IP Tray: Display System Hostname And IP Address

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.

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Domain Whois Lookup [Desktop]

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 Word 2010: View Two Documents Side By Side

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

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

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
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Outlook 2010: Email Conversation Manager

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

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

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