When you are working with a notebook or other mobile device on the road you have to ensure to make the best of the device's battery. Nothing is more annoying than a […]
If you grow up with the 24-hour system you will have troubles with the 12-hour am/pm system. Add to that the various timezones and you are up for lots of confusion. If […]
Piracy in gaming is huge. The earliest form of illegal practices in computer gaming I can remember is a person buying a game and giving it to a friend to copy in […]
Less than a month ago I switched from Google Reader to Newzie mainly because I wanted to use a system that would work independently from the web browser. Newzie looked really great […]
I've only been using WordPress 2.7 for a bit since I'm building sites more than I'm blogging nowadays, but I have to say I love it. It looks much, much better, navigation […]
Most software programs display passwords as asterisks to block anyone passing by from accidentally identifying the typed in password. That feature is however superfluous if there are no other users who can […]
I have had a number of requests for a step by step walk through of a Linux installation. I thought this would be a great way to illustrate how simple installing Linux […]
Something strange happened today. Deleting a Firefox bookmark in the bookmarks toolbar or in the bookmarks folder removed that entry from Firefox. It did however reappear after a restart of the browser […]
Google began to include magazines to their book search engine some time ago. The search is currently limited to selected magazines with plans to expand what is being offered in the future. […]
There are times when you need to run a software program on the computer but have to be somewhere else at the same time. This can be a download that you do […]
Mozilla Firefox offers no way to manipulate cookies directly in the web browser unlike the Opera web browser which comes with those capabilities. (Update: it is possible to edit cookies in recent […]
Quick Media Converter is free software that you can use to convert video formats easily. It comes with an easy and expert mode to suite experienced and inexperienced users. The easy mode […]
The Linux file system hierarchy is much different than that of Windows. So much so that it becomes a show stopper for many new users. I hope to clear up a lot […]
It happens from time to time that a print job is not processed by Windows and that it cannot be deleted at the same time; a stuck print job so to speak […]
It's been quite a while since I managed to write something here, partly because of work and study, and partly because I didn't know exactly what to write about. But the muse […]
Firefox is displaying a close button on every open tab by default. The active tab displays that button in red colors while the rest displays a gray button instead to distinguish active […]
The WordPress team has published version 2.7 of WordPress yesterday. The first thing that users will notice is the new administration interface which was completely redone to optimize processes. The development team […]
Microsoft released another batch of patches using their regular schedule. A total of eight security bulletins have been published that contain descriptions of security vulnerabilities of which six have been classified as […]
The hostname is basically the root url of a website, for Ghacks it would be www.ghacks.net. Adding that information to the titlebar has two apparent benefits. Number one is related to phishing. […]
Anyone who has pondered the idea of migrating from Windows to Linux knows there are differences between the two operating systems. But just what are those differences? Many people considering this migration […]
How would an effective and secure cookie management look like? Most users would probably answer that it would make use of whitelists, blacklists and temporary cookies. The whitelist would contain trusted sites […]
Taekwindow is a lightweight portable Open Source window management software which combines several much needed features to the Windows operating system. The tool uses about 1.7 Megabytes of computer memory while running. […]
Ever since the inception of GNOME and KDE there has been confusion among new Linux users which is which and which is best to use. The former question is fairly simple to […]
You might have heard the news that several UK Internet Providers are restricting to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia after the Internet Watch Foundation identified the Wikipedia page of the Scorpions album Virgin […]
One of the main areas that Microsoft is lacking behind with Internet Explorer in comparison to browsers like Opera or Firefox is the extensibility. Yes, there are plugins for Internet Explorer but […]
There is usually no way to store information about window positions and sizes in Windows. When you open the application or window anew you need to use the mouse to move and […]
AutoLyrix is a small cross-plattform software program that can automatically identify the song that is playing in a media player to display the lyrics and album art of it. Compatibility seems to […]
Day nine of the Ghacks Christmas Giveaway. We already handed out lots of useful popular software programs to the readers and will continue this until December 24th. Today's product that you can […]
A little known fact is the possibility to subscribe to RSS feeds of WordPress categories, authors or tags instead of the full site feed. This can be really useful if you love […]
Unless you search it out, you're not likely to come across a PC that comes with Linux pre-installed (exception being the wide-variety of netbooks being sold). Because of this if you want […]
In today’s world, owning a cell phone and/or a portable media player has practically become a necessity. The thing is I don’t own either. No, I do not live in a cave, […]
For those of you considering a migration from Windows to Linux, I have a very simple piece of advice that will make the migration much easier. That advice: Choose the right distribution. […]
Despite its name, KLS Mail Backup can not only backup email accounts of programs such as Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird, Windows Live Mail or Windows Mail, but also data from web browsers […]
The first week of the Ghacks Christmas Giveaway has passed and I can already assure you that it will not be the last giveaway here at Ghacks. The majority loves the products […]
CardFunk should remind everyone of Elf Yourself as it practically uses the same concept for its eCards. A user visiting the page can create an eCard for Christmas. The final product will […]
Virtual Screen Maximizer is a small portable software program that enables you to maximize the screen estate of the active program or window on the screen. You might think of using the […]
Most PC game DVDs come with DVD copy protection. Publishers claim that they have to add the copy protection to prevent the unauthorized copying of their games. Many users feel that publishers […]
It is sometimes necessary to convert between data formats. This is most of the time the case if you have a data format that is not accepted by a specific software. If […]
Today is the seventh day of the Ghacks Christmas Giveaway. We already handed out 35 commercial applications and five Giganews accounts to lucky Ghacks readers who hopefully enjoy the software and services […]
If you regularly have to work with multiple checkboxes on a page then you might feel a bit frustrated at performing the same operation over and over again. It might be fun […]
