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Technology Content Writer

Create Your Own Linux Distribution With SUSE Studio

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If you ever wanted to tweak or create your Linux distribution, and do not have the required know how, then you definitely need to check out SUSE Studio. It is a web service that allows creating your custom Linux distribution by following some easy steps. Using this web service, you can create and download your very own Linux operating system with customized applications and features. Read More

CCEnhancer Now Extends CCleaner Support For Up To 500 Applications

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A few months back, we reviewed CCEnhancer, which is a tool that adds support for additional programs in CCleaner. Previously, CCEnhancer had the ability to add support for 270 (additional) applications for CCleaner, however, it was recently updated with support for up to 500 applications. The extra applications and files that can be removed by updating CCleaner via CCEnhancer include, MS Office saved CEIP data, MS Office Temp and unsaved files, Sun Java files, Google crash reports, additional junk files for widely used applications like Windows Live Messenger, uTorrent, Skype and more. Read More

WLAN Optimizer: Resolve Latency Issues On Your Wireless Connection

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Latency is the amount of time it takes a packet to travel from a source to another destination. Managing latency during online gaming, voice chat, and even browsing, can be quite a hassle, as normal users have little knowledge of network latency issues. One is likely to face high latency problems in not just wired networks, but especially for wireless networks. WLAN Optimizer is a portable application for disabling the background scan activity for wireless networks. This application has been designed to improve the latency of wireless connections, which can resolve packet loss and lag issues. Reducing lags can help you get smoother online gameplay, media streaming and voice chat. Read More

Download And Test Drive New Gnome Web Browser Prototype

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As we all know, Epiphany has been the long standing default browser for the Gnome desktop. However, as the Gnome developer’s look forward to making use of cutting edge technology and Gnome improvements, it appears that the time of Epiphany (at least as far as Gnome is concerned), is coming to an end. This is because a prototype of the new Gnome browser has been released for early testing by users. This new browser is likely to be the Epiphany replacement for the new Gnome desktop. Details after the break. Read More

Monitor Multiple Log Sources For Output & Events With Logview4net

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Logview4net is an open source log analyzing application that can monitor multiple different sources for output or events. It serves as a simple log monitor for text based log files, and also for more advanced features such as monitoring incoming UDP/TCP traffic, Event Log entries, STD Out/STD Err, RSS feeds, as well as MS SQL and MySQL database tables. In addition to viewing log files, the program can also perform certain actions when defined keyword is identified, including highlighting, ignoring (text) and playing a sound. Read More

Comodo Cleaning Essentials: Kill Processes, Fix AutoRun & Malware Issues

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Comodo Cleaning Essentials is a set of portable system optimization and malware removal applications, which come with three built-in tools. These include a malware scanner, an auto run analyzer and a kill switch. Comodo Cleaning Essentials instantly identifies and halts untrusted processes running on an endpoint. Its antivirus scanner is capable of removing malware, rootkits, suspicious registry keys and other types of malicious agents. It’s integration with Comodo cloud scanners provides real-time safety from unknown processes. Read More

Soda 3D PDF Reader: View & Create PDF Files From MS Office Programs

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Soda 3D PDF Reader is a PDF manipulation application for viewing and creating PDF documents (from many formats). It provides a number of PDF file viewing options, including a 3D view, which provides a book like interface where pages can be flipped by a simple mouse hover. This functionality is similar to Flipping PDF Reader; however, Soda 3D PDF reader provides the additional utility to create PDF documents from MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint & many other formats. Soda PDF 3D Reader is compatible with all PDF files, created with any kind of application. Read More

Radio Tray: Minimalist Internet Radio Player For Ubuntu Linux

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Radio Tray is an open source streaming radio player for Ubuntu Linux that provides streaming via an app-indicator menu applet. Radio Tray comes with support for bookmarks, PLS, M3U, ASX, WAX and WVX playlist formats, and multiple plugins. It can play a number of media formats, which are based on the gstreamer libraries. The aim of this application is to provide internet radio streaming with a minimalist interface, along with the option to add multiple radio streams via internet radio URLs. Read More

Nemo Documents: Now With Jumplist Support & Colored Labels

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Last year, we reviewed Nemo Documents, a Windows application for inspecting your current folder structure to see documents, images and other files, all mapped into a calendar-like view. This makes it easy to find files according to chronological order. Over the past year, Nemo Documents has undergone some major improvements, including Windows 7 Jumplist and drag/drop support, colored labels, faster document indexing, better file sorting features, many bug fixes and more. Read More

MyPublicWiFi Creates WiFi Hotspot With Firewall & URL Logging

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Normally, wireless internet connections can be easily shared using ICS (Windows' own Internet Connection Sharing), or by making an Ad-hoc network connection.  While you can use a Wi-Fi router for connecting an Android or Symbian phone to the internet, your router might not be able to support too many devices. In such a case, one can create a Wi-Fi hotspot with the help of applications like MaryFi. However, MaryFi is restricted to merely creating a Wi-Fi hotspot, and does not provide options to use a firewall for securing the network. MyPublicWiFi is an application for creating a free Wi-Fi hotspot that turns your computer into a wireless router with Firewall and URL tracking functionality. This can be useful for setting up a secure Wireless Access Point, with MyPublicWiFi’s firewall protection to restrict user access to specific servers. Using the firewall, you can also restrict certain types of services, which you may not want the shared users to access. Read More

MyFolders: Copy/Move Items And Execute Commands From Selected Folders

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MyFolders is a Windows Explorer Shell Extension that makes it easier to instantly open folders, and to execute commands from specific system directories. It creates a new drop down menu within the Windows right-click context menu, where you can add folders and execute commands from specified directories. Moreover, you can also easily copy and move items to specific folders. Read on past the jump for more on this nifty shell extension. Read More

Sync And Read Kindle E-Books On PC With Kindle For PC

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Kindle for PC is a free application by Amazon for reading Kindle e-books on your PC, without requiring a Kindle device. For users who already have a Kindle device or use Kindle for iPhone, Amazon's Whispersync functionality automatically synchronizes your last page read, so that you can continue reading from where you left off. Kindle for PC also makes use of Whispersync and automatically keeps your bookmarks and last pages in sync via your Amazon account. Using Kindle for PC you can purchase, download and read books from the Kindle Store, read the beginning of a book before buying it, access library of previously purchased Kindle e-books (via your Amazon account), read books in full color, change book font size, add and automatically synchronize bookmarks and last page reads, as well as zoom in and out of text with your fingers (Windows 7 users only). Read More

Move Steam Games Without Changing Junction Points With Steam Mover

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Almost all games, by default, are saved in the C: drive, which can result in running out of disk space pretty quick, considering the huge sizes that games come in these days. By the time one realizes this issue, it might be too late already, as moving game files can result in making the game data (particularly game progress), redundant. Steam Mover is a portable application for moving Steam-supported games from Steam’s common folder to another destination folder. While Steam Mover can be used to move any kind of file by simply defining the alternative source path, the major benefit lies in the fact that it keeps the links intact for the moved files, which ensures that you are able to play your games without losing your progress. Read More

WLM Blocked Sender Tool: Manage & Backup Windows Live Mail Blocked Senders

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WLM Blocked Sender Tool is a portable application for Windows Live Mail users to help them easily manage blocked senders. While blocked senders can be managed from within the Windows Live Mail client, with WLM, you can block, import/export, backup and restore the list of spam email addresses. It provides complete synchronization with your Windows Live Mail client, enabling you to instantly block email addresses, whenever you receive a spam mail or messenger invite. Read More

Block Ads From Instant Messengers & Other Applications With RemoveAds

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RemoveAds is a desktop application for blocking ads from instant messengers like ICQ, MSN Messenger, PalTalk, and others. It comes with a heuristic analyzer that allows blocking all kinds of advertisement formats without requiring regular updates for the application. RemoveAds starts working immediately after installation, and does not require any advanced, or even basic, configurations. Furthermore, it is compatible with all popular instant messengers and other applications. Removing ads from applications can not only decrease the loading time (of the applications), but can also save you from tracking agents. Read More

Get Ubuntu 12.04 Scrollbar In Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

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The development on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin is fast-tracking ahead, and perhaps one of the most discussed features among Ubuntu users regarding Precise Pangolin, is it’s scrollbar. The opinion of the overlay scrollbar has always had a mixed reaction. While some seem to like it, others simply can’t stand it. If you are a fan of the overlay scrollbar, then you might be interested in updating your Oneiric scrollbar to the Pangolin one, which is available for OS version 11.10 with all new improvements. Read More

Take Ownership Of Files And Folders In Windows 8 With TakeOwnershipEx

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Taking ownership of a file in Windows involves a complicated procedure, which can be confusing for people who are not acquainted with user rights management and NTFS file permissions. There are numerous reasons why one may require taking ownership of a file including unlocking of system files, accessing files, which may have been restricted for the administrator by a local user and installing Windows tweaks. For example, the Windows 7 Logon Screen Capture tool requires taking ownership of system files to add a screenshot facility to the Windows logon screen. Read More

Metro7: Get Windows 8 Style Metro Start Screen In Windows 7

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Since the release of the Windows 8 Developer's Preview, there has been a lot of talk regarding the pros and cons of using the Metro UI (update: Microsoft has now changed the name from Metro to Modern UI due to some legal issues). If you are one of those users who are thinking of sticking with Windows 7 or just cannot upgrade to Windows 8, you can still enjoy the Metro UI with Metro7. It is a widget filled application that brings the Metro UI style interface to your Windows 7 desktop. It provides instant access to built-in widgets and a custom store from where you can install more applications. Obviously, the applications are not the ones that you would find in the original Windows 8 operating system, but some of them (like the weather app), come pretty close to providing you with the functionality of the real Metro applications. Read More

Something is Ready Alerts You When CPU Intensive Application Stops

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It can be often hard to determine which application may be resource intensive and when the CPU may be relieved of heavy load. For example, a browser open with a single tab may not consume a lot of resources, however, if there were to be say 12 tabs open, then the system resources, including the CPU will be under strain. This is because most of the main stream browsers now come with hardware acceleration. If you require running resource intensive applications and would like to monitor when such an application stops, then try Something is Ready (SIR). It is a portable app, which monitors the CPU load according to user-defined threshold and displays a system tray alert at the end of a resource intensive application. SIR has been developed by the same developer who previously brought us Boray POWer. Read More