Ghaus Iftikhar Nakodari

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Manage And Search Google Bookmarks From Chrome [Extension]

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We all know the frustration of having bookmarks saved in different computers. Google Bookmarks allows you to have your bookmarks online which you can sync across any device. It is a useful service because all your bookmarks reside in the cloud and you can sync them up anywhere you want. Lite Bookmarks is an extension for Google Chrome that imports your Google Bookmarks to allow you to manage and search them easily from within the browser. It shows both the labels and bookmarks without labels, and includes a real-time search with all bookmarks ordered alphabetically. Users can also bookmark any page directly using this extension. Read More

Subtitle Player To Play SRT Files Over Any Movie That Lacks Subtitles

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Subtitle Players have their own niche, they do not come useful all the time but when they do, they can be a real life saver. The chief usage of Subtitle Player is when watching free legal Movies and TV Shows online. Since most websites do not provide an option for Subtitles, you can manually download the subtitles, load them in subtitle player, and then watch the Movies and TV Shows with subtitles. Read More

Display Real-Time Physical And Virtual Memory Usage, Page File Usage, And Hard Disk Space

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MemoryWatch is a small open source tool that displays your physical memory usage, virtual memory usage, page file usage, and the disk space of the selected local drive. And warns you when any of them reach critical levels. On launch, it will display the real-time usage sitting above the system tray menu. It can be minimized to system tray, started with windows, and selected to remain always on top. Both the refresh interface (in ms) and warning limit (in percentage) can be selected by the user. Read More

Handy Start Menu Groups ‘All Programs’ Into Categories [Windows 7]

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There is no doubt that Windows 7 is one of the best operating system from Microsoft but I find “All Programs” in Start Menu to be specially annoying (which hasn’t changed since Vista). Searching for a certain program (whose name you can't recall) is both unproductive and a headache. Thankfully, I am not alone and the folks behind ChemTable software have released The Handy Start Menu to fix this problem. Read More

GWatchman – GMail / Google Reader Notification Alerts On Desktop With Growl Support

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Gmail Notifiers are abundant, we have reviewed some good ones, such as, Spiffy and Scott’s Gmail Alert, but it becomes quite difficult to find a good Google Services notifier which supports both Gmail and Google Reader – two tools which every webmaster and tech enthusiast is familiar with. GWatchman is a portable system tray app that offers notifications for both these services and also supports Growl (a great addition). Read More

How To Tell If The Image Is Fake Or Original? Use Image Error Level Analyzer

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Many a times we come across images where we are stuck into thinking if it is original or photoshopped (fake). Image Error Level Analyzer or simply ELA, is a free web service which helps you in determining if the photo is real or not. So how does it work? Neal Krawetz (Ph.D) explains it nicely:
Error level analysis (ELA) works by intentionally resaving the image at a known error rate, such as 95%, and then computing the difference between the images. If there is virtually no change, then the cell has reached its local minima for error at that quality level. However, if there is a large amount of change, then the pixels are not at their local minima and are effectively original.
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DemocraKey Provides Internet Security For Anonymous Web Surfing And More

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DemocraKey is one of the most useful suite for privacy and security advocates, sadly not many people know about it. If you want both security and anonymity while browsing the web, give this portable privacy suite a shot. It includes a variety of different open source tools for performing tasks from secure browsing and virus scanning to encryption and anonymous email sending. Read More

How To Automatically Backup Android Phone In Disk Mode

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Do you want your Android phone to automatically get backed up to a local drive when connected with the computer? There are tools out there like Drive Backup and BackUp Anywhere which can backup the USB drive automatically when connected with the system. For an Android device, you just have to connect it in Disk Mode, so that it acts like a USB drive and use any one tool to automatically backup all files. Read More

Easily Block Windows Applications In One Click

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Do you want to prevent access to a bunch of applications? Forget about hacking or those long tiresome procedures. App Admin is a nifty little portable tool which will handle it for you. Developed by the same author behind the previously reviewed DNS Jumper, all you have to do is drag and drop the application, check those which you want to block, and hit “Restart Explorer”. Simple as that! Read More

Disable Touchpad To Prevent Accidental Clicks When Typing On Notebook

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Laptop Touchpads can be a blessing or a curse depending on whom you ask. I know many who refuse to use laptop touchpads because they find it annoying, be it accidental clicks, wrong clicks, or simply difficult to use. Touchpads are something laptop reviewers always jump at because it forms the important part of the whole functionality. One of the biggest annoyance users have to face are accidental clicks when they are typing. The problem can get out of hand particulary if you're pressed for space on your work desk. With me personally it has happened multiple times - once while composing an email, I accidentally closed the browser window. The best touchpads I have used so far is that of Macbook, both Macbook Air and Macbook Pro, but even then you cannot disable the touchpad automatically when typing. There are some laptop manufacturers who have built an option in the touch pad to disable it, making it easier to type but enabling and disabling it multiple times can itself be tedious, especially when you have a lot of typing to do. Read More

Remove GeoTag From Photos To Protect Your Location

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Most new smartphones and cameras are equipped with geo tags functionality. Every photo you take from such devices are geo tagged, i.e, your exact latitude and longitude are hidden inside the metadata. Therefore, sharing such photos online not only gives predators your information but also the exact location where the photo was taken. Read More

Run Internet Explorer 9 Without Addons In Safe Mode

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Internet Explorer 9 has a complete overhaul but like other browsers, it is also prone to crashes. Most of the crashes takes place due to add-ons. Users who are facing constant crashes might want to start IE 9 in safe mode (add-ons disabled). There are three ways in which you can start IE9 in safe mode. Read More

Run Windows Explorer Folders In A Separate Process To Prevent System Freeze

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Remember those days when you popped in a CD or connected a USB device to your system and it will hang indefinitely, also called system freeze. There are many other actions that can lead to system freeze and most of them have to do with Explorer Windows. System freeze can be unexpected and can even hit your powerful i7 core system running Windows 7, nothing can escape its clutches and the only solution most users are left up with is to restart their system. Read More

Optimize Your Windows PC For Gaming

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It is a common understanding among gamers that Windows system is not optimized for gaming by default. Yes, having a faster CPU and GPU always helps (which is the first thing gamers will recommend when you complain about lag) but do you share files, use Windows Media Center, or perform other tasks whilst playing a game in full resolution? Definitely not. This is why Game Fire is so useful because it helps in limiting and turning off many functionality of Windows which is not required to play games. This in turn also saves some system resources so that they can be used by the game instead, thus giving you a slightly better overall performance. Read More

MiniLyrics – Lyrics Plugin For Almost Every Music Player Known To Mankind

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MiniLyrics is a standalone lyrics plugin that supports every popular music player available out there; Winamp, WMP, iTunes, MediaMonkey, Spotify, Zune, JetAudio, Foobar2000, RealPlayer, Songbird, you name it. It does not integrate inside any music player directly, rather it automatically detects the song (and music player) and launches itself showing the lyrics as the song plays. Read More

SoundCloud Downloader Downloads MP3 Music From SoundCloud

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SoundCloud provides an option to download music directly but sometimes songs are not officially released for download, and in most cases users reach their download limit. In such situations, users looking forward to download music can try out SoundCloud Downloader, which is a free desktop application that allows quick downloading of songs, one at a time. Read More

Allow Anyone To Upload Files To Your Dropbox Folder

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Dropbox does not provide any functionality to allow other users to upload files to your account. This is a serious nuisance considering how may times we come across situations where we need users or co-workers to upload files so we can check them out. Such a functionality can also be useful when students or professionals are working in groups and everyone needs to upload files to one single directory. Read More