Yearly Archives: 2010

EmbedPlus Embeds YouTube Videos With Advanced Playback Controls

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EmbedPlus is an excellent online video-based online tool, co-developed by AddictiveTips reader Shola Tay Omojokun, that brings advanced playback controls to embedded YouTube videos, which are not found in many popular video players. We know that YouTube offers basic playback controls which are not enough for many users, Embedplus allows one to enhance embedded videos with real time reactions whilst offering advanced DVD-like controls to handle video playback. It offers movable zoom to let user dynamically magnifies the embedded video. Slow motion option is available for videos with faster playback or with elusive videos like tricks, illusions, etc. Scene skipping is another useful control, just as you can move through different DVD video chapters, YouTube embedded videos can now be tracked forward and backward chapter-wise. Sounds awesome, right? Wait, there is more. Read More

Apture Highlights Is Awesome On-Screen Search Assistant For Firefox [Extension]

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Coming across certain obscure terms/phrases is always a headache when you’re reading an article which is far too off your discipline, in such situations users tend to look up meaning of complex terms on Wikipedia and on other various websites to understand the context. Even though you can use Auto Context to initiate search in separate tabs via right-click menu, we think that you’d be better off using Apture Highlights – an elegant Firefox extension which offers on-screen assistance for understanding meaning of the selected word or phrase. It provides you selected phrase-related references in rich photos and videos format from Flickr and YouTube, updates from Twitter and elaborated articles from Wikipedia. Read More

Open++ Shell Extension Adds Advanced ‘Open With’ Menu In Windows

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Open++ is a Windows shell extension which adds an extra sub-menu in right-click context menu to open a file or folder with user-defined arguments (parameters). Sometimes we want to run certain applications in CLI via Windows Command Processor, rather than opening CMD manually, it lets you do so with a single click. The developer’s intent is to bring most frequently used file and folder related operations which are not present in Windows 'Open With' default menu. A general distinction of operations can be seen while making use of it over files and folders, i.e, for folder it offer options like create a sub-folder, change folder meta information, copy path to clipboard, and open folder in CLI while you have add new commands, verify checksum and find & copy shortcut target option for selected file. Read More

Wave Editor Is Free Audio Editor With Great Sound Effects

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Wave Editor is a powerful digital audio editor which is developed to make small audio adjustments, like, a light fade-in/fade-out effect with a blend of sudden silence has to be added in an audio file to make it perfectly match with complementary video, while sometimes amplification and de-amplification are also required at certain points to get the much needed effect. Wave Editor includes all such effects in addition with basic options to reverse, copy/move or delete a defined audio part. Read More

Download, Convert, And Stream Videos From 300+ Websites With FVD Suite

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Earlier we have covered some video downloaders, such as Orbit Downloader and Free Make Video downloader, the latter having the ability to download and convert Dailymotion, Vimeo and Facebook videos as well. Today we will review FVD Suite, which supports more than 300+ video sharing platforms whilst offering on the fly conversion of downloaded videos. Along with downloading and converting flash-based videos, you will also be able to stream media from thousands of supported websites. Read More

Find Changes In Files/Folders And Merge Them To Remove Duplicates

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It is irksome to find out differences on the basis of file attributes when both folders come with same file names, as determining changes manually in file attributes and binaries is mind-numbing. In such situations, you have no other option than to use an efficient file comparison tool such as, WinMerge that hosts a great deal of features to make comparison between folders or files a lot easier. The best part is that all the changes can be merged in any file or folder without any hassle involved. It comes with filters to let user include only required file types. Unlike previously reviewed file comparison tool – TreeCompare, you can also effectively manipulate files and folders changes according to your requirements. It provides simple file management options to copy, move, or delete files from any folder which is being compared. Read More

Remap And Reassign Your Android Device’s Keys With ButtonRemapper

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One signature feature of almost all Android devices are the four main keys (back, home, menu and search) which are mostly hardware, but come as capacitive touch keys in some cases as well (like in the Samsung Galaxy S). These keys have almost acquired the status of identifiers of a device’s Android identity. However, the functions provided by these keys are restricted to what has been set as default, and there’s no option to modify or ‘remap’ these keys – that is, until now. Read More

Sign APKs And Update.Zip Files Directly On Android Device

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If you’ve been into Android development and modification, you’ll be fully aware of the importance of signing APKs and ZIP files in the Android operating environment. For more novice users, every package that is executed in the OS, whether it’s an application package (APK) or an archive package (ZIP), must be digitally signed with a unique key before the OS can execute them. This signature check is kept in place to ensure that the contents of the files have not changed, the intent being to keep users safe from malicious code being executed. Read More

PhotoRocket Gets Updated, Adds Useful Sharing Options

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A few weeks ago we reviewed a new photo sharing application called PhotoRocket. The application held quite some promise even then, and just yesterday the developer has released a new version, not only bringing new enhancements but also fixing many of the bugs noticed earlier. Check out the new features in PhotoRocket right after the jump. Read More

Reduce Outlook PST File By Replacing Downloaded Attachments With Shortcuts

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Even though Outlook 2010 offers a simple way to let users manipulate mail attachments, there are two problems regarding maintaining the size of Outlook mailbox, firstly, when you export/save an attachment, it doesn’t get deleted from the email, thus taking same disk space, secondly, when you delete the attachment after saving it on disk, the mail item will stop showing paperclip-imaged icon which indicates that message contain attachments, hence you cannot list down all the mails which had attachments. Considering this very problem, Phil Holmes offers a simple solution through his product called Outlook Attachment Exporter. It is a small application which can export or delete attachments in specified mail item without removing paperclip-imaged icon, letting user visually find out ‘mails with attachments’. Using the application, even if you’ve deleted an attachment, it can replace the file with a small-sized icon file (having same file name) to reduce the overall size of Outlook message store. Read More

Extract Software Product Keys From Windows Registry With LicenseCrawler

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If you’ve searched for any license recovery utility in the past then you might know about Nirsoft’s famous ProduKey – which provides a simple solution to extract license keys from Windows registry. Today, we have stumbled across another software license extractor called LicenseCrawler which has been written to extract all the serial numbers and licenses saved in yours Windows registry. The GUI based application also supports direct extraction of licenses/serials remotely, which means that you can extract license keys from any node connected with network. Even though you can remotely make use of ProdKey by manually specifying the source location, LicenseCrawler automatically lists down all the connected systems to let user decide where to extract product keys from. Furthermore, it offers license extraction for almost all installed software while letting you choose registry hive to be searched. Read More

Diffuse Compares Both Text And Code, With Option To Merge Into One File

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Comparing text files becomes indispensable in many instances, where system administrators find it confounding to compare multiple huge log files manually, application developers also need an efficient text comparison tool which offers a detailed insight into the line differences in application's module code files. For placid users who don’t care much about advance features, we have already covered two simple file comparison tools - diffChecker and CompareMyFiles. If you’re looking for an advanced utility for carrying out complex text comparisons, try out Diffuse, an opensource application which brings a great number of features to compare multiple text files with an option to merge changes on the fly. Read More

Show File Size In Firefox ‘Open With’ Dialog Box

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It can be quite useful and helpful to know the size of a file before downloading it. Unfortunately, if you’re a Firefox fan and use the default download manager, you're out of luck, because Firefox itself does not display the file size when it pops up the ‘Open With’ dialog box. The only information displayed is the file name/type, and you get to choose where the file should go. Show File Size is a Firefox add-on that enriches the default Open With dialog box, displaying file size with customizable rounding options. Read More

Open Documents In Google Docs Viewer By Default In Firefox

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Consider yourself in a situation where you’re working with some document files, and suddenly you discover that you do not have the appropriate software to handle these file types. In our work routine, sometimes we need to reinstall quite a few applications, or set up a PC a fresh, and the first day when you’re running a barebone OS, coming up against a PDF or DOCX document over the internet before you can install any PDF reader or Microsoft Office can be really irritating. Suppose another situation where you want to open a PDF file quickly but do not want to wait for the bloated Adobe Reader to open it for you. Ofcourse we have alternatives to Adobe Reader but opening the file online is quicker. Read More

Collect And Organize Fragmented Web Content Into Research Booklet With Trails

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Trails is an awesome Firefox extension which is written to abet users in collecting, editing and organizing fragments of text and images to complement their main research work. Since the web is the main data source for doing research on any topic, its offers a quick and easy way for managing data collection without requiring the user to manually re-structure the main research document by saving the collected fragments of text and images. Another prominent aspect is that all the data collection management can be done in its sidebar which can be brought up anytime while surfing the web. Users can quickly add the selected text fragment or image to main research document via right-click context menu. Read More

Monitor And Troubleshoot Faulty Cable Modem Internet Connection

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If your cable modem connection is causing problems for you, or you’re facing regular disconnections, packet losses or any other abnormal activity, then CMWatcher is what you need to troubleshoot the problem. It is a lightweight tool that runs in your PC’s system tray (Windows only) and allows you to quickly and easily monitor your cable modem and take screenshot records of any irregularity or abnormal activity. This can prove really helpful in diagnosing intermittent connection failure that may otherwise go unnoticed. Read More

Reduce Windows Registry Index Size With Simple Defragmentation

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We have previously reviewed a list of registry optimization & defragmentation utilities, such as, Simnet Registry Defrag, QuickSys RegDefrag, and Registry Life, the first two tools are designed especially to make registry data contiguous while latter is an advanced tool for cleaning & optimizing registry. Today we have come across WinMend Registry Defrag – an application which which claims to effectively rebuild the registry index in order to remove the unused fragments/voids. Since data defragmentation is carried out by making data contiguous, it re-organizes the Windows registry space to let installed applications fetch associated registry keys with more speed.
Editor's Note: It must be noted that registry defgramentation does not necessarily speed up your system by a huge margin. It does however speed up access to registry (but the effect is very minimal). You should only defrag your registry when your PC is clogged and only as a last resort.
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Use Different User Agent String For Each Website With UAControl

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UAControl is a Firefox extension which provide users with options to change the user agent strings contained in HTTP header. Since the hosting server of the website you visit accesses User Agent string to know about the your browser along with other system-related details, you may want to change user agent string for specific web sites/domains which offers more features and functionality with preferred browsers, for e.g, Microsoft online services provide extra features to IE users only. UAControl lets you change the UA string on the fly, all you need is to specify custom User Agent string for specific domain. Read More

Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool Verifies Your Processor Functions And Performs Stress Test

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Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool is a diagnostic utility from Intel Corp which has been designed to verify functionality of Intel microprocessor. It supports a wide range of Intel microprocessors ranging from Intel Atom, Celeron, i3,i5,i7, Core 2 Solo/Duo/Quad, Pentium 4 to Pentium Extreme, and other versions of processors launched under Pentium brand. The application is highly configurable, since it verifies processing capabilities upon different scales, you can specify measuring limits and enable/disable default options. Read More