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The Times Paywall Is Up, No More Free Content

July 2, 2010

If you head over to The Times website right now you will see a site that looks like many of the other newspaper websites on the Internet.

Apple admits iPhone signal fault

July 2, 2010

It happens!Â Technology moves to quickly and companies have such little time to actually socak test products these days that problems slip through.

PDF Reader Rendering Quality Comparison, Which Is The Best?

July 2, 2010

A question came up in the comments of the Foxit 4.

Writeboard, Online Writing Collaboration Service

July 2, 2010

Work collaboration is essential for group projects.

Manage your tasks in Linux

July 2, 2010

We all have too much to do.

Piles Lists Downloads, Recent Files, For Quick Access

July 2, 2010

Piles is a free program for Windows that lists the most recent modified files in a directory of your choosing for quick access.

Suspicious Account Activity Now Displayed In Google Account Dashboard

July 1, 2010

Google back in March introduced a warning system in Gmail that would notify Gmail users about suspicious account activity.

Weezo, Remote Access And Web Server For Windows

July 1, 2010

Weezo is remote access made easy.

Windows XP Help attacks on the rise

July 1, 2010

Update: Microsoft has patched the issue and it is no longer a problem provided that Windows users have patched their system with the most recent security update

Enable Windows 7 Shortcuts In XP And Vista

July 1, 2010

Several new keyboard shortcuts have been added in Windows 7 by Microsoft which may increase your productivity when you are working with a system running the OS.

Epiphany: An efficient, but different, web browser

July 1, 2010

After I set up RGBA support in Ubuntu (see my article "Enable RGBA support in Ubuntu"), I sat about to find applications that could replace non-GTK+ application

Speed Up Hotmail By Disabling Windows Live Messenger Autoload

July 1, 2010

One of the goals of the Windows Live Wave 4 release was to improve interaction between Windows Live components.

Make Gadgets Visible Only On Mouse-Over In Windows 7

June 30, 2010

Desktop gadgets, love them or hate them.

Plugin Security Changes Coming To Google Chrome

June 30, 2010

Integration of the Flash plugin and a native PDF reader in Google Chrome has been a controversial move.

Thunderbird 3 JavaScript, What's The Deal?

June 30, 2010

Veteran users of the Thunderbird email client might remember that JavaScript was supported in version 2.

KDE releases final bugfix version of 4.5

June 30, 2010

If you are a user of KDE then big things are happening in your world.

1 Million people download Windows Live Messenger for iPhone

June 30, 2010

It was only released a week ago, but already 1 million people have downloaded Microsoft's new Windows Live Messenger software for the iPhone.

Pin Folders And Files To The Windows 7 Start Menu

June 30, 2010

The Windows 7 Start Menu is made up of two parts; The first screen shows recent items or selected programs depending on the customization of the user, the secon

Foxit Reader 4 Installation, Read Carefully

June 30, 2010

Ghacks was one of the first blogs to write about the release of Foxit Reader 4.

Google's back in China, but who's won?

June 29, 2010

Google pulled out of China earlier in the year in an argument over censorship that began with rumours that the communist government there had hacked into the GM

CleanHaven Is A Multi-Platform Text Cleaner

June 29, 2010

Text can be made available in different formats, a basic example would be THIS and this.

Foxit Reader 4.0 Released

June 29, 2010

Foxit Reader is a popular choice among computer users who prefer a lightweight pdf reading solution.

KDE Accessibility tools

June 29, 2010

For those with disabilities, using a computer can be a serious challenge.

Last.fm Free Music Player For Google Chrome

June 29, 2010

Last.

Play Free Sierra Adventures, In Browser, Multiplayer

June 29, 2010

Ah the good old days.

Internet Explorer 9 Will Monitor Add-On Performance

June 28, 2010

There has been a lot of talk about Microsoft's upcoming web browser Internet Explorer 9 lately.

Creative wallpaper and images with Fotowall

June 28, 2010

We all like wallpaper.

Snarl Notification Software

June 28, 2010

The notification software Snarl has been around for quite some time.

Troubleshoot Domain Account Lockouts With Lockout Fixer

June 28, 2010

The portable software Lockout Fixer is a helpful program for system administrators that aids them in troubleshooting domain account lockouts.

How To Password Protect The Email Client Thunderbird

June 28, 2010

Password protection is not enabled by default in the email client Mozilla Thunderbird.

TV And Movie Organizer theRenamer

June 28, 2010

We have reviewed TV Show Renamer yesterday, a program that allows computer users to automatically rename downloaded TV show episodes to standardize the filename

Better Office Doc Preview appears in GMail

June 28, 2010

The web mail war is raging on with the continued roll out of Microsoft's new Hotmail service.

Linux Games: Chromium B.S.U.

June 27, 2010

It's been a long time since I offered up a nice Linux game for the Ghacks audience.

Transparent HTPC, Gorgeous or Gimmick?

June 27, 2010

Chinese company Novo first announced their Coloured Glaze Media Centre PC at CES at the beginning of the year but now it's approaching release, EngadgetÂ&

A Look At The Latest Firefox 4.0 Design

June 27, 2010

Mozilla is working on several different branches of the web browser at the same time currently.

Rename TV Series With TV Show Renamer

June 27, 2010

TV Show Renamer is a free software program for Windows devices that you may use to rename media files, especially TV show episodes and entire seasons.