Make your GMail secure with Https

July 8, 2009 0 comments

By default Gmail uses just Http protocol to transfer data. While it may not be an issue if you are just a casual email user, for people whom security is the primary concern, http may not be good enough.

Remove the clutter around what you are reading

July 8, 2009 0 comments

If you like to read a lot of stuff on the web, but find that the cluttered web pages makes it hard to read, then Readability is for you.

How to rotate videos in VLC player

July 8, 2009 12 comments

Sometimes you come across videos that have been shot at an angle. This mostly happens with videos that have been shot with mobile phones. You find that the video is turned to one side at 90 deg and to watch it on your computer monitor you need to tilt your head. Watch the video for [...]

Quickly preview all your system fonts online

July 7, 2009 0 comments

Trying to decide what font to use can sometimes be a pain, especially when you have several fonts installed on your computer and if you are just cycling through your options one at a time.

Rearrange your taskbar with Taskbar Shuffle

June 27, 2009 0 comments

Ever wished you could customize the programs on your Windows taskbar, like you can do with the tabs in Firefox? Taskbar Shuffle makes it possible. Taskbar Shuffle is a tiny little free utility which once installed lets you drag and drop programs on your taskbar for quick reorganization. You can also have it automatically group [...]

Firefox 3.5 to arrive on June 30

June 27, 2009 0 comments

Mozilla has confirmed that it will release the next major version of Firefox on Tuesday, June 30. Firefox 3.5 is the first major revision of the popular open-source browser since version 3 landed a little over a year ago, in June of 2008. Firefox 3.5 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform, which has [...]

Preview open windows on taskbar with thumbnails

June 23, 2009 0 comments

One of the cool feature in Windows Vista is the ability to get a thumbnail preview of open windows by just mousing over the tabs on the taskbar. It sure does helps you to quickly find the window/application you want when you have several such tabs on the taskbar.

Everything explained in Plain English @ CC

June 23, 2009 0 comments

So you are an avid user of twitter. You have subscribed to hundreds of RSS feeds. But what if someone like say, your mom or dad asks: What is twitter? or, What is this RSS thing exactly? or, what is World Wide Web. It sure can be difficult to explain concepts like these to the [...]

How to fix a corrupt iTunes File

June 20, 2009 0 comments

If you download a lot of files on iTunes, particularly videos, eventually you’re bound to get a corrupt file that can’t finish downloading. As a fix, iTunes might prompt you to “Check for Available Downloads” under the Store menu, but chances are this will only re-download the corrupt file leaving you with something you paid [...]

Mouse pointer disappears in secondary monitor in Vista – A workaround

June 17, 2009 5 comments

If you are using Vista and have a secondary display monitor attached to your laptop, you might have encountered this issue. What happens is, once your computer goes to sleep and then you wake it up, you are not able to see the mouse pointer in the secondary monitor though if you move it to [...]

10 easy tips to save on your computer energy usage

June 17, 2009 0 comments

If you are looking for ways to cut down on your computer energy usage and reduce your electricity bill, here are a few tips you should definitely try out. Frankly, most of us would already be aware of many of the tips that I have listed here. Nevertheless, very few of us actually put them [...]

Scroll even inactive windows with WizMouse

June 17, 2009 0 comments

If you frequently work with multiple open windows, you would have noticed that you can’t scroll a window unless the window is active and for that you need to first click on that window. This can get really annoying if you have to do this quite frequently.

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