Are you bored of your Windows XP destop’s Start Menu? It is very plain but it does it’s job. But, if you are like me and have dozens and dozens of applications installed it can be a pain to locate the one you need quickly. If you have seen a Windows Vista desktop, you might […]
Tag Archives: Windows
Syncplicity – Share, Backup, Sync Files Between Multiple Computers
Syncplicity is an online file backup and synchronization service. There are many players in this market such as DropBox, SugarSync, etc. We are going to look at Syncplicity in this review. About Syncplicity: Syncplicity is effortless synchronization, backup, and sharing. Install it on one computer and all your important documents, photos, and music are backed […]
Top 12 Refreshing Remember the Milk Goodies
Remember the Milk is my choice online to-do web app. And so is true for many of you. If you are a RTM user, read on to find some goodies you could use for RTM. If you are not a RTM user, you could browse through a RTM review & a few posts here to […]
Blaze Media Pro – A Swiss Army Tool for Audio/Video
Blaze Media Pro is really an all-in-one audio powerhouse. Anything you wanna name to do with audio, it seems to do it. Blaze Media Pro offers conversion, ripping, editing, recording, burning, playback, etc. My issue with audio/video files is that there isn’t a set of file formats you can rely on. They are available in […]
Free Lightweight & Portable Screen Capture Utility – FastStone Capture
Screenshots help us in many ways whatever we may need it for. I use it when I am troubleshooting with some support helpdesk, when building websites, for blogging, etc. Windows has the basic Print Screen option that you could load up in Paint and just crop the area you want. I did that for a […]
Clean Sweep Your Computer with Anti-Malware Toolkit
I use a selective number of tools that are in my system cleanup arsenal to clean our computers and friend’s computers. Even with an efficient Virus scanner, a Firewall and a resident Spybot malware checker, some malware sneak into our computer sometimes. I have the habit of keeping these programs in my flash drive so […]
DropBox – My Favorite File Sync Genie
Here I go with another one of my favorite web applications. This one is a cross-over web/desktop application. Read on to find out why: Anyone with multiple computers like a desktop, personal laptop and a work laptop would know the pains to find the right file you need for a task at hand from one […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 08-03-28
I have been a little busy this week and sorry for the slow posting this week. As my regular readers know, I try to put quality before quantity and rather post 3 good posts a week than just regurgitating news that’s circulating everywhere. I hope that don’t put you off. Alright, I won’t keep you […]
Free High Quality Open Source Software In One Disc – OpenDisc
I come across friends & family who are forking out big bucks for everyday software like anti-virus, Office, spyware, photo editing, etc. They do so, not because they like to spend the money but because they have no idea that there are excellent, free, open source alternatives available. Today. Right now. I have nothing against […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 08-03-20
Today marks the Vernal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and Autumnal Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere. In layman’s terms, the Sun will cross exactly over the Earth’s equator today. This will mean that the night and day will be about the same length all over the world! Now on to the main intent of this […]
GTalk Gadget + Prism = GTalk Alternative for Linux and Mac Users?
It’s no secret GTalk client is for Windows only. Linux and Mac users have so far sought out other IM alternatives thanks to GTalk using Jabber protocol for their IM client. I use openSuSE 10.3 as my primary desktop and have had trouble getting some of the excellent IM clients like Pidgin to work behind […]
Mozilla Prism: Bringing Web Applications To Your Desktop
Mozilla Prism is an open source initiative from Mozilla Labs which attempts to bring web applications from the browser to run directly from your desktop. In Mozilla’s words, Prism is an open source cross-platform prototype of functionality that lets users split web applications out of the browser and run them directly on the desktop. Web […]
Friday Fun: Nuggets of Cool Stuff
Friday is a day when I try to steer off my usual tech ramblings and look at some fun things. I am going highlight a few things that caught my attention this week and hopefully of some interest to you. Free Wi-Fi at Starbucks for AT&T Customers AT&T is partnering with Startbucks to offer free […]
IE Developer Toolbar – Firebug for Internet Explorer
I delve a little bit into web development and WordPress theme customization as you can see right here. One tool I find indispensable is the Firebug Firefox extension. I can view/edit and play with live HTML/CSS code for any web page and see the possible results live for the tweak I am doing. You can […]
Good Reads: Buzz in Blogs 2008-01-22
I have my greatest respect to those who are diligent in writing posts everyday for their blogs. I have so far stuck to a schedule that works for me which 4-5 posts a week and sometimes more. I absolutely love blogging but I do that in spare time after work and in weekends. I have […]
