Archive for January, 2009

Well, actually, Ubiquity can do a lot more. Ubiquity is a firefox extesion that is can really only be described as a launcher for the Internet, integrated with the web browser, which in this case is Firefox. Confused ? Well, Let me explain. Ubiquity allows you to use your keyboard to give commands to...

Applications to help you take and organize notes on your computer are available dime-a-dozen. Linux purists will, ofcourse, give their vote to text editors such as Vim or Emacs but there are also applications such as Tomboy and BasKet available for the non-geeky users that make taking and organizing...

The search function integrated in the Start menu is probably one of the best features in Windows Vista. I use it all the time to search for files on my computer and even as a launcher to launch applications. It also gives an option to search the Internet from the same search box, but the only problem...

Google acquired feedburner somewhere in 2007 and since then has been running the service almost unchanged. But, that is going to change soon. The feedburner service (which is also used to manage the feed of this blog) is going to go away sometime over the course of next week and Google is migrating all...

Ever tried helping your non-technical friends with their computer problems over phone. If yes, you know how irritating that can be. To solve the problem, Microsoft added an option to one of the Win XP service packs to let remote users take control of your system and made troubleshooting Windows systems...

Bulk Image Resizer from Mariussoft is a free utility to quickly and easily convert multiple images at the same time. The utility supports the most popular image formats and the resized images are of good quality free from any distortions. The application is pretty simple to use with just a few options....

Kallow is a new web service designed to make it easier for the non-geeks to purchase electronic online. Purchasing electronics online is a mess ! And Kallow aims to solve that problem by doing all the heavy lifting itself and presenting the user with just a single choice. So, all the user has to do...

Trying to select the best font for a particular job is every designer’s nightmare. A font which looks fine on your computer might do wonders for a print campaign and be way off for an online campaign. I have spent hours myself trying to find the perfect font for my projects and no matter how hard...

Google recently announced that it is going to stop any further development on the Google Notebook project. This is bad news for the 5 of you who actually used Google notebook for any productive use. The good news is that your existing data is not going anywhere and you can still use the data that you...

According to wikipedia, deep linking is defined as: Deep linking, on the World Wide Web, is making a hyperlink that points to a specific page or image on another website, instead of that website’s main or home page. Such links are called deep links. Yahoo search recently turned on deep linking...