Internet censorship is something which almost all of us, no matter where we live, encounter in one form or the other. Social networking or video sharing sites like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are usually blocked in offices. Some sites, like Pandora, are country specific. And if you are in a place like China, well, you’ve [...]
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The Ease of Access Center is a feature in Windows Vista and Windows 7 that provides an option to set up accessibility settings for programs available. You can use your computer without a display, or use it without mouse or keyboard using this tool. To use these features you have to go to Ease of [...]
If you’ve been downloading torrents for any period of time, I’m sure you’ve heard of μTorrent, the nifty, and, possibly the most popular BitTorrent client for Windows. Recently, it introduced a new lightweight protocol called uTP in its latest version – 2.0. The developers of uTP claim it to be ISP-friendly (and more), as it [...]
Sometime ago, we wrote about CloseAll, a freeware app to close all the applications in a single click. The tool was good but the problem with it was, when you close all the apps, you can’t restore them back. You have to start them one by one. SmartClose is a nifty tool that closes all [...]
There are many ways to add images to your collection. You could add it through an external device like a pen drive or a memory card, download them from the web etc. And many times, it leads to duplicate images being present at different locations on the computer that consumes unnecessary hard disk space. Searching [...]
We have already talked about sites to watch world cup matches live on internet and a Google Chrome extension to stay up-to-date with the world cup. If you prefer desktop apps and would like one to monitor the world cup then read on. South Africa 2010 is a multi-task desktop application for World Cup 2010. [...]
RecycleBinEx is an advanced Recycle Bin manager that lets you manage the files inside Recycle Bin. It can sort files according to the time of deletion and provides you an option to delete files before a certain date. Apart from selective file deletion, it has some other nice features too. Lets check it out. After [...]
We’ve previously covered Jumplist Launcher, a tool to launch applications quickly via Windows 7 taskbar, and FSL Launcher to remove desktop clutter by arranging all the desktop shortcuts in an organized manner and then launch them. Although Windows 7 introduced the “pin to taskbar” feature to put frequently used program shortcuts permanently on the taskbar, [...]
Let’s say a program (for example Firefox) is open on your computer and you are doing some important (or private) activities. Now, suppose someone, like a friend or colleague, suddenly comes up at your desk and needs to borrow your PC to get something done. If you don’t want that person to see what you [...]
Windows offers a smart way to launch any application via keyboard shortcuts. You can assign keyboard shortcuts to launch any application by changing the property of application shortcut. Let’s take the example of Google Chrome here. You could use the same steps for other applications too. Here are the steps you have to perform. 1. [...]
If your computer has various user accounts and you no longer need them then you can either delete or disable them. Advantage of disabling user accounts is all of its settings, files and folders remain intact and you can access it anytime by re-enabling the account. This article shows you how to disable and enable [...]
Let’s say you transfer a photograph from your Sony digital camera to the computer. By default it’ll give a name like “DSC001” and so on to each photograph. To identify the pictures, you generally rename them. Renaming hundreds of photographs is obviously not an easy task. Personal Renamer is an awesome tool which can be [...]
We discussed how to hide files inside JPEG/GIF/PNG images in Windows PCs in a previous article. The method was not difficult but it involves some hassle. It includes making a new folder and copying files through the command line. There is a tool known as JPGFileBinder which can be used for the same purpose. The [...]
If you are a heavy computer user who can spend hours in front of the screen without taking a break then it’s high time you change this habit. It might affect your eyes/wrists negatively and could also cause RSI (Repetitive strain injury). Big Stretch Reminder is a nice tool which can prompt you to take [...]
Been in a situation when you’ve downloaded a file but can’t open it since you don’t have the required program? It’s frustrating, right? Well, that’s why you might want to have Universal viewer installed (Windows only). Universal viewer is a feature-rich tool which can open almost any file format. No need to search for various [...]
Have you ever had a situation when you plugged in your USB drive and it didn’t come up in the My Computer area along with other drives. One of the reasons behind this problem might be the drive letter. Actually, Windows assigns letters to the drive when you plug it into the computer. It may [...]
When your PC goes low on memory (RAM), it is bound to slow down. It does try to get that extra memory from the hard disk, but that hardly enhances the overall performance. ReadyBoost is a feature in Windows which helps it make use of the flash memory of an external USB flash drive when [...]
You know that if you want to scroll up or down a window, you got to first click to focus the mouse pointer on it, right. Wouldn’t it be easier if we could just hover over the window and start scrolling immediately? Wizmouse lets you do just that. Wizmouse is a nifty little application that [...]
