Kaspersky Labs Unveils Kaspersky 2009
My personal favorite Antivirus solution on Windows just got better. The Russian based Kaspersky Labs has just released the latest version of their Antivirus and Internet Security suite. I’ve been a long time user of Kaspersky Internet Security and its the only antivirus solution that I recommend to all my friends. Kaspersky comes in two flavors one the stripped down version that has only the Antivirus and some other security features while the Internet Security package comes in with complete set of security features you’d ever need, which means you... Read The Rest →
Adobe Acrobat Online Takes A Giant Step Forward
Adobe continues to tread the path of online services with its latest offering Acrobat.com. With the launch of the online tools, Adobe also launched a tightly integrated version of Adobe Reader 9.0 that works seamlessly with the internet. With the latest offering, I feel Adobe is taking small but significant steps in the online office arena. Weather or not it can defeat Google, Microsoft in this threeway fight is the big question? Well Acrobat.com is a mini portal of sorts. It is the combination of their online meetings tool –... Read The Rest →
The Five Best Twitter Clients
photo credit: carrotcreative As Twitter continues to explode at a rate faster than any other web2.0 app that we’ve ever seen. The reason why Twitter has done so well because of the simple API that Twitter has and the number of apps that have been built on it. I thought with the growing popularity of Twitter it would be a nice idea to showcase some of the best clients for Twitter that have actually outdone Twitter itself. Here they are in what I feel is the best order. From the... Read The Rest →
Help Firefox 3 Reach A New World Record
Firefox 3 is all set to reach new territories, and on the way to its glory it aims to create a world record for the most number of software downloads in a single day. Mozilla is surely on its way to create the record and its asking everyone including me and you to pledge to download Firefox 3 when its available for public download.. Well the dates for the release haven’t been announced as yet but looking at the recent Release Candidate builds Firefox looks like a solid improvement over... Read The Rest →
Tip : Quickly Disable UAC For Specific Specific Programs
Windows Vista came bundled with one of the most irritating security features to date that is the UAC. There are many apps that I use that require to be run in elevated mode everytime I run them. I’ve already told you guys how to disable UAC for specific apps permanently but that hack requires a bit of work, instead using a free software called Elevate Me you can take the pain out of running apps that require elevated mode. Just install the software, and you should find an option... Read The Rest →
Awesome Time Tracking Time Software – actiTIME
Everyday I get emails from small startups asking me how to manage time and reduce their expenses. Well I’m not into this startup thingy but I thought I’d do these guys a favor, so I went hunting for the best free time tracking software and stumbled upon actiTIME. In a nutshell actiTIME is basically : “A clear and simple way to register time expenses, analyze employee performance, prepare timesheets for billing your customers” I’ve tried out the demo and the web based app is highly functional and easy to use.... Read The Rest →
Tip : Screenshots With Windows Live Writer Made Easy
Windows Live Writer happens to be my favorite tool for publishing posts on this blog. I use it everyday and blogging is way more easier with it. If you are a long time Dailyapps reader you might have noticed that a lot of my posts contain considerable number of screenshots of apps and software’s. I normally use Snagit for all my needs of taking screenshots, but today thanks to Amit Agarwal I found a cool new plugin written by a Microsoft employee Joe Cheng that allows me to take screenshots... Read The Rest →
Eject USB Devices Faster With USB Disk Ejector
USB devices are the best solutions these days to carry data around rather than using bulky DVD’s, CD’s or even the now ubiquitous Floppy Disk. USB devices are fast and easy to use. The only problem is that while it is really easy to plug in a USB disk/device but while removing it you got to take extra precaution to make sure while ejecting the USB device there is no data loss or damage. You might ask me, doesn’t Windows already provide a tool that ejects the USB devices safely... Read The Rest →
Hack Attack : Terminate Explorer.exe Cleanly On Vista
I keep trying variety of registry tricks everyday, and install and uninstall numerous applications that demand a restart whenever I install them. To get away with boring restart process I normally kill Explorer.exe from the task manager and wait for it to restart automagically. But the problem is that the Task Manager method is like forcibly killing the process instead of terminating it cleanly. Luckily there is a hidden option in both Windows XP and Windows Vista Start Menu that will allow you to terminate and restart Explorer.exe cleanly. As... Read The Rest →
Add Google Reader To Firefox Sidebar
Google recently updated the mobile version of Google Reader. The New version works very well with iPhone and other smartphones. The good news is that even if you don’t have an iPhone you can enjoy the mobile version of Google Reader from your Firefox Sidebar. Like other web apps that are designed for the iPhone interface, Google Reader fits very well in Firefox (and other browsers) sidebar.
