Archives for December 2008

Gmail Stickers, splash & stick Gmail everywhere !

Gmail recently got all new look, color and jazz with Gmail themes. While that was online, here is offline Gmail activity you can indulge in - splash and stick Gmail stickers anywhere (or everywhere). Gmail is sending out free pack of stickers for any

CombiMovie combines two or more mpg/mpeg files

Looking for an easy and super quick alternative to combine multiple mpg/mpeg files? CombiMovie should fit the bill - it is small, quick and free for use. Ideal to combine those webcam and digital camera video files. To get started just select movie files that should be combined. This

Watch related videos to ‘now playing’ song in Winamp

Winamp music player users will love this feature - how about playing video related to 'now playing mp3 songs in your Winamp player? MiniTube is a Winamp plugin that brings best of Videos while you listen to favorite songs. This plugins makes winamp a multimedia power house and makes

Windows7 like Wordpad with Ribbon UI for XP & Vista

There is still time for Windows7 stable and official launch but curiosity is dishing out applications to relish probable Windows7 features in Windows XP and Vista. We have already seen cool 'Aero shake' feature of Windows7, which can be easily added to your Windows XP and Vista

Google Friend Connect to get social, the easy way

Google Friend Connect is now available to all webmaster wanting to add dash of social to their blogs and website. For starters, this allows you to be member of any website community using Google friend connect using exiting accounts at Google, Yahoo, AOL, OpenID. For webmasters and

Keep Picasa Web Albums private & personal

Picasa Web Albums has now become private in 'real' sense. Previously, you could either set album public for everyone to view or mark them unlisted. When marked 'unlisted' album can be still accessed if direct access URL is known to any person. Now there is new (3rd) option 'Require

How to open DocX files in Firefox web browser?

We have already seen number of ways to open docx files created in Office 2007. We can open them using Gmail and lots of other methods discussed here and here. There is a new Firefox plugin that allows you to open any docx file without any other software like Office 2007. Using this

Google Reader get fresh look with less color & curves

Google Reader just lost its curves and color for new crispy fresh look. Today, when Google Reader window came up - it loaded very quickly with lot of white instead of blue. First thought, my internet connection is buggy and didn't allow style images to load. Well, there was a message at

How to embed Youtube Videos in Widescreen format ?

Youtube Videos have gone widescreen and Stereo HQ. If you use the usual embed code, a widescreen video will appear in default size and not widescreen. However, now Youtube offer lot of customization options 'size-wise' to embed Youtube videos. To get started look for a small wheel icon

How to lock CD / DVD drive & prevent drive eject?

CD / DVD drive is used for more things that just playing and burning CDs /DVDs. Did we forget the play element involved? Like ejecting the drive tray and placing coffee mug and use it as coffee cup holder. Well, such things can be avoided if its only mature people playing around. Kids

AIM Blast, IM multiple buddies without the chatroom

Ideally, one would head over to a chatroom to chit-chat with multiple buddies. AIM Blast is all set to change that, with this you can IM multiple buddies without opening a chatroom. To get started, make a blast group with selected IM buddies. There after, the blast group will appear in

Basic Vista Commands a click away from Vista sidebar

Vista Commands is a Windows Vista sidebar gadget that allows quick access to basic commands and functions. For example, you can access 'msconfig' in single click from Vista sidebar using this Vista sidebar gadget 'Vista Commands'. It supports number of commands including: msconfig, Snap