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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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Windows 11’s AI Explorer could be a useful tool and a privacy nightmare

Posted on March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

We do not know much about Windows AI PCs, AI Explorer, or other plans of Microsoft to bake more AI into its operating system. The only thing we do know is that the upcoming feature update for Windows 11 will focus strongly on AI. At least some of these AI features may require special hardware,…

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Microsoft announces retirement of Windows Subsystem for Android

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

Microsoft announced the retirement of the Windows Subsystem for Android today. The subsystem was heralded as one of Windows 11’s upcoming features prior to the launch of the operating system more than 3 years ago. The store allowed developers and users to run certain Android applications directly on Windows 11 machines. Microsoft partnered with Amazon…

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How to enable Flash support in Firefox

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

Flash? Is not that the technology that had so many security holes that it had to be put down? Yes and now. Flash was undoubtedly highly problematic from a security point of view. It was, however, also a technology that was widely used to create incredible applications and games. Flash is dead and there is…

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Does it work? Trick promises to speed up folder opening in Windows’ File Explorer

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

We have probably all been there. The gigantic folder full of — insert a data type here — is taking ages to display all files that it contains. It does not matter if we are talking about pictures, videos, audio files, documents, or a mix of files. Sometimes, File Explorer seems to take ages to…

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Mozilla adds translations support in Firefox for Android

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

Mozilla is porting the private translations feature of the desktop version of its Firefox web browser to the Android version. The organization introduced translations support in Firefox 118. A core difference between Mozilla’s implementation and that in other browsers is that Mozilla’s runs locally. When you use Google Translate or Bing Translate, data is transferred…

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HP’s new All-In Plan gives you a printer and ink, but it is expensive

Posted on March 2, 2024March 2, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

HP All-In Plan is a new subscription plan from HP. The company’s previous subscription plans focused on printer ink subscriptions. Users could sign-up for a plan to get printer ink delivered to their home before they run out of it. Called HP Instant Ink and starting at $1.49 per month, it assigned a print quota,…

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Windows Copilot: file uploads enabled. Painful, but a glimpse of the future

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

Windows Copilot supports file uploads now. The functionality extends the AI’s capabilities. Users could only upload images previously. The new file upload capabilities limit file types that you may upload. Included are many plain text formats and also Microsoft Office document formats. Uploading works by clicking on the attachment icon in the Copilot interface on…

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Vivaldi 6.6 update introduces massive improvements

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

Vivaldi Browser, contender for the world’s most customizable desktop browser, is available as a new version. Vivaldi 6.6 is a major update for the web browser. The update improves web panels, a feature of Vivaldi that allows users to display websites in a sidebar. A web panel may display websites, e.g., Spotify, YouTube, yours truly…

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WinRAR 7.0 Final released: drops RAR 4 archive creation

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

The final version of the archiving software WinRAR 7.0 is now available. The developer released four beta versions prior to the release. WinRAR 7.0 is a major new release that introduces new functionality and changes. One of the main changes improves the use of dictionary sizes. Support for creating RAR 4.x archives is no longer…

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About Microsoft Edge’s Super Drag & Drop feature

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

Super Drag & Drop is a new experimental feature of the Microsoft Edge browser. The main idea behind the feature is to improve the opening of links and running web searches in Edge. Once enabled in Edge, it allows you to drag and drop links just a short distance to open them in the browser….

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