Archive for August, 2009

Clean Your iTunes Library with TidySongs

Having a clean iTunes library allows you to get so much more use out of your music library.  Whether your music library is small or large, having accurate tags, album names, names, artwork, artist names etc can make it easier to find the music you like, when you want it.
However, googling each album and manually [...]

Create Custom Windows 7 JumpLists

Windows 7 launches in under 2 months.  I’ve been using various beta versions for over 6 months, and the RTM build for one month now and it’s excellent.  One great new feature in Windows 7 is Jump Lists.  This allow you to get quick access to application features by right clicking its icon.
Some applications don’t [...]

Use Glary Undelete To Recover Deleted Files

Did you know that sometimes when you delete a file by mistake even from the recycle bin, you might still be able to recover it?  Normally only expert users know how to do this, but there are a number of tools that can help mere mortals like you and me recover deleted files.
Glary Undelete is [...]

Messenger Plus! Adds Extra Features To Windows Live Messenger

If you’re using Windows Live Messenger then you can enable lots of additional functionality by installing the free Messenger Plus! Live extension.  Free of spyware, this free extension adds the following cool functionality to Windows Live Messenger:

Over 100 easy-to-install skins
Chat logging
Event Viewer
Tabbed chats
Emotion sounds
Automatically accept request feature
Messenger lock
Events Notification displays a popup or plays a [...]

Capture Screenshots Easily With Lightscreen

Most of the time capturing screenshots using Print Screen doesn’t turn out the way you want to.  Luckily there’s a great free tool called Lightscreen that will make capturing great screenshots very simple.
Lightscreen is a simple tool to automate the tedious process of saving and cataloging screenshots, it operates as a hidden background process that [...]

Download Windows 7 Themes

Windows 7 is the replacement for Windows Vista that will be launching on October 22nd.  I’ve been using it on my home PC since Feb, and it’s a great OS.
If you can’t wait until then to upgrade, or won’t be upgrading but want to give your PC a Windows 7 look & feel, then you [...]

Download Over 15000 Free Fonts

Sometimes when you want to create that extra special document like a flyer, a poster or an invite the standard Windows fonts just don’t hack it.  No matter how hard you try, Times New Roman will never look sexy.
If you want to jazz up your documents and you don’t want to pay for new fonts, [...]

How To Remove On Behalf Of Message In Gmail

Gmail is a great email product and is gaining a lot of users and is now the 3rd most used email service after Yahoo mail and MSN hotmail.  Not only does it provide novel ways to manage lots of emails, but it also allows you to add other email domains to the inbox.
Until recently though [...]

Free Online Backup That Syncs Files With Your iPhone

Have you ever found yourself away from home and wish you could access one of your files?  Or, do you have more than one PC in your home and you wish you could access your files regardless of where they are stored?  Then SugarSync is the answer.  SugarSync is an online backup service that not [...]

Definitive Guide To Finding Free Wi-Fi

I became the proud owner of a iPhone 3GS a few weeks ago and it never leaves my side.  I’m heavily dependant on it being connected to the net, so I came a bit unstuck earlier this month when I took a trip overseas.  Roaming charges on my tariff are crazy expensive, so I had [...]