Software
An Image Editor called Paint.COM
We are all familar with the Paint.NET freeware which provides some basic features comparable to Adobe Photoshop.
Now there is another software heating up the freeware image editing market — RealWorld Paint.COM.
Paint.COM allows you to edit pictures with layers. Each layer can be assigned different effects.
Some features of Paint.COM:
Ability to work with multiple layers
Drawing tools and [...]
Personal Finance Management with MMEX
Money Manager Ex is a free, open-source, cross-platform, easy-to-use personal finance software. It primarily helps organize one’s finances and keeps track of where, when and how the money goes.
Money Manager includes all the basic features that 90% of users would want to see in a personal finance application.
The complete feature list is available here.
I have [...]
Quick Access to your Folders and Files with Direct Folders
Direct Folders is an innovative product for Windows which helps you speed up your work by providing you quick access to your folders and files.
If you have a File Dialog open, just double click in any empty area of the dialog or double click in Windows Explorer or your desktop to access the same menu. [...]
Free ISO Burner Software for Windows
On many occasions we have the need to burn ISO images downloaded from the Internet to CD/DVDs. Without commercial software like Nero, this can be a difficult task on Windows.
This is where Free ISO Burner comes in handy. The name says it all. Its FREE and it burns ISOs. Duh! Version 1.0 is only 800 [...]
Copy files faster with TeraCopy
TeraCopy is a program designed to copy/move files at the fastest speed possible by optimizing the usage of buffers.
On my Windows XP system, I saw some speed improvements in a basic test that I executed. After installation, if you try to Copy+Paste files in Windows Explorer, TeraCopy takes over the operation, effectively making the entire [...]
See the true URLs in Short URLs
A lot of social networking websites like Twitter use URL shortening services like TinyURL to short long URLs.
This can be unwanted on many occasions since you do not know which website the link points to. This is where a Firefox addon like Long URL Please comes handy. It supports as many as 30 URL shortening [...]
Unlimited online storage at Livedrive
Livedrive is a online file storage service that is currently in Beta and offering unlimited storage space.
On Windows, it shows up as “L:” drive. Livedrive can be accessed not only from your Windows PC but from mobile devices like your iPhone as well.
There is no pricing information on the website so its difficult to say [...]
Secure your passwords using KeePass
KeePass is one of the most popular password stores. I had covered another utility called Password Safe earlier.
You can use it to store all your passwords securely in an encrypted database. All you need to remember is the password you’ve assigned to KeePass.
KeePass is available on several platforms - Windows, Linux, Mac and several other [...]
Watermark your images with ease
If you are uploading pictures which will be available to the general public, it is a good idea to embed a digital watermark on your image to ensure that it is not misused.
To be very honest, I have never employed this myself in the past. But, I do plan to do so soon for images [...]
Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts
This is Part 2 in the series on browser shortcut keys. Part 1 covered Internet Explorer.
The shortcuts below have been referenced from The Mozilla Support website and is specific to Windows. You can visit the same page for keyboard shortcuts for Linux and Mac.
