Monday, December 22, 2008

Defraggler - Faster defragmenter for windows

Defragmenting your hard drive has is an essential part of keeping your computer running at an optimal speed. It essentially takes all of the separated files on your hard disk, and rearrange them back together so that everything just runs smoother. There is an inbuilt utility in Windows XP defragmenting the fragmented files which is not that good.




Defraggler is a smart software that is available as freeware which does the defragmentation in a smarter way and is very easy to use and understand. It has an incredibly nice interface and most importantly, it is faster than Windows Defragmenter.

Link for Defraggler - http://www.defraggler.com/

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Use SDelete (Secure Delete) to completely erase data from your comuter

Do you think a file is permanently erased from the hard drive when you empty the Recycle bin? If yes, then you're wrong... Well, the file appears to have been trashed but anyone can restore that file using data recovery software which are freely available online.

To overcome this crisis Microsoft offers a free command line utility SDelete (Secure Delete) that will overwrite the data that you deleted or trashed and this makes data recovery softwares really difficult or impossible to recover your data.

Make your Firefox Browser speak

Making the computer read out text aloud can be useful in several situations. The most obvious is as a aid for blind people but it can also be helpful if you cannot look at the computer screen at that moment. Install this addon and make your browser(firefox) speak. >>

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/269


It utilizes text to speech capabilities of the operating system to provide the means to read out text aloud to the user. It integrates itself nicely in the right-click context menu and can be used to read out all of the text on a website or only the selected text.

Friday, December 12, 2008

NiceTranslator.com - The fast and easy online translator



Nice Translator is one of the easiest and simplest online language translator tool.

To use Nice Translator simply select the language that you want your text translated into then start typing. As you type, the translation of your text appears just below the text you're typing. Nice Translator is Google Translation powered tool where you can translate your text into your choice of 34 different languages.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

PicMarkr - Online Image WaterMarker

Protect your digital pictures by adding visible watermarks easily and automatically! PicMarkr makes it easy to add signatures or watermarks to photos stored on your PC or in your Flickr account, protecting your images against unauthorized use or distribution. Sign or watermark your pictures with text or images, use logotypes or tiled watermarks, and place one or many watermarks onto a single picture. You can do this either online or using an application PicMarkr Pro on your PC. The online options tend to be easier and is for free. The application will cost you few dollars and comprehensive.