Switcher Brings Expose To Windows
Windows task-switcher (Alt+Tab or Win+Tab) sucks. It’s as simple as that. The much hyped Flip-3D (first introduced in Windows Vista) may look cool but is practically worthless. It definitely doesn’t make switching do another window any easier. I don’t know anyone who actually finds Flip-3D productive. The task-switcher found in Mac Operating Systems – called […]
The Ultimate List of Best Free Games
Making a game is an expensive affair, often costing millions of dollars. Half Life 2 cost Valve in excess of $40 million. Considering the amount of effort and money it takes to create a game, it’s not surprising that high quality free games are few and far in between. But that doesn’t mean that there […]
UxStyle Makes Skinning Windows Easy And Painless
Although Windows has included visual styles (also known as MSStyles) since Windows XP, they only support official themes digitally signed by Microsoft – which are few and far in between. Bypassing this built in limitation and enabling support for third-party themes in Windows XP was easy. It only involved patching a single dll file (uxtheme.dll). […]
Download Fully Synchronised Song Lyrics with MiniLyrics
While there are hundreds of applications that are capable of displaying lyrics very few support synchronised lyrics and karaoke mode. MiniLyrics belongs to this rare category of lyrics plugins. It supports an insane number of applications (21 in all) including Windows Media Player, Winamp, Foobar, The KMPlayer, VLC Player, Songbird, iTunes and RealPlayer. And since […]
Hide Any Window With Chameleon
Imagine this scenario: You are wasting time browsing YouTube or chatting over Yahoo Messenger where as you should be working on your spreadsheet. Suddenly you see your boss approaching ; leaving you short of time to close all the open instant messenger and browser windows. Whether you are in school or in home or in […]
Get System Wide Mouse Gestures in Windows with StrokeIt
A lot of Opera users would be familiar with the concept of mouse gestures. It’s one of the many awesome features available in Opera. Simply told mouse gestures allow you to perform specific predefined tasks by simple movements of the mouse. For e.g. if you right click on a link and drag is slightly downwards […]
Syncplicity – Making Data Backup Simple
Don’t forget to read my review of other databackup softwares including Carbonite and Mozy Sometime back I had reviewed Carbonite – Data Backup Software. This time I will look at another popular option for databackups : Syncplicity. As you can guess from the name Syncplicity’s main aim is to make databackup as simple […]
Microsoft’s Free Antivirus Software Leaked – It’s Called Microsoft Security Essentials
The secret new free antivirus software from Microsoft, that a lot of people have been waiting for has been leaked. Until now it was known only by its codename Morro. However, it seems that Microsoft has settled on Microsoft Security Essentials as the final name of the product. Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) is currently in […]
Opera Reinvents the Web – Shakes Up The Old Client-Server Computing Model With Opera Unite
It’s here. After almost a week of suspense, Opera has finally unveiled their secret new product. And yes, its big. Opera has lived upto the sky high expectations by introducing something radical and revolutionary. As many had predicted, it is related to Cloud Computing. Its called Opera Unite. Opera Unite tears down the distinction between […]
How Good is Your DVD Media?
Blank DVDs are dirt cheap these days and most of us think little before picking them up. But choosing the right media can be important in the long term. Low quality discs get damaged very quickly and loose their readability in less than a year. Unfortunately for us there isn’t any easy way to judge […]
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