Archive for February, 2010
Add Folders to the Movie Library in Windows 7 Media Center
Do you have a collection of movie files on your computer? Perhaps you have an external hard drive or two loaded up with AVI or MPEG video files? Well, today we’ll show you how to add those files to the Movie Library so you can watch them in Windows Media Center. You can add any [...]
23Feb2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Use Quick Launch as a Super-Powered Application Launcher
Are you looking for a quality app launcher that doesn’t cost anything? You actually only need to look to your Windows machine. Today we show you a little-known feature in Windows that provides you with a super powered application launcher. If you’ve ever searched the shareware sites for an application launcher (a small program used [...]
23Feb2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Shift Between Preset Window Sizes in Firefox with ResizeIT
Do you need multiple different “exact-size” windows for web-design work or other activities throughout your workday? Then see how easy it is to switch between sizes with the ResizeIT extension for Firefox. Before Here is our pre-extension test browser set against a 1280 x 1024 pixel sized background. Notice the position and size of the [...]
23Feb2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Restore Previous Versions of Files in Every Edition of Windows 7
Have you ever accidently deleted a file, or removed a crucial part of a document only to realize it no longer makes sense? Windows 7 is smart enough to protect you from yourself, and here we’ll see how you can restore files in any edition of Windows 7. How does this work? The Previous Versions [...]
23Feb2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Linux Pocket Guide (Paperback)
Review “Whilst there does seem to be a trend amongst many publishers to deliver ever more comprehensive titles, cramming details of almost every command-line switch and GUI option across a huge range of tools and packages, O’Reilly can always be relied upon to publish works that deal concisely with one aspecty of GNU/Linux or excel [...]
22Feb2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Desktop Fun: Starscape Theme Wallpapers
Are you longing for celestial views for your desktop? Then sit back, relax, and enjoy the view with our starscapes wallpaper collection. Note: Click on the picture to see the full-size image—these wallpapers vary in size so you may need to crop, stretch, or place them on a colored background in order to best match [...]
20Feb2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Hide Some or All of the GUI Bars in Firefox
Do you have a netbook and need to make the most of your screen real-estate? Now you can choose how much (or how little) of Firefox’s GUI Bars are visible with the Hide GUI Bars extension. Before Here is our test browser with all of the usual toolbars displaying. Depending on your personal needs this [...]
20Feb2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Friday Fun: Blosics 2
You’ve suffered through the work week long enough and it’s time to chill out and play a flash game on company time. Today we take a look at Blosics 2 which is a fun and challenging physics game. Blosics 2 When you start out you’re shown the object of the game. Select different size balls [...]
20Feb2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Add a Stealth Mode Boss Button to Google Chrome
Do you like to browse shopping, social, and video websites while at work and need a really quick way to hide them if the boss strolls through? Now you can hide those websites easily with the Boss Button extension for Google Chrome. Installation & Setup Once the extension has finished installing you will see an [...]
20Feb2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Our Look at the LinkedIn Social Connector for Outlook
Since most of us sit in front of Outlook all day, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to consolidate social networking contacts into Outlook as well? Today we take a look at the newly announced LinkedIn for Outlook social connector, which brings those contacts to your inbox. Outlook Social Connector (OSC) allows you to [...]
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