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Add Trash To Firefox Bookmarks
Deleting bookmarks in Firefox will remove them permanently from the web browser.
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10 Annoying Aspects Of Tech Blogs
Good old Rarst posted another interesting article today about 10 things that make tech blogs unreadable.
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HashTab Shell Extension
HashTab is a useful shell extension for the Windows operating system that adds a File Hashes tab to Explorer in which it lists hash values and provides its func
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There Are No Active Mixer Devices Available
The error message "There Are No Active Mixer Devices Available" appeared after clicking on the Volume icon in the Windows System Tray the other day.
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Snow Desktop
If you have liked the Desktop Christmas Tree you will love Snow Desktop as it is the perfect companion for the Christmas Tree.
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DVD Identifier
Many DVD, HD-DVD or Blu-Ray writers work best with blank media from specific manufacturers.
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Export Internet Explorer Security Zone Information
Internet Explorer assigns a security zone to any website that the user is visiting.
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Play Random MP3 Albums In Winamp
RandoMP3 is a lightweight software program for Winamp that offers two interesting features: the first feature called Audition will randomly select a MP3 album f
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Microsoft Outlook Auto Complete Export
Whenever a Microsoft Outlook user fills in an email address in the email client it will be saved by the software so that it can be auto completed the next time
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Firefox Mass Password Reset
It is a common practice among security professionals to use a password only once.
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Protect Games With Passwords
Sharing a computer with children can be a great way for them to get started early on.
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Control iTunes Playback With Shortcuts
If you like to listen to music in iTunes you might have noticed that iTunes does not provide keyboard shortcuts to control the playback when iTunes is running i
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Desktop RSS Reader Newzie
Update: Newzie has not been updated since 2007 and I suggest you give the excellent RSS reader QuiteRSS a try instead.
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Save And Paste Form Data In Firefox
Many websites require users to signup before their services can be fully used.
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Minimize Windows To A Single System Tray Icon
Minime (via Lifehacker) is an AutoIt application that can be used to put any open window - be it program or folder - into the Windows System Tray.
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Best free (and open-source) FPS games
Whilst first person shooters are mainly confined to the console, several good FPS games are available for PC.
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New Google Mail Security Vulnerability Emerges
News about domain hijackings came to light in the last weeks.
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PayPal Mobile Security Keys
VeriSign sent me a free PayPal Security Key after I mentioned that an unauthorized payment was done from my PayPal account.
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Hard Drive Diagnostic Tool Crystal Disk Info
Crystal Disk Info has been reviewed before here at Ghacks as a tool to display the work hours of any connected hard drive on a Windows system.
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Blu-ray Disc Ripper
We reviewed a software program yesterday that allows you to remove the region protection from Blu-Ray rips stored on a computer's hard drive.
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Disk Copy Software
Roman send me an email yesterday reminding me that I never covered Easeus Disk Copy at Ghacks.
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Changing Opera Themes
One of the many things that Opera is doing really well is providing an easy way to changing themes in the web browser.
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Typealizer: What Type is That Blog
Online services that tell you things you already know seem to be becoming increasingly popular.
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Display Time In Games
Good games can suck a player into the game world.
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Install Vista Themes Without Patching The System First
Microsoft is protecting the Windows Vista operating system from unsigned third party themes.
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Move Window Controls To The Left
The maximize, minimize and close controls are located on the right side of each window title in the Windows operating system.
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Animated GIF Editor
Animated gifs have a bad reputation on the Internet which stems from the early days.
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Skype Log View
Skype saves logs of all conversations in the voice over IP software.
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Keep Software Installers Up To Date
Rarst published an interesting article yesterday on his blog with the title Ketarin - keeps setup packages updated.
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US Military Bans Removable Media To Stop Computer Worm
The online edition of the computer magazine Wired has published an article three days ago about a ban of removable media by the US Military to stop a computer w
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Windows Tabbed Browsing
Tabs have become the standard in web browsers to browse Internet pages.
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Access remote Unix GUIs in Windows: Xming
A friend recently introduced me to the idea of X11 tunnelling, which is accessing programs over SSH whilst still maintaining a graphical interface.
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Lock Optical Drives
If you ever had a kid running around in a room with a computer you most likely must have noticed that the little brats seem to be fascinated by the computer lig
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Firefox Temporary Bookmarks
Temporary Bookmarks are bookmarks that expire after a certain amount of time automatically.
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Online Computer Monitor Calibration
The first thing to do when connecting a new computer monitor is to calibrate it properly to ensure that it displays the best possibly image.
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Wallpaper Shifter changes desktop backgrounds on Windows
Many software programs have been created in the past two years that automatically switch wallpapers on a computer desktop in selected intervals.
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Auto Delete
File deletion can be automated to a certain extend on computer systems.
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Copy URL To Clipboard When Copying Text In Firefox
When you quote text published on a website you usually need to copy the text itself that you want to quote and the web address (url) as you need to cite your [&
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Great Summary Summarizes Web Pages
Don't have the time to read a long article on a web page? Then it might be worth to give the Great Summary service a try.
