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Organize Your Presentation With Sections In PowerPoint 2010

by Aun on January 21, 2010

Now its easier to manage and organize your PowerPoint 2010 presentations with the help of Sections. Sections lets you organize your slides, much like you would use folders to organize your files. You can use named sections to keep track of groups of slides, or you can assign sections to co-workers to make ownership clear during collaboration. Read More

Change Email Desktop Alert Settings In Outlook 2010

by Aun on January 21, 2010

Whenever you receive a new email, Outlook 2010 displays a desktop alert. If you wish then you can also disable this desktop alert. But it is useful in many cases, lets see how we can change the default settings of new email alert. Read More

Direct Reply To Different Email Address In Outlook 2010

by Aun on January 20, 2010

It is often the case that you want to receive replies to your emails on a different email address than that from which you originally sent the email; in such a scenario we will just make the appropriate settings in Outlook. Read More

Catfish – File Searching Tool For Ubuntu Linux

by Aun on January 19, 2010

Linux

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Searching any particular file could be a real hectic process if your hard disk is large and full of random data. Catfish for Ubuntu lets you perform versatile search operations throughout your file system. Read More

PowerPoint 2010: Compress Pictures To Reduce Size Of Presentation

by Aun on January 19, 2010

You often need to compress PowerPoint presentations when sharing it via email. If your presentation is full of images, you can try compressing these images to reduce the overall size of the presentation. Read More

Outlook 2010: Automatically Add An Email To Safe Senders List

by Aun on January 18, 2010

Sometimes Microsoft Outlook 2010 treats email from valid contacts as junk mail. You can configure Outlook 2010 to automatically add the people you send emails to, to the Safe Senders List. Read More

WinHotKey: Assign System Wide Hotkeys To Control Windows & Launch Applications

by Aun on January 18, 2010

Windows

If you are a power user, then you should add WinHotkey in your arsenal. It is a great application which allows you to to assign a hotkey to control various Windows features, pre-installed and 3rd party applications, folders, and any sort of file. Read More

IP Tray: Display System Hostname And IP Address

by Aun on January 18, 2010

Windows

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If you are working in such type of network envoirnment where the IP assignment is set to dynamic, then IP Tray can be useful for you. It sits in the system tray and upon mouse hover, it displays the current IP address of your system along with the hostname. You can also copy the IP address information to the clipboard. This can be useful for those who switch on their computer only to find that their IP address has changed. We know that constant changing of IP addresses can be a headache and frustration that we all have to deal with. If you are at home, then it can be solved by changing IP assignment from dynamic to static. But if you are in a work environment, like large enterprise companies, then this nifty little utility will come very handy.

GetFolder: Export File/Directory List Inside Active Directory

by Aun on January 16, 2010

Windows

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GetFolder is a freeware portable application which lets you create the list of files and folders within any particular directory. This list can then be exported to various different formats, like XML, HTML, CSV, TXT. Read More

Domain Whois Lookup [Desktop]

by Aun on January 15, 2010

Windows

For the novice users let me first clarify what is Whois information, it is the information relevant to the domain which specifies the registration details of the particular domain, like which registrar is holding that domain, which name servers and IP is assigned. It becomes useful for troubleshooting various issues regarding DNS and Domain propagation. Whois Lookup is a portable application for Windows which lets you get the Whois details of any site. Read More

Microsoft Outlook 2010: Change Default Folder To Calendar, Notes, Contacts, Tasks

by Aun on January 15, 2010

Whenever Microsoft Outlook 2010 starts up, it takes you to the Inbox folder by default. You can easily change this setting and can let Outlook launch Calendar, Tasks, or whatever you want. Read More

Microsoft Word 2010: View Two Documents Side By Side

by Aun on January 15, 2010

In many cases we have to compare two Word documents, having them side by side is vital for comparison. You could open both the documents in separate windows and snap them in Windows 7, but this is a time consuming task. You can place two documents side by side within a single window without the fuss using Word 2010's build-in feature. Read More

WinFF – FFMPG GUI Based Video Converter For Ubuntu Linux

by Aun on January 14, 2010

Linux

You might have heard about the well known command line utility called FFMPG which converts videos from one format to another. If you are a developer or system administrator and you develop or administer Linux based apps then you probably know how complex it is to work with the command line utility to convert videos. Read More

Simple Tip To Keep Your Ubuntu System Clean

by Aun on January 14, 2010

Linux

If you are an geeky user who keeps installing various software and updates then with the passage of time you will feel that your system is messed up. Ubucleaner is a shell script which lets you clean your Ubuntu system by removing the following:

apt cache
Config file for Uninstalled .deb packages
Unused Kernels

Outlook 2010: Email Conversation Manager

by Aun on January 13, 2010

If you are in conversation with your customers regarding some sort of business deal for the past couple of months, you will need to go through a bundle of emails to track down the history of your conversation. Microsoft Outlook 2010 offers an easy conversation management feature, so that all of your emails are now grouped into conversations based on the subject of the mail. Read More

MySQL Explorer: Import And View MySQL Database From Desktop

by Aun on January 13, 2010

MySQL is one of the well-known database management software applications and almost all open source applications use MySQL at the back-end. MySQL Explorer lets you view and explore MySQL databases quickly, a small handy application for database administrators, webmasters, and developers. Read More

DStat: Real-Time Resource Monitoring Utility [Ubuntu Linux]

by Aun on January 13, 2010

Linux

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As a system administrator your key role is to keep the system resources under control so that it works up to the mark. We use different commands in Ubuntu to monitor and check resource consumption. Some of these commands are top, iostate, vmstate etc. Dstat is an all-in-one utility which lets you handle almost all aspects of system monitoring in a single command. Read More

Outlook 2010: Set Up The Expiry Date On Email Messages

by Aun on January 12, 2010

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Microsoft Outlook 2010 provides you the flexibility to specify the expiration date for each email that you send. This feature can come in handy for professional users, so whenever someone opens the expired message, he /she is notified that this message is no longer valid.

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Web Captor Is Dead Simple IE 8 Snapshot Add-on

by Aun on January 12, 2010

Windows

We reviewed an addon for Mozilla Firefox which can be used to capture screenshots of any web page. Today we came across yet another add-on called Web Captor, which works perfectly with Microsoft Internet Explorer that lets you take a snapshot of any web page. Read More

Prevent Your Ubuntu System From Accidental Shutdown/Reboot

by Aun on January 12, 2010

Linux

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Well, if you are a command line geek then you have probably often entered the wrong commands many times, some of which could lead to accidental shutdown/restart. Molly-Guard is a command line script which prevents you from accidentally shutting down or rebooting your Ubuntu system. Read More