Yearly Archives: 2011

View, Edit, Compare And Analyze Binary Files On Mac With Synalyze It!

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Want to check the content of a binary file to make suitable amendments but can’t find the right text editor which has an ability to view and modify the values? You need a Hex editor to open and modify binary files. Apart from changing binary values, Hex editors do much more. For instance, you must have noticed that many applications save settings and other important values which reflect user-defined preferences, in a binary file. Since the only way to change those values is by launching the application and tweak with pre-configured options (if allowed), but even if you’re not permitted to do so, you can take a chance with changing values manually by opening the respective binary file in a Hex Editor. Synalyze It! for Mac is developed to fulfill such need of power users. It creates a grammar for binary files in order to analyze them in an interactive manner. The grammars are stored as XML files, containing structures of certain file format. You can inherit the pre-listed structures, just as one can inherit functions in OOP languages, to avoid writing each function repeatedly in different locations of file. Synalyze It! is filled with all the features of a Hex Editor, letting you modify, compare and analyze the content with an ease. Read More

AllDup Scans Every Data Byte-by-Byte To Find And Remove Duplicate Files

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If you’ve found some duplicate files while visually scanning different folders, it’s an indication that all the drives must be checked for the duplicate files and folders. Before choosing a duplicate file cleaner, do check that to which extent it can search and apply filters using regular expressions and if it considers NTFS junctions as duplicate or not. AllDup offers a quick way of finding and removing duplicate files while supporting almost multiple types of filters to narrow down the search. It was developed to be light on system resources, so you can carry on with your work during the scanning process. An option to include or exclude NTFS junction points is also available to include or exclude folders from scanning which are referring to other (linked) folders. With AllDup, you can define search criteria according to your system current state. You can for instance choose to thoroughly scan the system for duplicate files by enabling file content byte-by-byte compare option or check most recently added folders and files only. Read More

Bring Linux Alt-Dragging To Windows With TaekWindow

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Are you using a netbook and struggling with resizing and moving windows across the screen to get a sufficient place to adjust other application windows? Try TaekWindow. It takes advantage of only Alt key to quickly move and resize active application windows. The application was specifically developed for laptop and netbook users who find it difficult to move windows and resize them while dealing with multiple windows on small screen. What makes it different from traditional resize method is that it can resize any part of the open window. If you have used Linux, you must be familiar with Alt-Dragging. TaekWindow brings this alt-dragging to Windows. Read More

Liquid Drag – See Windows And Applications Underneath While Dragging

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Application window managers provide the best way to adjust open windows on the screen, but there is one important aspect of windows management which has been overlooked by many windows managers, and that is, making windows translucent while dragging. This can signifantly increase the overall work productivity especially when you are dealing with multiple windows and applications at a time and want to know what is the, lets say, transfer rate of some file copy operation being performed in underlying window or the position of other windows. Liquid Drag is an application that sits in the background and only activates itself once the window or application is moved around. The only task of this application is to make sure the dragged window and the background windows become transparent. Read More

Chiave Encryption Tool Now Handles Large Files, Supports Windows XP

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A while back we featured an awesome-looking file encryption utility backed by 512 Bit Rijndael algorithm called, Chiave File Encryption. It makes use of Windows 7 visually appealing and useful functions, including, Aero Glass, Taskbar Progress, and Jumplist. Recently the developer updated the application with some new features and improvements. Out of all the augmentations, support for Windows XP (both 32-bit and 64-bit) is the most significant while many other interface-specific anomalies have been addressed to make encryption process more smooth. It now adds an Icon Overlay feature for Windows 7 Taskbar Icon along with small thumbnail toolbar buttons to make navigation through encryption / decryption processes more easier. The previously reviewed version was devoid of both installer and uninstaller to properly install and remove the application off the system, the latest stable release - 1.0 includes both in the installation package. Read More

TinySubs Is A Real-Time Search Engine For Movie Subtitles

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Searching for film subtitles over the web can sometimes prove to be a little tasking and not to mention, time consuming. TinySubs is a one-shop-stop for subtitles that aims to provide fast, powerful and easy subtitle searching. The site does not host any subtitles itself. It is simply a portal to 36 major subtitle websites from around the web the likes of opensubtitles.com and subscene.com, providing results in 61 different languages. Read More

AndroSS For Android Takes Screenshots With Hardware Shutter Button

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When it  comes to taking screenshots on a rooted Android device, ShootMe is the way to go. It is the best application of its kind on the Market. Whether you're looking to grab some screenshots for the purpose of reviewing apps, like us, or want to share snapshot portraying issue that you are currently facing with your Android, this app has you covered. However, one feature that it currently misses is taking a screenshot with a hardware button that is mapped to the camera shutter. AndroSS is a free and simple application that allows you to do just that. It is also an open source and ad-free app. Read More

Cloud Save Saves Files And Images To The Cloud From Chrome

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As more users turn to the cloud and use it as their primary storage, it becomes clear that saving files directly to an online storage is a better solution than downloading it first to the desktop and then uploading later, as many users do. Cloud Save is a newly released extension for Google Chrome from the developer of drag2up, which can upload images (or any type of files) from websites directly to different cloud services, such as, Picasa, Flcikr, Dropbox, CloudApp, Box.net, Min.us, Droplr, Posterous, and Twitpic. For files it only supports Dropbox, CloudApp, Box.net, Min.us, and Droplr. Read More

The Best Mathematical Graph Plotters For Your Android Device

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There are countless apps in the Android Market that can aid you with simple arithmetic operations but not nearly as many applications that can plot mathematical functions on a graph. These plotters find their application in the hands of engineers and students of mathematics, who may have to deal with such calculations on a daily basis. Following are three of the best 2D graph plotters currently on the Market. Read More

Install Deodexed Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread Stock ROM On Nexus S

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A few of us, are never satisfied with any ROM that is thrown our way for our Android devices. Similarly, with the arrival of the Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread for the Google Nexus S, some people want to change the look and feel of the ROM and customize it there own way. Luckily for all Nexus S owners, XDA-Developers forum member Master™ has just release an Android 2.3.3 ROM that is 100% Deodexed. For more on this ROM and installation, read on! Read More

Auto Upload (Sync) Android Camera Photos And Videos To Your Computer

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Users who frequently use their Android device's camera, transferring or backing up photos and videos to a computer becomes a regular hassle that they would rather avoid. Sweet Home! for Android (2.1 and higher) is a handy application that automatically connects to a user-specified Wi-Fi network when it is in range and starts uploading pictures and videos taken using the camera to the network drive, media center, or home computer. Suppose every time you return home with new photos or videos in your Android phone, this app will start uploading them to a shared directory as soon as it is connected to your local Wi-Fi network. Read More

ZDBox For Android Is All-In-One Toolkit To Monitor And Manage Device

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Android is a highly customizable mobile operating system that can be tweaked in any way its users desire. That being said, in order to modify various aspects of your Android to your liking, you first got to have a few necessary tools/ apps to be installed on your device. In this regard, you can either visit the Android Market to search for and install various different tools that can fulfill your personalization needs, or you can simply resort to ZDBox - a free and handy toolbox for Android developed by a group of XDA-Developers members. The application monitors and manages everything but the kitchen sink. Battery usage, Network/Data Traffic, applications – you name it. It comes with a UI that is simple and fast yet easy on the eyes and a notification icon that displays an indicator of your choice (such as a battery percentage or network traffic indicator). Read More

Quickly Search Shared Files Over Network With LAN Search Pro

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Do you find yourself searching music, videos, and document files which are shared over the network? It would be, arguably, very hectic task to list down and access the remote paths where all files are residing. In corporate environment with large scale network, users tend to use a tool which can significantly mitigate the time and effort involved in searching required files available over the network. If you are having a hard time finding required types of files in network shared folders, try LAN Search Pro. It is an ingeniously simple yet powerful tool to find shared files with a capacity of filtering the network locations.  Despite being efficient in searching files from shared locations, it offers password management to apply different types of constraints in accessing files from confidential remote locations. Read More

AutoClipX – Copy And Paste Text With Single Mouse Click

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Many Windows users rely on third-party clipboard managers which help them quickly perform extensive copy & paste operations by providing a list of useful features like, holding text, images, file/folder links in a stack for defined amount of time. Before selecting a clipboard manager, you should check that which tool provides the fastest way of managing clipboard items. Out of all the clipboard managers which we' have featured at AddictiveTips, AutoClipX offers the quickest way. How? It lets user perform copy & paste operations with a single mouse click. With this app, you won't need to right-click the text and select Copy option or use Ctrl + C hotkey combination to move the text to clipboard, just highlight the text and it is copied, now head over to window, and click the middle mouse button to paste the copied text. AutoClipX is highly configurable. You can change the default paste key, register hotkeys to enable / disable copying behavior, and set delay time (before text is copied to clipboard and to clear clipboard). Read More

Toggl Turns Your Time Into Money By Tracking Total Time Spent On Tasks

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Tracking time that you are spending manually can become as hard as the project work itself. Therefore, many users tend to pick up an un-obtrusive time management application which offers minimal controls for tracking time spent on project tasks, but what if you’re working in a team to achieve the required tasks allocated by your project supervisor or client? How would you track down total time that has been spent by all the team members? Problem can get bigger if your team members are working remotely and using different OS platforms. To tackle problem of tracking time in heterogeneous environment, you need one ubiquitous tool which caters to all OS platforms and portable devices, such as, Toggl. In a nutshell, it is a web based timesheet killer which works on all three major OS platforms - Windows, Mac, and Linux, while offering timer apps for both iPhone and Android phones. You can keep a check on all project tasks which are completed, on schedule, in progress, and about to finish, by tracking the time that is being spent on them using Toggl's web interface. Read More

Enhance Excel Chart Designs & Perform Advanced Data Analysis With XL Toolbox

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If you’re a power user of Microsoft spreadsheet program – Excel, you might need some additional advance tools to manage and analyze your data flow, charts, formulas, and other different elements of workbook. XL Toolbox is an open source Excel addin which adds many tools and options to improve data analysis, flow, and data presentation. Apart from complementing Excel 2010's two important elements - Charts and Formulas, it empowers you by giving control over error bars, chart designs, and formula builder, while novel features to analyze variance (ANOVA), transposing columns / rows, and many other workbook management related features are also available. XL Toolbox also features a backup plan to help you save important workbooks immediately to prevent any sort of data loss. You can create backups at scheduled intervals, specify how many workbooks files will have to be regularly backed up, and change the backup plan anytime. Read More

How To Get Honeycomb Boot Animation On Droid X

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While Android 3.0 Honeycomb running on XOOM is pretty much the most popular subject of conversation in the Android world, its SDK has been ported to many devices in somewhat working conditions. While we cannot be sure how many phones would get to taste the blue magic of the Honeycomb, what we can do while we wait is to take it a step closer to looking like Honeycomb. If you’re a Droid X owner and want to use the beautiful Honeycomb as your boot animation, please find below the complete stepwise tutorial to do so. Read More

Search And Download Classic Game Console Emulator ROMs For Android

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Emulator ROMs for Android has been around for a while. The application provides a fast and easy platform for searching and downloading gaming console emulators for NES, SNES, GBA, Genesis, the PlayStation and Wi Game and an endless collection of game ROMs. Emulator ROMs Plus is a sequel to the mentioned freeware. This time around, the developer has decided to include only the most classic gaming systems. Good news for oldie fans. Read More