Microsoft has - rather quietly - released an preliminary update for Microsoft Outlook 2007 that will also be included in the soon to be coming Microsoft Office Service Pack 2. The Outlook […]
Update: It is no longer recommended to use the method described in the article. The best approach as it stands is to sent DMCA takedown notices to operators and web hosts. Every […]
FTP is one of those protocols that is largely ignored by the majority of today's Internet users. Back in the early days of the Internet it was common to download drivers, patches […]
Network security is tantamount to retaining your sanity. Be it at home or at your place of business, a firewall is often a necessity (especially when you have Windows machines on your […]
It is usually not a good idea to operate more than one security software of the same kind on a computer system. This is especially true for antivirus software solutions but also […]
The best way of controlling which websites are opened in a web browser is to block all of them except those that are listed on a custom whitelist. This does require work […]
If you want to post an image from your Flickr account as a status message on Twitter you need to do quite a few things to accomplish the task. First you log […]
Web services like Last.fm are hard pressed to find ways to monetize their inventory to even come close to the bills for the server structure, administrative and development teams, bandwidth and everything […]
The guys operating the popular Bittorrent tracker called The Pirate Bay have announced a new anonymous VPN (virtual private network) service named ipredator mocking the new Swedish anti-piracy legislation Intellectual Property Rights […]
Over the last ten+ years I have seen Linux configuration tools come and go. In the early days there was the tried-and-true, all-powerful linuxconf that many thought would remain the one and […]
The MIX09 technology conference which concentrates on web design and development took place in Las Vegas from March 18 - 20, 2009. All of the sessions of the event have been recorded […]
Wysigot is a browser that acts both as a website monitor and downloader. One of its main features is the option to download entire websites or select pages. The process has been […]
The same Nokia cell phone model can come with different firmware versions depending on the cell phone provider that sold the cell phone. It is not uncommon that Nokia cell phones provided […]
First we had a look at how you all use your browser, then how you listen to music and watch videos; now it's time to find out about instant messaging! With all […]
Update: Windows Live Messenger is not available anymore. This means that the skin cannot be used anymore as well. Microsoft seems to want to concentrate all efforts on the messaging service Skype […]
gHacks has a diverse range of editors, living in, among other places, the UK, Germany and Hungary. All write in the medium of English, but learning a foreign language is no easy […]
Some software programs are unpacked to both an msi and an exe setup file. If you are an end user you may wonder which -- or both? -- to execute to install […]
Beginner article coming up, it's time to get to know the wonderful world of CSS! Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS, is the standard method of styling a webpage. In fact, you should […]
I haven't really gotten myself into online photo editing and effects software because they usually fall behind Adobe Photoshop, but I tried one which is worthy of not just trying out, but […]
Rich Copy is a free file transfer software for Microsoft Windows created by Microsoft employee Ken Tamaru as an alternative to RoboCopy. Transferring files from one location to another can be a […]
If you are a teacher or have any need for a classroom-based Wiki project, I have the perfect solution for you. I discovered CourseForum a few years back when I was looking […]
Block Input is a small portable software program that can block both the computer mouse and computer keyboard for a certain period of time. There may be special situations where you want […]
Back in the days when I worked part time for a big financial company and ran Ghacks the rest of the time, I sometimes had to access Ghacks while I was at […]
SPKiller is a free program for Microsoft's Windows operating system that allows you to block processes and services on Windows. We reviewed a Windows process blocker just a few days ago which […]
Over the years I have seen the operating sytem evolve into and out of various types of fads. Most recently the operating system has toyed around with the idea of the Cloud […]
Bitlocker is an additional software component that got first distributed with Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate and Enterprise, and with professional versions of newer Windows systems as well. It can be used to […]
QR Codes can be described as two-dimensional barcodes which can be decoded quickly by scanners. Most mobile phones either ship with scanners included by default, or offer third-party apps that add QR […]
Internet Explorer 8 has just been released by Microsoft. Version eight of the web browser offers speed and stability improvements, better web standards support in comparison to previous versions of the browser, […]
Tag 2 Find is a free program for Microsoft Windows that helps you organize files on Windows devices through a tagging system. If you want to organize files on Windows, you have […]
I had relatives from out of the country a little while ago and before they left, one of them decided to leave his laptop behind for me. It's an old model from […]
Image Transloder is a free browser extension for the Firefox browser that enables you to upload web images to various image hosts. If you stumble upon images on websites regularly that you […]
Microsoft released the final version of Internet Explorer 8 yesterday. This new version is regarded by many as a step in the right direction as it closes the gap, both speed and […]
If you take a look at the five most popular web browsers right now, you will notice huge differences in popularity among them. The web browsers in question are Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft […]
Windows Registry Watcher is a free portable software program for the Windows operating system that monitors and protects important Registry keys. The Windows Registry is one of the major attack locations for […]
While Google Mail (Gmail) is already able to display the new Office 2007 file formats such as xlsx, docx or pptx by converting them to HTML format so that they can be […]
While bandwidth prices are slowly declining, it is still quite common that some Internet Providers try to influence the traffic consumption of their customers by manipulating transfer speeds. One common method that Internet […]
Have you ever come across a website with no means of contacting the webmaster? This poses a problem if you want to or need to contact the webmaster. Maybe you want to […]
Yesterday we mentioned that Microsoft would release the final version of Internet Explorer 8 later that day on the official website. They did that which surprised many tech savvy users as it […]
My wife and I became hooked on the TV show "Lost" recently. As we were way behind we caught up by renting seasons 1-4. But then we ran out and fell behind […]
If you want to create a simple webpage for yourself, listing who you are, how you can be contected and what you do, you might want to add a few languages in […]
