Part of the beauty of PHP to me is the number of really useful variables that are built in. Some of these might seem very odd at first, but once you start […]
Windows users definitely do not have a shortage of video converters at their disposal. That's great on the one hand but it could make the selection process difficulty. The video converter applications […]
New Apps for the New Year (NANY) is the motto of the Nany Challenge over at Donation Coder. It's already the second year of the challenge and lots of new software programs […]
The traceroute command lists the servers - which are also called hops - that the connection uses to reach the destination. There is basically never a direct connection to a regular website, […]
I bet you didn't know that you could change the placement of your Enlightenment titlebars. Although not necessarily pracitical, it does make for some impressive desktops, and it allows you to quickly […]
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 display the menu bar below the address bar in the header area of the web browser. The menu bar contains links to menus like […]
Aero Peek is one of the new features that gets introduced in the new Microsoft operating system Windows 7 that is poised to come out later this year. Aero Peek actually refers […]
Windows can be resized with the mouse, why would anyone need a software program to perform the operation? That's probably the first question that comes to mind when looking at Move Me, […]
An app I've been using on and off for a while is Joe's Goals, which is a goal tracking application designed to motivate you and help you visualize and accomplish your goals. […]
A recent analysis of index.dat files on a Windows XP Service Pack 3 test system revealed hundreds of entries. Index.dat files are hidden files that contain information about visited urls, cookies and […]
The fstab file has a very key mission for your Linux system. What it does is map devices to directories so those devices can be used. If you plug in an external […]
The email client Mozilla Thunderbird comes with a few mail filters preinstalled that can be used to automatically process incoming emails. The actions that can be selected for new Thunderbird filters are […]
Ubuntu Privacy Remix is a live CD that is based on Ubuntu 8.04 currently. The sole purpose of this Ubuntu spin off is to create a secure working environment for private data. […]
Microsoft Outlook is still one of the most popular desktop email clients on the Windows operating system. It is especially widely used in work environments and seen as one of the most […]
So called SSD hard drives are becoming increasingly popular especially in the netbook sector. Solid State Drives have several distinctive advantages like faster access times, lower power usage and being completely silent […]
One of the main questions for privacy and security interested Gmail users is whether they should stay signed in or log out whenever they leave the Gmail website or other Google properties […]
Welcome to a new exploratory post here on gHacks! I actually work as a web designer specializing in standalone PHP and MySQL based sites, and I've always wanted to write a bit […]
Like most people, I have a fairly large collection of music in a digital format. The only problem is that very often I get songs that are at different volume levels. This […]
A Panic Button or Boss Key is a software program that will hide certain visible elements on the computer screen when it is pressed. The software applications usually hide windows and programs […]
You may have heard about the improvements that Microsoft has made to the taskbar in the Windows 7 operating system. The company has improved it quite a bit which in turn changes […]
You already might have recognized that we have a new Linux writer here at Ghacks. Jack started writing in December and we thought it would be a good idea to create a […]
Google has publicly released a Browser Security Handbook on Google Code. The handbook "is meant to provide web application developers, browser engineers, and information security researchers with a one-stop reference to key […]
Martin showed you a nifty time tracking app for Adobe Air called Klok in a previous post, and now I'm here to tell you more and to show you the changes and […]
Free Disk Analyzer is a free software program for computers running Microsoft Windows that will display information about the computer's storage devices. The interface looks like a pretty Windows Explorer clone concentrating […]
If you do any collaborative work you know how difficult some collaboration tools can be. With both MS Office and OpenOffice you can collaborate with notes and track changes. But what about […]
While the Windows Task Manager does provide basic information about the performance of a computer system it fails short in numerous ways. Essential data like Windows services or open connections in the […]
Why buy a calendar for $10 or more if you can get free calendars to print out online? A search for free calendars to print displays lots of websites that offer free […]
The last year or so has been filled with announcements about private browsing, a new option implemented in modern web browsers to improve the privacy of users that are browsing the Internet. […]
If you have played around with the Enlightenment window manager you know it is, for such a lightweight window manager, pretty impressive. But if you've not enabled compositing, you have yet to […]
The startup speed of an operating system usually receives more attention than it deserves. Only a few users are booting their systems more than a few times per day while most users […]
Opera displays a set of up to nine thumbnails of websites on every blank tab that is opened in the browser. The Speed Dial feature provides the means to open nine custom […]
Use long secure passwords. That's what they say. Did you ever try to type in a secure password with a length of 25+ characters several times because the web form does not […]
If you are using a distribution that now ships with KDE 4 you might notice the desktop is less than user-friendly. From the main menu to the panel, KDE 4 has a […]
Dreamweaver and Frontpage are no doubt the most popular WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) HTML editors but carry a pretty large price tag, with Dreamweaver costing about £500! Naturally, neither work under Linux either! KompoZer […]
Vista Services Optimizer is a free Windows Vista software program for computers running the Microsoft Vista operating system. It can be used to diagnose and tune the Services configuration of the system […]
There are basically three ways to keep track of events in the future. Some people are able to keep track of everything in their head while others rely on conventional or electronic […]
It happens from time to time that avi video files are corrupted. This is usually noticed during playback. Some problems that can occur are freezing or distorted images which is usually caused […]
If you have lots of different drives connected to your computer, like hard drives, usb drives, network drives, CD or DVD drives and flash cards then you might have noticed that the […]
I'm not a huge fan of free web design stuff, mostly because its either hard to modify, or low quality, or if you can tailor it to your needs, you can probably […]
WinCDEmu is a free open source program for the Microsoft Windows operating system that enables you to mount iso images and other disk formats. Virtual CD drives provide you with options to […]
