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How To Create A Portable Windows 8 Enterprise To Go Workspace

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If you’re an avid Linux user, then you may be familiar with the Linux Live CD/USB, which makes it possible to use a Linux distribution without having to go through the hassle of installing it on your primary storage device. Linux distros such as Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, Mint OS, etc., all provide an easy way to load the OS into the computer’s memory using just a bootable CD or USB drive. Windows, on the other hand, is devoid of such a feature, or has been, until now. The enterprise version of Windows 8 implements a fairly new concept of booting and running a fully-manageable Windows Enterprise OS from a USB drive using the Windows To Go feature. Read More

Azendoo: Elegant Web App For Collaborative Workspace Management

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With the increasing popularity of the social media and the importance of collaborative teamwork, businesses are merging the two for increasing overall work productivity. Azendoo is a web application that strives to keep your input valuable to the entire team by instantly sharing your plans via profiles, workspaces, subjects, tasks, and team members. With its modern interface, managing tasks, enhancing team performance and accessing information, on the go, had never been this easy. You can also share and prioritize projects while sending emails and messages to relevant individuals. The emphasis here is not only to link a group of individuals in fulfilling objectives leading to successful task completion but to also connect work with the relevant tasks in order to encourage high value content sharing for the betterment of the team. Read More

Desktop Panorama: Preview & Manage Multiple Virtual Workspaces

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One can easily get distracted if there are a lot of applications open on the desktop, in conjunction. As most of the people don't have the luxury to use dual or let alone triple display setups, this can be a major problem. The other way is to get a bigger screen, which provide more screen real estate, however, large panels in 2650x1600 resolution still cost an arm and a leg. To cope with this, Virtual desktops comes in handy. Virtual desktop allow the user to have one application in focus at all times, without having to close the applications not currently under use. They provide a clutter free environment, where each virtual desktop comprises its own set of windows. Earlier, we have covered a few virtual desktop applications that let you create multiple virtual desktops on your computer screen, for example, desktop management application WindowSlider and mDesktop, which can create up to 10 virtual desktops. Desktop Panorama is another virtual desktop application that we found and thought to share it with you guys. It allows you to move Windows in a virtual workspace, and provides you with a preview of your complete workspace. The nifty application lets you expand the desktop, drag windows to and from the desktop, and arrange them. More on Desktop Panorama after the jump. Read More

mDesktop Lets You Create & Manage Up To 10 Virtual WorkSpaces

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If you are one of those people who are easily distracted if there are a lot of applications opened on their screen, virtual desktops are a great way to get your focus back. Virtual desktops allow you to create multiple workspaces, enabling you to keep your work organized. You can avoid all the clutter and distraction, increasing your productivity and decreasing the time wasted in opening and closing applications. Having a separate work space for each project increases your efficiency because you will not have to waste time in looking through a pile of open documents to find the one you are looking for. Today, we are bringing you a desktop manager that allows you to have more than one virtual desktops. mDesktop is an open source application that lets you create multiple desktops on your computer screen. It supports up to 10 virtual desktops, allows switching between desktops using hot keys, and lets you send active applications to any virtual desktop. Moreover, you can maintain a list of applications that you would like to keep enabled on all virtual desktops. Read More

Instant Beautiful Browsing: Windows 8 Metro Workspace In Windows 7

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If you don't like spending your time under a rock then you must have heard about Windows 8 Developers Preview by now. That's it, the upcoming Windows operating system from software giant. One of the new things about Windows 8 is its  Metro UI, which has been under a lot of love and hate discussion since the release of Windows 8 Developer’s Preview. Some stated the OS is doomed as the Metro UI is more suited for tablets and less for desktops, but we can't comment until the final release. Microsoft has also done away with some other useful features that we all know and used to. If you really like the Metro UI but don’t want to leave Windows 7 just for the sake of UI change, you can now enjoy Windows 8 Metro interface in Windows 7, too.  How? By using Instant Beautiful Browsing. IBB is an open source project aimed at developing a workspace that includes applications such as multi-view browser, clock, weather app, store and links to other applications in a eye-candy Metro User Interface. Its aimed at people who absolutely adore the new Windows 8 look. Although still under development cycle, it seems to have much potential. We went ahead to see whether its gonna quench the thirst of Metro UI aficionados. Read More

Asana Allows Free Project Management And Collaboration [Web]

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Are you looking for a service that can help you organize and track your projects? Or do you need a service that can help you stay connected with your team members at all times? Asana is a brand new web app for project management that lets you assign tasks to team members, set due dates and check comments on each task. It features a slick interface that allows easy navigation on the website. You can also set tags so you may find information about tasks easily. Furthermore, you can add details to each task, such as due dates, notes, attachments and assignees. Read More

Add Password Protected Virtual Desktops To Windows With nSpaces

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Virtual desktops are always useful for separating your work into multiple workspaces for more efficiently organizing and managing your work. nSpaces is a virtual desktop application to switch between multiple workspaces. Select any desired number of workspaces, launch applications separately in each workspace to avoid clutter, keep a custom name to help identify each workspace easily, keep a separate wallpaper/background color for each workspace, and add hotkeys to perform workspace switching tasks more easily. Unlike many virtual desktop application of it’s kind (such as Multi-Tabber), nSpaces allows you to password protect your workspaces. Read More

Run Multiple Application Instances Simultaneously In Ubuntu Unity [Tip]

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Workspaces in Ubuntu provide users the convenience of having multiple desktops to easily organize their active windows. But this utility becomes limited as one can't open an instance of the same application in another workspace in Unity. In this post, we will provide you with an easy way of opening multiple instances of the same application within different workspaces. This great tip was posted by Johneker in the form of a YouTube video which is also embedded at the end of this post. Read More

Multi-Tabber Adds Up To 10 Virtual Desktops, Extends Windows 7 Taskbar

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Multi-Tabber is a Windows application which adds additional virtual desktops. Handy for people who require running many applications and often find their taskbar to be cluttered with multiple items. Multi-tabber allows having upto 10 different virtual desktops which can be easily switched by small buttons which appear just above the taskbar. The virtual desktops are intangible and can be easily removed by exiting the application from the system tray. You can also change tab colors and select the number of screens to view simultaneously. This can give your Windows PC a Ubuntu style work space-switching functionality. Read More

Add, Switch, And Change Workspace In Ubuntu Linux

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Workspaces is one of the perks in Linux based systems that allows user to manage the open windows and running programs. You can consider workspaces as virtual screens which you can switch between at any time. You will get the same desktop, panels, and menu in every workspace. However, the main purpose of workspace is that you can run different applications and open different windows in each workspace. Whenever you will switch the workspace there will be no change to the applications running in the first workspace, they will keep running normally. Read More