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ProtectYourVision Reduces Eye Strain While Computing [Web]

Have tired, sore and watery eyes after working for long hours on the computer? You may even develop a temporary condition known as Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) if you work on the computer without taking breaks.  ProtectYourVision, a web app, automatically alerts you and sends you desktop notifications when it’s time for you to take [...] (more…)

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How To Create Desktop Shortcuts For Websites In Ubuntu 11.10 [Tip]

There are many favorite websites that one visits more frequently than any other. Normally, we type the URL of these websites, or retrieve their links from bookmarks. However, another quicker way of launching favorite websites is by creating desktop shortcuts for them. In this tip, we will tell you how to create desktop shortcuts for [...] (more…)

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Create Folder Toolbars On Your Windows 7 Desktop With OldBar

Before Windows Vista, there was an option in Windows to add folders as toolbars to your desktop. When Microsoft introduced Jump lists with Windows Vista, they removed the toolbar feature. If you miss having custom toolbars for folders on your desktop, check out OldBar. This program lets you add multiple folder toolbars to your desktop, attach [...] (more…)

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CloudTune Lets You Stream, Share And Manage Online Music From Desktop

The way we listen to music has changed in the last few years. Gone are the days when people used to store large music libraries in their hard drives and compact disks. More and more people are turning towards online music platforms including Grooveshark, Spotify and Last.fm, which provide massive databases of every genre of [...] (more…)

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Name Dropper: Drag & Drop Text To Batch Rename Files & Folders

If you’ve recently taken a vacation or just like to take a lot of pictures then it is likely you know how difficult it is to organize images taken either from your digital camera or phone camera since they are all saved with the same name prefix with a number appended after it. Renaming these [...] (more…)

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SnapInstall: Mouse Triggered Screenshot Tool To Create Product Manuals

There are multiple ways of taking and editing screenshots; whether you choose to use the  Windows Snipping tool or some other application like Greenshot, or Shotty, these applications have one thing in common, they are all triggered by keyboards controls. Most screen capturing tools are triggered primarily by the Print Screen key (or in combination [...] (more…)

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TheGOOD Uploadr: Upload Images To Flickr Sets & Photostream From Desktop

Flickr is one of the biggest sources of images online, rivaled only by Picasa. There are plenty of third party desktop applications that let you upload pictures to your Flickr account but there isn’t an official desktop application from Flickr itself like there is for Picasa. TheGOOD Uploadr is another third party Adobe Air based [...] (more…)

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Mind On Track Automatically Creates Tasks From Mind Maps You Make

A good mind map is a good way to get started on any project, it serves as a great way for always staying on track but mind maps too go through changes as a project progresses and requirements change. What gets frustrating is when you’ve already started a project based on a mind map, specified [...] (more…)

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What’s New In Windows 8 Desktop, Start Search, And Start Menu [Review]

Although Windows 8 Developer Build includes features and tools necessary for third-party developers to develop and test new applications in order to address compatibility issues, it comes with a host of user interface elements and other improvements that will you will see in first stable version of Windows 8. Amongst all the UI related improvements, [...] (more…)

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PlexyDesk Transforms Your Desktop Background With Useful Widgets

PlexyDesk is an open source desktop extension for Windows, Mac and Linux based operating systems which transforms the look of the desktop and allows adding QML based widgets. It is not to be mistaken for a desktop environment like KDE or Gnome. Instead, it renders the desktop workspace and allows you to organize it. Currently, [...] (more…)

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NotiPage – Monitor Web Pages For Changes Or Updates Without Using RSS

RSS is a simple way of monitoring a website for changes but would you add just about any site to your feed? For sites that don’t have RSS or any other way to keep up with updates, you have to manually check for new content. To monitor single pages or to monitor a page for [...] (more…)

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Email Large Files From Your Desktop With Kicksend

Email attachments sizes are limited from the best services to the worst. While Gmail allows you to attach files of 25MB, you cannot send them to to any other account except to a Gmail one. With restrictions like these and the fact that file sizes are now only getting bigger, Kicksend offers you a viable [...] (more…)