Fake virus alerts are a common yet dangerous weapon often used by cybercriminals. These alerts masquerade themselves as legitimate security warnings, tricking users into actions that end up compromising their own digital […]
The portable version of Firefox comes with no plugins preinstalled, and while it may make use of system wide plugins, it can still be that some necessary plugins are not available in […]
Spoon offers a web service for Windows users that allows them to run desktop applications directly in the web browser, without prior downloads or installations. The cloud approach offers several advantages over […]
With the number of smartphones on the market on an ever-increasing rise Google's Android operating system is the first to be hit by a major virus. The malware can steal cash from […]
Today is the second Tuesday of the month and that means it is Microsoft Patch Day. Microsoft is keeping a tight schedule when it comes to security patches. If they are not […]
Adding album covers to mp3 files can be helpful for identification purposes. Some music applications and mp3 players offer modes to flip through the music collection by album cover for instance, and […]
The increase in devices that play videos has increased over the last decade. People now have the option to play videos on video gaming systems, mobile phones, mp3 players, laptops, netbooks, and […]
Remember LAN gaming? Gaming on Local Area Networks was the way to play back in the 90s. You had to haul all your equipment to your friends or a central location if […]
The notification software Snarl has been around for quite some time. It has grown over the years to a fledged notification system. Snarl is powered by applications that are loaded as extensions […]
Many computer users have moved away from Adobe Reader to other pdf readers due to an increase in security issues over the last two years. Adobe Reader has become one of the […]
We have just reviewed one of the first video converters that is supporting the new webm format. The conversion creates videos with the extension .webm and it is only natural to try […]
WebM could become the next big thing on the Internet, at least when it comes to HTML5 video. It is the format that is backed up by the majority of browser developers […]
I do a lot of writing about Linux - for Ghacks and for other sites. One of the issues I come across often is how Linux is perceived and what it needs to […]
The following guide provides you with information on the Windows process conhost.exe which you may notice on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 systems. I just noticed the process conhost.exe for […]
DFDFab Passkey Lite is a free program for Windows that removes protections of inserted DVD and Blu-Ray discs to make those accessible and playable on the device. Many video DVDs and Blu-Ray […]
Clavier+ is a free program for devices running Microsoft Windows that enables you to create keyboard shortcuts for a variety of activities. Clavier+ might look like yet another program launcher on first […]
FreeApp is an online service that offers a simple concept. Pick all your favorite applications from the list of offered apps to create a custom installer that will install all those applications […]
VLC Media Player is a popular media player available for Linux, Windows and Macintosh operating systems. Version 1.0 of the player has been downloaded more than 150 million times. A recent video […]
Despite being a common usage scenario, the process of burning a new DVD is not intuitive on a default Windows install. The question of how to burn a DVD is often answered […]
Stream Harvester is a new program for Microsoft Windows devices to record Internet radio streams effortlessly to the local system. We have covered quite a few applications that can be used to […]
CyberSearch is a very useful Firefox add-on that improves the search capabilities of the web browser. More precisely; It adds search options to the Firefox address bar. We previously covered the release […]
WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe is a video converter for the Windows operating system that has been specifically designed to process HD videos. While the program is optimized for HD, it can […]
Programs that allow a user to download subtitles have become very comfortable over the years. It started with subtitle websites that offered subtitle downloads which you had to add manually to your […]
Easy Subtitle Converter is a free program for the Microsoft Windows operating system that enables you to convert subtitles into more than 20 different formats. Well over 20 different subtitle formats exist […]
SKeys is a free portable program for Microsoft Windows that enables you to change what Special Keys do on your computer keyboard. Some computer keyboards come with a set of special keys […]
For most lovers of music on the go, the default seems to be the combination of iTunes and iP* (where * is either hone or od). This is great for Apple and […]
Flash Cookies, which are also known as super cookies or Local Shared Objects, should not be confused with normal cookies that are placed by websites. Normal cookies can easily be deleted from […]
I'm sure by now everyone here knows about Hulu. If not, Hulu is a huge collection of television programs that can be viewed on line, for free, with few commercial interruptions. It's […]
In my most recent article "Five ways to ease the migration from Windows to Linux" I examined how you can help new users make the migration from Windows to Linux easier. Most […]
Microsoft Photo Story is a free software program by Microsoft for the Windows operating system that can be used to turn digital camera photos and pictures into small videos. It is possible […]
HD video authoring software multiAVCHD has been designed to author AVCHD, Blu-Ray, HD DVD or SD-Video, to transfer DVD backups without re-encoding to Blu-Ray or AVCHD format, to watch Blu-Ray disk backups […]
If you've been around long enough you will probably remember the Be operating system. Be began life in 1991 by Be Inc as an operating system for BeBox hardware. There was a […]
A recent comment here at Ghacks asked for help in finding a software program or solution to password protect CDs or DVDs. The following post explains how to password protect data on […]
Extracting audio from video files can be interesting for computer users in several occasions.One simple application is to extract music from video files so that you can listen to the music in […]
Adobe has issues a security patch for the Adobe Shockwave software program that fixes one vulnerability that has been rated critical by Adobe Software. The vulnerability gives attackers, who can attack systems […]
If you remember my last media entry, The best Linux media players, you'll remember I left out one very important entry - Songbird. At the time I really hadn't given this relatively […]
Codec Sniper is a free program for Windows that lists all installed audio and video codecs installed on a Windows machine. It is not uncommon that dozens or even hundreds of audio […]
In my last post, I mentioned wanting to try out Linux, specifically Ubuntu. After much consideration and with the help of the Ghacks readers, I decided to try the Ubuntu LiveCD before […]
The UEFA Champions League is one of the world's major sport events that attracts fans from all over the world. The quarter finals are beginning this week with some exciting match lineups. […]
Submagic is a computer software program for the Windows operating system that enables you to create, edit, or fix subtitle files. Edit in this regard means to create, edit, convert, synchronize or […]
SubDude is a subtitle renamer designed for Windows to match subtitles with video files automatically, so that they get picked up by media players. If you have worked with subtitles before you […]
