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Ubuntu (and all Debian based) distributions use the .deb format for application packages and these days most developers writing applications for Linux provide a .deb package. But, even then there might be times when you want to install an application which is available only in the .rpm format. If you...

If you’re writing an article or a thesis where you need to keep track of the number of words written, you basically have two options to count the number of words, either count the number of lines and multiply that by the average number of words / line or use something other than Microsoft Word for...

Who knew the humble Windows Notepad was capable of anything other than, well, taking text only notes. If you’re searching for a simple application to write a diary or take daily notes, look no further than Notepad. So, what’s new you ask ? Well, with this tip you can make notepad automatically add...

Crap, I missed it! is a notification service that can remind you by email of new movies, movies, tv shows and concerts happening around your town. CrapImissedIt looks at Rotten Tomatoes’ Certified Fresh List for new movies and monitors Amazon’s bestseller list for new music and books. The...

FreePDFCards is a nice web application that can help you design your business card online for free. If you’ve been dying to have your very own business card with your own blog’s logo on it, but were afraid of the costs involved, now is the time to give this site a try. To get started, just...

TrackThis is an awesome web application to track packages online. It supports a number of carriers like UPS, FedEX, DHL and a number of other big carriers. Considering the number of carriers it supports, there is a good chance that your most often used carrier will be on their list. To start tracking...

Web based service Deferred Sender lets you defer sending an email to a later time. In other words, it lets you schedule emails to go out at a time that you decide. And it works with any email client, even web based ones like Gmail or Yahoo Mail. The service can be used to set up and send project reminders,...

So, you think your life is one boring commute between the office and your home ? Are you dying to do stuff which you think all the cool guys and girls are doing ? If the last line sounded corny, wait till you hear the name of this new web service that just opened its doors, Diddit ! Diddit claims to...

The Gmail Labs area is quickly becoming a hotbed of activity with the Gmail engineers releasing a new feature as a part of Labs every few days. The features available under Labs now include everything from the extremely useful ones like Offline Gmail to the mostly useless ones like Gmail Goggles. If...

I’m a big GNOME fan and have been using it ever since it was first released. Ofcourse, like all software, not all is good with the GNOME project also and some of the decisions made by the developers are just plain absurd to me. One such decision was making the Spatial mode on Nautilus as the default. Nautilus,...