Adblock IE is a browser helper object (BHO) for Microsoft's Internet Explorer that blocks advertisement actively when installed. We have mentioned the release of the first Internet Explorer 8 ad blocking method […]
The following guide provides you with a list of download links for Google Chrome, Chromium, and third-party Chromium-based browsers. I recently tried to download the latest version of the open source version […]
The default way of creating bookmarks in Firefox is to either click on the white star in the address bar (or next to it as is the case in Firefox 29 or […]
Quotepad is a free program for Microsoft Windows that enables you to quickly jot down notes and manage notes created previously. I sometimes run into an application that's not hugely new, but […]
Codec Sniper is a free program for Windows that lists all installed audio and video codecs installed on a Windows machine. It is not uncommon that dozens or even hundreds of audio […]
I know you've all seen it, naughty people, you download a game for example, and the crack file says something like "Our cracker team does not support piracy, if you like the […]
Recently I have had a lot of people asking how to play various media files in Linux. Since most users are migrating over from either Mac or Windows, they are either used […]
uTorrent Port Checker is a free online service that allows you to check whether ports are open on your computer for use by the BitTorrent software. Port forwarding is not something that […]
The onboard LAN of my Gigabyte ep35-ds4 motherboard died just a few hours ago. Was surfing the Internet and suddenly connection errors showed up. That's bad as the onboard LAN is located […]
The article looks at Gmail's recipient suggestion functionality which was first available as a Labs project, but has been integrated natively now. It seems that Gmail is set to read your mind; […]
Toggle Em All is a free bookmarklet that you can use to toggle all checkboxes an any website you visit with a single click. Ever came across a situation where you had […]
In my last post, I mentioned wanting to try out Linux, specifically Ubuntu. After much consideration and with the help of the Ghacks readers, I decided to try the Ubuntu LiveCD before […]
Microsoft has released an add-on for Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Office 2007 that adds the company's Live Search Translator tool to the two Office programs. This move replaces the WorldLingo translator, […]
WinLAME is a free audio encoder for Windows that supports audio format such as mp3 or ogg and uses the popular LAME mp3 encoder. If you are looking for an easy to […]
If you are a Windows user you most likely know where to get software. You can either go to your local software retailer or you can go to a place like downloads.com. […]
If you use both Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook's calendar function you are probably looking for an easy and automated way to sync the calendars to access all information all the time […]
USB flash drives cannot be partitioned in the Windows operating if the drive is identified as removable media. The only way to partition the USB flash drive is to flip the removable […]
It is essential for webmasters and system administrators to monitor websites and networks they manage or own. The core reason for that is that monitoring tools provide administrators with information when a […]
Google Talk is an instant messaging software program for Windows that can be used to chat with friends and colleagues, initiate file transfers, do voice over IP and to send and receive […]
WordPress is already well optimized when it comes to SEO (that's Search Engine Optimization). There are some basic changes that are usually performed by webmasters, like changing the link structure to include […]
In the Linux operating system, a hidden file is any file that begins with a ".". When a file is hidden it can not been seen with the bare ls command or […]
VNC Thumbnail Viewer is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices that allows you to monitor multiple remote devices in one location. If you are working in a network environment where it […]
Outlook Attachment Extractor is a free program for Microsoft Windows that allows you to extract email attachments from Outlook. Email attachments can make up the majority of space required by email clients […]
Uninstalling anti virus software on a computer system is sometimes not a trivial task as security software tends to add components deep into the system to provide protection from various threats PC […]
Thread Compressor for Outlook is a free program designed to free up Outlook disk space by using compression techniques. The average email inbox contains both single emails and conversations. Conversations do usually […]
Over the last few years most of my video cards have had NVidia chipsets. And with these chipsets, open source drivers are iffy at times. Because of that I have often employed […]
JBidWatcher is a free portable program for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux to snipe, bid and monitor auctions on the eBay marketplace. The eBay auction platform -- or eBay marketplace as […]
The email client Mozilla Thunderbird uses a similar structure for storing data as the Firefox web browser. It uses profiles directories that are saved by default to the Thunderbird folder of the […]
Pretty much everyone uses eBay, but it is often frustrating when you're suddenly outbid on a rare or unique item. There are a number of strategies one can use to maximize the […]
I run another popular site together with Everton of Connected Internet. The site I'm talking about is Windows 7 News, a highly popular and well ranked website about the next Microsoft operating […]
Write Monkey is a text editor that offers several unique features to stand out of the masses of other writers and editors. The first and probably most noticeable feature is that the […]
I know, the first thing you are asking is "Why would I want to have to connect to a wireless network from the command line?" To that question I can give you […]
Regex Coach is a free cross-platform program that you can use to learn and work with regular expressions in a visual environment. Regular expression can be used to identify strings of text. […]
Update Notifier is a free program for Windows that checks if updates are available for installed software programs on the PC it is run on. One of the main disadvantages of the […]
Seamonster is a free implementation of the seam carving technology which removes the least likely to be missed pixels from images during resize operations. Seamonster is not your usual image editing software. […]
We mentioned a setting for the Firefox web browser earlier today that allows you to use the tab key to jump to the first text field on a website so that you […]
I love to read. I read a LOT. I read books, news, you name it. I even have a book published for the Kindle (a super hero romp called Shero) The idea […]
Alternative To is an interesting web service that suggests software alternatives for software and services on Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac and Linux operating systems plus online services. Alternatives to software programs or […]
Google Update is a background program by Google that gets installed on Windows operating systems if you install software such as Google Chrome, Google Pack or other Google software on the system. […]
While some websites like Google Search set the focus on text fields automatically, it is not used on other websites either because the webmaster does not know that such a feature exists, […]
