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It is sometimes not that easy to block a task from running. Think of tasks that you can kill when they are running, but spawn again, or tasks that you cannot kill at all using the Windows Task Manager. A prime example of a process that fits that description is googleupdate.exe which seems to come [...] The post Block any process from running with Task Blocker for Windows appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

Depending on how you have configured your Android phone or tablet, it may be accessible for some time after you have stopped using it. If you have not encrypted it your device may be accessible to anyone who comes close to it with you not necessarily knowing that this is happening. While you should not [...] The post Protect your Android device with an ear shattering alarm sound appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

The sandboxing software Sandboxie is one of those programs that comes in really handy if you are testing a lot of software on your PC. It runs select software in a sandbox that is more or less separate from the underlying system so that malicious code cannot penetrate it. It is not only ideal for [...] The post Sandboxie 4.02 introduces full 64-bit protection appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

The computer screen appears brighter in darker environments, for instance when you are working on your computer late at night or in a darkened room. Website with lots of white space or other bright colors are often hard to look at during that time, or at least uncomfortable first until you get used to the [...] The post Dim any website you visit in Firefox appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

Microsoft released a beta version of the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 4.0 back in April this year promising that the final version would follow in the coming months. The release of version 4.0 of EMET came as a surprise to many, as the company decided to skip EMET 3.5 final after having released a technical [...] The post Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 4.0 final is out appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

The Microsoft Outlook team announced today that it made the decision to remove linked accounts on Outlook.com in favor of email aliases. Linked accounts are third party email accounts that have been linked to the primary Microsoft account. This usually means email addresses from other providers such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail or personal accounts. What [...] The post Microsoft to switch linked accounts off on Outlook.com appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

Feedly was built using Google Reader for its backend, but that is something that obviously must change before July 1 with Google Reader shutting down on that date. While saving CalDAV, it seems that the search giant will not show the same respect for its RSS app. With that looming death date, Feedly is working on [...] The post Feedly finally ditching Google Reader, going to the cloud appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

The desktop search engine Everything has been around since 2008. It may come as a surprise that the most recent stable version of the application dates back to 2009, and that the program's developer seems to have taken a hiatus from the project afterwards until the beginning of 2013 when development continued. More than 10 [...] The post Latest Everything Desktop Search beta build introduces 64-bit version appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

You cannot always look at your phone as soon as you get a new notification. If you are driving a car, riding a bike or on your daily jog for example. That's usually not a big problem unless you are expecting important notifications, a call for instance or an email, that you need to react [...] The post Have voice notifications read to you on Android appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

It is almost tragic that Google is violating quality guidelines on many of their web properties that it requires webmasters and third parties to uphold to. The latest is a test the company is running on Gmail that integrates advertisement that look like emails into the inbox of users. The Google System blog reports that [...] The post Google testing ads that resemble emails in Gmail’s inbox appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

All CD, DVD and Blu-Ray drives include firmware stored in memory that control various features of the drive. Since it is software, it may be updated just like programs running on your computer, for instance to add new functionality, fix bugs or improve performance. Firmware updates of recording devices can add support for additional disc [...] The post Use ImgBurn to search for firmware updates for your recorder appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

A new version of the popular free disc burning software ImgBurn has been released today. The update increases the version of the program to 2.5.8.0 and is already available for download on the official program website and all official mirror websites. Note that while you can check for updates in the program, it does not [...] The post ImgBurn 2.5.8 update released appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

If you sometimes hand over your phone to someone else, or have it lying around unlocked, then it is possible that a third party can read your messages and chat history on the phone. That's true for regular SMS but also for apps like WhatsApp if you have installed it on the phone as well. [...] The post WhatsApp Lock: Protect WhatsApp with a password appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

Depending on where you live, you may be able to shop in different Amazon stores and have access to all or at least a large selection of items in those other shops as well. There are two core reasons for doing so. First, you may be able to make bargains as prices can vary highly [...] The post Compare international prices on Amazon appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

CPU-Z is a popular software for Windows that provides you with detailed information about the computer's processor, mainboard, and other hardware related information. It is great for finding out which cpu is installed on the system, for instance to look up its overclocking potential or to make sure it is the one that the manufacturer [...] The post CPU-Z tells you all there is to know about your Android hardware appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

A new Firefox add-on, called Dark side of the Prism, has been designed to warn Internet users who have installed it automatically when they visit websites of companies linked to the government surveillance system Prism. All users have to do is install the add-on in Firefox, it will work passively from that moment on. Once [...] The post Firefox Add-on warns you if you visit Prism-linked company websites appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

Google's Chrome browser likes to use memory. That is not necessarily a bad thing, provided that the computer it is running on has plenty of it. If your computer has not that much, or if it is needed for other applications more than it is for Chrome, then you may be looking for ways to [...] The post How to tame Google Chrome’s memory use appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

News about the government surveillance system PRISM broke only a couple of days ago even though it appears to have been in use for years. Major tech companies such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook or Apple have reportedly been involved in the program. While it is not clear how each company is involved, newspapers like The [...] The post It may be time to switch to DuckDuckGo or Startpage for web search appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

One of the big advantages of online storage services such as Dropbox is that you can make use of them to share files easily with friends, family, colleagues and even strangers. As far as Dropbox is concerned, it is possible to share files or folders with the public or select individuals only. Previously, you had [...] The post Dropbox introduces fast sharing option for desktops appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

It can be quite difficult to learn Japanese if you are only used to languages that make use of the Latin alphabet. While there is Romaji, a romanization of Japanese that does away with logographic characters, you won't get far without learning  Hiragana and Katakana (syllabaries) and then Kanji as well. It is relatively easy [...] The post Anki Aniki: Learn all Kanji for the Japanese Language Proficience Test (JLPT) appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.