Yearly Archives: 2011

teXty For Android Provides A Two-Tap Shortcut To Frequently Sent SMS

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teXty for Android is a free app that saves you the hassle of having to type and send the same SMS to the same contacts over and over again. The freeware includes a home screen widget that, when tapped, displays a list of user-defined SMS shortcuts complete with custom headings, numbers and message bodies. The SMS entries/shortcuts are saved in the app itself and are not deleted on removal of the widget from the home screen. Read More

WiFi Automatic For Android Auto-Enables WiFi When Charger Is Connected

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If you own an Android device, you’ll agree that connecting your device to a computer and enabling WiFi are mostly a subsequence of one another. That is, whenever you’re close enough to a Wi-Fi network and a computer, you are bound to plug your device in for charging after connecting to said Wi-Fi network or vice versa. There is a free application on the Android Market that handles this task for you. WiFi Automatic auto-enables Wi-Fi when your device is plugged in for charging via USB and disables it whenever it is disconnected. The app has been around for a while now. This review is for those who are still unaware of the tool and are fond of automizing their devices. Read More

Compare PDF File Difference With DiffPDF

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DiffPDF is a portable, open source application that can compares different PDF files for discrepancies (if any). It offers two comparison modes - Text and Appearance.  It highlights text and image differences between two selected PDF documents that allows easy comparison for changes. So why is it useful? When sending out company Terms and Conditions or other standard documents to clients, one should always have a uniform format. Many of such documents are sent in PDF format via email to potential clients. It can be quite hard to determine the uniformity of these documents. This includes the verification of text, images, watermarks and the like. Read More

Create & View MS Project Files Online Without Having It Installed On PC

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AmiProject is a web application that brings MS Project online, eliminating the need for installing Microsoft Project on your computer and hence, providing a free online alternative. With AmiProject, you can view files of Microsoft Project 2010, 2007, 2003 and 2002.  It contains easy viewing and sharing options of MS Project files, including task information window, movable table/chart splitter, Gantt chart view and zoom. AmiProject supports all commonly used browsers including Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, and Internet Explorer. To manage your projects online, you can use a Google, Yahoo, AOL or OpenID account. Read More

Delete Infected And Locked Files With Remove With Batch

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Windows File Protection (WFP) prevents programs from replacing or removing critical Windows operating system files. WFP insures that Programs do not overwrite these files because of their critical importance. Protecting these files prevents problems with the operating system. While WFP protects critical system files that are installed as part of Windows (e.g. dll, ocx, and sys extensions) there are malicious programs that can replicate this behavior and appear to be one of these protected files. There are also common application files, like that of word processors that can be infected by malware. In our previous post we taught you how to remove these files from the command prompt. However, sometimes it is necessary to overwrite these files and many users might prefer a simpler method of removing them. Read More

Map Separate Mouse Buttons For Different Applications With X-Mouse Button Control

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Most generic computer mice contain only three main buttons that perform click, right-click and scrolling. Should you have been looking for a way to remap those buttons, then try Mouse Button Control. It is a Windows application that enables remapping the mouse buttons. You can use application specific mappings that can change mouse actions for each application. This way you can use the mouse differently for each application that you specify changes for. It can be quite useful with games which do not inherently support the extended mouse buttons. Simply add an application to the list and change its mouse button gestures according to your requirement. For example, you can add a game to X-Mouse Button Control and enable right windows scroll with the middle click so that your player keeps moving on the right when you hit the middle mouse button. This can help replace the keyboard hot keys with mouse buttons which can result in easier gameplay. However, it is not just restricted to gamers and you can utilize it for applying different mouse button settings to any application. It supports many functions for replacing the mouse buttons, some of which include, cut, copy, paste, volume control, media player control, email client launch, dragging support, save, restore and flip 3D options. It can also be helpful in launching an associated application with a mouse button e.g. MS Outlook on a middle click along with MS Word to transfer composed data. Read More

Parkdale Tests Read & Write Speed Of Hard Disks And Network Servers

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Parkdale is a portable tool that can measure read/write speed of hard disks, network servers and CD or DVD-ROM devices. You calculate the transfer rate in KB or MB per second and adjust the block size used to access the disk. This can be quite useful to determine if your device is slowing down due to some reason or if it requires some tweaking to enhance speed. For example, if your RAID is mirroring, then going to mirroring + stripping might speed up the read & write speed. Sometimes a drive performance can be affected due to strained system resources like in the case of high CPU and RAM usage. Read More

UMPlayer Is MPlayer With Loads Of Additional Features And YouTube Integration

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For long I have relied on the open source VLC and the Windows 7 default Windows Media Player 11. It is not often that we come across a media player so comprehensive that it can match the quality of such robust players. UMPlayer or Universal Media player is a cross platform open source media player that can fulfill all your needs with over 270 built-in Audio and Video codecs. It uses the famous Mplayer engine with more integrated features. It can play almost any media format with support for 270 Audio and Video codecs. These include widely used  codecs such as AAC, AC3, ASF, AVI, DIVX, FLV, H.263, Matroska, MOV, MP3, MP4, MPEG, OGG, QT, RealMedia, VOB, Vorbis, WAV, WMA, WMV, XVID as well as audio support for  CDs, DVDs, (S)VCDs, as well as TV / Radio cards, SHOUTcast Radio streams. It can even play incomplete or damaged media files. It also has a built-in YouTube and SHOUTcast search integration which allows searching and streaming content from SHOUTcast and YouTube within UMPlayer. Read More

Browser Cleaner Is A Comprehensive System Trace Eraser

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Many trace erasing software are merely limited to clearing browser related data and do not remove confidential content traces from application directories. For example, lets say you are a developer who works on flash related software and have developed a project for a client. Assuming that the project was of confidential nature, you might be willing to remove all traces of the project (after completion) from your computer. However, many trace erasing software do not allow clearing temporary files from specific software directories. Of course it is nether easy nor logical to find and remove temporary content from hundreds of Windows folders. Browser Cleaner is a portable trace erasing utility that is designed to securely delete all traces of your online and offline activity by removing several unnecessary files. Other than protecting your privacy and getting rid of temporary files with confidential data, it can also help in removing system clutter. This portable tool deletes history of visited websites, clears browser temporary files and eliminates records of your Internet activity from all famous web browsers and offline files for selected applications. Read More

How To Root Verizon HTC Thunderbolt On Mac OS X

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Previously we covered a detailed guide on rooting the HTC Thunderbolt, but that was for Windows. Mac users can finally relax because this guide will take you step by step on rooting your Thunderbolt on a Mac OS X. But before we move on, we’d like to thank XDA-Developers forum member, jcase for countless hours spent on researching this method up for Mac users and IISiDeK1CKII for compiling it in an easy step by step . To root your Thunderbolt, read on! Read More

QuickSync – Drag & Drop Folder Synchronisation For Quick Backup

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If you’re looking for a smart synchronization utility having miniscule interface with not too many configurations to set up, an application having file drag & drop support with a blend of synchronization scheduling facility to automate the process, you need to have a look at open source QuickSync. It uses smart name detection technique to sync files when some of them are missing or moved from original location. Contrasting to other sync apps, it allows you to decide how you want to deal with file synchronization related conflict  - whether to overwrite existing files or not. File synchronization is easy. You just have to select the time interval or date & time to set up scheduled synchronization and data backup. So what makes it special? The following options: Ask before overwrite, Interval Sync, Date Sync, Binary Match and Backup. Read More

MyEventViewer Is Minimalist Alternative To Windows Event Viewer

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The Windows Event Viewer allows monitoring important system events such as errors and executed processes. It maintains regular logs about program, security, and system events which can be used to gather information about hardware and software problems and security issues. Normally one has to access it either from My Computer –> Manage (via right click context menu) or from Administrative Tools in the Start menu. The Windows Event Viewer can be a bit convoluted and fragmented for comparing information, making it difficult to compare multiple system logs side by side. MyEventViewer is a portable alternative to the standard Windows event viewer which allows viewing multiple event logs in a single list. It also provides event descriptions and allows saving multiple items to HTML, Text and XML file formats.You can also copy and paste them into Excel sheets. Read More

Track Loading Speed Of Websites With Speed Monitor

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Speed Monitor is a portable application for tracking the loading speed of multiple websites over a period time. It has an adjustable check interval and averages from the last 10, 100, and 1000 tries. It provides graphical representations of the loading speed which can be quite helpful for webmasters who might wish to check the loading speed of their websites and compare it with competitors. Such information can provide valuable market research that can be imperative for SWOT (strengths,  weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis of a business. A company’s research and development or business intelligence division, often requires such data for business analytical purposes. Read More

Draw CAD Designs In Windows, Linux And Mac With LibreCAD

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Computer Aided Design (CAD), is the use of computer technology for simulation, designing and documentation of construction, engineering and manufacturing related models. LibreCAD is a 2D CAD software for Ubuntu Linux which allows creating plans for building interiors, schemas, mechanical parts and diagrams. Some of the main features include, button/text overlap toolbar area, restores and saves dockstate, layer modeling, dynamic drawing tools, selection of inter selected entities and much more. LibreCAD has been re-structured and ported to qt4 and works natively cross platform between Windows, Mac OS X and Linux based operating systems. Read More

Find My Server Wizard Locates And Connects With Windows Home Servers

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Microsoft often releases small tools that can help Windows users perform numerous tasks with convenience. In the wake of its new Windows Home Server 2011 and Small Business Server 2011 release, Microsoft has launched a new tool called Windows Server Solutions Find My Server Wizard. Its is designed for Windows Home Server 2011, Windows Small Business Server 2011 and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2. Find My Server Wizard is meant to easily connect client operating system with Windows servers by redirecting the user to the appropriate connector software via the web browser. This helps in easily connecting the client system with the appropriate Windows Server without going through the elaborate connectivity procedure. The wizard is simple to use and basically does the main server identification part for the user and reduces the installation of the connector software to a snap. Read More

Create Animations From Images With DP Animation Maker

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DP Animation Maker is a simple software that converts common images into moving animations. You can transform a simple PNG, JPG, BMP etc into an AV, GIF and an EXE file with excellent graphical effects. It contains many built in options to add effects like  rain, lightning, falling leaves, etc to make your still images into dynamic graphics. You can then save the graphic in GIF or AVI format. These can later be added to a website or can be used as a profile picture on a social networking website. Read More

Advanced Disk Defragmentation And Cleanup With MyDefragPowerGUI

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MyDefragPowerGUI is a portable GUI based tool that provides additional options for easy defragmentation and disk cleanup of Windows based operating systems. Other than performing the normal tasks of manually or automatically defragmenting system partitions, it cleans additional directories such as the Prefetch folder, allows defragmenting all partitions simultaneously, provides detailed information about system partitions/hard disk in a graphical user interface, allows setting defragmentation speed, provides trace erasing options and works with RAM disks/external drives. It supports U3 devices and can automatically update its GUI interface without the need of user intervention. With MyDefragPowerGUI you can quickly and efficiently cleanup and defragment your hard drive for better performance. Read More

Ping Multiple Servers And Plot Ping Info On Graph With WinPing

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Windows native network command - Ping is used to get information regarding the status of server and current response time. Since manually recording server uptime and response time is beyond possible, many network administrators look out for simple network ping utility to check both uptime and response time for connected clients, member servers, and main servers to keep all of them under observation. WinPing is a portable application which pings specified websites and plots the ping data on graph, so you can visually analyze the response time over the period of time. It provides a slew of options to configure ping loops, so that the web servers can be consistently checked for server down time. The inherent Auto-Save option will save you from multiple lines of ping information whilst allowing you to review ping information data values and analyze the ping information in real time on the graph. Read More

CheckDiskGUI Is GUI For Windows Chkdsk Utility

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  Do you you want to check local disk drives for basic file structure, bad file records and other common disk errors in Windows? Unfortunately, the native check disk utility to scan drives for errors and issues is not user friendly. You can launch disk check utility from Windows Start Search or Run window by typing chkdsk, which runs in Command Line environment. CheckDiskGUI is a simple Graphical User Interface (GUI) for Windows chkdsk utility which allows you to easily select drives, scan them, and analyze disk issues report. Just like Disk Check utility for Windows XP and earlier versions, it presents simple Fix and Fix and Recover options to deal with disk related issues. You can alternatively choose to only scan the disk without recovering data and performing other data loss fixes. Read More

Join Downloaded Files And Split File To Upload With Data Glue [Mac]

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Data Glue is a simple file joining application for Mac written to merge files downloaded from RapidShare, MegaUpload and like. Since download file parts, usually, come with 001, 002…, file extensions, it is programmed to automatically detect these formats, so you can quickly glue them back. It can also split large file into defined number of chunks in order to upload them to online file sharing platforms without encountering any upload limit issues. If the downloaded file is a compressed archive, it features an option to quickly extract archive file after joining all the parts together. Read More