Rainlendar: Desktop Calendar
Nifty little desktop calendar for the Windows desktop, with a negligible memory footprint. A calendar on the desktop is a handy feature. My option to date has been to settle for Webshots, which is a...
View ArticleWindows XP Home → Windows XP Pro
A hack to upgrade without, ahem, upgrading. Own Microsoft Windows XP Home but would like to own Windows XP Pro? Gizmodo is running a simple hack that apparently upgrades the system inadvertently. No...
View ArticleMacOSX interface on Windows with Flyakite
If not to make things simpler for you, then for the sheer delight of it, it's kind of fun to make your Windows PC look like a Mac. A full theme from FlyakiteOSX, sounds and all, makes it a breeze. Want...
View ArticleConvert MKV to AVI for free (on Windows and OSX)
The MKV format, although never originally intended to share stuff online because it's large and really high quality, has now become standard. Especially now with Blu-Ray becoming a standard. But some...
View ArticleComodo Firewall Pro: Free Zonealarm Replacement
A lovely firewall product that hogs lesser resources than the ubiquitous Zone Alarm, provides better reporting and protection options, and is still completely free. Firewalls are dime a dozen these...
View ArticleFileBox Extender for Windows
Very useful utility for the file opener/saver dialog boxes in Windows. Here's a nifty little utility that allows you to set most often-used folders on your PC and access them quickly from a FILE OPEN...
View ArticleApple Safari 3 Beta for Windows
Finally, we can (hopefully) test Safari on Windows too, but it remains to be seen how this compares with Firefox and its battalion of extensions and the ever-blazing Opera. Apple is on to some exciting...
View ArticleCustomize Microsoft Office 2007 blue ribbon UI to Office 2003
So I finally got around to installing Office 2007. This is what it looked like: Office 2007 — First Look Now I don't know about you, but to me this bloo-ey look is hideous.I am not on Vista yet, by...
View ArticleSave SSH password for use in "Terminal" (OSX or *Nix)
Anyone who runs hosted remote servers and has to log into remote terminals for regular use, it is vital to have shortcuts that allow for quick login. SSH2 is the recommended way. On Windows, there is...
View ArticleRecovering Bad Hard Disks (CRC on Windows, Error –36 on Mac OSX)
So you've been visited by the much dreaded CRC — Cyclical Redundancy Check error, most likely encountered while copying files between hard disks. On Mac OSX, this will usually appear as some cryptic...
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