Many times computer is sitting idle because one had to attend some phone call or person at the door. This degrades and reduces the ideal working duration of the computer. Also, this results in wastage of power (electricity). You can optimize energy consumption of your computer by using a power management utility.

Another way to optimize and save power is to configure computer to turn OFF automatically. This is possible with the help of a small utility called ‘AMP WinOFF’. This utility is designed to shut down Windows computers automatically, based on number of different configurations.

You can set computer to turn OFF at certain time like 12:00 or make it go OFF after few minutes or hours. This utility works with Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP and has following features: (more…)

Are you a hardcore Flickr user who loves to upload more and more photos to your Flickr Account? If yes… have you ever thought of backing up all your Flickr Photos on your computer or burning them on a CD?

Yes or No, here is one easy way to backup Flickr photos with great ease. FlickrEdit is a free open source desktop application that can provide you better way to access Flickr Photos. It allows you to download or upload photos to and from Flickr. FlickrEdit is written in Java and it uses flickrj framework to access Flickr.

Launch the program after you download and install it. You will get a prompt to enter your Flickr account login details. After this you will (more…)

Everyone loves Wordpress and why not? It provides extensive flexibility and control over your blog. Besides you can add and remove any specific feature in your blog, With tons of Wordpress themes and plugins, Wordress work like charm.

Also with new age Magazine Style Wordpress themes, you can easily setup website that looks like a proper website and not a blog. But hey, there are many other blogging platforms worth a notice. Their use may not be extensive but they are playing hard catching up game. Here are 5 Blogging platforms worth a try.

1. Movable Type - Closet competitor to Wordpress is movable type. In an attempt to get most acceptable and usable Movable Type went Open source like Wordpress. Movable Type platform can be used to setup easy-to-maintain blog. It provides Enterprise and community solutions for your blogging endavours. (more…)

If you are heavy user of Twitter and want to get more Twitter juice then Tweet Scan is one handy free web service you need. It is a search service for Twitter Content. Enter the keyword or Twitter username to get some cool results from actual Twitter posts or content.

It automatically searches Twitter Content and email results to you. Interface is very simple with two text search fields for ‘Keyword’ and ‘Username’ respectively. Of course Search button is also present. Some key features of this Twitter Scan are:

• Get updates via email, rss, or use Click button.
• Use it to find lost or multi-user replies. (more…)
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If you love to scribble and draw some weird shapes in MS Paint, then you will love Offtype creator. It is a fast, fun, free and easy way to create your own images online.

It allows you to draw, sketch, create graffiti, pixel art, drawing,  paint ecard, handwrite message or note. Neat? Interface of this online tool is flash based. The final image is also saved in flash format for that neat look.

Resultant image is saved on offtype web server and you can use linking code to share your creations on any social networking website or your blog. Interface is very simple and easy to use. Just select the color and brush size to start drawing. It also has options to undo or redo (more…)

Online World got its biggest news of 2008 - that Microsoft is damn interested in acquiring Yahoo. Microsoft is in all out mood to tackle Google Gang which is getting stronger and stronger.

Some will say, Microsoft is just covering its butt from the fact “it is losing to Google in the online World”. Should this make Google worried? I am sure it won’t, Google has some sane brains taking some cool decision. Just check these stats.

• Microsoft started in 1975, while Google in 1998
• Microsoft Revenue $51.12 Billion, Google $16.6 Billion.

Now Google may be far behind in terms of revenue primarily due to Microsoft Windows operating system and Office software sales. But picture of online world is completely different. Just ask yourself….do you interface more with Google or Microsoft on the internet? (more…)