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System Mechanic Giveaway

Posted in On the Desktop, What's Hot on web, tagged , , , , on July 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »

There is a giveaway on the Internet these days for those of you who are looking for a tool to optimize and manage your computers. Its a 6 Months license for the popular “System Mechanic” software. So you can use it for 6 months and then decide if you like it enough or not. [...]

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How to customize the send to menu, bonus: some tricks

Posted in On the Desktop, Step By Step Tutorials, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Downloading a lot of files these days is very easy and fast! A problem with this is that if you do not do some management, things start cluttering up even faster. Let’s look at one of such management techniques – "The Right Click Send To Menu". In this article we will be customizing the right [...]

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10 tools to Overhaul Windows interface

Posted in On the Desktop, What's Hot on web, tagged , , , , on July 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Yesterday I wrote about ways to easily access frequently used folders, if you would like to know about ways to overhaul your Windows interface then head over to my article at MakeUseOf. I talk about getting the coveted 3d cube effect in Windows, some animations, breadcrumbs addressbar, tabs in Windows explorer and many other tools [...]

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Tiny Apps: Small is beautiful and useful

Posted in The Web, tagged , , , , on July 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Portable apps are a great way to carry programs on your USB pen drive or for using them without install. I recently mentioned them in the 10 steps to prettier, more useful and secure USB pen drive If you like portable apps (which I very much do) then I suggest you have a look at [...]

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Twittering from command line!

Posted in Linux, The Web, tagged , , , , on June 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Working on a command line has its own benefits and gives you a satisfying feeling! How about twittering from command line? Thats even cooler and yes its very much possible. All you need to have is curl. curl is a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax, supporting FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, [...]

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Step By Step Tutorial: Installing Ubuntu Linux and Windows on same computer

Posted in Linux, On the Desktop, Step By Step Tutorials, tagged , , , , , on May 9, 2008 | 7 Comments »

This is the Step by step tutorial on installing Linux, just as Mova promised. Refer to the earlier posts on Linux Demystified here and here to know the background of this tutorial.
Prerequisites:

About 5GB free hard disk space.
Working windows installation.
Ubuntu or Kubuntu or Edubuntu cd or a fast Internet connection.
Wubi (not required if you have [...]

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