Tweak your RGBA enabled desktop
Recently I covered the addition of RGBA support in Ubuntu (see my article "Enable RGBA support in Ubuntu").
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New Windows Live Hotmail Rollout begins
Microsoft began to rollout the new Windows Live Hotmail yesterday to customers worldwide.
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What Bing Search Does And Could Do Better
I switched to Bing recently and had my fair share of experience with Microsoft's search engine.
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Google Will Move Https Search To New Domain
The introduction of encrypted search at https://www.
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600,000 iPhone 4's pre-ordered on AT&T
AT&T has already sold out of pre-order iPhone 4's, having had some 600,000 people in the US sign up for one of the spangly handsets (though I doubt anyone w
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Zarafa: Fedora's Exchange "killer"
For any open source advocate, one of the biggest needs is an Exchange-like server.
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Windows XP And Windows Server 2003 Zero-Day Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the component Windows Help and Support Center was discovered recently that can be exploited for remote code execution on affected systems.
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Windows Tweaker 7Plus Update Adds Explorer Tabs, Hotkeys
We were impressed by the functionality of 7Plus back in April when the first public version of the tool was released to the public by its author.
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Download Microsoft Office 2010 Trial
Microsoft Office 2010 has been released by Microsoft.
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Enjoy Vuvuzela-Free Football Matches With VLC And Mplayer
This football Worldcup in South Africa is notorious for two things until now.
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How To Protect USB Sticks And The Data On Them
Carrying an USB-stick around with you can be beneficial in numerous situations.
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Backing up with Deja Dup
In a recent article I introduced to the Ghacks readers the latest release from Fedora (see "Fedoras Lucky 13").
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Windows Live Login With Single-Use Code
Many web users are accustomed to filling out login forms to access web accounts on Internet sites.
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Introduction to iptables
If you've been around Linux long enough you know there are many ways to secure your box.
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Change Folder Backgrounds In Windows
The default Windows Explorer does not offer many customizations.
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Flickr Now Integrates Natively Into Facebook
One problem with that many popular sites out there on the Internet is that of data redundancy.
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Time Tracking Software TimeSheet
Time tracking software can be helpful in several situations but especially for freelancers who are getting paid by the hour or users who want to optimize or tra
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How To Make Sure That Google Chrome's Flash Plugin Is Up To Date
Google and Adobe have integrated a native Flash plugin into the Google Chrome browser.
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AT&T Sends apologies to security breach iPad owners
After last week's security breach in which the email addresses of iPad owners were harvested by hackers, AT&T has now sent letters to apologies to the custo
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Firewall your Fedora
If you are new to Fedora, or if you are now returning to Fedora from a long haitus (since Fedora 9 for me), Fedora 13 has been a welcoming experience.
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Watch Online Videos Directly On Linking Websites
Online videos are highly popular and get posted in two forms on third-party websites.
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Gmote Adds Mouse Gestures To Windows
Most Windows users use the mouse for activities when they work with the operating system.
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All You Need To Know To Watch The World Cup Online
The football Word Cup in South Africa kicked off last Friday.
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How quickly can your password be cracked?
As more and more of us live more of our lives online with banking, shopping, photo galleries and social networking etc.
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Disable Restart After Windows Update
Windows Update is an essential Windows service that will by default automatically download and install updates.
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Enable RGBA support in Ubuntu
There was talk, some time prior to the release of 10.
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Two Programs That Help You Lock Your Computer
Are you annoyed by the fact that Windows continues to play music or videos when you lock the computer? If you have never experienced it try it out by starting t
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Save Screen Resolutions with ScreenEstate Beta
Managing different screen resolutions is a common problem that Windows users experience.
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Restore Desktop Icons With DeskSave
The order of desktop icons can change in Windows if the screen resolution changes.
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Restore Classic Google Search Website
Google has made lots of changes to its search website in the past year.
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Unlock DVD And Blu-Ray Regions In Popular Software Players
DVD regions are an annoyance from an end user's standpoint as they make it impossible to view movies created for different regions.
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Pino: Fedora's default social tool
Where would we be today without social networking? I have heard many tales how a social tool has saved a life or joined two lives together.
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Windows Tweaker X-Setup Pro Now Freeware, More or Less
X-Setup Pro is a Windows tweaker that is compatible with all versions of the Microsoft operating system.
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Fedora's lucky 13
The number 13 is usually associated with bad luck.
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iPad / AT&T vulnerability leaks email addresses... who is to blame?
Hackers have exploited a vulnerability on AT&T's US network when iPad users authenticated themselves online that has allowed them to gain access to a list o
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Windows Explorer SFTP Extension
Microsoft's Windows Explorer can be used to map network locations, websites and ftp servers so that the contents become accessible directly in the file manageme
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Fix Firefox With Last Pass Not Responding
A recent upgrade to the latest beta release of Firefox 3.
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Use A Ram Disk To Reduce Writes On Solid State Drives
The write speed of Solid State Drives is usually lower than the read speed.
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Convert Disc Image Formats With ISOBuddy
Have you ever been in a situation where you received a disc image format that you could not burn because it was not supported by your DVD burning software? You
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Google search get's a caffeine kick
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! are always looking for ways to improve their search engine and Google's latest volley into search has kicked off today with a caffe
