Showing posts from December, 2012

Pin Websites to Taskbar, Desktop and Start Menu Without Internet Explorer

Dec 27, 2012 1 comments

A few months ago I wrote about a lesser known feature of Google Chrome that allows users to create application shortcuts to specific website...

How to Disable Live Tiles in Windows 8 for All Apps

Dec 27, 2012 0 comments

In previous versions of Windows, application shortcuts were simple graphical objects that offered no dynamic content. In Windows 8, Microsof...

How to Run Modern UI/Metro Apps at Windows 8 Startup

Dec 27, 2012 2 comments

Ahh.. the good old Startup folder, the one where QuickTime and Adobe Reader will sneakily add their shortcuts so that their background proce...

MusicZen Renames, Moves and Organizes Your Music Collection by Artist, Album and More

Dec 27, 2012 0 comments

MusicZen is a small program that lets you bring sanity back to your music collection by automatically organizing all your music files into a...

Bitdefender Releases Free Antivirus Software

Dec 27, 2012 1 comments

Bitdefender has just released a free edition of Bitdefender Antivirus for Windows, that’s designed to be extremely light-weight and extremel...

What is The Shutter Life Expectancy of a DSLR Camera?

Dec 26, 2012 6 comments

A camera is a mechanical device, and just like any piece of mechanical equipment, it will eventually fail. The life of an SLR or Digital SLR...

How to Change Notification Display Time in Windows 8

Dec 25, 2012 0 comments

Notifications in Windows 8 are shown on the top right-edge of the screen, instead of the usual balloon notification in the system tray. By d...

Design Virtual Bridges With West Point Bridge Designer

Dec 25, 2012 0 comments

West Point Bridge Designer is a challenging engineering game where your goal is to design and build virtual bridges for the lowest possible...

One Year Ago: Windows Thumbnail Cache Viewer, Android Location Based Alarm, Site Builders For Non-Coders And More

Dec 23, 2012 0 comments

I missed quite a few instalments of “ One Year Ago ” posts, so I will try to make up. Instead of week-long or two-week-long periods I usuall...

7+ Taskbar Tweaker: Make Customizations You Never Thought are Possible

Dec 22, 2012 0 comments

One of the best thing about Windows is the sheer number of customization that is possible to make to change the way the operating system beh...

How to Schedule Windows Defender Scan in Windows 8

Dec 22, 2012 0 comments

If you’ve looked under Windows Defender’s Settings in Windows 8, you must have noticed that the option to setup scheduled scans is missing. ...

How to Find Newly Created Files in Windows

Dec 21, 2012 3 comments

There is no easy way to find files that were recently created in a Windows system. What you can do is open the drive inside which you want t...

Find and Remove Broken Shortcuts in Start Menu

Dec 21, 2012 0 comments

The main reason why a Windows computer accumulate so much trash over time is because of poorly written software uninstallers. When you unins...

Why Microsoft Killed Pinball and How to Get it Back in Windows 7/8

Dec 20, 2012 0 comments

Remember Window’s 3D Space Cadet Pinball game? Better known as simply Pinball, the game was introduced in Windows 95 via the Microsoft Plus ...

Mark Important Tabs in Firefox

Dec 19, 2012 0 comments

Sometimes when you open too many tabs in Firefox and you need to switch from one to another, you often have to hunt for them. Important Tabs...

YTubePlayer: Excellent Desktop YouTube Player

Dec 18, 2012 3 comments

Didn’t like the recent changes to the YouTube website? Here is what you can do, dump the website and play YouTube videos right on your deskt...

Violent Monkey Improves Greasemonkey Script Support in Opera

Dec 18, 2012 0 comments

Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension that allows users to install scripts that make on-the-fly changes to web page content such as change app...

Add Start Menu to Windows 8 Without Third Party Tools

Dec 17, 2012 3 comments

By now you must be familiar with at least half of the available third party tools that adds a Windows 7 like Start Button and Start Menu to ...

Twitter Starts Rolling Out Option to Download All Your Tweets

Dec 17, 2012 0 comments

Finally you can access all those things that should have been left unsaid. Taking a cue from Google’s data portability initiative , Twitter ...

Deep Sleep Battery Saver Significantly Extends Android Battery Life

Dec 17, 2012 0 comments

Usually when you lock an Android device or turn off the screen, the device goes into sleep mode. The CPU enters a low power state and the op...

8 More Windows 8 Themes [Dec 2012 Edition]

Dec 17, 2012 0 comments

Here is a fresh round up of the most attractive Windows 8 themes/visual styles released during the last month. Checkout the first collection...

Google to Discontinue Google Sync for Free Users. Several More to Go

Dec 15, 2012 1 comments

Google continues to drop support for one free service after another. Last week they closed signup for the free Google Apps edition, today t...

Windows 8 Password Can Be Reset Without Third Party Software

Dec 15, 2012 0 comments

Microsoft touts Windows 8 as the most secure operating system ever. Despite this it’s possible to reset the account password using nothing b...

How to Change Background Color of Logon Screen in Windows 8

Dec 15, 2012 0 comments

The logon screen on Windows 8 is the one where you click on your user profile tile and enter your password. You may not see this if you use ...

How to Sort YouTube Videos by Date, Rating and View Count in the New Layout

Dec 14, 2012 3 comments

Google launched a new layout for YouTube early this month, in align with the Google’s new look post Google+. This is the second time YouTube...

Microsoft Live Mesh To Shut Down On February 13, 2013

Dec 14, 2012 0 comments

Earlier this year, Microsoft removed Windows Live Mesh - the file synchronization and remote desktop app - from Windows Essentials 2012 suit...

Per-window Private Browsing Comes to Firefox Nightly

Dec 13, 2012 0 comments

Reports of an upcoming feature - per-window private browsing in Firefox, has been floating around the web the past few days. Today, Mozilla ...

How to Embed Google Search Box in Chrome’s New Tab Page

Dec 13, 2012 0 comments

Google is testing a new design for Chrome’s New Tab page with a search box embedded right inside the page, above the Chrome apps and most v...

Save Any Web Content to Google Drive [Chrome Extension]

Dec 13, 2012 0 comments

Google has released a new extension for Chrome called Save to Drive that allows users to save any image, files or webpage directly to their...

Where Did The Games Folder on Windows 8 Go?

Dec 11, 2012 0 comments

Free games such as Minesweeper and Solitaire have been a standard fare for Windows for decades. Nobody would call them the best or the most ...

Make Windows Explorer Open to My Computer or Any Folder You Want

Dec 11, 2012 4 comments

When you open Windows Explorer using the Windows Explorer shortcut pinned to the Taskbar or Start menu, it opens to the Libraries view by de...

Alternatives to Google Apps for Free

Dec 11, 2012 3 comments

The free ride on Google Apps is over. Last week, Google announced that there will no more free signups to Google Apps. Whether you run a bu...

Bring Back The Old Task Manager to Windows 8

Dec 10, 2012 0 comments

The new task manager in Windows 8 is significantly different from its predecessors. While the underlying functions remain basically the same...

Make SkyDrive Sync Faster by Increasing Upload Speed

Dec 10, 2012 1 comments

Some users say, SkyDrive doesn’t sync files as fast as Dropbox does. While I can’t verify the truth or falsity of the statement, Microsoft f...

Parental Controls Coming to Google Chrome

Dec 10, 2012 0 comments

Google Chrome, just like Mozilla Firefox , allows users to setup multiple user profiles for different users on a shared computer or for diff...

Google Stops Offering Google Apps for Free

Dec 7, 2012 0 comments

Google just announced a significant decision that’s going to affect millions of small businesses and developers who were using the free offe...

How to Change the Location of the "Screenshots" Folder in Windows 8

Dec 5, 2012 0 comments

As you may be already aware, Windows 8 has a pretty functional screenshot taking feature that automatically saves the images to a specific f...

How to Host Websites on Google Drive

Dec 5, 2012 11 comments

When you need to whip up a quick website, maybe to show to a client or make an example, there are a few options. You can already host websit...

A Great Way to Browse And Find the Best Apps on the Windows Store

Dec 4, 2012 0 comments

The Windows Store has over 25,000 apps for Windows 8, but there is still no good way to browse and search for apps on the store, officially....

Great Online Shopping Festival in India on 12th Dec

Dec 4, 2012 1 comments

Indian shoppers will soon get a taste of Cyber Monday-like deals on 12th December, at the Great Online Shopping Festival hosted by Google I...

How to Find Who is Connected to Your WiFi Network

Dec 4, 2012 0 comments

WPA and WPA2 security protocols that is used to protect WiFi networks are extremely robust. These protections, in theory, prevent hackers an...

Hidden Microsoft SkyDrive Code Hints at Web-Based Music Player

Dec 3, 2012 0 comments

If the source codes in the current version of SkyDrive.com is any indication, then Microsoft is planning to add a web-based music playing fe...

Browse Windows Store for Windows 8 in a Web Browser

Dec 3, 2012 1 comments

How do you browse the Windows 8 Store for apps if you don’t have Windows 8? You can’t. Well, at least, that’s how Microsoft wants to keep it...

LazyTruth: Chrome Extension That Fact-Checks Rumours in Chain Emails

Dec 3, 2012 0 comments

Ever received email forwards that make outrageous claims or carry old urban legends that have been debunked a million times in the past? No?...

Send Large Gmail Attachments Through Google Drive

Dec 3, 2012 0 comments

One of the most demanded feature was finally implemented a few days ago . Google has enabled Gmail users to now upload attachments directly ...

Infinite Jukebox Makes Your Favorite Song Infinitely Long

Dec 3, 2012 1 comments

You know those songs that you can’t stop listening to? You set them on repeat until your ears bled, but there is a better way to listen to t...

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