January 19, 2012
There are so many different ways of encrypting data, especially in Linux. My favorite method has always been using Truecrypt as it’s relatively easy to use and extremely effective. However, if you want to encrypt individual files, having to create a new container just for them might be a little impractical, especially when they aren’t similar files. Instead, there’s a nice little tool that will configure encryption options.
September 26, 2011
When it comes to using the mouse, the right-click context menu is a powerhouse of productivity. If tweaked right, it is definitely a shortcut to saving time. Quickly previewing your images with a right click is a good move if want to save a click or two. Previewing images is a time-saver from within dialog boxes too like the File Open box. Here are three image tools for your right-click context menu.
August 9, 2011
How often do you interact with the context menu when you are surfing the web? Probably more than you think. Personally, I use it all the time to copy and search text I’ve highlighted or to save images. The context menu is the box that pops up whenever you highlight a piece of text or an image on a webpage and “right-click”.
January 11, 2010
In the release of Apple’s latest operating system, Snow Leopard, Apple made some significant changes to its Services Menu feature, so that it’s a little easier to manage and more practical to use. The upgrades are far from perfect, but if you want to be a Mac power user, you should know about how to [...]
October 4, 2009
It’s one of those simple tasks that suddenly come upon us and we have no idea how to go about it. I had a whole fat folder filled with ebooks and someone casually asked me to send over a list. A list”¦ that sounds really simple. Did I forget to mention that the ebook folder [...]
September 21, 2009
Changing things as simple as file associations, icons and context menus can get pretty daunting in Windows, pretty easily. Default Programs Editor is an excellent tool that lets you do such things in a breeze, without having to mess with the registry or go running about the control panel looking for where to start. A [...]
June 1, 2009
Shell extensions brings additional functionality to Windows Explorer by allowing you to perform simple tasks with even greater ease. Shell Tools offers a bundle of such shell utilities and extensions that would add to the functionality that is being offered by Windows. Although the additions are small, they are useful all the same. You can [...]
May 3, 2009
What would Firefox be without extensions? Basically just another browser (well, still better than Internet Explorer of course) because addons breathe life into the raw browser skeleton. Extensions are a key ingredient to a successful browser because they provide extra functionality and in most cases, they simply make life easier for the user. Here is [...]
May 2, 2009
Windows 7 has been out there in the wild for some time now. Its been there and its better than Vista. However the geeks that we are, we always want more and can’t just get enough of tweaking! Making tweaking Windows 7 easier is “XdN Tweaker”. XdN Tweaker has been around for some time and [...]
February 17, 2009
There are about a million ways to enhance the functionality of Windows and the beauty is that there are many cool tools out there making it possible. Here is a tool that enhances the right-click menu of title bars and taskbar icons. PowerMenu has been around for over a decade. It’s a very simple, yet [...]
