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iPod touch/ iPhone Application : Pocket Guitar
2008-01-28 16:13:00 Hello there, i just found out this cool guitar application which runs on your cool unlocked iPhone. Here’s the video….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpt-kC1ANg s More About: Iphone , Guitar , Ipod , Touch , Application
How to Restart Windows Without Restarting Your PC
2008-01-27 18:35:00 To me restarting my PC is one of the most annoying thing that I come across daily. Besides Vista takes up around one to two minutes to boot up sometimes. Even Windows XP slowly crawls at around a minute to load. Most of the time this happens due to myself frequently installing things that ... More About: Windows X , Windows Vista , Restart
How to reduce Firefox memory usage to 300kb
2008-01-25 19:33:00 As you would know Firefox is the worst offender when it comes to RAM consumption. Previously I should you some memory optimizing techniques to reduce the memory usage in Firefox, but still it doesn’t significantly reduce the memory usage. Firefox Ultimate Optimizer is a tiny yet a god’s sent program that reduces Firefox memory ... More About: Downloads , Memory , Reduce , Usage
Stop YouTube Videos from Automatically Playing in Firefox
2008-01-24 08:06:00 You probably would have encountered Youtube videos starting automatically. I found out some cool Firefox extension that to disable these videos from playing automatically. TubeStop Firefox Extension The TubeStop firefox extension disables the autoplay feature of YouTube videos, as well as videos on other sites like MySpace and Blogger. Download TubeStop Extension Youtube Prevent Autoplay ... More About: Videos
Enable More Simultaneous Downloads in Internet Explorer
2008-01-22 17:26:00 Most of us are accustomed to using Internet Explorer and i’m sure you’d probably fed up of the download restrictions of only 2 files from the same website. The reason of-course is the lame HTTP 1.1 spec that says only two connections may be allowed at a time so your browser just have to ... More About: Downloads , Firefox , Internet Explorer , Windows X
Hello, I?m still here!
2008-01-22 13:56:00 Hello fellows, I’m really sorry for not updating the site recently. But what can i do, my ISP was doing some repair works near my place which lead to a total breakdown of communications lines in the surrounding the areas. I could have keep up the posts from say a internet cafe but I don’t ... More About: Announcement
How to Install iPhone apps on your Jailbroken iPod Touch
2008-01-07 16:15:00 iPod Touch is one of the most fascinating gadget out there, maybe not as close to its big brother iPhone. But still manages to give my heart a skip. Maybe in a couple of months I can make few bucks and grab it somewhere in ebay. Anyways i wanna show you how to install ... More About: Iphone , Ipod
How to install iPod Linux
2008-01-06 16:03:00 This is for you Linux geeks. Here’s an interesting video on how to install Linux on you iPod. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thinktechno.com%2F2008% 2F01%2F06%2Fhow-to-install-ipod-linux%2F' ; addthis_title = 'How+to+install+iPod+Linux'; addthis_pub = 'maina231'; More About: Ipod
How to enable the Hidden Administrator Account in Vista
2008-01-05 18:07:00 You might been thinking what the hell happened to the Administrator account that was usually created in prior versions of Windows. Windows Vista creates that account each time you install it. But for some reason I dono, its disabled by default thus can’t be used. I’m sure sometimes you would love to run as administrator ... More About: Hidden , Account
How to Retrieve or Reset your Lost Windows Password?
2008-01-04 19:25:00 Here?s an interesting video on how to you can recover your lost Windows password. The video will guide you through few techniques that can help you recover or reset your lost windows password……looks cool like those nonsense hacking movies. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thinktechno.com%2F2008% 2F01%2F04%2Fhow-to-retrieve-or-reset-your -lost-windows-password%2F'; addthis_title = 'How+to+Retrieve+or+Reset+your+Lost +Windo ws+Password %3F'; addthis_pub ... More About: Videos , Windows X
Firefox Gets Live Chat Support
2008-01-04 07:31:00 As you would know Firefox is one of the best web browsers out there. Still it got some snags that i hope Firefox 3 will clean it up. But I’m quite surprised Mozilla recently dished out a live chat feature on their support page. Currently live chat service is handled by a handful of ... More About: Chat , Support , Live , Live chat
How to Download Free Music from Social Music sites
2008-01-03 17:30:00 Wanna download music from social music sites like Last.fm, Imeem, Pandora, Myspace etc. Free music zilla is a smart tool that recognizes the songs you are playing on of these sites and shows you the links from which you can easily download by clicking on them. All you need to do is ... More About: Social , Music , Free Music , Download
Fix iPod Scratches using Banana
2008-01-02 18:05:00 Scratched your spanking new iPod and don’t have Brasso or Dremmel to fix your scratched iPod? Try using my favorite fruit banana instead of those expensive kits. Here?s a short video which will show you the process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfT9qfVkVQ M Lovely Techbuzz Share This More About: Ipod , Banana
5 Windows Vista Secrets You Don?t Know
2008-01-02 08:47:00 Today I’m gono show you some cool Vista tips that I’m sure you haven’t seen. Open Command Prompt Here: In Vista you can get some extra menus for your properties box just by holding the “Shift” key and right clicking on a file. As you can see below a command prompt button. Now you can easily ... More About: Windows , Windows Vista , Secrets
Most Popular Windows Freewares for year 2007
2007-12-31 19:05:00 As you would know New Year is just couple of hours away. I tought about compiling a post on the most popular freewares of the year 2007 . Below is the list of the most downloaded applications of 2007…… Enjoy ! Browsers Avant Browser - Block pop-up windows and browse multiple sites at once. Mozilla Firefox ... More About: Windows , Downloads , Popular , Ares
How to Speed up Windows XP Shutdown
2007-12-31 06:10:00 After quite sometime your Windows Xp normally tend to become slow. Mostly due to miscellaneous services that get installed with time, making your PC slow. But there is a cool registry trick that makes shutting down a breeze. Did you know that Windows X P keeps a couple of values in its registry which determines ... More About: Speed , Windows Xp , Speed up
Custom From Address to send from Gmail
2007-12-29 18:26:00 Gmail has a really cool feature, Gmail’s custom ‘From:’ feature lets you send messages that display another address. As i also have to deal with day to day emails coming to my website email, its really cumbersome to email from my hosting email application(buggy as hell). Log in to your Gmail account at mail.google.com. Now ... More About: Google , Gmail , Send , Address , Custom
Custom Form Address to send from Gmail
2007-12-29 18:26:00 Gmail has a really cool feature, Gmail’s custom ‘From:’ feature lets you send messages that display another address. As i also have to deal with day to day emails coming to my website email, its really cumbersome to email from my hosting email application(buggy as hell). Log in to your Gmail account at mail.google.com. Now head ... More About: Google , Send , Form , Address
Sony Offers Free PS3 With Purchase of an HDTV in the US
2007-12-29 15:02:00 Just few days back i checkout some blogs and came to know Sony Australia would dish out a free Playstation 3 with a purchase of any Bravia 1080p LCD TV. Now Sony has gave something to cheer for the people in the states but with some basic changes. Before purchasing a Sony HDTV you ... More About: Free , Offers , Hdtv , Purchase
iPhone firmware 1.1.3 leaked?
2007-12-29 14:43:00 Apple always seems to be in the news…..Why not when you got the Jesus phone? News follows you. According to Gear Live, they got a sneak peak at Apple’s iPhone latest unreleased firmware, 1.1.3 . Possible features includes sending SMS to multiple recipients, springboard (home screen) supports reordered icons and pagination, as well as bookmarks. ... More About: Iphone , Firmware , Leaked
How to Make Vista Style Tab Previews for Firefox Tabs
2007-12-28 18:31:00 Apart from the cool features that comes with Vista … even the scary ones. Vista is a really great looking OS, especially the taskbar thumbnail previews. Now what about the same feature for your Firefox ’s tabs…la Opera tab thumbnails. Well you could use the Tab Scope extension for a similar feature, with fully customizable options. Whenever you ... More About: Style , Tabs , Make
How to Multiple Logins Simultaneously through CookiePie?
2007-12-27 18:58:00 Nowadays we are accustomed to having different profiles or accounts for various services ranging from email, social networks, community websites. But you can only login to one account at a time for a specific service due to cookies. Today I’m gono show you a Firefox plugin that lets you login to any number of accounts ... More About: Multan , Cookie , Ulta
How to Display Background Image for Explorer Toolbars
2007-12-27 06:20:00 Actually this is a very simple tutorial to display background images for explorer toolbars. It might not a high profile trick, yet still you’d love the fun part. Scroll below to know how its done. 1. First navigate to ? HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInterne t Explorer Toolbar 2. Now create a new String Value by right-clicking in the right hand pane ... More About: Windows X , Display , Image , Background
DVD43: Decrypt Your DVD?s Copy Protection on the fly
2007-12-26 13:12:00 DVD43 is a free application which removes or unlock the copy protection scheme from the media(DVD) letting users to rip or copy content from it. Its similar to the shareware alternative AnyDVD but DVD43 is free! After installation it runs in your system tray, and auto detects the encryption on the DVD when you insert ... More About: Downloads , Copy Protection , Copy
Merry Christmas to everybody!?.Lets Party!
2007-12-24 18:27:00 WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. Announcement Share This More About: Christmas , Party , Merry Christmas , Merry
How to Send Out Executable Files Via Gmail
2007-12-24 13:53:00 As you would know, due to security reasons Gmail prevents users from sending and receiving executable files (files with the extension ?.exe?, ?.dll?, ?.ocx? or ?.bat?). If you try to uploading these files, Gmail will send you an error message: “This is an executable file”. However you may try compressing the files into other formats ... More About: Google , Send , Files
Remember the Milk + Gmail = Task Management Nirvana
2007-12-23 12:55:00 You would have already came across Remember the Milk, an online task management software. Guess what ever since I have started using Remember the Milk…. in one word its “priceless”. I’m pretty sure you are loving this, Remember the Milk directly integrates into Gmail , so you can manage your tasks right ... More About: Google , Firefox , Management , Nirvana
How to Make VLC Player to Work in Vista?
2007-12-21 18:15:00 VLC player is my favorite media player not just because its a free, open source alternative to WMP or other alternatives, but due the fact that it supports almost all audio or video files out there. But the problem is that it doesn’t always work correctly on Windows Vista . Normally you would face problem ... More About: Work , Player , Make
Installing Mac OSX Leopard on your Intel PC.
2007-12-20 16:22:00 Thanks to skilled hackers or I should say geeks! Leopard comes to your PC. Well it happens because the latest patched Leopard DVD comes with the amazing PC-EFI built in. For all those novices out there, PC-EFI allows users to enjoy OS X on normal PC’s without compromising on features or future updates. With ... More About: Mac , Intel
Restart Windows from Task Manager! No hard resets
More articles from this author:2007-12-19 05:38:00 You might have encounter Windows completely freezing not letting you even open the start menu to restart. Doing a hard reset isn’t good for your PC components especially the hard drive. Here’s how you could restart your PC without having to do severe damage to your PC. You can bring up Task Manager ... More About: Windows X , Windows Vista , Hard 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
