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What are the 200 variables in the Google Algorithm?

Nov 30, 2009 0 comments

I chanced upon an interesting thread over at the Webmaster World forum. At the recent PubCon, Matt Cutts is supposed to have mentioned that...

Automatically backup Microsoft Outlook PST files

Nov 30, 2009 0 comments

Microsoft Outlook Personal Folders Backup is a tool for Microsoft Outlook 2002, 2003 and 2007 that provides a quick and easy way to automati...

5 short links for today #21

Nov 27, 2009 1 comments

1. Maggwire : Read articles from over 600 popular magazines online. Plenty of big names like Fortune, PC World, Sports Illustrated, Time, Pe...

Repair common Windows 7 and Vista problems with FixWin

Nov 27, 2009 1 comments

Sometimes after a malware attack or due to installation of some faulty software, Windows might develop certain problems. The Registry Editor...

Easily remove background from photos with FotoMix

Nov 25, 2009 1 comments

One of the tricks every new Photoshop user wants to try out is erase the background from an image and add another background in it’s place. ...

Password protect minimized applications with LockThis!

Nov 25, 2009 0 comments

Usually, if you don’t want anybody else to use your computer while you are away from your desk, you lock it (Win+L). But if you need to lend...

miniMIZE turns minimized windows into desktop thumbnails

Nov 25, 2009 0 comments

miniMIZE is a small application that catches windows that you minimize and puts a thumbnail of the application window on your desktop. miniM...

How to find the best time to watch meteor showers

Nov 18, 2009 0 comments

If Wikipedia is to be believed, millions of meteors hit the Earth's atmosphere every day. That’s impressive. However only a small perce...

Growl for Windows – Another Growl application

Nov 18, 2009 0 comments

Growl for Windows, as the name says, is a Mac styled Growl-like application for Windows, similar to Snarl which we mentioned in the past. T...

SuperPreview for Internet Explorer – Test website in different versions of IE

Nov 17, 2009 0 comments

SuperPreview is a tool from Microsoft that lets web developers test websites and debug layout issues across different web browsers, by viewi...

PosteRazor – Print posters using a desktop printer

Nov 17, 2009 0 comments

A free, open source application called PosteRazor allows you to print large sized posters on a standard desktop printer. The software takes ...

Never miss movie stingers with “What's After The Credits?”

Nov 17, 2009 2 comments

Do you walk out of a theatre as soon as the movie ends and the end credits starts rolling? Many people do that. After all, who wants to know...

VMLite – A better alternative to Windows XP Mode

Nov 16, 2009 3 comments

When Windows Vista was released and many of the earlier programs that ran on Windows XP didn’t run on Vista, users made a big face. Microsof...

Vitamin D turns your webcam into a security system

Nov 13, 2009 0 comments

A working home surveillance system with motion detection can be easily setup with a cheap webcam and free software such as UGOlog , which we...

Secret Disk – Password protected file storage

Nov 13, 2009 0 comments

Secret Disk is a free software that lets you hide files you don’t want others to see on your computer. This may include your personal emails...

Windows7 in a Box

Nov 13, 2009 0 comments

So you just made the switch to Windows 7 from your trusted Windows XP box, but you have trouble finding things and figuring out where differ...

Classic Start Menu with Aero for Windows 7/Vista

Nov 13, 2009 3 comments

Classic Windows Start Menu brings back the classic Windows Start Menu to Windows Vista and 7, while retaining the glassy Aero look that is s...

Read Amazon Kindle books on your PC

Nov 11, 2009 0 comments

Amazon today announced the beta release of Kindle for PC, a free ebook reading application for Windows which is capable of opening ebooks ma...

Virtual Router turns Windows 7 into WiFi hotspot

Nov 11, 2009 1 comments

Soon after Philadelphia developer Nomadio discovered an unfinished Windows 7 feature (Virtual WiFi) that can turn a laptop into a WiFi hotsp...

FindList makes Firefox remember searches

Nov 10, 2009 0 comments

If you frequently use Ctrl+F (the search feature) in Firefox to find inpage text, you will like FindList, a new experimental addon that adds...

PrintBrush – Portable printer that prints like magic

Nov 10, 2009 0 comments

PrintBrush is by far the most amazing printer I have ever seen. It fits in your pocket and can print full sized A4 sheets at 600 dpi (black ...

PLoP Boot Manager

Nov 9, 2009 0 comments

The PLoP Boot Manager is a very flexible boot manager program that lets you boot different operating system in a multi-OS system. The differ...

FamiliLink – Simplified email service for older people

Nov 7, 2009 2 comments

Technology is changing at such a rapid pace that even tech people have trouble keeping up with the latest trend – multi touch screens, OLED ...

5 short links for today #20

Nov 5, 2009 1 comments

1. Flickr App Garden : An official repository of unofficial Flickr tools created by developers using the Flickr API. Yeah, it’s about time. ...

Compare My Docs compares documents online

Nov 4, 2009 0 comments

Compare My Docs is a new service that lets you compare multiple Word or rich text documents online to find differences. The service lets you...

TimeToGoAppi – Powerful task scheduler for Windows

Nov 4, 2009 0 comments

TimeToGoAppi is a very advanced task scheduler application for Windows that goes beyond the capabilities of the default Windows task schedul...

Browse FTP sites in Windows 7 Explorer

Nov 3, 2009 2 comments

Did you know you can browse files on an FTP server in Windows 7 Explorer just like you browse a local drive? I didn’t, until I discovered th...

Why it's a bad idea to send large files by email

Nov 3, 2009 2 comments

Email service providers continue to push the upper limits of allowed attachment size. Currently both Gmail and Yahoo supports attachments u...

Simple English Wikipedia – concise and to-the-point

Nov 2, 2009 0 comments

You know what happens when you write long winded articles in your blog or post a verbose comment in a forum? Someone will come in and say “t...

How to enable RAW image support in Windows XP, Vista and 7

Nov 2, 2009 0 comments

Most digital cameras today support the RAW image format. Unfortunately, Windows doesn’t. RAW images cannot be viewed in Windows image viewer...

Svchost viewer tells you what service each svchost.exe is running

Nov 2, 2009 1 comments

What is Svchost? Svchost is short for “Service Host”. Many components of the Windows operating system are implemented through what are cal...

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