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NexusFile - Fast Windows File Manager
2008-05-23 13:10:00
Looking for an alternative Windows file manager? Windows Explorer is the default file manager that comes with the Windows operating system, but it lacks innovative features that can make your file and folder management more effective. If you search around the Internet, there are a lot of alternatives to Windows Explorer that let you complete more ...
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Watch YouTube videos, Netflix movies and listen to songs from Last.fm in Vi
2008-05-22 13:34:00
Windows Vista Media Center is an excellent media server for your home entertainment needs. You can connect it up to your TV and watch movies, videos, stream music, record TV shows onto your computer, link up your Xbox 360 and do lots of other stuff. It’s pretty neat actually. However, the best part of Windows Media Center are the plugins! Using plugins, you can do all sorts of other cool stuff like convert your dvr-ms format recordings into other formats or access your Outlook email on Windows Media Center. There are a couple of plugins that I would suggest that really are great if you have Vista Media Center at home. Watch YouTube Videos in Vista Media Center Yougle Vista is a free pugin that will allow you to watch videos from sites like YouTube, Google Video, DivX Stage 6, DailyMotion, WWITV, listen to music from Shoutcast and view pictures from Flickr and ICanHasCheezburger, all via Vista Media Center. The only drawback is that the link to Yougle Vista is within the progr...
More About: Movies , Youtube , Songs

AjaxDaddy - Ajax examples and free Ajax scripts
2008-05-22 13:10:00
Where can you go for free applets to give your website some Web 2.0 goodness?  Ajax Daddy.com of course. If you use AJAX already for your Web 2.0 projects or are just thinking about it and need information, check out this one-stop source of AJAX plug-ins.  In addition to free code that covers things from fish-eye effects for icon browsing to auto completion text fields Ajaxdaddy shows you the code, and gives you a sandbox area to get a feel for how the widget performs and to do some experimentation. AJAX is one of the tools that has made Web 2.0 applications possible, fostering the type of rich and interactive user experience we have all come to expect in webspace, not just our desktop environments.  AJAX allows pages to exchange data with the client without an entire page refresh, which would be awkward and slow performance.  It’s AJAX which powers such powerful and popular desktop look-alikes as Google Apps. Surf over to AjaxDaddy and look around the home page, checking...
More About: Free , Scripts , Examples

Monitor your home with your webcam using HomeCamera
2008-05-21 13:27:00
Are you looking for home monitoring security systems? Maybe you want to setup a remote home monitor where you can watch what’s going on inside your home across the Internet at your office? Commercial home monitoring systems can be quite expensive and fairly hard to setup. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could buy a wireless ...
More About: Home , Webcam , Monitor

ThreatFire - Block Malwares and Viruses, Even Unknown Ones
2008-05-21 13:11:00
Looking for a Windows system security software to complement your antivirus? With huge numbers of malware and virus variants created each day, your antivirus may fail to detect some of them. An antivirus works by using file signatures to recognize unique virus characteristics. Therefore, you need to download the latest signatures to make sure that your ...
More About: Unknown , Viruses , Block

How to fix "Missing or corrupt NTFS.sys" error in Windows XP
2008-05-20 13:38:00
One of my XP SP2 computers at home crapped out today with the error “Missing or corrupt Ntfs.sys” and would not get past the initial BIOS screen. I eventually got it back up and running without having to format the computer, but it took a little while and it wasn’t super straightforward. So if you ...
More About: Windows , Error , Windows Xp

Wigix - An eBay Competitor
2008-05-20 13:10:00
Finding a great deal on electronics, apparel, and jewelry through eBay can sometimes be a difficult process . Most of us are familiar with its entire bidding and auction system. However, bidding on your desired items can make you feel as though you’re on a roller coaster ride. With all of the constant bickering and issues ...
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How to setup free dynamic DNS for remote access to your PC
2008-05-19 13:19:00
What is Dynamic DNS you might be asking? Basically, dynamic DNS is a service provided by third-party providers in which a clients’ constantly changing IP address is kept track of and DNS servers are updated with the new IP address automatically. If you have a broadband Internet connection, you more than likely have a dynamic ...
More About: Free , Setup , Access , Remote Access , Remote

How to Share Photos at a Private, Secure and Temporary Location
2008-05-19 13:11:00
There are a lot of photo sharing sites out there that let you share your public and private photos, but most of them are not very secure. Sometimes, you will be surprised to find out how easy it is to find privately uploaded photos with a search engine like Google. Therefore, to share your photos among ...
More About: Photos , Location , Share , Private , Secure

How to fix "Host process for windows services stopped working and was close
2008-05-18 13:25:00
Don’t you just love crazy Windows errors? In this post, I’ll be going through some steps you can take to fix the “Host process for windows services stopped working and was closed” error message in Windows Vista. I’ve already written about a few, such as “there no active mixer devices available” error message and “Internet Explorer ...
More About: Services , Close , Working

Phun!- Free Physics simulator
2008-05-18 13:01:00
No, I’ve not forgotten how you spell fun, Phun is, in fact a free Physics simulator. Despite its free nature, Phun’s Physics engine is eerily accurate, and even though it can be immensely useful to students who would like to really understand mechanics or dynamics a lot better, it was really designed with the intent ...
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Disable restart now message after Windows automatic update message
2008-05-17 13:22:00
Don’t you just love Windows Automatic Update ? On the second Tuesday of each month Microsoft releases their software updates and patches for Windows, which are usually numerous, and most computers receive these updates automatically if Windows Update is turned on. You might notice your computer slow down while these updates are installed in the background. After ...
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KeePass Password Safe Takes Trouble Out of Password Management
2008-05-17 13:02:00
Looking for a free password manager? In this age of technology, you need a password to do just about anything on your own computer. You have your Windows passwords, a few e-mail passwords, three or four IM accounts with passwords, and that?s just to start your day. Who can keep track of all those different ...
More About: Management , Password , Safe , Keepass

How to get rid of Unread Mail Count in Windows XP
2008-05-16 13:28:00
If you’re using Windows XP, you might have noticed that annoying “X Unread Mail Messages” message that shows up below the user name on the logon screen. It’s actually a pretty useless number considering it never seems to be right, at least for me. By default, the Unread Mail Count is derived by looking at all ...
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ScreenHunter - Free screen capture program
2008-05-16 13:01:00
I recently went on a quest for the best screen capture program available.  While I could have paid a fortune and obtained one of the “professional” screen capture programs, I opted to save my money and search for a free program that would still do everything I needed.  Luckily, I found it! Screen Hunter 5.0 Free is ...
More About: Screen Capture , Capture , Program

Recover accidentally closed programs in Windows
2008-05-15 13:33:00
Have you ever ended up closing a program that you didn’t mean to close? For example, maybe you have several browser windows open, your email open, instant messengers connected, and a photo editing program like Photoshop open. You go to close Photoshop, but you accidentally click the wrong “X”, thereby closing the browser and all ...
More About: Windows , Programs , Closed

Edit MP3 metadata with Mp3tag for free
2008-05-15 13:16:00
Do you have hundreds or even thousands of ripped and downloaded mp3, aac, OGG and other audio files with inconsistent or incomplete metadata? The freeware application Mp3tag (currently at v2.41) can make life a bit easier for those of us who like to keep files organized, with accurate tags. We?ve all ripped CDs that we have ...
More About: Free , Edit , Metadata

Change Windows startup and shutdown sounds
2008-05-14 13:22:00
I personally hate the default Windows startup and shutdown sounds, they are just plain loud and annoying! I changed mine a long time ago and since someone asked me how to do this recently, I thought I would go through the steps in order to change the Windows login and logoff sounds. Interestingly, you can also ...
More About: Sounds , Change , Startup , Shutdown

Remove spyware from your computer for free
2008-05-14 13:11:00
Once upon a time, there was a company called GIANT Software.  Their flagship product, GIANT Antispyware, was one of the best anti-spyware products at the time.  Though they had only been around a short period of time, in the software world, their product had enough market strength to grab the attention of larger software development ...
More About: Spyware , Computer , Free

Make the most of your wide-screen monitor with DExposE2
2008-05-13 13:36:00
DExposE2 is a great partner for your large wide-screen display, putting that extra screen real estate to work navigating around your documents and applications.  Yes, alt-tabbing is quick as long as you only work on a single window per application.  Who does that!?  My applications always have multiple windows open, especially the case when I ...
More About: Screen , Wide , Monitor , Make

Turn your CDs into flash drives using Vista?s Live File System
2008-05-13 13:03:00
Windows Vista implements a great new way to use your Optical media, and that is the Live file system. The Live File System essentially allows you to use regular CDs and DVDs as you would Flash Drives. This means that you can just copy data to your media without the need to burn them. It ...

How to rip DVDs to your hard drive
2008-05-12 13:24:00
Looking for a quick and free way to rip DVDs? Maybe because you have a crap load of DVDs in your movie collection? With devices and software like Apple TV and Windows Media Center, what’s the point of having DVD discs anymore! Just rip all your DVDs to your computer or external storage, install a plugin ...
More About: Drive , Dvds , Hard , Hard Drive

Revealed at Last: Keyboard Shortcut Secrets from MS Word
2008-05-12 13:14:00
Keyboard secrets. Students used to trade them in college like a more sophisticated version of baseball cards. Microsoft Word has long been suspected of keeping an immense log of shortcut keys, written in longhand and available only to Bill Gates. This legend is slowly losing its cachet, however ? it?s time to reveal ...
More About: Secrets , Keyboard , Keyboard shortcut , Ms word

Beat Writer?s Block With A Domain Name Generator
2008-05-11 13:29:00
Looking for a good way to find a domain name? The most exciting part about creating a website is trying to choose an appropriate name- you can pick a name that corresponds with a personal name, a fictitious title, or something that describes the purpose of the website. Its fun to be creative when thinking ...
More About: Domain , Domain Name , Generator , Writer , Beat

LiveMocha Beta - Learn a New Language
2008-05-11 13:15:00
Have you ever wanted to learn to speak more than one language? Being multilingual is a necessity in today’s society. There are so many different cultures around the globe and learning another language helps to broaden your world. However, finding the best method that works especially for you can be a difficult process. Purchasing numerous audio ...
More About: Beta , Language , Learn

Save time with copy paste shortcuts in Windows
2008-05-10 13:25:00
Have to copy and paste a lot of files in Windows ? However much you try to avoid it, eventually you have to move or copy a bunch of files from different folders and paste them into one folder. Or you might have to copy files from one location on your hard drive to multiple destinations. Either ...
More About: Time , Shortcuts , Save , Copy

i.Scribe - Fast, Safe and Portable Email Client
2008-05-10 13:01:00
Ease of access is one of the reasons why web based email or web mail programs such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail and others are the most popular way to compose, read, send and receive email these days. However, do you know that using an email client has its own advantages? The ability to download and ...
More About: Email , Portable , Fast , Safe , Client

3 ways to block spam and organize email in Gmail
2008-05-09 13:29:00
Looking for a way to block spam in your Gmail account? Personally, Gmail is the best online email client because it can block almost all of the spam coming to my account and don’t worry, I get a lot! Every month I end up having at least 5000 emails in my Gmail spam folder, so ...
More About: Organize , Spam , Email , Tips

Capture screenshots in Windows with Screenshot Captor
2008-05-09 13:11:00
Looking for a free way to capture screen shots? Screenshot s are great because it provides a graphical element that makes it quicker for other people to understand what you are trying to say or write about. The old way to take a screenshot of your desktop was to press the “Print Screen” button, open an ...
More About: Windows , Capture , Screenshots

Internet Explorer disabled or blocked at the office? Bypass restrictions
2008-05-08 13:31:00
Is Internet Explorer disabled by an Administrator? Depending on the corporation you work for, your level of Internet access can vary from completely blocked to full access. One common restriction that many corporations place on computers is disabling Internet Explorer . This basically prevents you from opening Internet Explorer at all and just gives you a message ...
More About: Office , The Office