Customize Windows & Desktop With Pitaschio
by Haris on June 21, 2008
in Freewares, Tips and Tricks, Windows
Pitaschio is a freeware that can customize your Windows and makes it more convenient to use. You can customize the way your shortcuts appear on your dekstop, tweak your opened windows, taskbar etc. It also has some options for your mouse scroll wheel, and you can even disable keys like Windows key, Caps Lock, Alt, Insert etc. Pitaschio works well with Windows 2000, Xp and Vista.
Bradicon: Online Image To Icon Converter
I had a few images that I wanted to convert into icons to use with my desktop shortcuts, so I Googled a few converters, but didn’t found any good ones, so I continued my search till I came across Bradicon. It is a free online image to icon converter, that will convert your images (supports all major formats) to an ICO file. This icon file can be downloaded and used with shortcuts.
PDF Search Engine: Find PDF Documents & E-Books
If you thought you have to remember the difficult search modifiers for Google to search for e-books and PDF files, this is where the PDF Search Engine makes our search easier. PDF Search Engine is a search engine that let users search for PDF files and with PDF documents, you get e-books as well, because most e-books are in PDF format. Just enter the keyword or phrase in the search box, and press Enter.
Vulnerability Found In Firefox 3
Firefox 3 is now officially the most downloaded software in 24 hours. And since Tuesday, it has received over 12 million downloads. Firefox is the world’s most secure browser, but its first critical vulnerability was found just after 5 hours of its release. Even after working for so many months on this browser, it looks like they still missed some holes in the core.
Technical details of the vulnerability were not released to the public, and Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) states that they have reported it to the Mozilla team and they are now working on a patch, which will be out soon. They also said there are no known exploits at this time.
Del.icio.us Plugin 1.0 For IE Released
Del.icio.us has officially released the bookmarks browser plugin for Internet Explorer users and is now available for download. Earlier, it was only released for the open-source web-browser, Firefox. And later in May, a Beta version of the browser plugin was released for the Internet Explorer users to get feedback and improve the quality of their tagging and bookmarking features from IE.
New Yahoo! Mail Domains Go Live
Yahoo announced today of adding two new domains to Yahoo! Mail. Ymail.com and Rocketmail.com were planned to go live at 12PM (Pacific). And users can now create new email accounts using on these domains. I’d prefer you to hurry up before all the good usernames are taken on both the domains. You know how these spammers are!
Yahoo! Mail Gets New Ymail and Rocketmail Domains
Yahoo still continues its on-going attempt to stop users from moving to other email providers, like Gmail, and is working hard to keep its existing ones loyal to them. To improve their mail service, Yahoo! Mail has added two new email domains, Ymail and Rocketmail. Currently, both ymail.com and rocketmail.com are pointing to Yahoo! Mail, but users will be able to create accounts on these domains after 12PM (Pacific).
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Skype 4.0 Beta Released For Windows
by Haris on June 20, 2008
in General, Internet, Softwares, Technology
Skype has finally released a much-needed upgrade to its famous VoIP software, Skype 4.0. They have released the first beta version and is currently only available for Windows users. This has been released to get user feedback which would further help them to improve Skype and release the final version in summer. Skype is very user-friendly as its automatically detects connected audio and video devices, checks for available bandwidth to get you started.
Skype 4.0 comes with many new features and enhancements. The interface has been completely re-designed (now full-screen) and improved to provide the best video-calling user experience. The old UI was built for voice calls, but the new one is for video. Skype is owned by eBay, and has a user base of 309 million with revenues around $126 million in the first quarter.
Google Saree By Indian Designer, Satya Paul
Saree, is a traditional desi attire, usually found in India, Pakistan etc. Satya Paul, has designed a Saree which features a Google logo (atually it’s Ooogle, maybe to prevent any trademark issues with Google) and some search results. God knows, what search term he used for the print (I can only spot the word Art). He adopted this strategy to promote his product because by incorporating a big brand name, he can easily market his product for free.
