Video Inspector analyzes video files and reveals audio and video codecs that are required to play those videos on your Windows PC. It sometimes can be difficult to find out why a […]
Microsoft PowerPoint presentations can take up lots of hard drive space. The size of the presentations depends largely on the multimedia content - that is pictures, videos and audio - that has […]
One of the issues surrounding Linux is the fact that, because there are so many distributions, there are so many ways to configure various aspects of the operating system. One such aspect […]
Users of the Firefox web browser have thousands of add-ons and scripts at their disposal that they can use to extend the functionality of the web browser. It is absolutely impossible to […]
Wireless lags can be problematic in various situations. Examples where you may experience issues caused by these lags are video streams to your computer, when you are watching live feeds, or when […]
TED, which stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design, started out in 1984 and has since then widened the focus even further and is today seen as a global community of thinkers and […]
Google has recently introduced so called Search Options to their search engine which are hidden by default on any search page but can be activated with one click. Update: Google Search's layout […]
Timeleft is a very sophisticated time tracking software for the Windows operating system that supports a variety of time management related features. Among these are options to create reminders, countdowns, stopwatches, auction […]
PowerTools Lite is a free software program to cleanup the Windows Registry and various other areas of the Windows operating system. It is actually a lite version of JV16 PowerTools, and no […]
The Thunar file managers is one of the best graphical file manager available for the Linux operating system. Thunar is the file manage of choice for the Xfce 4 desktop as well […]
A couple of months ago, I did something I thought I never would do: I bought an iPhone. Technology enthusiasts generally seem pretty torn about these devices: some see them as fantastic […]
There has been a lot of talk about this new search engine by Wolfram which many called a Google killer. The strange thing was that this happened without anyone being able to […]
The experimental Firefox add-on AST Add-ons Suggestion Tool offers add-on suggestions based on the already installed add-ons in the Firefox web browser. Update: The browser add-on was pulled from Mozilla's Add-on repository. […]
Microsoft has released Windows Internet Explorer 8 MUI Packs for 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. They allow Windows XP and Windows 2003 users to add different […]
Hana Outlook Folder Search is a Microsoft Outlook add-on that provides additional folder search functionality and management. Outlook users who work with dozens or even hundreds of folders will appreciate the add-on […]
Do you use Fedora? Do you have Fedora tweaked to the point you would like to either share your vision of this distribution? Or would you like to have an image of […]
CleanAfterMe is a free portable program by Nirsoft for Microsoft Windows that lets you clean temporary files and Registry entries. Every system cleanup tool has to face a comparison with the much […]
I bought a new and shiny ATI HD 4870 video card today. Had been using an Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS for some time and figured that it was time to update. I […]
A few things are best done with the help of software programs when it comes to wireless networks. One of these is to add the very same settings that have been added […]
One of the things that many users like about Google's email service Gmail is that Google improves the service constantly by adding new functionality to it. Users get to test tools published […]
Print Service Manager is a free program for Microsoft Windows that helps you deal with printing related issues on Windows PCs. Many things can go wrong when you work with printers connected […]
One of the things that is keeping the Google browser from attracting a larger audience is missing extension support. While it is without doubt possible to work with a web browser that […]
Ubiquity is an interesting add-on for the Firefox web browser that was covered before here on Ghacks Technology News. Here is a short explanation of what Ubiquity adds to the Firefox browser:. […]
How many email accounts do you have? How many calendars do you use? If you're like me you have more than you can manage - unless you manage them in a centralized […]
Active Hard Disk Monitor is a hard drive health monitoring software that displays information about a computer system's hard drive state. It analyzes and displays S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) information […]
Eizo Monitortest is a free software program for Microsoft Windows devices to configure and calibrate connected computer monitors. If you bought a shiny new computer monitor you may want to ensure that […]
I have been recently covering various Linux desktops. So far you can read about Fluxbox, Xfce 4, Window Maker, and IceWM. I also touched on creating dropshadows with xcompmgr and transparent windows […]
One of the best and most popular features of the Firefox web browser is the browser's extension support. Extensions are additions to the web browser that add new features and options to […]
In my limited experience with newspapers, I got the sense that they are not the ones leading the technological revolution. Today I found out that The New York Times has just released […]
The latest installments of Windows Media Player add two context menu entries to select folders in Windows Explorer, Window's default file manager. The options that are added are "play with Windows Media […]
Down Tester is a free portable program for Microsoft Windows devices that you may use to test the download speed of an Internet connection. It is sometimes advisable to test the Internet […]
So far, in this series, we have taken a look at FluxBox, Window Maker, and Xfce 4. We've even examined adding a little eye candy to these old school window managers with […]
Microsoft SharedView has been designed to share an application or computer desktop with a small group of people. The only requirement for Microsoft SharedView is a Windows Live ID to start a […]
Aerofoil is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices to extend the battery life by managing features that affect battery on the device. It is a well known fact that it is […]
WinSuperMaximize is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices that maximizes windows by moving the title part off-screen. A very handy feature for many users - especially those that have to cope […]
Acer Aspire One Fan Control is a program for Acer Aspire laptops that lets you control the speed of the built-in fan of the device. A friend recently contacted me and told […]
It has been a long time since I have last written about advertising opportunities. Mainly because of the lack of changes in the advertising setup here at Ghacks. Some things have changed […]
We reviewed the document viewer TextMaker Viewer 2009 a while ago. It was a program that could display the content of various document formats like the popular pdf, txt and doc formats […]
In my last post I instructed you how Adding dropshadows in Fluxbox with xcompmgr was easy to do.In this installment we are going to take this one step further and and transparencies […]
The same software developer who created the iTunes Playlist Exporter application, has created another useful third party tool for Apple's iTunes media manager. The software program is called iWatchSyncer; its main purpose […]
