Identify is a Firefox extension that can be used to retrieve information about individuals on social networking sites. It works by visiting a profile page on a site, and pressing the Alt-I […]
Toggle Em All is a free bookmarklet that you can use to toggle all checkboxes an any website you visit with a single click. Ever came across a situation where you had […]
The email client Mozilla Thunderbird uses a similar structure for storing data as the Firefox web browser. It uses profiles directories that are saved by default to the Thunderbird folder of the […]
I run another popular site together with Everton of Connected Internet. The site I'm talking about is Windows 7 News, a highly popular and well ranked website about the next Microsoft operating […]
Write Monkey is a text editor that offers several unique features to stand out of the masses of other writers and editors. The first and probably most noticeable feature is that the […]
We mentioned a setting for the Firefox web browser earlier today that allows you to use the tab key to jump to the first text field on a website so that you […]
Alternative To is an interesting web service that suggests software alternatives for software and services on Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac and Linux operating systems plus online services. Alternatives to software programs or […]
Customize Google for Internet Explorer is a free program for Microsoft's Internet Explorer to customize various Google features. Customize Google has been a very popular add-on for the Firefox web browser for […]
PS Hot Launch VVL is a free launcher application for Windows that lets you start any app or folder with the tap on a hotkey. I use a lot of applications and […]
When you log into GNOME are there applications that you wish would start automatically? Are you one of those that fire up your web browser or your email client as your desktop […]
So called lite applications remove certain components from -- usually resource heavy - applications to reduce download time, storage requirements or features so that they are not installed with the application on […]
Ad Blocking in the Internet Explorer 8 web browser is not as easy to achieve as it is in other web browsers like Opera or Firefox with add-ons installed. Many Internet Explorer […]
Internet Explorer add-ons have been introduced by Microsoft in the previous editions of Internet Explorer. Despite the introduction, they never managed to come close to the popularity and inventiveness of add-ons produced […]
Google Fx is a userscript that you may install in browser's supporting userscripts to modify the appearance and functionality of Google Search. Google Search has always been displayed with a rather minimalistic […]
Want to see what other web browsers have to offer but have no interest in installing any of them on your computer system? You could hunt down the portable versions of those […]
You need to click several times on the photo hosting website Flickr if you want to open a full sized photo from a page that displays the thumbnail image of it only. […]
Quick Proxy Changer is a free program for Windows that you may use to change the proxy settings of Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser. Users of the Internet Explorer web browser do […]
SSL connections, which you can identify by the use of the HTTPS protocol in the address bar of the web browser that you are using, provide additional security in comparison to the […]
This is a list of the most important RSS News Feeds that are available at ghacks.net. They are just a selection of the available feeds. It is practically possible to create feeds […]
MailBrowserBackup is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices to backup supported email clients and web browsers in one operation. Many webmasters and tech savvy Internet users do not only have one […]
The other day my step-daughter's Eee PC had some issues. It is a Linux-based Eee so it had the Xandros netbook distribution running. There were updates to be applied so I went […]
While Adobe Flash offers many exciting possibilities to web developers and users alike, it also introduces several additional security risks to computer systems. We already discussed the impact of so called Flash […]
Open XML Viewer is a free extension for Mozilla Firefox that adds support for the new Microsoft Office 2007 XML formats in Firefox. The introduction of the new Microsoft Office XML formats […]
If you want to post an image from your Flickr account as a status message on Twitter you need to do quite a few things to accomplish the task. First you log […]
First we had a look at how you all use your browser, then how you listen to music and watch videos; now it's time to find out about instant messaging! With all […]
Image Transloder is a free browser extension for the Firefox browser that enables you to upload web images to various image hosts. If you stumble upon images on websites regularly that you […]
Microsoft released the final version of Internet Explorer 8 yesterday. This new version is regarded by many as a step in the right direction as it closes the gap, both speed and […]
If you take a look at the five most popular web browsers right now, you will notice huge differences in popularity among them. The web browsers in question are Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft […]
Microsoft made an announcement earlier today that the final version of Internet Explorer 8 will be released today at noon EDT. The web browser can be downloaded from that time on from […]
Following up on last week's much commented article about how you guys use your Firefox, I decided to also take a look at how you use your media player applications. This is […]
Flickr is one of the most popular photo hosting websites on the Internet. This makes it attractive for software developers, as tools designed for Flickr can reach a larger audience than tools […]
Google recently launched behavioral targeted ads for AdSense. This means AdSense displays adverts not only on the context of the webpage, but on the context of your browsing history. The aim is […]
Inexperienced users and even some experienced users may find it sometimes difficult to identify legitimate and fake emails. It is sometimes difficult to tell if the email that just arrived in your […]
I think it is interesting to provide some general statistical information about the site and its visitors every now and then. Some users might just skip reading the post while others will […]
One of the main problems that users of multi-user Windows XP systems experience is that the default internet browser is set as a system setting that affects all user accounts. If one […]
A complaint of browser developer Opera that Microsoft has undermined competition by integrating its own Internet Explorer with the Windows operating system is currently being investigated by the European Union. If Microsoft […]
The most basic command, and probably the first you'll learn when taking a look at PHP is "echo". The first example in many books and online tutorials is the following. Create a […]
Update: Please note that the original extension is not available anymore. We suggest that you use Facepaste instead. It is also available for Firefox. After you have installed Facepaste in Firefox and […]
Accelerators are a new feature of Microsoft's upcoming web browser Internet Explorer 8 that have recently been ported to other web browsers like Firefox in the form of add-ons. Like the name […]
Previously I wrote about using GUI tools for Linux process management (Get To Know Linux: Process Management.) Both the GNOME and the KDE tools are outstanding, user-friendly solutions to an issue that […]
