If your desktop mouse or laptop touchpad stops working, you are unable to move the mouse pointer on screen. You could control the mouse pointer through your keyboard by enabling the Windows native MouseKeys feature. However MouseKeys makes use of the numeric pad, something usually missing from laptops. Instead of MouseKeys, Windows users should opt [...]
No matter how much you love watching the World Cup, you have to admit that the buzzing sound coming from the vuvuzela annoys you. If you are streaming the game online, you can have a quick audio fix simply by downloading the Devuvuzelator. This desktop program works by identifying the frequencies of the vuvuzela and [...]
The latest trend in desktop wallpapers is active wallpapers i.e. wallpapers that actively change with time. DesktopEarth makes wonderful use of active desktop moving wallpapers to put a map-like image on your desktop. DesktopEarth is a Windows compatible freeware program sized at nearly 6MB. It displays your current time zone area on your desktop background. [...]
Synchronization of data between different devices we use has always been a problem. HomePipe is a web service that solves this by letting you access files on your home computer from anywhere and using any device such as a web browser or a smart phone. This cloud based service is free of charge and has [...]
When it comes to very large files, mostly all online file transfer solutions fail. You could use a file hosting website but even they do not always accommodate the file size of very big files. Transferring large files online is indeed a problem. And Cryogenic FileSplitter is the solution. Cryogenic FileSplitter is a tiny freeware [...]
IdentityFinder is a free tool for Windows users that searches for confidential information like credit cards and passwords on the computer (there are paid versions of the tool that search for more types of data) and then presents certain options to deal with them and make it more secure. The following screenshot shows the kind [...]
Luxand Blink is a nice face recognition tool for Windows PCs that lets users log in just by looking at the webcam instead of typing the password. Setting it up isn’t difficult. Once you run the software after installing it, it registers your face using the webcam. Just follow the instructions and you should be [...]
Ever get to work and realize a file you needed is still on your desktop at home? You could set up a home server, complete with FTP, port forwarding and a static IP. Or if you don’t have enough free time to handle all that, you could simply install FeelHome. This application – for Linux, [...]
If you have reformated your computer in the past, you would know that the process requires considerable amount of time and effort. Apart from the usual OS installation, you also need to reinstall a dozen of software programs. In an effort to make program installation process quicker and easier, a team of geeks came up [...]
It’s a common issue when new software releases are found to be less user-friendly as it predecessor. In such cases I tend to stick with an older version. The problem is that it’s not always easy to find it because official websites tend to link only the latest version. So how can you download previous [...]