Firefox for the Super Geeks – WebRunner
Well if you are super geek and productivity conscious just like the way I am then I am sure you are going to fall in love with this amazing app developed by Mozilla, the same team behind Firefox. Well the app I am talking about is WebRunner, a standalone version of Firefox that is lightning quick and does not leak memory like its Bigger Brother does. But the catch is that WebRunner is Firefox minus all the bells and whistles (See Screenshot on the left). Well that means that WebRunner... Read The Rest →
How-To : Cheat DVD Regional Encoding
Well you are a movie buff, then I am sure you get DVD’s from the local movie store. Well you might think that a DVD is just a DVD, but it isn’t so, the Hollywood studios have come up with protection schemes to make sure that DVD’s that you buy in India for cheap don’t play in the United States. Well this is done through region protection, all DVD’s come locked to a particular region when you buy them. Well here are the regions that the Hollywood studios have... Read The Rest →
Thieves, Pizza and more in the new Firefox Ad Campaign
Mozilla has launched a new ads campaign, which will go live anytime soon i guess. The new ads are basically flash videos that are too good and I instantly fell in love with them. The New ads are meaningful as well as funny. Well if you don’t believe all that I say, all you need to do is, right click on the flash videos below and click play. The first Ad focuses on the Security, while the second one on the extensibility of Firefox. In the First ad a couple... Read The Rest →
Adobe Launches Adobe Media Player
Adobe has launched a Media Player, that is kinda sandwiched between Miro and Adobe Digital Editions. Built upon the industry standard Flash, Adobe Media Player can be used to watch Online Video. There seems to be a mad rush to create desktop Media Players. While this is completely understandable, I thought Adobe could have come up with something better. Installing Adobe Media Player is a breeze. You Need to install the latest beta of Adobe AIR and click a few buttons here and there to install Adobe Media Player and... Read The Rest →
Backup and Restore Saved Passwords in Firefox
If you are a big time Firefox user, then you surely have a large number of passwords saved in your Firefox. What happens if your computer decides to crash one day and you loose all your saved passwords? If you haven’t thought about a situation like that, then you better backup all your passwords now. If you are wondering how, then the solution is very simple, all you need to do is install Password Exporter Addon for Firefox. Once you have installed, follow the steps that I have outlined and... Read The Rest →
Joost 1.0 Beta is Here
My favorite P2P Application, Joost has received a major makeover in the first public beta release. Joost 1.0 comes with a revamped UI, that is super slick and is better than the old one. I have really fallen in love with the new UI. Joost 1.0 has everything rearranged, and the new Navigation system is the best I have seen in a P2P Application.
BusySync – Calendar Sharing for iCal
BusySync lets you share iCal calendars with family and coworkers on a local area network without a dedicated server and with full read/write access. How it works BusySync is a Mac OS X System Preference Pane that runs in the background keeping your iCal calendars in sync with others on your network. It uses Apple Sync Services and Bonjour to automatically synchronize calendar data over a local area network. Key features Bonjour networking — BusySync automatically synchronizes calendars with others on your local area network. No dedicated servers or complicated... Read The Rest →
FlyGestures – The Best Mouse Gestures So Far
FlyGesture works a lot like Automator. You can create a single action, or chains of actions to be invoked by the simple movements of your mouse. Instant feedback so you know you are on the right track. Easy configuration to make your own actions. Yes I’m talking about the easiest way to use Mouse Gestures on OS X. FlyGesture is activated like Exposé or Dashboard, bringing up a transparent window of “guides” to move your mouse through. Moving your mouse through the guides lets FlyGesture know what action or actions... Read The Rest →
Trampoline – The Quickest Route to the Tools you Need
Quick… what do you do most with your computer? If you are like many of the Mac Users worldwide, then you are sure to have as many apps open as the Hardware permits. Maybe it’s Photoshop. Maybe it’s your favorite website. Maybe it’s Quickbooks. Maybe it’s iChatting with your grandson. If you are like me, having atleast 5-6 apps open at a time, ofcourse the only difference would be that I’m on a PC and you on a Mac. Chances are, though, that there are somewhere between 7 and 12... Read The Rest →
AirTalkr : The All in One IM Tool
I am sure you have accounts in MSN, Yahoo, GMail etc. Many a time you have friends in all the networks who you would like to chat over IM. Ofcourse you can install Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, or gTalk but then it becomes very tedious to manage all your buddies. Softwares like Pidgin, Trillian make it easier to manage your buddies over multiple networks. But today I am going to show you a cool Adobe AIR based app called AirTalkr that runs on Adobe Runtime and supports Multiple IM networks... Read The Rest →
