Monthly Archives: May 2011
Foxit Reader 5 Released
Foxit Reader is one of the best alternatives for viewing PDF files. It is faster and lighter than Adobe's Acrobat Reader and offers features like tabbed interface for viewing multiple files and ability to annotate, text highlight and comment in PDF files. Now version 5 has been released.
The new version More »
Convert PowerPoint Presentations to Flash
When it comes to making presentations, Microsoft PowerPoint is the default choice. So much so that many people even refer to presentations as PPT. So whenever someone makes a presentation, it is bound to be in PowerPoint, thereby meaning that it can be edited by anyone. There is no way to protect your More »
Create a Hidden Folder
This a nice little trick for creating a completely hidden folder in Windows without the use of any third party software. Do the following:
Create a new folder. While naming it, hold Alt and press 255 from the numpad. This will insert a blank space for the name. Windows doesn't allow only space, but More »
TwentyFeet no longer shows unfriending stats
Whenever we see that our number of friends on Facebook has gone down, we always become curious as to who un-friended us. Sometime back a website named TwentyFeet came along to help satisfy our curiosity. All you needed to do was to add your profile to TwentyFeet and it would monitor your friends list More »
Manage file types in windows 7
In windows XP, I always used to toy with the file types settings from the Folder Options dialog box. I could change the associated program, add or remove context menu items, add or remove extensions etc. However, this tab disappeared in Windows 7. There is no inbuilt way to play with file types.
Thankfully, More »
Get more control over your windows
We are all very familiar with the minimize and restore buttons on the title bar of windows. At some point of time, all of us miss a button which could directly minimize the window to the System Tray of something which could keep the window on top etc. While there are various utilities to do this, very More »
