About three weeks ago, I finally got an invite for Google Voice, the new phone-managing service from Google that I’d been itching to try out since before it was even called Google […]
If you've read enough of my Ghacks tutorials you have most likely come across mention of a LAMP server. If you are not sure what a LAMP server is: Linux Apache MySQL […]
Mouse gestures can be a way to increase the productivity of a user working on a computer system. Especially if they are not limited to one software program but work everywhere. Some […]
The majority of computer users use a combination of a computer keyboard and computer mouse for text input. Some make use of lesser popular and specialized text input methods that include touchscreens, […]
Users who work with newsgroups usually use desktop clients such as Newsbin, Grabit or Microsoft Outlook to do so. Some Usenet providers offer web access to newsgroups with options to download files […]
Most Firefox users make use of the bookmarking feature of the web browser to store interesting or important websites so that they can be visited at a later time again. Many of […]
It can happen that an installation of software in Windows fails. Reasons for it failing can be numerous from mundane reasons like running out of hard disk space to more serious ones […]
To many Thunar is just a file manager. But if you've played around with it you know it is much, much more. You may remember my previous article "Create custom actions with […]
If you are a heavy Twitter user who tweets all the time throughout the day you may have thought that you have reached the limit as to what you can do with […]
Google Voice is Google's latest (currently invite only) service that assigns Google phone numbers to users which has the advantage that the number is not tied to any phone or device. The […]
Every so often you have a gadget or technological device that sets the wire news on fire. Recently we’ve been hearing much ado about Windows 7, iPhone 3GS, OSX Snow Leopard, SSD […]
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad ting? A: Top posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in […]
We reviewed a small command line application a few days ago that could be used to grab all images that have been posted to one of the boards over at the popular […]
The Yahoo homepage is one of the most popular start pages on the Internet. To keep it that way Yahoo decided to add new features to the start page which can already […]
Windows users have lots of choices when choosing applications and software programs for certain tasks. This is especially true for popular tasks like reading RSS news, email or messaging. A selection of […]
Gmail's previous stance on images in emails was to hide them from the user initially because of two reasons. The first was that images in emails could be used by spammers to […]
Log Viewer Pro is a portable software program for the Microsoft Windows operating system that is able to load and display log files. Its main benefits are the low memory usage and […]
If you have been reading my tutorials on Ghacks long enough you will have seen mention of the Synaptic package manager quite often. There's a good reason for this - the Synaptic […]
Ghacks has been running on the same server for more than a year now. The server it is running on is provided by German company Hetzner who offer a fantastic deal for […]
Google fanatics who regularly work with multiple Google services such as Google Mail Gmail , Google Reader, Google Docs, Blogger, Orkut and a few dozens more might find the Gbutts add-on for […]
Computer costs can add up fast. You need anti-virus software, you need a word processing suite, you need several anti-spyware programs, etc. Each of these programs can cost you from 20 up […]
Have you ever wondered how and why your computer operates as it does? Why does it turn on and load the operating system? It is working because of the computer software that […]
There might be a situation where the contact information need to be accessed although Windows Live Messenger is not available or cannot be opened. The Live Contacts View program has been created […]
You need to search on multiple search engines if you truly want to research a search term, as opposed to simply finding a solution to it. Some users might think that searching […]
Lately I have been on a roll with Claws mail (see "Claws Mail: The unsung powerhouse email client", "Claws Mail must have plugins", "Create Message Filters in Claws Mail", and "Encrypting email […]
Microsoft not only lists the installed toolbars, plugins and add-ons but also their loading time. This loading time is added on top of the normal tab loading time in Internet Explorer. It […]
Just about fifteen minutes ago I was working on an article for Linux.com when I thought I was going to lose a ton of work. I was writing my last paragraph on […]
Update: MyDefrag shut down on October 2015. The program, which has not received updates in a little over five years and the forum are no longer available. The reason given by the […]
You can simply press the Print screen on the computer keyboard if you want to create a screen shot of the current computer screen. The screenshot will be stored in the windows […]
The creation of website desktop shortcuts in the Firefox web browser was an easy process but Mozilla made the decision to change Firefox's default behavior when you are dragging and dropping tabs […]
Its not everyday that you have a phone that lives up to its hype, a few that have in recent years has been the iPhone, Razr, Omnia, Touch HD and more recently […]
If you ever needed another reason not to purchase hardware, software or media with DRM then this latest story may convince you that DRM is utterly bad for consumers in general. Amazon […]
Are you a desktop nut like me? Are you constantly tweaking your desktop and never quite happy with it? Are you a collector of wallpapers and do you like your wallpaper to […]
Tobey mailed me an invite to Aardvark the other day which left me puzzled for a short time. The email basically stated that Tobey had invited me and trusted my opinion on […]
The recent sale of the popular torrent hosting website The Piratebay to Swedish company Global Gaming Factory was a surprise to the userbase of the website. Many feared that this change of […]
A few years ago, Martin covered OpenID, an open authentication system. Since then, it has become increasingly popular and a wide range of sites, from AOL to LiveJournal provide OpenIDs, and OpenID […]
I was recently checking and cleaning my parent's top floor when I discovered heaps of user manuals that dated back five to ten years. That got me thinking that we - that […]
The calculator can be downloaded as a portable version or installer for most Windows operating systems including Windows XP and Windows Vista with the likelihood that it will also work fine in […]
If you run the Firefox browser in full screen mode or on a desktop where the taskbar is not displayed all the time, then you know that the system clock that is […]
The GNOME Deskbar applet serves as a one-stop shop for all of your desktop searching needs. Deskbar manages this by using various plugins to interact with different Linux desktop search tools. But […]
