Tag Results For: screensaver

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AntiScreensaver Automatically Disables Screensaver While Specific Programs Are Running

Screensavers were initially designed to prevent phosphor burn-in on CRT and plasma computer monitors. They work by either blanking the screen or displaying random colors or images on it when the computer is not in use for a specified time. However, the advanced LCD and LED monitors of today do not experience phosphor burn-ins and [...] (more…)

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Lock Your Screen: The Mothership Of Screen Lock Apps For Mac [Paid]

We’ve been covering lockscreen apps for Mac a lot this month, and each app that we’ve covered had its own special feature that set it apart. Lock Your Screen is a Mac app worth $3.99 in the Mac app store, and it literally has everything you could possibly want in a lockscreeen app. In addition [...] (more…)

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Screensaver+ Free: Draw Pattern With Mouse To Lock/Unlock Screen [Mac]

Last month we covered Screensaver +, a Mac app that adds an iOS like lockscreen to your Mac. The app was worth $1.99 and has been updated with new features. Screensavery is an app worth $2.99 featured just last week that allowed you to lock your screen with one of three different types of passwords, [...] (more…)

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ScreenSavery: Draw Password To Lock/Unlock Mac Screen [Paid]

You can lock or unlock your Mac with a simple alphanumeric password. By default, there are no keyboard shortcuts that will allow you to quickly lock your screen. While such a shortcut can be added, it is a bit of a long process, and that is why an app like  Lock Me Now exists. While [...] (more…)

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Screensaver +: Add iPhone Lockscreen Like Screensaver To Mac [Paid]

CRT monitors are getting rare, and even if they stick around for a few more years, the technology itself has improved. Back when it was still new, we used screensavers to avoid phosphor burn-in. Today, screensavers are little more than a way of putting animated cuteness on our screens when we’re away. Screensaver + is [...] (more…)

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ePic: Elegant Flickr, Picasa, 500px & iPhoto Image Viewer For Mac [Paid]

The default image viewer in Mac is pretty straightforward; it lets you view images and crop them. For normal bare bone image editing and viewing, it is more than enough, but if you compare it with the overall Mac interface, (which is downright gorgeous, to say the least) it looks ugly. ePic is an image [...] (more…)

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Multi Photo Quotes Builder: Create Custom Text & Image Screensavers

Screensavers were originally introduced in order to avoid phosphor burn-ins on CRT and plasma monitors, and save the screen colors. They either blank out the screen, or fill it with moving pictures after a specified time of inactivity on the computer. Now, screensavers are mostly used for their aesthetic qualities instead of the aforementioned function [...] (more…)

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Control Screen Brightness And Turn Off Monitor With iBrightness

When using your PC at night with the lights turned off, doesn’t the screen seem a bit too bright? It puts strain on your eyes, and can also harm your eyesight. iBrightness is a brightness control tool for Windows that keeps monitor power and display brightness controls at your fingertips. Even though you can change the [...] (more…)

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UsefulSaver – Screensaver That Shows Useful System Information

Screensavers are useful but most people use it only for the purpose of displaying eye-candy pictures, animations, and so on. UsefulSaver wants to change all that by displaying important system information instead. It can help administrators keep check on their system even when Windows is locked. (more…)

Prevent The Display From Turning Blank In Ubuntu

If you are watching a movie on your laptop or are reading any PDF material, etc then you might have noticed that the system’s display turns off if no action is taken in a particular period of time. Let me show you an easy way to disable this system setting in Ubuntu. (more…)

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How To View Flickr Photos As Screensaver In Windows

Flickr .Net Screensaver is a free opensource tool for windows that let you view your flickr photos as screensaver. Apart from your own photos, you have the ability to display photos of your contacts, your favorites or a from a group or global tag. The feature that makes this tool worth is it’s ability to [...] (more…)

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Free Windows Vista ScreenSaver For Windows XP

Do you love the Windows Vista screen saver? If you are using Windows XP, you can get Vista screen savers in your operating system too, thanks to Rafael and JoeJoe for porting these screensavers to work with Windows XP and even Windows 2000. (more…)

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Turn Idle Firefox Into A Free Screen Saver And Photo Viewer

Do you use Firefox a lot and leave the browser open when you leave your desk for a while? You may want to enable screen saver or you may want to convert the idle Firefox browser into a photo viewer? FoxSaver is an add-on for Firefox that does exactly this, you will be surprised to [...] (more…)