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Author: Martin Brinkmann

When I was young, I studied German, History and English at Essen University in Germany. I worked in computer support for several years at the time to help other computer users when they ran into issues. Writing started out as a passion project, as I wanted to help more users and not just the ones that I handled in support. This lead to the founding of Ghacks Technology News in 2005. First, as a side-project, but shortly thereafter as a full-time project as the site's popularity exploded. I sold Ghacks to Softonic some years ago, but stayed on as Editor. You can still read my articles on the site. I do publish on Betanews as well. In recent years, I started to write and publish technology books, including my latest book "Windows 11 From Beginner to Advanced", which is available on Amazon. I'm also a freelance writer for the German publisher Gamestar. Chipp.in is my newest project. I want to use it to talk about my book projects, sell my books directly, and write about technology, as this is what interests me.

Bitdefender launches security product promising 24/7 YouTube account protection

Posted on September 5, 2024September 5, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Bitdefender Security For Creators is a new security product that the company says helps creators focus on content creation and growing their communities instead of the management of security tasks. So, what do you get when you sign-up for the product? Some of these features are unique. This includes the YouTube channel and account monitoring…

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Windows 11 Sign out

Microsoft listened? Sign out restored in Windows 11’s Start menu

Posted on September 4, 2024September 4, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Microsoft has restored a feature that it removed some time ago from Windows. At least in the Beta version of the operating system, sign-out is once again accessible directly when clicking on the profile icon in the Start menu. Here is the current process in Windows 11 when you want to sign out using the…

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Windows 11: Intelligent Media Search feature powered by AI is coming

Posted on September 3, 2024September 3, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

I have a simple opinion about AI. If it is off by default and if I control my data, I might use it if it is useful. Whether Intelligent Media Search is such a feature remains to be seen. First spotted by Xeno and revealed on X, it is designed to let users index all…

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Windows 11: new update time estimation is as accurate as Windows’ copy dialog

Posted on September 1, 2024September 1, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

When you copy files from one location to another in Windows, an estimation of the remaining time is displayed. This estimation may fluctuate widely and it has been at the center of many jokes. Microsoft has added a similar estimation to Windows updates in the latest Insider builds. Some Insiders in the Canary Channel will…

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VeraCrypt interface

VeraCrypt: first update of the year improves security and fixes bugs

Posted on August 31, 2024August 31, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

The developers of the open source encryption software VeraCrypt have released VeraCrypt 1.26.14 for all supported platforms. The new version adds a notification if volumes are affected by the XTS master key vulnerability. The issue was fixed last year in VeraCrypt 1.26.7, but only for newly created volumes. While unlikely even then, the newly added…

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Steam Trending Free

Steam’s new Trending Free category is easy to miss

Posted on August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

If you are a Steam user, you may know that Steam has an ever-growing assortment of games that are free to play. Valve does include demoes, free to play, and free games in the category, which makes it a bit difficult to find the interesting ones. Generally speaking, free means that the game is free…

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Vivaldi Rename Tabs

Vivaldi Browser’s Tab Renaming feature is an incredibly useful feature

Posted on August 29, 2024August 29, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

So, Vivaldi has released a new stable version of its web browser, which is also called Vivaldi. Vivaldi 6.9 includes a number of new features that improve customization and options for its users, as usual. Among the batch of 6.9 features is tab renaming. To the best of my knowledge, it is a first in…

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XD-AntiSpy Plugins

Latest xd-AntiSpy update introduces (mighty) plugin support

Posted on August 28, 2024August 28, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

The unofficial successor of the classic XP-AntiSpy application for Windows, xd-antispy, has added support for plugins in an update. I reviewed the initial version on Ghacks last month, and liked it. Plugin support heaves the app to new levels and that is reason enough to check it out again. Plugins, as the name suggest, expand…

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AMD’s Windows 11 24H2 performance patch leaves a mixed impression

Posted on August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

This year’s feature update for Windows 11 includes a performance patch for AMD processors. AMD says that this should improve the performance on systems with Ryzen 9000 processors by up to 13% when gaming. A 13% increase would be a massive achievement. Independent tests show now that there is not only light but also shadow….

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How to add support for HEIC and HEVC media files on Windows 11

Posted on August 26, 2024August 26, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

If you use Windows 11, you may have noticed that you cannot open HEIC or HEVC media files by default. Windows does not ship with an app that supports the file types by default. While it is possible that the manufacturer of a PC adds support for these file types, there is a good chance…

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