Analyzing the network packages is sometimes the only way to discover the correct url of a file on the Internet. Files can be obscured by using various scripting languages. A basic form […]
Microsoft made lots of promises at the time when Windows Vista was released concerning the extras that Windows Vista Ultimate users would get. Only a handful of extras have been released since […]
Testing Linux distributions could not be easier already. All it usually takes is to burn the image of the Linux distribution to CD and boot from the CD to experience that distribution. […]
In a somewhat surprising move Microsoft confirmed to Cnet that the upcoming Windows 7 operating system will not make use of preinstalled email, photo editing and movie making applications that were included […]
Combining several images into one bigger image seems to be a center of research in the last years. Microsoft Research released multiple applications that combined several images of the same object. The […]
Files are added to a computer system continuously. Users install new software, create files, edit, copy and move old ones and the system adds to that by creating temporary files automatically all […]
Whenever Microsoft sends out a new version of their upcoming operating system Windows 7 to their partners they can be sure that someone will post information about it soon thereafter publicly on […]
You have got casual Internet users and advanced Internet users and the way they search is totally different from each other. The casual Internet users enter a search term in a search […]
Everyone has appointments or obligations from time to time, be it school, doctor's appointments, meetings or language courses in the afternoon. Some people manage to keep all their appointments in their head […]
There is no easy way to rename multiple files in Windows, at least not when you want to rename each selected file with individual names. The only possibility in Windows is be […]
PC Audit is a free and portable software application for Microsoft Windows operating systems that can be run from any location on the computer. The software developer did not list the compatible […]
Microsoft introduced a new user interface that it called the Ribbon in Microsoft Office 2007. It was designed to reduce the number of hierarchical menus in previous versions of Microsoft Office. It […]
Stanford School of Engineering started its Stanford Engineering Everywhere program which offers access to computer science courses on a newly created website. This is not only useful to computer trainers but anyone […]
Saving network bandwidth is important for those users who are subscribed to a data plan that gives them a certain amount of Gigabytes per month that they can transfer freely. If they […]
Windows does not have a shortage of file recovery tools. Some of the ones mentioned previously are Recuva, Undelete My Files and Smart Data Recovery Enterprise. The newest contender in the ring […]
Copy Paste is probably one of those operations that almost every user does on a daily basis. The possibilities are almost endless, copying urls to paste them in emails, copying text to […]
Vista Start Menu is a software program for all Windows NT systems including Windows XP and Windows Vista that can replace the current start menu with a modified version. The software application […]
Even though I’m not a programmer myself I’ve always enjoyed reading Coding Horror. Okay, partly because it’s one of FeedDemon’s default feeds but also largely because Jeff Atwood just writes interesting stuff […]
The Windows Vista Sidebar can display a number of so called gadgets that display all kind of information such as pictures, news or other information like eBay auctions. Some users really like […]
Many users shy away from installing multiple operating systems on their computer because of problems that can arise in the boot sector. Some operating systems like to replace the existing boot information […]
Microsoft is still using the Windows 7 codename for their upcoming operating system. The company recently released the M3 build of Windows 7 to selected partners and first screenshots of changes in […]
A driver is a small software program that allows your computer hardware to communicate with the operating system installed on your machine. That means every piece of hardware right from the keyboard […]
When a user types a search term in the Firefox location bar (address bar, awesome bar) it is determined if the entered term is an actual web address or a search term. […]
Graphics2PDF is a free image to PDF converter software program for Windows that can turn a set of photos and images into a PDF document. There are several applications for the program, […]
Microsoft Network Monitor is a network protocol analyzer that captures network traffic, displays it in it's program interface and provides access to functions that allow to analyze the traffic. The application provides […]
Regular visitors might have spotted the new Webcasts menu entry in the header area of Ghacks already. I signed an agreement with a company that is providing free webcasts to interested visitors […]
"Better three hours too soon, than one minute too late". That quote is attributed to William Shakespeare who lived in an age without computers. Today time is essential for many programs and […]
Joost who have been offering a software client for Macintosh and Windows to watch (mostly) prerecorded TV shows have launched a website today that is offering everyone using Internet Explorer or Firefox […]
SolFileFinder is a risk visualization tool for Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF documents as well as zip files. It searches the system for Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Office 2007 documents encrypted […]
Remote Batch Copy is a software tool to copy files to multiple remote network locations. Source files that get added to the application are copied to the selected destination folders on the […]
Firefox 3 introduced a new feature called unsorted bookmarks. If you look at the Firefox 3 location bar you see a white star at the right end of the bar. Clicking on […]
Eric's Movie Database is a software program to organize and manage movie collections. The lightweight application offers all the features that movie collectors except from a management application. The software program concentrates […]
Data CDs and DVDs that are no longer needed pose a few problems. Throwing them away could be a privacy risk because everyone who finds them could simply read them and discover […]
If you have ever felt the need to join multiple PowerPoint documents then you may want to take a closer look at PowerPoint Joiner which is currently available as version 0.2 from […]
After posting the article about Tourist Remover earlier today my Internet connection died suddenly and I knew that it was a problem at the Internet Provider because the phone was not working […]
It is virtually impossible to get a clean shoot of a tourist attraction in most parts of the world. Since that is rarely the case most pictures that are taken while on […]
The Internet Movie Database has finally added a new feature to their site that many users of the site have requested for years. As of now content, that is media, has been […]
The designers and developers of the Apple iPhone must somehow have missed the popularity of MMS, the Multimedia Messaging Service, which is basically a service to send multimedia messages to contacts. This […]
PeerGuardian is an IP (Internet Protocol) blocker for Windows which is highly popular in the file sharing community but also with security and privacy interested users. The software works by providing access […]
Windows tweaking tools. There are so many that it is nearly impossible to keep an overview of every software application that has been released in this vertical. Many applications provide the same […]
