Got A New PC? Install PC-Decrapifier First!
Just got a new PC or a Laptop? You must already be cursing the manufacturer for installing all crapware on your shiny new PC by now! worry not, there is an amazing app that will save you from all the mess and restore your PC to a shiny bliss.. As someone who cleans up a lot of new laptops, PC Decrapifier has been a trusted helper for a long time to me. A couple of days back version 2.0 of PC Decrapifier was released. With the older versions it took... Read The Rest →
Is CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER The New CTRL+ALT+DEL On Vista?
Windows Vista’s UAC can be overly frustrating at times. There are times when a program needs to be launched with administrator privileges from the start menu, and right clicking and clicking on “Run as Administrator” just doesn’t cut it when you are in a hurry and need to get something to be done in a hurry. For example, to open Command Prompt as administrator, click Start, type cmd in the Search box and press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER. You should see the User Account Control window popping up for task elevation confirmation. Press... Read The Rest →
5 Simple Things You Can Do On Your Desktop to Impress Your Not-So Geeky Friends
When my friends visit my home, they’re quite impressed seeing how I do things on my desktop, and the way it looks. They’re just blown away looking at the customizations I’ve done on my Windows desktop. Here’s are a few ways to mpress your not so geeky friends and have fun for yourself: Rename the Start Button Yep, rename the Start Button using this little trick. It’s perfect for a little show-off. Most of your friends will be quite surprised that you could actually do it.
Hack Attack : Record Video on the iPhone
When the iPhone first came out, many people complained about the lack of Video recording capabilities in the iPhone. Many People including me thought it was pretty lame for Apple to release iPhone without the video editing features in it, because Apple touted the iPhone as a complete Multimedia device, and I haven’t really seen a Multimedia phone that comes without Video Recording. Heck even my Nokia 5300 does it pretty well.
Hack Attack : Give Google Search A Complete Makeover
Well Google has always been a believer of the KISS (Keep it Simple, Stupid) principle, and that is the reason why almost everything from the Google stable has a minimal design. Well if you have got yourself bored of the default Google search layout, then get yourself ready for a completely different Google Search page thanks to an amazing Greasemonkey script, Google Search Makeover. Click on the screenshot above to see the various modifications that have been made to the default search layout. The script organizes the results into two... Read The Rest →
Get Rid of the Translucent Menu Bar in Leopard
One of the Chief complaints in the latest version of Apple’s famed Operating System, Leopard has been the 3D Dock and the Translucent Menu Bar . There have been hacks flying left and right and this is the latest one that gives you a Menu Bar similar to the one we saw in Tiger. Follow the instructions carefully or you could end up messing your Leopard install. Backup before you proceed.. Edit the following file:/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer.plist Add an entry like this: <key>EnvironmentVariables</key> <dict> <key>CI_NO_BACKGROUND_IMAGE</key> <string>0.62</string> </dict> Save the file and... Read The Rest →
iPod Touch now running Mail, Google Maps and more
Well as I said in an earlier post that the cat and mouse race is still on, and right now it seems that the hackers are winning the race. We have been seeing a lot of iPhone related news this month and now its the time for iPod touch to steal the show. Well so far the touch was just the younger brother of the mighty iPhone but not now anymore. iPod Touch is now really the best iPod we have seen so far. The guys over at iPhone... Read The Rest →
Apple iPhone Has been Unlocked Again
Well the cat and mouse game has just begun again. iPhoneSIMFree thanks to the jailbreak of the iPhone by the iPhone dev team/Niacin. Well ever since Apple upgraded the iPhone firmware to version 1.1.1 all the unlocks stopped working on the iPhone, rendering months of hardwork useless. Well you don’t need to fret anymore, because the iPhoneSIMFree has managed to have the unlock working once again just a couple of days after the jailbreak. Well the new unlock seems to be a lot better than the initial release. If you... Read The Rest →
Some Cool Windows Tricks
Over at Technospot Ashish has a few interesting tips for all you windows users out there.. I just read through them and they work great.. Here they are : How to add Safe Mode to XP Boot List Safe mode is required when you need to fix problems such as a nasty virus infection or unistalling buggy softwares on your windows XP install.The Normal route to go to safe mode would be to use F8 Key to get into safe mode and if its not timed properly you’ll have to... Read The Rest →
TubeStop : Prevent Youtube Ads from Being Displayed
Youtube recently launched their video ads service. While the new ads haven’t been accepted that well by the general public and actually many are complaining that it spoils the youtube experience. If you are one of those then you need this handy firefox extension that hides the ads from being displayed. TubeStop is an extension for Mozilla-based Web browsers that disables the autoplay on YouTube videos. This means that you can open multiple YouTube videos in tabs in the background without them all starting to play at once. TubeStop also... Read The Rest →
