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How To Change Windows 8 Lock Screen Background

The Windows 8 Consumer Preview released today brought approximately 100,000 changes from the previously available Developer Preview of Microsoft’s newest OS iteration. Among these numerous changes lies the native ability to change the new Lock Screen’s background, something that was only doable through third-party tools until now. With the Consumer Preview of Windows 8, users [...] (more…)

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RoundIt: Give Your Images Rounded Corners In Batch Operation

Image editing can prove to be difficult if you don’t have to the right tools for performing the required functions. Massive tools, such as Adobe Photoshop, provide users with extensive options to perform every type of photo editing, but are complex to learn and use. Previously, we have covered some very useful image editors for [...] (more…)

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Backdrop: Take Screenshots With Clean Desktop & Run Pixel Test [Mac]

We recently covered Screenshot Helper, a Mac app that assists you in taking screenshots. Backdrop is a similar app that lets you choose any one color as the desktop background or any image. The image/color is superimposed on your desktop such that it hides all the icons. Additionally, the app also allows you to run a [...] (more…)

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Aligner: Adjust Horizontal & Vertical Position Of Desktop Wallpaper

If you are a fan of custom wallpapers, you must’ve noticed that most wallpapers do not match the aspect ratio of current resolution. Sometimes, the favorite part of your wallpaper gets cut from the background. A while back, we covered an application called BackGrounder, which allows you to easily scale and trim images, enabling you [...] (more…)

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SyncWall: Sync & Auto-Change Wallpapers With Effects Between Multiple Computers

We have covered many desktop wallpaper managers, such as DisplayFusion, Mourao Wallpaper Changer and Kuvva, that let you manage and automatically change desktop background after a certain time. SyncWall is another open source wallpaper manager that allows you to synchronize wallpapers between multiple computers, changes wallpaper periodically and has multi-display support. You can set schedules [...] (more…)

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yTimer2: Quickly Create & Manage Multiple Countdown Timers

We have previously covered timers including Free Countdown Timer and WatchMe that let you create multiple timers, add description, choose custom sounds and select applications to run upon countdown completion. You have to let the application run in the background at all times in order to keep the timer running. yTimer2 is an application that [...] (more…)

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Boost Performance And Temporarily Free System Resources With JetBoost

If you are tired of never having enough system resources for lag-free gaming, and getting disturbed by automatic Windows updates during work, give JetBoost a try. JetBoost shuts down unnecessary background processes and services, and prioritizes running processes to free system resources. You can choose between Work, Game or Custom mode to temporarily stop processes, and [...] (more…)

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FB Refresh Changes Facebook Login Background [Chrome]

If you like changing the background on Google you might also like changing it on on another site that you frequently visit; Facebook. While Facebook will probably roll out this feature itself in the next few million years, you can change backgrounds now with FB Refresh, a Chrome extension. The extension lets you change the [...] (more…)

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Themes for Google Plus Adds Background Image In Google+ [Chrome]

Google Plus extensions that we’ve covered so far have added or tweaked the functionality of the Google+ page but Themes for Google Plus is a Chrome extension that is entirely different; it let’s you set a background image for your profile. Granted that the background image will only be visible if you’ve installed the extension [...] (more…)

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Layer Styles CSS Generator Creates Shadow, Background & Border Effects

CSS makes life simple and websites a whole lot better but there’s still no such as thing as anything being too simple. While CSS may make it easy to apply styles to webpages, creating even a moderately complex CSS can take time. Layer Styles is a CSS generator that lets you create shadow, background and [...] (more…)

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Remove Background From Your Photo Without Using Photoshop

Sending your images to a fellow photo-editing specialist only to remove backgrounds is a relic of the past. Today, a number of innovative ‘alternatives’ allow you to achieve the same professional results, sitting at your home–that too, for FREE!  One such application that gives you the ideal background cutout is Photo Cutout Guide. (more…)

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Turn Your Desktop Into A Real-Time Globe Image With Desktop Earth

If you’re into aesthetics, have some explorer/scientist genes inside you, allow me to say that you will definitely love Desktop Earth! Basically it is just a live wallpaper for your Windows desktop that displays real-time images of the globe (depending on your time zone) as observed by NASA’s satellites. Check out the screenshot after the [...] (more…)

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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? (more…)

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Improve Screen Visuals By Controlling Contrast & Brightness

If you have ever faced the issue of trying to watch a video in direct sunlight on an LCD screen, or recording a screencast with loads of background programs making it difficult, or simply, making you lose focus over the actual area of interest on your screen, Kino might help. This tool works in a [...] (more…)

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Desktop Background Slideshow In Windows 7

Windows 7 comes with various attractive wallpapers that will make you thinking as to which one to choose for your desktop. Now you can put all your favorite desktop background images by using Desktop Slideshow feature. Once you have set the Desktop Slideshow, it will begin cycling the selected desktop background image files at any [...] (more…)