Archive for the 'Utilities' Category

Enhance Firefox Browser Tab Feature With Tabberwocky Add-ons

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Browser Tab feature is an excellent creation that really enhances users’ internet browsing experience by allowing multiple web pages in the same browser Windows without the need to open many browser Windows at the same time. That is one of the reasons many users switched over from Internet Explorer to Firefox before IE incorporated the useful feature into its IE7. If you are a tab browsing lover when surfing the internet, Tabberwocky, a Firefox add-on that lets you have more control over your tab feature is something you can look into.

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MooO ImageTypeConverter to Convert any JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, ICO Images with Drag and Drop Feature

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

If you are dealing a lot with image files and need a simple converter utility that can convert between different image formats on the fly, then this utility could be a good solution for you. Named as Moo0 ImageTypeConverter, it can convert any types of famous picture formats ranging from .JPG, .GIF, .PNG, .BMP and .ICO by just dragging and dropping the specific image files into a custom built interface without complicated steps and setup required.

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Download Aerofoil Laptop Battery Management Tool To Prolong Laptop Battery Lifespan

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

There are various laptop battery management tools such as BatteryCare, Battery4Life, LaptopBattery, BatteryBar, Vista Battery Saver, Imtec Battery Mark, PowerMeter, etc which are developed to assist laptop users to take care of their battery, prolong the battery life and make the battery last longer before the next charge. Aerofoil, an open-source utility, is another new battery management program which helps Windows Vista and Windows 7 users to prolong their battery running time.

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Download DevManView Device Management Application

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Windows users generally use the built in Device manager to check, view and control the hardware which are connected to the computer. It will tell users the hardware info and show users if there is any hardware malfunction or not working. An alternative to Windows’ Device Manager, Nirsoft’s DevManView is another pretty similar application in the event users don’t like to view the list of hardware devices installed on the computer in tree viewer but prefer them to be shown in flat table format.

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GIOS PDF Splitter and Merger to Split and Merge PDF and JPEG Files

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Previously we mentioned about ArduoPDFMerger that can split and merge PDF files in simple steps, now there is another alternative utility that can help you achieve the same result. Named as GIOS PDF Splitter and Merger, it is a free and open source utility that can perform similar function with extra ability to merge image files with conversion to PDF format.

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Chatting in Any Language with Skype Google Translator

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Chatting can be rather fun especially with new friends across the globe although they might speak other languages. Therefore language barrier should not stop you from having a good chat and meaningful communication if you have a good translator that can bridge the barrier easily. Skype Google Translator is an efficient and handy translation tool that offers translation for more than 20 languages for Skype users to utilize when chatting with their foreign friends. ]

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Set Hotkeys To Turn Off The Monitor or Computer Via NirCMD Command Line Utility

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

The windows system can be configured to turn off the monitor as well as the computer, or set it in standby mode after a pre-determined period of inactivity. This will help to reduce energy use by the computer and contribute to preserving energy resources. Similarly there are some buttons from the keyboard such as “Power” and “Sleep” which also serve the same purpose. In the event your keyboard doesn’t feature these shortcut keys and you can’t wait for the preset automatic turning off timer to trigger, why not spend some time to create some hotkeys to quick turn off the monitor, put the computer in ‘standby’ mode or turn off the computer completely as soon as you get up from the desk. NirCMd, a small command-line utility offers green users a quick way to set some hotkeys for the above purposes.

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Download YouTube Uploader To Upload Multiple Videos on YouTube

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

YouTube has enhanced its uploading feature to facilitate YouTube users to upload multiple video files simultaneously via its web interface. If you are an active user who does frequent uploading, perhaps uploading directly from the computer instead of using web browsers could be more convenient and easy to manage. YouTube Uploader is one way to assist YouTube enthusiasts to do simultaneous multiple video uploading from the desktop.

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