IMDB, the Internet Movie Database, is the authority website on the Internet when it comes to information about and reviews of movies. It offers an incredible amount of information about past, present […]
You either hate or love 4Chan, the popular English forum that is based on the Japanese 2Ch forum. 4Chan offers a variety of topic areas that include Japanese culture, entertainment, creative and […]
A recent article published on the website of the Wall Street Journal suggests (paywall) that EU officials are considering forcing Microsoft to include a bunch of web browsers in the Windows operating […]
Gmail Notifier Plus is a free program for Windows that checks your Gmail account for new messages regularly to notify you. A first batch of third party applications that have been optimized […]
PulpTunes is a free software program for Microsoft Windows that offers music serving capabilities to stream music over the Internet. Apple iTunes is one of the most popular music managers and players. […]
I do a lot of writing. I also create presentations on occasion. Naturally, being an open source/Linux advocate, I use OpenOffice for all of my needs. One area where OpenOffice might consider […]
Last Pass is a password management add-on for Microsoft's Internet Explorer that can store login credentials of web services in a securely encrypted password vault. The password manager is compatible with most […]
Shrink Pic is a free software program for Windows to resize images, and reduce the size of images in the process as well. The size of digital photos and images has increased […]
Print Friendly is a free online service that you may use to turn any web page into a copy that is optimized for printing. We have covered services and applications before that […]
Open XML Viewer is a free browser add-on for Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer that adds Open XML document viewing capabilities. We reviewed Open XML Viewer for the first time back in […]
Timeleft is a very sophisticated time tracking software for the Windows operating system that supports a variety of time management related features. Among these are options to create reminders, countdowns, stopwatches, auction […]
CleanAfterMe is a free portable program by Nirsoft for Microsoft Windows that lets you clean temporary files and Registry entries. Every system cleanup tool has to face a comparison with the much […]
One of the things that is keeping the Google browser from attracting a larger audience is missing extension support. While it is without doubt possible to work with a web browser that […]
Ubiquity is an interesting add-on for the Firefox web browser that was covered before here on Ghacks Technology News. Here is a short explanation of what Ubiquity adds to the Firefox browser:. […]
I have been recently covering various Linux desktops. So far you can read about Fluxbox, Xfce 4, Window Maker, and IceWM. I also touched on creating dropshadows with xcompmgr and transparent windows […]
So far, in this series, we have taken a look at FluxBox, Window Maker, and Xfce 4. We've even examined adding a little eye candy to these old school window managers with […]
WinSuperMaximize is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices that maximizes windows by moving the title part off-screen. A very handy feature for many users - especially those that have to cope […]
Internet Explorer 8 is most likely the best web browser that Microsoft has developed in a very long time. It beats its predecessors Internet Explorer 6 and 7 fair and square, and […]
There was not a way for Internet Explorer 7 users to log into two different Gmail (or Hotmail, Yahoo Mail...) accounts at the same time. Gmail can be replaced with any other […]
Continuing with our introduction to old-school Linux window managers, I would like to bring to you Window Maker. The Window Maker window manager was designed to look and feel like the old […]
Google's email service Gmail is highly popular. One of the restrictions that many users face is that it only allows you to sign in to one account at a time using the […]
The Internet is a dangerous place. Danger does not only exists on the dark side of the net but also on the light side, on respected Internet sites. It is therefor important […]
If you've been around Linux long enough, then you most likely will have heard about Fluxbox. Fluxbox is a desktop that was based on Blackbox 0.61.1, which makes it extremely light weight, […]
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 […]
There are basically two ways to log into Gmail. Either by using the Gmail web interface that is available for most users at gmail.com or by accessing Gmail remotely using desktop or […]
Benchmarks can be an appropriate method of comparing different products with each other. Internet browser benchmarks usually calculate the processing speed of JavaScript and other metrics that may be of importance on […]
Userscripts can be very helpful on the Internet as they may modify functionality on sites you visit; Greasemonkey is one of the most popular extension for Firefox to add userscript support to […]
Google Chrome - and the browser's Open Source base Chromium - are relatively new web browser developed by Google. Chrome offers several interesting features and ideas that other Internet browsers do not […]
The Google Redesigned project started as a simple CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) file that changed the layout and design of several popular Google services including Gmail, Google Reader and Google Calendar. Google […]
Most computer users are happy with what they got. They use the same set of computer programs day in day out without spending a thought on the thousands of software programs that […]
Safe is a free add-on for the Firefox web browser that improves security by highlighting secure connections in the web browser visually. Note: Safe is no longer available. We suggest you try […]
Start Panic is a free online service designed to highlight privacy issues in browsers by detecting sites visited in the past. Internet privacy (also know as online privacy or web privacy) has […]
If you're a Remember The Milk user (the best online list app) you probably spend some time entering tasks. If you're like me, and don't like having tabs for apps open all […]
Washer is a free program for Windows that you may use to change the color scheme of any program on Windows to grayscale. Font and background colors as well as images can […]
If you run a website, be it as a hobby, semi-professional or professional you need to know some tools of the trade. Webmaster tools can help webmasters in many different area. They […]
TinEye is a reverse image search engine that enables you to find matching images for an image that you upload to the service. Reverse image search refers to the concept of searching […]
Update: AVG Linkscanner is no longer available. AVG has released Secure Search however which offers an extended feature set. It does scan every link and display ratings for them like Linkscanner did, […]
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 […]
