Better Gmail 2 Gets New Features
Gina Trapani, of Lifehacker, has released an updated version of her popular Gmail customization addon, Better Gmail 2. This addon is a combination of dozens of Greasemonkey scripts and with this, you can tweak the heck out of the new Gmail interface. This add-on is one of my personal favourites.
The latest version, Better Gmail 2 0.4 now supports HTML signatures, Firefox 3 compatibility, Gmail Redesigned skin, and many other small fixes. After you install this add-on, you can enable what ever features you want in Gmail from the Firefox Tools menu and all you have to do is refresh your Gmail window for the changes to take effect.
WordPress 2.6 Features
The talks about WordPress 2.6, the next version of WordPress, have already started. WordPress 2.6 is going to be another much-awaited release because of the introduction of many interesting features and usability improvements in it. I’ll give you a very brief overview of what this latest version of WordPress is going to offer.
Google Sites: Now Open For Everyone
If you are one of those people who want to have a website of their own, but don’t have enough money to pay for the hosting, then this article is definitely going to help you. Google Sites, is one such project that was launched a few months ago, but at that time it was only for Google Apps users.
Recently, Google announced on its official blog that Google Sites, that was launched for Google Apps, is now made public and can be used by anyone. This means, now, you can have a website of your own to share whatever information you like and with whomever you want. You can build a complete site from scratch in just a few clicks for free and make it available online for everyone to see.
Foxit Reader: The Best PDF Reader
Foxit PDF Reader is a free PDF reader which runs on minimum resources and is only 2.55MB in size, as compared to Adobe Reader (more than 20MB). I have been using this application for quite a while now, and I can proudly say that it’s the best PDF reader! I don’t even remember the last time I installed Adobe Reader. Foxit Reader is itself built with tons of features that you don’t need any other reader along with this one.
The best part is, it does not start at system start-up, nor run any services in the background. This makes this application very lightweight and does not eat system resources. Let’s take a look at some of its features.
Ad-Aware 2008 Final Released
Lavasoft has released the final version of their leading anti-spyware application, Ad-Aware 2008. It has always been my personal favourite anti-spyware and spyware removal tool. Whenever I have felt my computer getting slowed, or behaving unusally. I simply scan it once with Ad-Aware, remove all the unwanted things (spyware, trojans etc.), and voila! My PC gets back to normal at once!
Ad-Aware 2008 lets you fight with the latest threats and advancements of malicious spyware and malware. This powerful anti-spyware software now includes anti-virus protection, as well as extended threat detection, for Ad-Aware 2008 Plus and Pro versions.
Download Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8 Special Edition
Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8 is a complete suite of disk management tools and provides all the necessary tools you need to manage your hard disk. It allows you to create, delete, manage partitions, creating and storing backups, rescue disks and moving and resizing partitions.
Hard Disk Manager 2008 Suite costs $49.95. And this free special edition is no different than the original suite.
Office 2007 SP2 Will Support Open Document Format
Microsoft has announced that they will be adding support for several new document formats in Office 2007. Office 2007 SP2 is planned to release in the first half of 2009, and the major addition in it will be Office 2007′s support for XPS, PDF 1.5, and ODF 1.1 files, among others.
Prince Of Persia: Prodigy Releasing This Year
Previously there were rumours, that the latest POP will be named as Prince of Persia: Heir Apparent. But Ubisoft later announced that all these rumours are false and it will not be named what people predicted. According to Wikipedia, the forthcoming POP is named as Prince of Persia: Prodigy.
Ubisoft has finally confirmed that the latest POP will be out somewhere in the last quarter of 2008, between October and December. The game will be released on three major platforms PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. It might release on Wii and DS as well, no confirmation about that.
Firefox 3 RC1 Portable Now Available
Last week, I installed Firefox 3 RC1 to give it a try. After trying it, when I uninstalled it, unfortunately, it wiped out all of my Firefox profile. Mozilla said FF3 RC1 won’t disrupt my current installation, but it did! All my history, bookmarks, settings, saved-passwords etc. were gone. Luckily, I had an up-to-date backup, so I recovered everything back. If anyone of you also had similar problems, but still want to use Firefox 3 RC1, along with Firefox 2, I found the perfect solution for that.
