Best Free Painting Applications
Image editors like Adobe Photoshop, CorelDRAW and GIMP are used for high-level image editing, which can also give very realistic looking paint effects, but now you can use a number of free tools to give that effect.
A paint effect application is not a full image editor like Photoshop, but it can give way more options and features than the usual Paint app in Windows.
Configure Startup Programs with a Freeware
by Haris on December 23, 2008
in Freewares, Tips and Tricks, Tools, Windows
Startup programs can also be enabled or disabled manually or by using MSConfig utility which comes as built in tool in every version of Windows.
But why mess with your OS when you can easily do it with freewares which are way easier to use and configure with?
Google Doodles for Christmas
Christmas is just a few days away, and I have also finally decided to apply the new Sizzled Core Christmas logo, made by Altaf Sayani.
We all know Google changes their doodles to something unique every year on some special occasion or holiday. This year too we expect to see something cool from Google, like always!
5 Best VoIP Apps for your Mobile Phone
by Sarah Shaukat on December 21, 2008
in Freewares, Internet, Softwares, Technology
With rapid increase in the trend of making VoIP calls from mobile phones, the competition among some popular apps is continuing to get tense everyday.
Other then fiercely struggling to compete with each other by offering latest features and packages, increasing their availability on various phones, the VoIP companies are undoubtedly providing people with reduced cost for international calls.
FireTorrent: Firefox BitTorrent Downloader Addon
by Haris on December 21, 2008
in Firefox, Internet, Tips and Tricks, Tools
There are countless extensions available, but there is one thing that always made me jealous of Opera users. Yes, a built-in bittorent client in Firefox!
Opera has this feature since a long time, but Firefox never had one. But today, while going through a forums, I found this cool Firefox addon called, FireTorrent, thanks to which I’m no more jealous of Opera users.
Windows 7 Beta 1 Download – Coming Out Soon
Okay folks! Looks like Windows 7 Beta 1 download is going to hit the Internet a lot earlier than we thought. It was already claimed by a German website, Winfuture, yesterday that Windows 7 Beta 1 might be released today, and looks like they were telling right.
An hour ago, Neowin, spotted a Windows 7 Beta download link on the official Windows 7 page on Microsoft’s site. They updated this page today sometime ago.
How To Upload Photos By Facebook Mobile
by Haris on December 19, 2008
in Facebook, Tips and Tricks
Facebook has a separate site for mobile users with a clean interface and less options; optimized for all mobile devices. Along this, it also allows you to upload photos directly from your mobile phone.
Many times I’m asked by my friends on how I set up Facebook to upload photos directly from my mobile phone. So for them, and all those who don’t know how to, I’m writing the procedure below for your convenience.
How To Auto Save in Windows Live Writer
by Haris on December 19, 2008
in Blogging, Softwares, Tips and Tricks, Windows
I’m sure none of you like to lose all your post that just wrote because of a power failure or computer crash.
Previously, Windows Live Writer had this auto-save feature enabled by default which would automatically save changes made to our articles after every 3 minutes. But they have left this option unchecked (disabled) in the latest Live Writer release.
KB960714: Fix to Internet Explorer 7 Security Issue
by Haris on December 19, 2008
in Internet, Microsoft, Tips and Tricks, Windows
A major security flaw was recently found by Guardian, which affected Internet Explorer 7, and all users with versions prior to it i.e Internet Explorer 5 and 6.
As soon as this flaw was found, the IE Team started working on it and asked everyone to avoid using IE and use other browsers like Firefox, Chrome etc.
