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Zip File Recovery with Object Fix Zip
It happened to me more than once that I was not able to unpack a zipped archive and recover the files within because the zip file was broken.
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Listen to and download free mp3 music
A reader of my blog recommended a great music download site with the name ElectroBel, a free underground electronic music community site.
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Enhance Windows Explorer
It is really painful to copy files using the Windows explorer.
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Say Goodbye to Joost and Bablegum, here comes Zattoo
My participation in both the Joost and Bablegum beta phase has taught me several things about those social TV over Internet clients: They do add interactivity t
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Wallpapers for widescreen monitors
Widescreen monitors become more and more common these days which run on native resolutions like 1400 x 1050, 1680 x 1050 or 1920 x 1200.
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Auto Zip Attachments for Thunderbird
I usually do not zip attachments that I send with Thunderbird, it is normally just to much work to zip the files locally and attach them to the mail afterwards.
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Apple Ipod Video Converter
The initial release of Apples Ipod Video Player seems to have encouraged hundreds of software developers to create a software that would convert video files int
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Karaoke Software for your Computer
Karaoke and Karaoke software is becoming more and more popular since Sony decided to release the first Singstar Playstation 2 Karaoke game.
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Looking for a new Computer Monitor? Try this one..
I thought my dual computer monitor lineup would be something spectacular, how wrong I was.
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Pimp up the Vista startmenu
We all know that Microsoft decided to add the search function to the Vista startmenu and get rid of the run box by default.
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AVG Anti Rootkit free
Rootkits received a publicity boost with Sony's rootkit infested CDs that was supposed to be some kind of copy protection.
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Echoes new game from Binary Zoo
Back then when I started writing articles for ghacks I was writing about a freeware game that blew my mind.
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Check your programs for updates automatically
Keeping up with application updates can be a very tedious task even if you have only a handful of them installed on your system.
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Natural Designer Wallpaper Exhibition
Since I'm running the wallpaper changer application non-stop on my computer I'm always on the lookout for more wallpapers that would fit nicely in my rotation.
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When Unlimited means limited
Did you ever fell into the trap that you signed up for an supposedly unlimited service only to find out at a later time that the unlimited service did not reall
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Check the size of your folders
I was running the Folder Size open source program from sourceforge for some time which had a great functionality but stressed my system a lot during size calcul
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Joost 0.9 is out
A new version of the Internet TV application Joost has been released yesterday.
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NullDC a new Dreamcast Emulator for PC
Many gamers think that the Dreamcast was the best gaming system of the last generation.
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DRM Free Songs come to iTunes
Apple and Emi announced today that the entire digital repertoire from Emi music can be purchased at Apples iTunes store without DRM.
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Wiikey - Testing the Nintendo Wii Modchip
Wiikey is one of the modchips that are available for Nintendo's Wii gaming system.
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Instant Desktop Sharing with Teamviewer
Did you ever try to remotely access a computer of a user who is not tech-savvy ? How long did it take to configure the client system correctly ? One great solut
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Copy Data from partially unreadable files
About eight years ago I was backing up some pretty valuable files on CD.
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How to determine the value of a website
If you do own a website you probably wondered about the value of it.
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Add Run Box to Vista's and Windows 7's Start Menu
When I first tried to run a command in Windows Vista i expected to find the function at the same place where it is in Windows XP.
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Send Windows to Nirvana with an animated cursor
One of the many disadvantages of every new Windows edition is the fact that the operating system becomes more and more bloated.
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Remotely Access your Music Collection with Winamp Remote Plugin
If you ever wanted to access your mp3 collection remotely the Winamp Remote Plugin which is currently in beta status might be exactly what you are looking for.
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Weekend Fun Tails Gear
Tails Gear is one of those Japanese arcade shooters that make it pretty difficulty for average gamers to see more of the game than just a few levels.
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DM2 Windows Enhancements
DM2 is a pretty interesting windows enhancements open source program for Windows 2K and XP.
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Taking a look at Microsofts Anti Spam Solution
Microsoft advertises its Anti Spam program Windows Defender with the slogan spyware protection for free but is it really a good alternative to other anti spam a
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10 Tips to speed up Opera 9
Opera is already a very fast browser, but if you would have the choice between fast and faster than fast, what would you choose ? I took the liberty to compile
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Disable Balloon Tips in Windows Vista
This article explains how to disable Balloon Tips in Windows Vista.
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Transparent Balloon Tips in Windows Vista
The Balloon Tips in Windows Vista look like the ones in Windows XP.
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Yahoo to offer unlimited Email Storage
It seems that the big three, that is Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, always have to compete against each other.
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Create a secure data safe with True Crypt
This article is going to show everyone, even the inexperienced, how to create a data safe that can store as much personal information and files as you want usin
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Jamendo distributed one million albums
The free social music networking site Jamendo announced today that they have distributed more than one million downloads of albums that are freely available usi
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Jabbits Ask Questions Get Answers
Jabbits is a interesting new interactive website that is supposed to be the worlds first interactive video website.
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About Weak Passwords
I came upon the article "How I would hack your weak passwords" yesterday and pondered if I should write an article about it.
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Youtube Video Awards 2006 Winners
You might know that Youtube held a video awards voting on their site for the last five days were everyone was able to vote for their favorite videos that Youtub
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Check the integrity of backups with Media Checker
Nothing is more frustrating than to realize that some files of a backup are corrupted.
