Yearly Archives: 2011

Create Calendar Events On Android With Audio & Photos Using ClickCal

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Creating calendar events and managing them on your Android device has been made a whole lot cooler, thanks to ClickCal. One often finds oneself in a hurry while adding an event on the go, only to end up in a tedious battle with the virtual keyboard. With ClickCal, not only can you add events simply by taking photos of any related documents or webpages etc., but you can record an audio and add it to your event as well, removing the need to enter descriptions or anything. Read on for screenshots and how to use the app. Read More

Transform Windows 7 Into Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal With Ubuntu Skin Pack

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Some Linux users find it hard to adjust to the Windows operating systems at office, as they are more accustomed to using operating systems like Ubuntu. Over the years some transformation packs have helped Mac and Linux users to migrate towards Windows 7 by giving it a Mac or Linux OS look. These transformation packs, have also been handy for people who might prefer another operating system’s interface on Windows 7, as they are more accustomed to using it. Read More

Install Rooted Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread ROM On HTC myTouch 4G

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We have confirmation of the official Gingerbread leak for the HTC myTouch 4G. The ROM has given a new lease of life to the myTouch 4G at a time when newer Android devices are beginning to overshadow the older ones at an increasing pace, especially considering the phones that are lined up to be released soon. So in case you own an HTC myTouch 4G you should give this ROM a shot. More on the ROM after the jump. Read More

Clean Firefox Interface and Translate Text With Replacement

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Cleaning the Firefox interface and translating webpage text; it’s an usual combination of functions to have in a single extension but that’s what Replacement gives you.The translate feature is really just something extra but what this add-on really gives the user is the ability to hide all those unused icons, notification bars or search bars that appear ether by default or because you’ve installed some other add-on. The end result is you’ve got a clean Firefox window to work with. Read More

OpenCaching For Andriod & iOS – Find, Hide, Log & Share Geocaches

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Are you fond of treasure hunts? Did you know that there could be several treasure troves lying hidden somewhere near your home, school or office, ready to be discovered? Yes, we’re talking about geocaching. If you’re an Android or iOS user and are fascinated by the concept of the worldwide sport, then you’d be happy to know that Garmin has released the official client for its geocaching web service/community, OpenCaching. OpenCaching for Android and iOS lets you find, log (rate & comment on), share, navigate to and register your own geocaches right from your Android or iOS device. Whether it's some information hidden by your mates from the OpenCaching website itself, or using the mobile app, you've now got a chance to immerse in the unending fun by exploring the unknown. Plus, the touch of social media integration makes sharing all the fun stuff with your online buddies a breeze. Read More

Enable App Sideloading On Motorola Atrix 4G With GladEnabler

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Getting sick and tired of carriers like AT&T disabling app sideloading on the Android devices they sell? Need to install an app that isn’t available in the Market, using an APK file you found at a forum? You have found the right place, as you can now enable app sideloading on your Motorola Atrix 4G and we will show you how to do it. Read More

How To Unlock Hidden Features In Windows 8 Initial Builds

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There’s been a lot of discussions on the web about new and interesting features of Windows 8, including, Windows 8 Aero, Ribbon-based Windows Explorer UI, Revamped Task Manager, PDF Reader, and Web Cam, but initial leaked releases of Windows 8 lack all these said features, giving Windows 7 like user experience. Recently, some Windows OS enthusiasts have managed to unlock these features by writing small registry tweaks to bring ribbon based Windows Explorer UI, Revamped Task Manager, PDF Reader, and Webcam in initial releases of Windows 8. We have already covered Aura that brings Windows 8 Aero features to Windows 7. This time around we have Windows 8 features unlocker for you called Windows 8 BluePoison. It was developed to unlock hidden Windows Explorer and Task Manager improvements along with two Windows 8 native tools PDF reader and Webcam. Read More

Permissions Denied For Android Lets You Block User App Permissions

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Given all the hoopla surrounding the security loopholes in Google's mobile operating system, Android, and the extent of damage that certain apps can cause using your personal data/information by just being granted access to specific aspects of your device, it is only fitting to have a solution for managing these permissions accordingly. If you have root access on your Android device and feel the need to tighten the reigns on certain user apps (prevent social media apps from accessing contacts or GPS, for instance), Permissions Denied may be the answer you’re looking for. The freeware allows you to monitor, block, restore and back up permissions for all apps installed on your device. It even lets you block and enable each of its own permissions. Read More

ConFavor – Add Frequently Used File And Folders In Windows Shell Menu

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Windows right-click context menu extensions provide a great utility to quickly access favorite applications, files and folders, but generally require long steps to configure and register each option. In the past, we have covered a handful of context menu extensions to keep mostly frequntly used files, folders and apps at fingertips, such as, CMenu, Moo0 RightClicker, and FileMenu Tools. ConFavor offers the easiest way to add customized menu (Favorites menu) in Windows right-click context menu. It not only integrates with Windows right-click menu, but adds itself in My Computer (Explorer Window) as well to lets you quickly add files and folders via simple drag & drop. You can optionally choose to use its main interface for same purpose, which provides simple add, rename and delete user-added context menu options. Read More

Vlogger – Perform String And Line Number Based Filtering Over Log Files

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Managing log files can become a tiresome task, especially when you’re dealing with lengthy log files containing some invalid and unsupported characters. Searching such characters require using dedicated log file organizer which can seamlessly search every string instance you want to find in a log file. Take Windows event log files for an example, if you want to find all the previous instances related with system hibernation and shutdown, Windows Notepad might not be able to find strings having shutdown, hibernations or other Windows events triggered in the past. Vlogger is a small yet powerful Adobe-Air based open source log manager, supporting LOG, HTML, TXT formats and string / line number based filtering. To review imported log files by applying variety of other functions, you can export the LOG files to Excel supported format. Read More

GeeMail Is Offline Gmail Desktop Email Client

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If you’re a heavy user of Gmail and hate using email clients that may, sometimes, take forever to download emails and sync other mail folders, GeeMail is the best option for you. It’s a tiny Adobe-Air based app which brings Gmail to your desktop with all the essential features present in Gmail. The most noteworthy aspect of GeeMail is its ability to auto-schedule offline messages. For instance, you can compose emails in an absence of internet connection and it will automatically send the composed email when it finds internet connectivity. This enables queuing messages which are to be sent to different recipients without having to configure any scheduling options. Contrasting to email clients, which requires detailed information in order to configure email service account, it takes nothing more than Gmail login details to view and compose emails in both modes - online and offline. The offline mode not only lets you compose mails, but you can also navigate through downloaded messages and other folder items. Read More

Print Multiple Pages On Each Sheet Of Paper With iPrint

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Resizing and rearranging documents for printing can be quite a hassle. It often becomes hard to reduce the content size to adjust multiple sheets on a single page. It can also be difficult to retain a document’s uniformity, when changing text size or page width and length in a word processor, such as MS Word. iPrint is a printing utility which can be used to easily rearrange document structure to print content in a uniform and compact way on fewer pages. It provides automatic detection of empty pages and allows deleting unwanted pages. You can group together print job requests, convert documents to PDF or HTML format and generate a revenue report based on the reduction of used papers for printing documents. After installation, iPrint integrates into installed applications and helps in changing page structure before printing documents from any application (e.g. Adobe Reader, MS Word, MS Excel, etc). During installation, you can set it as your default printer to make sure that you are provided page structure management options before the printer receives a print command. Read More

Quickly Switch Tabs Using The OmniBar In Chrome

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Tabbed browsing lets you search multiple sites in the same window; allowing you to group your work in one window. This works well if you’ve only got a few tabs open and you can see snippets from the Page titles but when you’ve got more than 15 tabs open in any one window, the Page title snippets are no longer visible and that means clicking on each tab to find the page you’re looking for. The OmniTab is a Google Chrome extension that lets you quickly switch tabs using the OmniBar in Chrome. Read More

Android Commander Is A Swiss Army Knife For Android Devices

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The Android world is full of tools, hacks and guides that let you customize your device the way you see fit. Most of these utilize the official Android SDK tools provided by Google, but using these isn’t always the simplest of tasks. Enter Android Commander – a free app for Windows that is basically a front-end for the core Android tools laid out in such a way that enables even a novice to use them without much hassle. For our detailed review and screenshot tour of this gem of an app, continue reading. Read More

Get Root Access On Asus Transformer Honeycomb Tablet

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer is an affordable Android 3.0 Honeycomb powered by the Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, giving it quite a potent punch in light of its competitors. Apparently the tablet has been short of supply in the market with only a rare few people being able to get their hands on it. For those who did, we have confirmation of the device being rooted. Read on for more on how to root your Asus Eee Pad Transformer! Read More

Basenji Is Portable Volume Indexer To Index CD/DVD, USB & Network Drives

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Basenji is a cross platform indexing application for Windows and Linux based operating systems. It can be used to index CD/DVD, USB and Network drives, so that the indexed files can be later searched without having to plug the media device to the computer. The main features includes CD/DVD Support, metadata Extraction (image dimensions or MP3 tags), thumbnail preview of indexed files and support for external media devices. It also has a daemon which automatically scans plugged in devices and adds them to the Basenji database. Read More

View Network, Memory And CPU Usage From System Tray In Ubuntu Linux

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Perhaps the most common way to monitor system resources in Ubuntu is to use System Monitor from the Administration menu. However, it would be much better if one can receive real time monitoring of system resources from the desktop. System Load Indicator is a system tray version of System Monitor (Resources), which allows viewing CPU utilization, system load, hard disk, memory and network information from the system tray in custom colors. You can select specific colors for displaying every category and sub-category for monitoring a system resource. For example, you can select separate colors to view CPU usage by user and system processes. This can be quite useful for finding out the reasons for identifying resource hogging applications, by real time monitoring of resource utilization by applications. Read More