Dante send me a link to another "malware found on purchased laptop" story. The new M&A Companion Touch netbook did not ship with one or two malicious programs, no a total of […]
As you all know, with Linux there are numerous ways to deal with each and every task. Some of these ways are obvious, some are subtle, and some are as brute-force as […]
IP2 is a lightweight portable program for Microsoft Windows devices that displays the computer's local and assigned IP address when run. There are numerous ways to obtain information about a system's dynamic […]
Littlefox is a very popular full theme for the Firefox web browser that aims to minimize the space Firefox's browser chrome uses. It's main purpose is to make more room for sites […]
Print Friendly is a free online service that you may use to turn any web page into a copy that is optimized for printing. We have covered services and applications before that […]
OffiSync is an add-in that adds the online document management features of Google Docs to Microsoft Office. Users who do use Microsoft Office and Google Docs do so for specific reasons. Update: […]
Outlook Stat View is a portable software program by Nirsoft that provides you with general statistics about your email communication. The software program scans the Microsoft Outlook mailbox of the local system, […]
The following guide provides you with instructions on fixing the Thunderbird email client when it becomes slow or hangs regularly. Thunderbird is a desktop email client that is seen by many as […]
Network Access Control is a crucial aspect of medium to large scale networking. There are many tools to help you control who has access to your network; Some of these tools are […]
Open XML Viewer is a free browser add-on for Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer that adds Open XML document viewing capabilities. We reviewed Open XML Viewer for the first time back in […]
Relevant Knowledge came to my attention for the first time when Transcontinental mentioned that the latest version of the popular software updater SUMO contained the software as an optional component. I soon […]
Some external hard drives that are connected via USB, eSATA or Firewire to a computer system have the annoying habit of going into power saving mode after ten to fifteen minutes of […]
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 […]
