Diagnose a Faulty Hard Disk From the Sounds Made by it
Nov 27, 2008
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Amit has collected some excellent resources relating to sounds emitted by a failing hard disk. If your hard disk is making strange sounds i...
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Automatically lock your computer when you walk away from it
Nov 27, 2008
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When you are using a computer in office or any public place where others can access it, you can quickly lock your computer by pressing Win+L...
Automatically convert almost any file format with OmniFormat
Nov 26, 2008
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OmniFormat is an ad supported file conversion software that allows you to convert almost any file format into another, and it does that auto...
Create temporary and disposable chat rooms with Stinto
Nov 24, 2008
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You have heard of (and also used) disposable email addresses, which helps you to avoid spam or be anonymous when signing up for services. No...
PicPick Tools – The ultimate toolbox for bloggers and designers
Nov 22, 2008
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As a blogger, I have to use a number of design tools to help me with my work. A screen capture and an image editor is a must when writing re...
eTextReader makes reading Project Gutenberg books easier
Nov 21, 2008
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Project Gutenberg is one of my favorite sites on the Internet. Those who have heard this name for the first time (go stand in the corner!),...
Make Linux look like Windows XP (Part 2)
Nov 20, 2008
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One clever Linux user has put together a number of custom icons, themes, backgrounds and other tweaks to create a script which he calls XpGn...
How to find and remove dead and duplicate browser bookmarks
Nov 20, 2008
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If you are in the habit of bookmarking every interesting page you find on the Internet, your browser bookmarks might be a mess by now, just ...
Google’s Life magazine photo archive
Nov 19, 2008
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Life Magazine, the first all-photo news magazine from the U.S., has just released it’s photo archive via Google. The archive comprising of ...
Find places to pee anywhere in the world!
Nov 19, 2008
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So you are out on the streets walking down a city block or driving on a highway and suddenly you have a strong urge to use the bathroom. Unl...
CheatBook Database - The encyclopedia of game cheats
Nov 15, 2008
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A die hard gamer would get pissed if they saw someone using cheats and walkthroughs in games, but you have to agree, sometimes little hint o...
PagePlus SE - The free alternative to Adobe Pagemaker
Nov 13, 2008
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Even though the main players in the field of desktop publishing are Adobe Pagemaker and Microsoft Office Publisher, there are a few decent c...
VideoSurf script shows frame previews of web videos
Nov 13, 2008
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The video search engine VideoSurf has released a Greasemonkey script for Firefox that insert a unique "visual summary" strip cons...
View ancient Rome in 3D with Google Earth
Nov 13, 2008
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Yesterday Google announced the release of Ancient Rome 3D , a layer for the popular Google Earth application which allows users to explore t...
Add annotations to a PDF file with PDF-XChange Viewer
Nov 12, 2008
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The PDF file format is often used to create documents that are read-only, for instance, ebooks, an announcement etc. The purpose is to preve...
How to know when an offline website becomes available again?
Nov 11, 2008
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When surfing the web you must have come across websites that are temporarily unavailable due to server downtime. It happens quite often. Not...
Temporarily lock optical drives with the CD/DVD Drive Locker
Nov 11, 2008
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If you have kids at your home, then you are probably aware of this situation - it's nearly impossible to keep them away from fiddling wi...
Enhance Windows open and save dialogue boxes with Flashfolder
Nov 11, 2008
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Flashfolder is a Windows open source tool that gives access to additional buttons and a wider range of options whenever you open the Open a...
Send voice mails with any email client using Speak-A-Message
Nov 10, 2008
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Tired of typing long mails? Then try Speak-A-Message . Speak-A-Message is a free tool that enables you to send voice emails, using your defa...
Use ScrapBook+ to archive web pages for later
Nov 10, 2008
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ScrapBook+ is a Firefox addon that allows you to archive a web page to your hard disk so that you can browse it offline, just the same way ...
Photology - The unique photo cataloguing software goes free
Nov 8, 2008
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Photology is a photo cataloguing and searching application for windows which is unlike any photo managing software you have seen before. It ...
Use CSS Text Wrapper to wrap text in any shape
Nov 6, 2008
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If you are a blogger or a webmaster, you must be familiar with the trick of adding floating DIVs to the left or right of the text to wrap it...
Turn your RSS feeds into podcasts with Dixero
Nov 6, 2008
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If you like to listen to someone reading a news to you rather than read yourself, you should give Dixero a try. Dixero is a service that ta...
View hidden files with a keyboard shortcut
Nov 6, 2008
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HowToGeek has come up with an absolutely marvelous solution to quickly toggle the display of hidden files on your Windows computer. Often y...
Can an infinite number of monkeys with typewriters produce Shakespeare?
Nov 5, 2008
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Sometimes people come up with awful analogies in an effort to describe a concept which is too difficult for a regular person to understand. ...
Take a mock interview of yourself on InterviewTrue
Nov 5, 2008
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Have you realized how self conscious you become when you are interviewed? The fact that everyone is watching you, critically scrutinizing yo...
Make your own spectrometer with a CD
Nov 3, 2008
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Have a spare CD or two? I'm sure you have it. Then let's make a spectrometer out of it. A spectrometer is device that is used to det...
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