How To Speed Up Some Windows Software Installations
Delays during software installations in Windows are something that many Windows users experience from time to time.
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Net Neutrality talks stall
The BBC is reporting that talks in the US, intended to find a way to make sure all data on the Internet is treated equally have stalled.
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Keeping track of your PCs temperature in Linux
I have had a few PCs in my time where keeping track of the temperature was critical to knowing the health of my system.
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CCleaner Enhancer Adds 200+ Rules To CCleaner
CCleaner itself is a very handy tool to clean temporary files in the Windows operating system.
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Use Forfiles To Process Files Based On Age
It is always good to know some command line magic, as it is sometimes easier to process commands that way.
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Create Movie Thumbs With Auto Movie Thumbnailer
Movie Thumbnails serve two general purposes.
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WobZip, Uncompress Archives Online
The right archiving software may sometimes be out of reach to unpack an archive.
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Easily browse your activity with GNOME Activity Journal
There are a lot of ways to keep track of your files on your Linux machine.
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Thunderbird Contacts
Update: The add-on has been removed by the author.
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Wave goodbye to Wave
Google's new social networking service, Google Wave, launched last year to a huge fanfare and and equally huge controversy over privacy.
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Context Menu Enhancer, Add Features To Windows Explorer Context Menu
The Windows Explorer context menu offers quick access to often used features, next to file and folder manipulation options.
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iPhone / iPad Security Flaw Risk
Hackers have moved in the last few years away from attacking platforms such as Windows, and instead on to attacking software.
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Deletist, Bulk Delete Folders And Files
Deletist is a lightweight portable software for Windows that can be used to delete folders and files in bulk in one operation.
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Audio Tuner, Desktop And Mobile Instrument Tuning
Guitar tuners, and tuners for other musical instruments, are essential for musicians who are not able to tune instruments by hearing.
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Remember those birthdays with GBirthday
Since today is the birthday of both myself and the US President I thought it apropos to cover a birthday reminder tool for the Linux operating system.
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Computer Screen Ruler
Having an on screen ruler at hand may be very handy at times.
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Google Multi Account Logins, What You Need To Know
Up until now, if you had two or even more Gmail accounts, you had to log out of one account first to access another one.
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The web attack that leads hackers straight to your home
Is it possible, is there such a thing as an attack that can tell a hacker where you live? The BBC has revealed that a specially booby-trapped websi
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TreeCompare, Compare Files In Two Directories
Comparing files in directories can sometimes be a powerful tool to determine if data has been changed without the owner's consent.
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HomyFads Clothing Organizer, Apparel & Wardrobe Management Software
A clothing organizer and management software is probably not a software that you read about regularly.
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User switching in the Linux desktop
Linux is a true multi-user system.
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TabSense, Display All Chrome Tabs On A Single Page
TabSense is a free browser extension for Google Chrome that you can use to display all open Chrome tabs on a single page for easy management.
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Currports, See Which Apps Connect To The Internet
One of the very first posts here at Ghacks was a basic review of Currports.
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Microsoft Out Of Band Security Update Released
Microsoft as expected has just released an out of band security update for the Windows operating system that fixes a critical security vulnerable.
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Reset Web Browsers To Factory Default Settings
Resetting a web browser to its factory default settings is sometimes a last resort when it comes to troubleshooting issues, especially if all other repair optio
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How To Create New Web Browser User Profiles
Most modern web browsers make use of so called user profiles to offer access to different user profiles.
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Get to know Linux: Grub2
Most PC users have no idea what a boot loader is.
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Operating System Market Share, Windows 7 Climb Continues
Windows 7, for the first time, has surpassed Windows Vista in operating system market share according to three popular companies that track OS market share over
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What Yahoo Knows About You, Ad Interest Manager
Companies have a lot of options to track desktop users on the Internet.
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Twitter sees 20 billionth tweet
Twitter's micro-blogging service has always been popular, and with people such as Stephen Fry entertaining the masses, it's popularity can only grow as more and
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TCP Profiles Manager, Configure Multiple Network Profiles
TCP Profiles Manager is a free software program for Microsoft Windows devices to use multiple network configurations.
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Essential Software Installer
Users who often reformat and reinstall their operating system, or install and configure computer systems regularly, have to repeat specific processes over and o
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Clone your Linux disk with ddrescue
What do you do when you KNOW your hard disk is failing but you're not ready to do a re-install or lose any of that precious data? Obviously the first solution i
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UAE to block the Blackberry?
After previous problems in the country, the United Arab Emirates is now set to at least temorarily block RIM's Blackberry phones in the country, saying they pos
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Start Menu Cleaner, Remove Empty Folders And Invalid Shortcuts
Many Windows users make the experience that the Windows start menu grows over time, even if the installed software count remains more or less the same.
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Building Font Cache, VLC And MPlayer Troubleshooting
Nothing is more frustrating than having to wait until a media player has finished building the font cache, before a video can be played on the local computer sy
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How To Stop Video Autoplay On Youtube
Have you ever opened multiple YouTube videos at the same time? The cacophony of sounds has probably been unbearable.
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Install KDE on Fedora 13
If you downloaded and installed Fedora 13, Â most likely you are using the GNOME desktop.
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Google Ordered Lists Puts Numerals In Front Of Search Results
One aspect of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the monitoring of search results in popular search engines.
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RIM to launch Blackpad?
It could be the worst branding exercise since technology company Blick launched their glossy white Internet radios, and suddenly realised they wouldn't be able
