Software Engineer Accidentally Shuts Down Facebook
Social networking site Facebook was offline for half an hour yesterday due to an error by a software engineer at the company as reported by the BBC.
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Download Manager Tweak Improves Firefox's Downloading Capabilities
The default Firefox download manager is not really the most comfortable program module to work with.
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Extra Buttons, Add Functionality To Windows
The window header has not changed a lot in the past decade.
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Dropbox 1.0 Released, Download Now
The announcement that Dropbox 1.
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Prevent Firefox From Entering Work Offline Mode
Work Offline is a mode of the Firefox web browser, and the Mozilla Thunderbird email client as well, which prevents the browser from using a computer's or netwo
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AltaVista and Delicious to Close in 2011
It's a sad day for search as Yahoo! have announced they're to close the AltaVista search engine.
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Microsoft Security Essentials 2 Download Available
Microsoft has just released Microsoft Security Essentials 2, the highly acclaimed free security program to protect the computer against malicious software such
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Use gkDebconf to reconfigure debconf-using programs
There are certain applications, such as MySQL and Apache that are configured upon installation.
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Scroll To Top Button For Chrome
Some Internet users like to navigate web pages with the mouse and only the mouse.
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CopyTrans TuneSwift, Transfer, Backup, Restore Itunes Library
One thing that you may want to make sure of if you are working with multiple computer systems is that iTunes, if it is installed, offers the same library with y
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Opera 11 Final Out, Download Now
Only days after releasing three release candidates of Opera 11, Opera Software released the final version of Opera 11 making it the new flagship desktop browser
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Big Blue Supercomputer to appear on TV's Jeopardy
It is the silly season so it was only right to announce that supercomputing giant IBM are so confident in the processing abilities of their new Watson machine t
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HTML5 Extension for Windows Media Player Firefox Add-on
There is still some confusion surrounding HTML5 video formats and which browser supports which.
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360Amigo System Speedup Review And Giveaway [Ghacks Christmas Giveaway]
The Windows operating system has been designed to be compatible with a wide variety of computer systems.
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1-Click Web Proxy Extension For Google Chrome
It can sometimes be very handy to access a website or service through a proxy server.
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Opera 11 Release Candidate Out
Google does not seem to the only company that has accelerated the pace of browser development in the last year.
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Microsoft Security Bulletin December 2010
Microsoft has released the last set of planned security bulletins for the year 2010 yesterday.
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Keyboard Indicator, Display LED Key States On The Desktop
It is frustrating to be forced to re-enter a password on the Internet or local PC after hitting the caps lock key on the keyboard accidentally.
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File Verifier++, Windows File Integrity Checker
File integrity checks should play an important part in a computer system's backup strategy.
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ExtMan: Create, Edit, Delete File Extensions In Windows
Windows 7 users who ran Windows XP PCs previously may have noticed that Microsoft changed how file extensions are managed in the new version of Windows.
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UK Judge Deals Blow to File-Sharing Lawyers
British law firm ACS Law has already come under fire this year after hackers broke into their computer system and stole copies of documentation of letters and d
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Disable Major Third Party Tracking Services With Disconnect For Chrome
Facebook Blocker which I reviewed yesterday made sure that some Facebook scripts cannot be executed on third party websites.
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Thoughts on Technology and Travel
Traveling with technology requires a certain je ne sais quoi, that sense of something that the French sum up so well with a simple “I don't knowâ€.
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How To Start Replies On Top Of Quotes In Thunderbird Email Client
When you reply to an email in the Mozilla Thunderbird email client the cursor is automatically positioned at the very bottom of the quoted email.
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Lifehacker Hack, What You Need To Do Right Now
You may have already read it on other sites that Lifehacker and other Gawker Media properties were compromised.
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Facebook Blocker Extension, Block Facebook Scripts
Most weblogs and a lot of other websites have started to use Facebook scripts on their Internet pages.
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Use Webconverger For Secure Web Browsing
Internet users have a few choices when it comes to secure web browsing.
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Windows Event Viewer Plus
Most Windows users shy away from the powerful Event log thinking that it is to complex and complicated to be of use.
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The Social Map of the World
We love maps here at gHacks, especially ones that show technology trends around the world.
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Configure Samba shares in CentOS
Server OSes, such as CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux Enterprise do not enjoy the same simplicity as does the modern Linux desktop when it comes
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Canon Hacker's Development Kit, Canon Camera Firmware Extension
The open source project Canon Hacker's Development Kit (CHDK) adds several interesting new features to select Canon digital cameras using Canon's Digic-II and D
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Data Leaks - Preventing the Inside Job
The Wikileaks story continues to roll on around the world but as the story now moves its focus to the website founder Julian Assange, questions are now beginnin
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Diff-IE, Highlight Webpage Changes In Internet Explorer
Sometimes you are interested in changes on a certain web page, instead of all of the contents that are posted on it.
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How To Use The Internet To Save Time And Money
Using the internet to save time and money is as easy as just doing it.
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XBOOT, Create MultiBoot ISOs On Disk And USB
Many developers provide ISO images of their applications as free downloads, especially in the antivirus and security niche but also in utility and Linux.
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Driver Magician Lite, Backup Windows Device Drivers
We all know the problem; You reinstall your operating system, upgrade it or install it on a new PC only to find out that a device is not working properly becaus
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Add spell check to Nano
If you've been reading Ghacks long enough, you know my favorite console-based text editor is Nano.
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Broken Shortcut Fixer, Fix Invalid Shortcuts
Program shortcuts are handy as they allow the user to start an application from a different location than the program directory.
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ClearType Switch, Configure ClearType on Windows
ClearType is a controversial feature designed specifically for LCD displays to optimize the visual text rendering quality of LCD panels.
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FILEminimizer Pictures Review
FILEminimizer Pictures is a free program for the Windows operating system that can reduce the file size of multiple images in one swift operation.
