Tag Archives : Tips and tricks

Facebook is the social media giant that is showing no signs of stopping. Apart from being a regular social media website for people to interact with their friends (and strangers, in some cases), Facebook has also been trying to get into the instant messaging game which has till now been dominated by...

If you’re one of those who recently switched to Windows 7 from Windows XP, and are still learning the ropes of Microsoft’s new operating system, you’d have noticed how Windows 7 likes to do things a little differently especially when it comes to administrative tasks such as creating...

If you’re looking for a simple way to start a countdown to remind you of something, it can’t get simpler than E.gg Timer. To set a timer, all you need to do is append the time that you want the countdown to last, to the URL of the website. For example, to set a 2 minute countdown, try this...

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...

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,...

How many times have you had to reinstall the OS on your computer and then had to install all your favorite pieces of software by hand. I’m sure it’s quite painful. And even more so when you forget to install a couple of software and then have to install them in a crunch when you need them...

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...