service Providers Redirecting DNS Errors

Chance is that your Internet Service Provider has implemented a system that will display a custom page whenever you mistype a web address. The technique behind those interceptions is simple: most devices […]

New HD-Capable Sony Ericsson Phone Leaked (Twice Already): Kurara

Right after Sony Ericsson made the XPERIA X10 (AKA Rachael/X3) official, the rumor mill threw out another leak at us. This time it is as model called the Kurara. Kurara seems to […]

The Snapdragon So Far: Big Phones

The Qualcomm Snapdragon seems to be on its way to becoming the Atom of the smartphone world. With a clock speed of 1GHz and a low-power ARM design, this chip is fast […]

Let Munin monitor your servers and network

If you are looking for an easy to install, configure, and use systems monitor, look no further. The Munin is a network/systems monitor that presents all its data is easy to read […]

Google Dashboard Offers View Of Google Account Usage

Google today launched a new service for Google customers called Google Dashboard. Google Dashboard is a all-in-one dashboard that gives you an overview on your usage of Google services. The dashboard lists […]

Firefox Batch Image Downloader

Quick Image Downloader is a free add-on for the Firefox web browser that enables you to download images in batch mode using the browser. Downloading multiple images that are displayed on websites […]

Double Anti-Spy Professional Review

The anti-spyware niche and the security software niche in general are crowded with lots of companies competing with their software programs for market share. It is difficult to get a foothold in […]

Free Web Proxy Checker review

Web Proxy Checker is a program for Microsoft Windows devices that allows you to test proxy servers using HTTP, HTTPS, Socks4 or Socks5. A problem that the majority of public proxy servers […]

Google Chrome To Get Automatic Userscript Support

Until now userscript support in the Google Chrome web browser was severely limited by the fact that you had to copy the scripts to a folder of the Chrome profile. Recent versions […]

Starting services at boot in Linux

There are plenty of times when you may want to add a new service to start when your Linux machine boots. Or you may want to stop a service from starting upon […]

MSN.Com Gets An Overhaul After Ten Years

MSN.com is one of the most popular websites on the Internet with roughly 100 million unique visitors per month that visit the website. The design of the Internet portal has not changed […]

Tab Preview Features In Firefox 3.6

Mozilla has integrated several new tab preview features in the recent release of Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 which were initially planned to be integrated into earlier release versions of Firefox 3.x. Even […]

Add Flickr Access To Windows Explorer

Flickr Drive Shell is a free plugin for Windows Explorer that allows you to add a user's Flickr storage space to it directly. Just a few days ago we reviewed the Windows […]

Pin Tabs In Firefox

The Google Chrome browser supports a feature that lets you pin tabs to the web browser. Pinned tabs will be moved to the left side of the tabbar. In addition, the tab […]

Connect to your Samba server from Linux

I have written a few articles on Samba here on Ghacks. And most people know how to connect to Samba shares via Windows. Generally speaking (when all is set up correctly) it's […]

Apple Update: Apple Bans Atom, Endless Racing Game For iPhone, Orange UK bans YouTube and More

Apple has begun the week a bit weirdly by banning Atom out of Mac OS. Whether this will last, we don't know yet but if it is made permanent then the hackintosh […]

SafeOnline Protects PCs Even If They Are Infected

I have worked for one of the biggest financial organizations in Germany in the past. One of our jobs was to deal with customers who had fallen pray to phishing and other […]

Desktop Client For Google Translate

Client for Google Translate is a free and commercial software program for Microsoft Windows devices to run translations on your desktop. Update: The most recent version of Client for Google Translate is […]

Google Chrome 4 Gets Bookmark Syncing

The latest developer versions of the Google Chrome browser come with the build in option to synchronize bookmarks across multiple computer systems by utilizing a Google account to store the data. Google […]

Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X10: Review

Finally, Sony Ericsson’s Rachael has become official. The amount of speculation and expectation that this phone had behind it, I was almost apprehensive about the entire thing. It might’ve been a huge […]

Convert Photos To PDF

Zilla JPG To PDF Converter is a program for Microsoft Windows devices to convert various image formats to Adobe PDF documents. Note: The program was offered for free initially, but that is […]

Twitter Lists Explained

Twitter introduced a new feature called Twitter Lists recently. Before Twitter Lists, Twitter users could only look at messages of individual users. They could look up messages posted by a friend, work […]

How To Setup Multiple Email Identities In Thunderbird

The desktop email client Thunderbird makes it easy to setup and use multiple email identities. Multiple identities can be useful in several situations, for instance to combat spam by using different identities […]

Installing CentOS 7

CentOS has not received much attention here on Ghacks, so I thought I would remedy that by introducing this outstanding flavor of Linux not by way of a Live CD (CentOS does […]

5 Google Chrome Extensions For Google Services

Update: Extensions are now integrated fully in Google Chrome. This makes it easier to install them, and use them in the web browser. The extension development for the Google Chrome browser is […]

Hotmail Login information

We are continuing our login problems series with an article on Hotmail login problems. You can read previous login related articles by visiting the posts Facebook Login or Yahoo Mail Login. Update: […]

BitLocker To Go Reader

Bitlocker To Go is a program for Windows XP and Windows Vista that allows you to mount FAT Bitlocker volumes in read-only mode. Bitlocker is a data encryption technology that Microsoft implemented […]