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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.
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DirectSR promises to push gaming on Windows 11

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

The next feature update for Windows 11 will likely introduce support for a new technology that Microsoft calls DirectSR. This technology promises to make the life of game developers easier. While gamers do not benefit directly from it, they will benefit indirectly, as games will make use of the technology. DirectSR, the SR stands for…

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How to deal with Notifications in Google Chrome

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

All modern web browsers support so-called push notifications. Websites may request permission to send notifications. When users accept, they may push notifications to the user’s system. Ideally, these are useful to the user. Maybe about a new post on the site, an auction running out, or about item availability in online stores. Most of the…

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Display the power on hours and other hard drive stats on Windows

Posted on March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

All hard drives have a limited lifespan. It does not really matter if you use Solid State Drives or platter-based drives. Eventually, they will fail. It is therefore important to keep an eye on the status of hard drives. This gives you enough time to migrate the data to a new hard drive to avoid…

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Notepad Spellchecking

Notepad is getting spellchecking support

Posted on March 24, 2024March 24, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Microsoft continues to enhance Notepad, the plain text editor of the Windows operating system. After adding features such as tabs, auto saves, or text formatting to Notepad, it is now testing spellchecking support. The latest version of Notepad, version 11.2402.18.0, includes the functionality. It is available in the Canary and Dev development channels only. Not…

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Windows 11 lock screen widgets

Windows 11: Lock Screen widgets in development

Posted on March 23, 2024March 23, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Microsoft released the Windows 11 update KB5035942 earlier this week. The update for the Windows 11 Release Preview channel includes several new features. One of them is that widgets may now be displayed on the lock screen. Wait a minute, was not this just introduced already? Yes and no. The Windows 10 update KB5035941 for…

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Firefox 124.0.1

Firefox 124.0.1 fixes two critical security issues

Posted on March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

It has been just a few days since the release of Firefox 124.0, but here is Firefox 124.0.1 already. Usually, when this happens, it is either a security update or a bug fix update that address major issues. It is a security update in the case of Firefox 124.0.1. The official release notes include just…

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Brave 1.64 browser update brings more AI and blocks VPN services from installing by default

Posted on March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Brave Software released a new stable version of the company’s Brave browser today. Brave 1.64 continues the AI push in the browser, but it also privacy improvements as well as new features. Existing installations of the browser should receive it automatically via the integrated updating functionality. Desktop users may speed up the installation of the…

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Inplace Upgrade Helper: Windows tool to switch between Windows editions

Posted on March 20, 2024March 20, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Inplace Upgrade Helper is an open source tool designed to help Windows users move between different Windows 10 and 11 editions. The Windows edition, e.g., Home or Pro, determines whether certain features are available or not. A common example is that Home editions lack access to the Group Policy Editor. Windows includes options to switch…

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Microsoft continues to add Copilot to anything that moves: File Explorer next

Posted on March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

Barely a week goes by with Microsoft making yet another announcement about Copilot AI or launching a new development build of Windows 11 with Copilot added to something. This time, Microsoft added Copilot functionality to the default file manager of Windows, File Explorer. This particular implementation does not add Copilot directly to File Explorer though….

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Google is shutting down Keen, a platform you may have never heard of

Posted on March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

It is not uncommon for Google or Microsoft to shut down services or programs. In fact, there are entire websites dedicated to services and products that these companies shut down. Google’s latest target is Keen. Keen was developed as a competitor to the incredibly popular Pinterest. As you may know, you can join Pinterest to…

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  • January 16, 2026 by Martin Brinkmann Samsung's Internet browser for Windows is now available worldwide, but should you get it?
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  • January 12, 2026 by Martin Brinkmann WinSlop: The Open-Source Response to Microsoft’s AI Push—Strip the Bloat and Take Back Control of Your OS

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