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Mozilla, developers of the popular Firefox web browser, have just released an update for the browser’s stable branch that moves the version to 10.0.1. The release may come as a surprise to users of Firefox 10, who were updated to that version only ten days ago. This is not the first occurrence that a critical [...]
Google has released the next beta version of the Chrome browser, a day after releasing Google Chrome 17 Stable. Chrome 18 Beta supports GPU accelerated 2D Canvas and 3D contents on older GPUs that were not supported by the browser until now. The new version introduces GPU accelerated 2D Canvas on Mac and Windows versions [...]
Can Windows 8 Be All Things to All People? The Case for Splitting It Up!Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:46:21 +0000
Yesterday Microsoft finally announced their plans for Windows 8 running on ARM-designed processors. The news came with two very interesting pieces of information… "WOA (Windows on ARM) includes desktop versions of the new Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. These new Office applications, codenamed ‘Office 15,’ have been significantly architected for both touch and minimized [...]
The rise of digital cameras and the move to digital photo formats made image manipulations a lot easier. Now everyone can fire up Photoshop or a comparable tool to make modifications to photos that are not detectable for the human eye. Often, this is used to optimize the output, e.g. increase an area’s brightness level [...]
How To Bypass SmartScreen Filter (Windows Protected Your PC) In Windows 8Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:58:18 +0000
SmartScreen Filter is a security module that is integrated into several Microsoft products such as Internet Explorer or Windows Live Messenger. It basically warns users if they are about to open a potentially dangerous website or file. A warning is displayed and it is up to the user to continue or stop at this point. [...]
The rise of online shopping has opened up a world of opportunity for Internet users. One of the most interesting option is the ability to compare prices almost effortlessly. Price comparison services can be divided into two groups: First websites that display price and availability information for product names you enter, and then browser add-ons [...]
With the popular Bittorrent indexing site The Pirate Bay preparing to go all in on magnet links on the site, users have asked themselves why the operators of the site go through those troubles in first place. The core reason for the site operators is bandwidth and to a lesser extend storage space. Replacing torrent [...]
Rumors of Google Drive, or GDrive as it was named in the beginning, started to emerge at around the same time that the popular file synchronization and hosting service Dropbox opened its doors to the public (that was 2007). All went quiet shortly thereafter and it appeared as if the project had been canceled by [...]
The beta "Consumer Preview" version of Microsoft’s new Windows 8 operating system could be released on Wednesday 29th February. Microsoft have announced a "Windows 8 Consumer Preview event" in the city, that is also home to the Mobile World Congress expo that week. This looks like a reasonable time to launch the beta given that [...]
Google Wallet is the name of Google’s recently launched cell phone-based credit card payment system. The system uses Near Field Communication (NFC) to exchange data between the cell phone (that is containing the user’s financial information) and the store. The system has several advantages over physical credit cards, including a potential for greater security when [...]
Avast! has just released the first public beta version of the company’s 2012 security lineup. Interested users can download Avast Free, Avast Pro and Avast Internet Security from the official beta announcement thread in the Avast forum. First thing that users notice is the new installer. Avast notes that the beta versions can be installed [...]
Google has just released an update for the Chrome browser’s stable branch that fixes several security vulnerabilities and adds several new features to the browser. The two most prominent feature additions in Chrome 17 are Omnibox Prerendering and Download Scanning. Omnibox Prerendering basically preloads some of the pages that are presented to you in the [...]
If you are the kind of person who likes to spend time on social networking sites or messaging services like Facebook, Hotmail or Google Mail, you probably noticed that page titles change whenever updates are available on the site. Tab Notifier now uses those information to notify you of updates on those sites. The browser [...]
I have been using the open source encryption software TrueCrypt for a long time to keep my data secure on connected hard drives. The program has evolved over the years, and can now create encrypted file containers, encrypt full partitions and even the whole computer system. TrueCrypt is that solid that its developers need to [...]
As soon as you start using the Internet, your actions are tracked by specialized companies. This not only includes web server logs but also third party tracking through advertisement, social networking scripts and other third party scripts. Google is about to launch Screenwise, a project that allows them to monitor the sites users visit and [...]
Back in 2006 hackers managed to download source codes of Symantec software after successfully gaining access to Symantec’s infrastructure. The hackers managed to obtain Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition, Norton Utilities, Norton GoBack, pcAnywhere and Norton Internet Security source codes during the operation. The incident came to light only recently, when hackers started to upload code [...]
In case you missed it, we’ve had a great Windows 8 discussion going on here at gHacks in the last couple of days, one that is no doubt set to continue for a while yet in various forms as we look forward to the release of the Consumer Preview (beta) at the end of this [...]
Google has just released a public beta version of Google Chrome for Android. Google’s main goal was to port the speed and simplicity of the Chrome browser to mobile devices running on Android. The beta version is only available for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich devices, and currently only in the following countries: United States, [...]
DHE Drive Info is a free portable software for the Windows operating system that displays extensive information about all connected hard drives and their partitions. It may take the program a few seconds to scan all drives before information about them are displayed in list form in the main application window. Each device is listed [...]
Ever wondered if it was that cold or hot last year as it is this year? Then WunderMap might be your go to weather application, as it offers to take you on a ride back in weather history. All you need to do to get started is to key in a location that you want [...]
