VLC Player Vuvuzela Filter Plugin
Anybody who has heard the sound of Vuvuzela while watching a sports match will know how annoying it is. The deafening noise will even render a TV broadcast an acoustic challenge.
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Move Windows Close & Minimize Buttons To Left Side Like Mac OS X
LeftSider is a small portable tool which immediately moves the Title bar buttons (Minimize, Maximize, Close) to the left side, just like you will find in Mac OS X operating system. It is useful for only those users who are used to having such buttons on the left side in the title bar.
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CintaNotes Can Sync Notes In Real-Time via Dropbox
There are plenty of desktop note taking apps to choose from but the lack of syncing support in them is a major setback for many. NoteSync bought syncing of notes via Google Docs but the application is developed on Adobe Air and is not portable. Today we came across a notes management app called CintaNotes, which has somehow stayed out of AddictiveTips radar for a long time.
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Remove Splashy Screens And Forced Intro Movies From Games
Most games show intro movies and splashy screen on start which is not a huge deal since they can be skipped by hitting either Esc or Spacebar key. There are, however, some games where advertisement, splashy screens, and intro movies cannot be skipped because the developers chose to force these stuffs down the player’s throat.
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HTTPS Everywhere Encrypts Web Traffic For Secure Browsing [Extension]
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Tor Project have launched a new Firefox extension called HTTPS Everywhere. Inspired by Google’s encrypted search option, this add-on will simply encrypt the traffic to some of the many popular sites, including Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, NYTimes, PayPal, Mozilla, Google Search, Google Services, and many others.
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Sync Songs In Music Folder With iTunes Automatically
Adding your music collection to iTunes playlist is always a pain considering how the it becomes unresponsive and is generally slow (read this article to speed up iTunes). Last year we reviewed an application called iWatch Syncer which synced any music folder with iTunes. The basic operation was seamless but the lack of options was a major setback.
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WinEmPower Optimizes And Tweaks Both Windows 7 And Server 2008
WinEmPower is a freeware portable tool that can automatically detect the settings of both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 and allow anyone to tweak them quickly. All useful settings are given on the main interface categorized in four sections; EmPower, Optimize, Disable, and Enable.
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Windows Bluetooth Network Scanner
Windows 7 has a nice Bluetooth File Transfer wizard which allows quick sending and receiving of files from any Bluetooth capable mobile phone. What it lacks however is Bluetooth scanner which can find all handsets and show further information about them. This is where Bluetooth Network Scanner comes in.
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Get Work Done By Keeping Track Of Time [Productivity]
It is not uncommon to find yourself easily distracted when working on a research paper, studying online, writing articles, or programming. Work Recorder helps in tracking the time spend on each activity, eventually helping in getting work done faster and minimizing the distraction. It can also be a great help to beat internet addiction and increase productivity.
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Automatically Remove Error Messages And Nag Screens [Windows]
Have you occasionally encountered nag screens and error messages that needs to be dismissed? Do you want to automate an action when a certain error message or verification dialog appears? ClickOff lets you do that and is one of the most awesome tool we have discovered in a long time.
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Windows 7 Context Menu Logon Screen Changer
There are plenty of applications which allow user to change the Windows 7 Logon Screen. Almost all of them require you to start the application and do not add the option in Windows itself. What better way to integrate than adding the option in the context menu?
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Quick System Performance Monitor [Windows]
Quick Performance Monitor is a 3rd party opensource tool which is an alternative to Perfmon and also much easier to use. For those who don’t know, Perfmon is an advanced full blown performance monitoring tool in Windows which can be complicated to use for many users. Performance Monitor in Windows 7 can be accessed by typing perfmon is Start Search.
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MartView: Slick Eye-Candy PDF Viewer & Downloader
Sumatra and Foxit are two popular free PDF Readers, the latest feature-packed Nitro PDF Reader is also getting rave reviews all around the blogosphere. The developers behind these apps have always focused on simplicity, functionality, and speed. MartView however is different, the core aim behind this PDF viewer is to give user a slick eye-candy and book-reading experience, while keeping most of the functionalities intact.
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Advanced Batch File Renamer
We have come across every type of file renamers, from basic tools to advanced tools, such as, ReNamer and File Grinder, respectively. File Grinder has been our favorite because it has an easy-to-use interface with pre-build profiles for Audio, JPEG, Video, and HTML files which cannot be found in any other tool.
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Hide Windows 7 System Tray Icons
Hide Systray (also called, Windows 7 System Tray Hider) is a small portable tool to hide the system tray icons. When clicked on the slider switch, it will restart the explorer and you will find the system tray icon vanished. The system clock however remains intact and so does the Show Desktop button next to it.
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Change Windows 7 Folder Background via Explorer Properties
Forget every folder background changer out there for Windows Explorer. AveFolderBG For Windows 7 adds the background option in Folder Properties. The shell integration makes it more easier and faster to use than 3rd party alternatives.
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Mute Audio By Clicking System Volume Tray Icon In Windows 7
SndVolPlus is a nifty little replacement of the default sound volume control in Windows 7. It adds two simple features, mute system sound when middle clicked and open mixer when double-clicked on the system tray icon.
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Free Video To Audio Converter
X2X Free Audio Converter, as the name implies, is a free audio converter that can extract audio from multiple video formats, such as, AVI, MPEG, MOV, MP4, RM, RMVB, ASF, QT, 3GP, 3G2, AMV, FLV, and many more. There are quite some tools which can convert videos into mp3 audio but this application takes it further ahead by giving users the choice of selecting the audio format to convert into.
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Optimize PDF eBook File For iPhone & Android Mobile Devices
PDF is now a standard with almost every mobile and eBook reader supporting it. The importance of PDF documents cannot be underestimated. It has to be kept in mind that PDF files can go as high as hundreds of megabytes when filled with graphics and other visually appealing styles.
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