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  • the interface of the Kasperky Rescue Disk

    Kaspersky Rescue Disk

    Malicious software, like viruses or trojans, can damage a system in a way so that devices may no longer boot.

  • delicious export bookmarks

    Import Delicious Bookmarks into Firefox

    Just a few days after realizing that the new Stumbleupon Toolbar had the function to save every new website that you "stumble" as a Firefox bookmark and that it

  • Fix Choppy Scrolling in Firefox

    One of my readers - Sammy - sent me an email just a few minutes ago that informed me of a problem that several Firefox 3 users were having when they were [&hell

  • edit windows places

    Edit the Windows Places Bar

    The so called Places Bar is a sidebar on the right side of Open and Save dialogs in Windows and Office that provides the user with a way to access specific fold

  • text snip

    Paste Text As An URL

    With the rise of Instant Messengers and their web counterparts like Twitter came the problem that users who wanted to post text paragraphs had to divide them up

  • IP Spotting

    Please be warned that there is no serious use for IP Spotting.

  • Firefox is phoning home once a day

    Firefox and Thunderbird are phoning home every 24 hours regardless if update notifications have been disabled in both applications.

  • BBC Languages

    BBC Languages is a website by the BBC that is offering language courses for several popular languages such as German, French, Spanish and Chinese.

  • How to cope with a toothache

    Well, I know this has nothing to do with technology, but I thought I'd share some tips I've learned in the past 2 days.

  • firefox snap links

    Snap Links for Firefox 3

    Snap Links was one of the most useful Firefox 2 add-ons in my opinion and it was one of the few add-ons that I missed dearly after switching to Firefox 3.

  • directory monitor software

    Directory Monitor

    One way to ensure that files do not get modified is to monitor certain directories for changes and write those changes to a log.

  • RSS Bandit

    I’ve been a user of FeedDemon RSS reader ever since it became freeware.

  • johns background switcher

    John's Background Switcher

    I discovered John's Background Switcher on the excellent Donation Coder forum where the user y0himba posted a review of it.

  • microsoft environment

    Microsoft Environment

    Microsoft Environment is a new website by Microsoft "to help people and businesses around the world foster environmental sustainability".

  • Why you should restrict Cookie Access

    Cookies, or more precisely HTTP cookies, are small text files that are stored on a users computer when websites are visited that make use of them.

  • Change Firefox 3 Full Screen Mode

    I'm normally not using the full screen mode in Firefox because I have a large enough Samsung LCD monitor that displays most websites just fine.

  • Return to Plurk

    It’s been about a month now since I introduced Plurk here at gHacks and now that I have had a chance to properly test it, here is an update o

  • open it online

    Open It Online

    Open It Online is a Firefox extensions that is compatible with Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 and offering the user a way to open and edit documents directly online.

  • Colour Schemes

    I have spent this week struggling with colour schemes for my blog.

  • Acrobat.com Online

    Adobe recently released a new set of office applications online to compete with the dominant Google Docs, Zoho and possibly Windows Office Live.

  • detect duplicates

    Detect Duplicates with Clone Spy

    Clone Spy is a free portable application that can detect file duplicates in a number of ways and react automatically or after user input on the discovery of suc

  • My Firefox 3 Switching Experience

    Daniel told everyone yesterday why he would wait another month or so before he would make the switch from Firefox 2 to Firefox 3 and I thought I share my Firefo