science

Ghacks

Ghacks is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Ghacks rather than just read about it. In short: Ghacks Technology News is a technology blog created by Martin Brinkmann in October 2005. Its primary focus is on web browser and Windows tips, software, guides and reviews.

Ghacks — illustration

Key takeaways

Ghacks belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Ghacks to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Ghacks from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Ghacks Technology News is a technology blog created by Martin Brinkmann in October 2005. Its primary focus is on web browser and Windows tips, software, guides and reviews.

Coverage The editor-in-chief and founder is Martin Brinkmann. All authors that contribute articles for the site are listed in the footer area on the website. An average of five posts are published each day of the week with topics ranging from Windows and Linux operating system news to web browser tips (focusing on Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera, online services like Gmail and Outlook.com, and general tech news and tips. Popular posts include login related troubleshooting guides like Gmail or Facebook. Ghacks Technology News articles have been republished by sites such as Lifehacker, Gizmodo, DonationCoder.com, and other sites due to its coverage of cyber security, troubleshooting and FOSS.

History Ghacks was created in 2005 as a development blog for a software called Google Hacks. Trademark issues made the founder of the site pick ghacks as the domain name. The software was soon thereafter discontinued and Ghacks turned from a development type blog to a software and online news oriented blog. In April 5, 2008, Grand Effect blog advertising network, co-founded by Sarah Perez and David Peralty, included eXtra for Every Publisher, gHacks, ParisLemon, SheGeeks, Sarah in Tampa, and The Last Podcast!. From 2008 to 2011, the site held an annual Christmas Giveaway, with commercial software given away to readers. The website received more than 400,000 visitors per day as of January 2017, and as of June 2019 has an Alexa traffic rank of 9,537 worldwide and 4,269 in the United States. In October 2019, Ghacks was acquired by Softonic. In December 2025, Ghacks was acquired from Softonic by a third party. Neither Brinkmann nor co-writer Ashwin Karthik remained at the site following the ownership change.

Reception Ghacks Technology News has received recommendations by DL.TV, Diggnation, and KNLS Radio's Eye on the Web with Mary Westheimer. Technorati listed Ghacks as a top 100 blog in both the general technology and info technology category; in September 2013, it occupied position 21 in the Info technology category and 68 in the overall technology category on Technorati.

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Ghacks

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Ghacks claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Ghacks before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Ghacks ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Ghacks

In research: Ghacks appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Ghacks in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Ghacks is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics German news websites, Technology websites, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Ghacks outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Ghacks in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Ghacks means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Ghacks out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Ghacks in simple terms?

Ghacks Technology News is a technology blog created by Martin Brinkmann in October 2005. Its primary focus is on web browser and Windows tips, software, guides and reviews.

Why does Ghacks matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Ghacks?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Ghacks.