Martin Brinkmann
Martin Brinkmann is a journalist from Germany who founded Ghacks Technology News back in 2005. Martin started his career as a tech support representative at a large German financial corporation which he used to finance his college education in English, Information Technology and History.
He quit college and his job when Ghacks began to attract a large enough readership. He made the decision to become a full time blogger and webmaster, and has not looked back since.
Martin is interested in all things tech. His primary focus is on desktop operating systems, web browsers, Internet services, and privacy related topics.
He published the book The Complete Windows 10 Privacy Guide: Windows 10 Fall Creators Update version in 2017. Martin writes a weekly column for fellow tech site Betanews as well.
You can reach Martin on Facebook or on Twitter. Please use the contact form at the bottom of the page to contact the author directly.
Martin has been quoted or mentioned in many major online and print publications, including Forbes, Lifehacker.com, ComputerWorld, LinkedIn, Reddit, Betanews.com, Bleeping Computer, TechCrunch, PC World, Tom's Hardware, Slashdot, Hacker News, The Register, and more.
Martin's articles on Ghacks
Bandizip 7.0 introduces commercial versions and ads
The developers of the popular archive software Bandizip have released Bandizip 7.0 today. The new version changes things significantly and not only for the better (we reviewed the changes back in October […]
SETI@Home's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence comes to an end
SETI@Home will go into hibernation on March 31, 2020. The distributed computing project was launched in 1999 to analyze data provided by the radio telescope Arecibo in Puerto Rico. Later on, data […]
Vivaldi introduces Tracking blocker functionality in latest build
Vivaldi Technologies released a new snapshot of the next version of the web browser to the public today. Builds or snapshots are created regularly by the company to test new features and […]
How to install Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) in the new Microsoft Edge
Microsoft's new Chromium-based web browser Microsoft Edge supports progressive web apps (PWAs) that users can install in the browser. A Progressive Web Application more or less offers features of native applications and […]
The Microsoft Edge extension store is finally getting some traction
Microsoft released the new Chromium-based web browser on January 15, 2020 officially. With the new browser came a new add-ons store for it that Microsoft launched as a beta. While still in […]
Anity for Chrome translates Japanese Manga into English
Anity is a new browser extension for the Google Chrome web browser that translates Japanese manga to English in the browser. If you like manga, you may have noticed that most manga […]
Microsoft retires MCSA, MCSD and MCSE certifications
Microsoft will retire MCSA, MCSD and MCSE certifications on June 30, 2020 according to a new post by Alex Payne, GM, Global Technical Learning at Microsoft Worldwide Learning, on the Microsoft Learning […]
Microsoft changes its Cortana strategy, drops features
Microsoft announced plans yesterday to change the digital assistant Cortana into a tool that is focused on "productivity" and more closely aligned with the company's vision for Microsoft 365. Cortana, which Microsoft […]
Microsoft releases KB4535996 for Windows 10 version 1903 and 1909
Microsoft has released a new (optional) cumulative update for the company's Windows 10 operating system versions 1903 and 1909. KB4535996 is available as an optional update via Windows Update, via Windows Server […]
Steam Search update improves search a lot
Valve Software, the company behind the gaming platform Steam, launched support for experimental features back in 2019. One of these experiments was designed to improve search on the platform. We reviewed Steam […]
Firefox 75 drops HTTPS and WWW from address bar results
Mozilla plans to hide the HTTPS and WWW parts of web addresses in the list of suggestions that the Firefox web browser displays when users type in the browser's address bar. Firefox, […]
Rumor: Microsoft preparing to remove Live Tiles from Windows 10
A Windows Latest report suggests that Microsoft may be in the process of removing Live Tiles from the company's Windows 10 operating system. Live Tiles was one of the key features of […]
Ghacks Deals: CyberTraining 365 Online Academy: Lifetime Subscription (96% off)
CyberTraining 365 is an online training center for cyber security techniques. The service provides subscribers with courses to learn and master techniques such as malware analysis, penetration testing, advanced persistent threats, threat […]
It took Google three years to add Firefox, Edge and Opera support to Google Earth
When Google unveiled the new Google Earth back in 2017, it switched Google Earth from being a desktop application to a web application. The company made Google Earth Chrome-exclusive at the time […]
Microsoft improves Easter Egg Surf game in new Microsoft Edge browser
Did you know that Microsoft's new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser has an Easter Egg? If you follow certain instructions to the letter, you will unlock a Surf game that is integrated in […]
Brave gets option to restore webpages that are broken or deleted
Webpages come and go; sometimes, it is a temporary thing that prevents you from accessing a webpage, at other times, it may be because a page has been deleted, redirected, or edited. […]
If you run uBlock Origin, use the Firefox version as it offers better protection
The latest version of the popular content blocker uBlock Origin comes with a new protective feature that is exclusive to the Firefox web browser. The latest version of uBlock Origin for Firefox, […]
Mozilla rolls out DNS over HTTPS for users in the US: on by default
Firefox users from the United States will have the web browser's DNS over HTTPS feature enabled by default in the coming weeks . Starting today, Mozilla is going to roll out the […]