Online Book Demonstration
What exactly would come to your mind if I would speak about e-books ? Would you think about pdf documents and other text documents ? Most likely yes because e-b
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Microsoft releases 11 security bulletins
Microsoft released their monthly security bulletin yesterday which listed 11 security bulletins containing a total of 17 patches for operating systems and softw
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Use Stumbleupon without the toolbar
I don't like to install a lot of toolbars in Firefox (or Opera) because they tend to decrease the screen size that is available for the website.
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Real Desktop review
Real Desktop comes in two flavors, a light version which has a reduced functionality but does not cost a dime and a standard version that has all the functional
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Fix stuck messages in Windows Mail Outbox
A friend of mine called me the other day.
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Multiple Image Resizer
I always disliked resizing multiple images using the image viewers that I have been using throughout the day.
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Virtual Memory too low
Windows loves to use virtual memory.
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reCaptcha: stop spam while helping to digitize books
Spam is a pain and we all got used to the necessity of fighting it every single day spending our valuable time on deleting junk mails and undergoing additional
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Throttle Bandwidth of Firefox and IE
Why would anyone want to throttle the bandwidth of Firefox or Internet Explorer ? That was my first thought when I read about two tiny apps for Firefox and Inte
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Have an instant talk using portable VoIP apps
Assuming you have some kind of headset or at least a cheap mike with speakers in the worst case, I bet you've already tried using some voice-over-IP services an
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Tips for hard-core English learners
English pwns.
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Sunday Fun Game Protector
The release of my own gaming blog has been delayed for a few months and I decided to post some great games in the meantime here at Ghacks to keep you all entert
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Display all wireless network keys
Windows does not store wireless keys in a format that is readable by the human eye which becomes unfortunate when you have lost your key and want to access your
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Browse through the List Universe
I like going through top ten lists.
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Customize Windows Explorer Tooltips
Whenever you hover your mouse cursor over a file or folder in Windows Explorer or the Desktop you will notice that a tooltip appears that lists some details abo
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Remove $NtUninstall Dirs in Windows XP
Windows XP is creating a backup of every patch that you install for the operating system.
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How users are being tracked on P2P networks
Have you ever asked yourself how it is possible that users are tracked over months in P2P networks although their IP address is changing regularly ? We only hea
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About PuTTy and Tutorials, including a PuTTy Tutorial
After my last post about the powers of PuTTy in conjunction with an SSH-enabled router, I started thinking about tutorials.
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Use Related Icons for any Folder Icon
Icon Any Folder is another great application that I discovered at Donation Coder which is small, lightweight but oh so useful.
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Allow users to format removable hard disks in Windows XP
Only administrators are allowed to format and eject removable hard disks in Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional which could become a problem if you norm
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RIAA is becoming desperate
In a move that can only be described as desperate the RIAA, or better Cary Sherman, its President, suggested at the State of the Net Conference to bundle filter
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Sync Facebook and Outlook
If you have been a heavy contact book user you know the dread of mass entering people.
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File Types Manager
If you want to find out which file type is opened with which application you normally take a look into the File Types tab in Tools > Folder Options.
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HijackReader analyse HijackThis results
HiJackThis is a sophisticated security tool that checks a computer running Windows 2000 or higher for possible signs of hijacked applications.
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TV Music Theme MP3s
Television junkies will love Television Tunes.
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Firefox Security and Stability Update
The Mozilla team has released a new version of Mozilla Firefox.
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Theoretical Cryptography Part I - MD5
Since Martin constantly manages to cover all ongoing news regarding cryptography and security I myself planned on writing about "any time soon", I had to look f
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Turn userscripts into Firefox extensions
I've always loved user scripts because they are easy to install, audit and to manage.
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Make Firefox start faster with Firefox preloader
I'm not very fond of applications that add themselves to the Windows startup because it means that the startup will be delayed.
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Yoggie PICO Personal Mobile Security Computer
Taking security out of the hands of the average user is a good way of increasing system security.
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True Crypt 5 adds System Partition Encryption
True Crypt 5 has been released yesterday and I'm very pleased with the new features that the developers have added to this awesome encryption tool.
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Pimp out your Google with the iGoogle Bar
I just found a great Firefox extension while browsing Lifehacker, a small addon that will add a bar in place of the default, quite unuseful bar, and let you acc
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Eye-Fi Wireless SD Memory Card
My first thought when I heard about the Eye-Fi Wireless SD Memory Card was that no one would be going to need this SD card with build in WiFi but when I read a
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Make Your Own Magazine Cover with Magmypic
Yesterday, I posted about the software U.
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eBay overhauls feedback system
The online auction website eBay plans to overhaul their feedback system later this year by removing the ability for sellers to leave feedback after an auction c
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Goodbye BIOS Here Comes UEFI
UEFI which is an acronym for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface which will eventually replace the 20+ year old Bios.
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Fun Things to do with PuTTy and Linux-Routers
If you set up some kind of SSH Connection on a windows computer over the past few years, be it to connect to the university's network or to secure a line for an
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Samsung Syncmaster 2263DX
Most flat screen monitors these days come in sizes of 19'', 22'' and 24'' with a 16:9 ratio.
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Put Your Face on the Cover of Time Magazine
Interesting title isn’t it? What if you could put yourself on the cover of not only TIME but every major magazine in the world? For example, you could gr
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How to resize popups in Firefox
You might have come upon some popups that did not display all information because their dimension was to small to do so.
