Archive for the ‘software tools’ Category
Change File Attributes With Attribute Changer
Attribute Changer is a 1 MB utility for Windows that allows you to change the attributes of files or folders from Windows Explorer’s context menu. After you install the utility, a ‘Change Attributes’ option appears when you right click on a file.
Sync Bookmarks Between Multiple Browsers with Transmute
If you’ve got two or three browsers installed in your computer for whatever reason, chances are only your primary browser has got all your bookmarks. You might be feeling out of place when you work on other browsers because your bookmarks may be missing.
How To Quickly Navigate To Your Favourite Folders From The Save As Dialog
If you frequently work with Word documents and the like, chances are you’ll find it very annoying to quickly navigate to your folders of choice in the Windows ‘Save As’ dialog box. You have to keep clicking, clicking and clicking to go down to the folder where you want to put the file in.
Always Show Google Search Options
Google recently introduced a new ‘Search Options’ panel in its search results pages that allows you to filter out search results on the basis of time, or type of content available in web pages. I’ve been using it for some time and I’ve really found the Search Options panel indispensable.
Threeter – The Quickest Way To Post Messages To Twitter?
Threeter is a desktop application for Windows that lets you post tweets at the press of a hotkey. Once you install the Threeter software, just configure your account and set a hotkey combination.
Gmail Keeper Makes Backups Of Your Gmail Messages
You must have seen and tried a few Gmail Backup tools before, but this time around we’re going to check out something special called Gmail Keeper that is quite cooler and polished.
Gmail Keeper lets you set up ‘Profiles’. The free version can allow just one profile though. A profile can contain some set rules and set what should be backed up and what shouldn’t.
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FreeFixer Can Help You Remove Potential Spyware
You’ve heard of HijackThis, haven’t you? It scans your registry and other areas that host potential malware in your computer and lists them together so that you can remove the entries that you consider unwanted/malware.
Create Dummy Files with the Dummy File Generator
Dummy files can be used for anything from fooling your friends to testing your network speeds. In this post, we’ll explore how you can create dummy files using a tool called Dummy File Generator.
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Giveaway: Win 3 SkiniTunes Pro Activation Keys
Previously reviewed SkiniTunes is an addon for iTunes that adds skins to the mini iTunes player. Besides just skinning the mini player with themes, the SkiniTunes app also adds album artwork to the mini iTunes player. See the nice reviews they’ve got in their blog. There are two versions of the app – free and pro.
While the free version does the obvious stuff like skinning iTunes and adding artwork to the miniplayer, the pro version goes a little ahead and adds fancy Window effects, adjustable transparency, ability to download lyrics, a sleep timer among other things. The pro versioon costs $5.
Sync Photos Between Local Folders and Your Flickr Account
FlickrSync is a neat app that lets you sync photos between your Flickr account and local folders in your computer. After you install the app, you’re required to authorize it after which it loads your Flickr sets.
