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Distraction-Free Writing Environment With Q10
2008-04-14 05:30:00 This is a guest post by Sumesh (see end of this post for details about him) Writing quickly and efficiently (without compromising on quality) is one of the challenges that every writer faces (blogger in this specific example). Computers can be notorious in causing distractions, what with all the hundreds of desktop applications, various websites/services and ... More About: Environment , Free , Distraction
How to edit EXIF tags in photos to change the date?
2008-04-13 14:42:00 A few weeks ago, I took a few snaps of my friends and unfortunately all those photos were tagged with the wrong date. This is because I didn’t set the correct date and time in my camera. Now I needed a tool to edit this EXIF metadata tags in photos to change the date when ... More About: Photos , Change , Edit , Tags , Exif
Dialup users - Make Orkut load faster with the Low Bandwidth Version
2008-04-13 10:22:00 Orkut today brought out a light and zippier version of the site targeted at users who are accessing it on a dial up or a low bandwidth connection. Dial up users - in order to activate and use the Orkut site in its stripped down, low bandwidth version, you need to do the following: Go to Orkut ... More About: Orkut , Make , Load , Bandwidth , Users
Disable ?Safely Remove Hardware? Balloon Popup Notification in Windows
2008-04-12 17:42:00 If you’re frequently interrupted by warnings and notifications coming from the system tray on Windows XP when you insert a new USB disk drive, you can easily disable it. Here’s the procedure to disable the ‘Safely Remove Hardware ’ warning popup notification in Windows: Right click on the taskbar and click ‘Properties’ Under the ‘Taskbar’ tab, click the ‘Customize’ ... More About: Balloon , Popup
Turn on ClearType like Smooth Text in Ubuntu Linux
2008-04-10 16:44:00 Turning on ClearType mode if you’re using an LCD monitor helps a lot in improving readability. Ubuntu , by default, doesn’t have ClearType turned on. However, you could achieve really nice font smoothing by just choosing an option in the settings. In order to turn text smoothing on in Ubuntu, do the following: Go to System > Preferences ... More About: Linux , Ubuntu Linux , Text , Turn
Zenith?s SmartStyle Personal Computer
2008-04-10 10:12:00 Indian PC manufacturer Zenith Computer unveiled last week its latest offering, the SmartStyle PC. The SmartStyle PC sports a very radical design, and comes with a 17 inch LCD monitor, a keyboard and a mouse. The CPU is engrafted behind the LCD. It’s possible to hang the monitor on the wall, or even attach it to ... More About: Personal
How to Auto Login To Ubuntu?
2008-04-09 00:00:00 If you just dropped Windows XP for Ubuntu on your machine, chances are you're wondering how to set up automatic user logging in on Ubuntu. Setting up autologin in Ubuntu is quite easy and you can do the same in a matter of a few clicks. Here's a quick guide ... More About: Auto
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7 Free, Must Have Windows Software for Download Junkies
2008-03-31 00:00:00 We always tend to download stuff from the internet. Be it movies, music, software, ebooks, we're always in thirst of information and download plenty of things from the web. If you're a download junkie, you can try the following free software I've listed below to make things better, easier and ... More About: Software , Windows , Download , Free , Junkies
How to restore missing USBscan.sys in Windows XP?
2008-03-29 23:00:00 Recently, I was trying to install drivers for my new digital camera, but I had a few problems. The installer requested the Windows XP SP 2 CD because a driver file, usbscan.sys was missing. I had actually lost the XP SP2 CD. The installer requested the XP SP 2 CD ... More About: Missing , Restore , Windows Xp
Post to Your Blog from Microsoft Office Word 2007
2008-03-29 23:00:00 While browsing around the menus in Office Word 2007, I stumbled upon the 'Publish' option, and I was thrilled! Well, it's actually possible to publish to your WordPress blog from Microsoft Word 2007 itself. That is so cool! And it's not just WordPress, supported platforms include Blogger, SharePoint, Windows Live ... More About: Microsoft Office , Post
5 Simple Safety Tips to follow when using Public Computers
2008-03-26 00:00:00 I know a lot of people who don't have computers at home, but still go to the nearest cyber cafe to get things done online. However, these public computers, very so often, are highly infected with malicious programs. You're actually putting your data and online accounts at high risk when ... More About: Computers , Safety , Tips , Public , Simple
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2008-03-25 00:00:00 This is a temporary post that was not deleted. Please delete this manually. (087ef774-2976-4bad-a289-864a6aa97565 - 3bfe001a-32de-4114-a6b4-4005b770f6d7) More About: Post , Style , Detection
Gnome Do Application Launcher
2008-03-24 00:00:00 Gnome Do is an application launcher for the Gnome Desktop that works quite well. In addition to being an application launcher, Gnome Do is capable of performing many other actions including quick online searching, quick music access, etc. I managed to install and try it on my Ubuntu Gutsy Desktop, ... More About: Application , Gnome , Launcher
Nautilus Tip: Quickly Open Special Locations
2008-03-24 00:00:00 Nautilus, the default File Manager in most Gnome Desktops, is a very versatile and feature rich program that does its job pretty well. Did you know that you can instantly open special locations in Nautilus by typing in some special URIs? For instance, in order to open the Writable CD Folder, type ... More About: Open , Special , Locations , Nautilus
Make the most of Google Image Search
2008-03-15 00:00:00 Google Image s is probably the most 'comprehensive' image search engine out there. Many of you should have probably used it to find a wide range of pictures. Here are some tips to make the experience better: More About: Google , Search , Make , Google Image Search
10 Brilliant Firefox Extensions You Probably Don?t Know About
2008-03-09 00:00:00 Yes, not the usual list with extensions that you're already using. These are 10 very useful, not-so-popular Firefox extensions that I'm assuming you don't know. More About: Extensions , Brilliant
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7 Interesting and Useful Things to do with your USB Pen Drive
2008-02-26 00:00:00 If you've got a USB Pen Drive , you can use it for a variety of things, that includes adding portable apps and lots more. But, your Pen Drive can serve for some interesting purposes as well - some you wouldn't have imagined about. Put it to some good use, here's a ... More About: Interesting , Things
Top 10 Free Programs to make the most out of your MP3 Collection
2008-02-19 00:00:00 Ok, you've got loads of music on your computer - but is that all cluttered, unorganized, unmanaged and simply not easy to access? May be you need to do something. Literally hundreds of free software let you play, organize, burn and do lots more with your digital MP3 music collection. ... More About: Programs , Free , Make
Find ICICI Bank Branches nearest to your place
2008-02-17 00:00:00 MapMyIndia.com, a site that provides digital maps imagery for Indian cities and towns has recently started a new service that lets you locate any ICICI bank branches closest to your location. More About: Find , Place , Bank
Download Digsby now!
2008-02-10 00:00:00 Digsby is creating waves. Syahid just wrote about this wonderful funky application, and the program is just great. There's nothing ground breaking here, but the app is just awesome and works out of the box. More About: Download
Softwares to Tweak Windows XP
2008-02-08 00:00:00 If you can't get enough of the default options in Windows XP, and want to tweak it to the utmost level without getting into the registry and messing up with stuff, you could download any one of the following software that let you tweak Windows XP easily: More About: Softwares , Windows Xp , Tweak
Killer Links #1
2008-02-02 00:00:00 What a great month it has been! I've started making money by writing for other blogs, and I'm getting a good amount of income from what I've been doing. I'm also waiting for my 4th AdSense cheque to arrive! Killer Tech Tips has been doing pretty good, and has already registered ... More About: Links
Optimize your Blog Post for Google - Tips that you might not have heard
2008-01-26 00:00:00 Hey, what's more exciting than getting huge organic traffic from Google and other search engines to your blog? Every other day, you write posts. Not every post gets noticed. Not every post is picked up by Google. Not every post gets the fame it deserves. Here are some tips to optimize ... More About: Tips , Post , Blog
How to rip an Audio CD using AudioGrabber?
2008-01-26 00:00:00 If you've just found time to rip all your normal audio CDs to your computer, it's time you download Audio Grabber. AudioGrabber is an excellent Audio Ripping Software that's available for download here. Let me tell you how you can rip music from your old audio CDs to your computer easily using Audio ...
Is the ?Send To? Menu opening up too slow in Windows?
2008-01-24 00:00:00 Everytime you right click and select the 'Send To' menu it takes ages to load. If the Send To menu is opening up slow when you right click on icons or files, it's time you fix things right. Here's how you can make a slow-loading Send To menu load fast in ... More About: Windows , Opening , Menu , Slow
Best Bandwidth Monitoring Software for your computer
2008-01-16 00:00:00 Some of use internet connections that come with a bandwidth cap, and it's essential to keep an eye on the amount of data you're downloading and uploading every day. There are specific tools available for this particular purpose, and help in effectively monitoring, and sometimes controlling the flow of your ... More About: Software , Computer , Bandwidth , Monitoring
Best Software Tools for the Family Tech Support Guy
2008-01-14 00:00:00 Most of you reading this have encountered people asking you solve problems on their computers - more than once. You're an expert in their eyes, and they want you to solve the problems they're facing with their PCs. They might be your family members, your colleagues or whatever. More About: Software , Family , Tools , Tech , Support
gOS 2.0 Screenshots and Review
More articles from this author:2008-01-14 00:00:00 gOS 2.0 is a Linux Distro based on Ubuntu using the Enlightenment Window Manager. Nothing really ground-breaking here, but gOS can run from a live CD and has icons pointing to various Web apps like Gmail, YouTube etc. for easy access. It can be said as a stripped down and polished ... More About: Review , Screenshots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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