Archive for November, 2009

How To Turn Off Your Monitor Via HotKeys

If your computer stays on the entire day then turning off your monitor when you’re not at your desk can save you a noticeable amount on the electricity bill. But you don’t want to push that button each time you’re leaving or coming back to your system. With the latest monitors, those buttons are getting [...]

How To Have Your Folders & Files Just a Click Away

Imagine all your favorite programs, files, and folders just a single click away. If you’re chatting with a friend and you want to open a particular folder, you don’t start browsing to it in Windows Explorer; instead, you click the middle mouse button and there it will be, right in front of you.
Such amazing accessibility [...]

Win Thousands Of Dollars In Prizes In December!!!

Our friends over at Windows 7 News & Tips are giving away thousands of dollars in December!! Each day they are giving away a minimum of $300 in software and hardware to their readers.  Prizes include:

$300 of memory from Crucial Memory
Wirelass 802.11n routers and USB adaptors from Belkin
Free Giganews accounts
Free software from Acronis, WinRar, a-squared

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What To Look For Before Buying A Portable Media Player

Portable media players have redefined digital entertainment for a lot of gadget users. With time these devices are getting more feature packed and versatile. It all started with Apple’s cult defining iPod lineup of music players but now one can take his pick from a multitude of models from various manufacturers. A person who wants [...]

How To Change OEM Details In Windows 7

Windows 7 is one of the fastest selling operating systems ever, and rather than buying a fresh copy many users have opted to upgrade their PC instead and get a free bundled copy of Windows 7.  However, if you do buy a OEM PC from the likes of Dell or Toshiba they tend to add [...]

How To Send And Receive Files from a Remote Computer

Sending files as attachments of an email is a common practice. We usually do this for files smaller than 10MB. Emailing larger files is usually not supported by the most popular email services. A way around that problem is to span your large file over a series of smaller archive files and email these smaller [...]

How To Search And Download Torrents Without Opening Your Browser

Torrent users usually jump from site to site looking for the best available torrent for the one they’re searching. This is the reason why many of us torrent addicts have numerous sites (such as Torrentz and BtJunkie) bookmarked. These torrent bookmarks can occupy a considerable room in your Favorites list. Thankfully today we have discovered [...]

How To Add A DisLike Button on FaceBook in Firefox

Facebook is wonderful. It lets you interact with your friends along with using various entertaining applications. Another great feature of Facebook is that it lets users share links, pictures, and videos with other friends.
Under each such shared link, there is present an option to ‘like’ it. You can click on it and show people that [...]

My Movies 3 Launched For Windows 7 Media Center

Do you use your PC to watch and play DVDs and Blu-ray movies?  Do you burn your disks to your PC or to a server to watch later?  If you can answer yes to either of these questions then My Movies 3 is right for you.  My Movies 3 is a great free program that [...]

Camcorder Buying Guide

Digital Camcorders are ideal for those people who want to capture the interesting and memorable incidents in life in vivid detail but want something more than still images. With time the technology used in digital camcorders has progressed by leaps and bounds and their size has reduced considerably. While the latest camcorders are not as [...]