The anti-spyware niche and the security software niche in general are crowded with lots of companies competing with their software programs for market share. It is difficult to get a foothold in […]
Web Proxy Checker is a program for Microsoft Windows devices that allows you to test proxy servers using HTTP, HTTPS, Socks4 or Socks5. A problem that the majority of public proxy servers […]
Until now userscript support in the Google Chrome web browser was severely limited by the fact that you had to copy the scripts to a folder of the Chrome profile. Recent versions […]
There are plenty of times when you may want to add a new service to start when your Linux machine boots. Or you may want to stop a service from starting upon […]
MSN.com is one of the most popular websites on the Internet with roughly 100 million unique visitors per month that visit the website. The design of the Internet portal has not changed […]
Mozilla has integrated several new tab preview features in the recent release of Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 which were initially planned to be integrated into earlier release versions of Firefox 3.x. Even […]
Flickr Drive Shell is a free plugin for Windows Explorer that allows you to add a user's Flickr storage space to it directly. Just a few days ago we reviewed the Windows […]
The Google Chrome browser supports a feature that lets you pin tabs to the web browser. Pinned tabs will be moved to the left side of the tabbar. In addition, the tab […]
I have written a few articles on Samba here on Ghacks. And most people know how to connect to Samba shares via Windows. Generally speaking (when all is set up correctly) it's […]
Apple has begun the week a bit weirdly by banning Atom out of Mac OS. Whether this will last, we don't know yet but if it is made permanent then the hackintosh […]
I have worked for one of the biggest financial organizations in Germany in the past. One of our jobs was to deal with customers who had fallen pray to phishing and other […]
Client for Google Translate is a free and commercial software program for Microsoft Windows devices to run translations on your desktop. Update: The most recent version of Client for Google Translate is […]
The latest developer versions of the Google Chrome browser come with the build in option to synchronize bookmarks across multiple computer systems by utilizing a Google account to store the data. Google […]
Finally, Sony Ericsson’s Rachael has become official. The amount of speculation and expectation that this phone had behind it, I was almost apprehensive about the entire thing. It might’ve been a huge […]
Zilla JPG To PDF Converter is a program for Microsoft Windows devices to convert various image formats to Adobe PDF documents. Note: The program was offered for free initially, but that is […]
Twitter introduced a new feature called Twitter Lists recently. Before Twitter Lists, Twitter users could only look at messages of individual users. They could look up messages posted by a friend, work […]
The desktop email client Thunderbird makes it easy to setup and use multiple email identities. Multiple identities can be useful in several situations, for instance to combat spam by using different identities […]
CentOS has not received much attention here on Ghacks, so I thought I would remedy that by introducing this outstanding flavor of Linux not by way of a Live CD (CentOS does […]
Update: Extensions are now integrated fully in Google Chrome. This makes it easier to install them, and use them in the web browser. The extension development for the Google Chrome browser is […]
We are continuing our login problems series with an article on Hotmail login problems. You can read previous login related articles by visiting the posts Facebook Login or Yahoo Mail Login. Update: […]
Bitlocker To Go is a program for Windows XP and Windows Vista that allows you to mount FAT Bitlocker volumes in read-only mode. Bitlocker is a data encryption technology that Microsoft implemented […]
News about an Avira Antivir update have been appearing on the Internet lately by users of the antivirus software Avira Antivir. These users reported that they encountered update problems. The description was […]
Esecure Delete is a free add-on for Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 to delete the recent document history in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Microsoft Office keeps track of the recent document history. […]
You can install Opera themes for Firefox to make the Firefox web browser look more like the classic Opera web browser after installation. Version 3.6 of the Firefox web browser introduces several […]
If you are one of those that depends upon a scanner for your daily work, and you want to handle this task using the Linux operating system, you are in luck. In […]
Microsoft Support is the official customer service and support channel of the Redmond-based company on the messaging platform Twitter. One of Microsoft's public relations and customer service strategies in recent times seems […]
If you compare Windows Vista and Windows 7 you see lots of similarities. So many that most Windows 7 users who have been using Windows Vista in the past might be hard […]
When Gmail first came out I wasn't a fan. But after a year of use I have found Google Mail to be a very valuable tool. Because I use Gmail mostly for […]
It is Halloween people and here at gHacks we are all feeling the chill in the air as the sprits walk the earth. So in keepng with that feeling, let’s revisit those […]
You might be wondering why anyone would ever need multiple WLAN adapters on the same PC, well to be honest, you don’t need but its sometimes good to have. In any case […]
Most tech savvy users have their personal favorite when it comes to antivirus software. Be it security software from Kaspersky, Symantec, Trend Micro, AVG, Avira or Avast: everyone seems to have a […]
The Windows operating system does not come with an option to monitor applications effectively. The only option available are the various event logs that are automatically generated by the operating system. The […]
Microsoft's new security software Microsoft Security Essentials has been getting some good reviews since the first public beta version was released by the company to a limited number of beta testers. The […]
Good news iPhone lovers and users in general, we finally have apps in the App Store that do things we have always wanted to do with the iPhone. First up, we finally […]
You may remember my mention of the Ubuntu Software Center in my article "Ubuntu Karmic Koala preview". Well, Karmic Koala is now officially Ubuntu 9.10 and is on the streets. I have […]
The Ubuntu development team has just released a new version of their Linux distribution to the public. Ubunutu 9.10 follows the usual bi-annual release cycle. It introduces updates all over the board […]
Update: Google Sidewiki has been discontinued. The Firefox add-on is of no use anymore. Google introduced a new service called Google Sidewiki some time ago which gives Google account owners the opportunity […]
Microsoft has changed how gadgets work when it released the Windows 7 operating system. Gadgets in Windows 7 can be moved freely around on the computer desktop unlike how they were initially […]
Unlike Microsoft's previous try to make Windows Vista more attractive to gamers by bundling DirectX 10 exclusively with the operating system the company from Redmond decided that it was time to change […]
System administrators can download the kit from the website which also provides access to an online help and other documentation to aid these administrators customize the Internet Explorer experience. To outline some […]
