Google Maps is an interesting way to explore geography and terrain of different countries, cities and places around the world. We have already seen Google Map Buddy that allows you to join and save Google Maps. Google Map Saver is more easy and portable tool to grab screenshot of Google
Check JPEG image Quality setting of photos
JPEG Image format is highly flexible and its can be compressed to great levels. More compression result in less JPEG image size (with less visual quality of the image). Photo manipulation software like Photoshop has settings that allows you to configure exact JPEG image quality output in
Convert photos to painting, drawing & sketch
There are number of ways to manipulate and spice up photos. We have already seen how to convert photos to cartoon images quickly. FotoSketcher tool allows you to convert photos into piece of art by adding painting, drawing and sketch effect to images. It is an easy to use free software for
Edit EXIF, IPTC meta data of image files
Meta data of an image file provide basic information of photo like resolution, camera, image editing software used, orientation, file date time and much more. We have already seen tool to view EXIF information and tool to strip / remove EXIF image data. PhotoME is another useful tool for
Swap Left & Right mouse buttons in single click
Ideally we can switch & swap left, right mouse buttons from "Mouse" settings icon in the Control Panel. This procedure is long (boring) and involve couple of clicks for the final swap of mouse buttons. Dmouse is cool utility that allows you to swap left and right mouse buttons in a
How to Convert Photos into digital format
For starters: photo / image stored on digital media like CD, DVD, USB pen drive is considered to be in digital format. In more simpler terms, photos seen online on websites or stored/viewed on computer are digital images. You can easily convert normal (hard copy, printed) photos into
Fix & recover damaged, corrupt ZIP files
Zip is most common archive file format. At times, zip file could be damaged or corrupt and as a result may not open. "DiskInternals ZIP Repair" utility allows you to recover and extract contents of damaged Zip files. It is a free and easy to use utility to fix and recover contents of
Measure Hard disk temperature with command line utility
Are you interesting in knowning temperature condition of hard drive(s) on the computer? DiskTemp is free command line utility to see Hard drive temperature (in degree celcius). This small program accesses the SMART data provided by some hard disks and the BIOS for the final temperature of
See Network Adapters & their type, Mac address
Do you want to see detailed information of Network adapters on the computer? Ideally, couple of steps and commands are required to see Network adapter details. "Network Info" free utility makes this all easy to view Network adapters details like type, Mac address and much more. Network
Free Facebook desktop Notifier application
An active Facebook user has lot of things to manage and stay updated on. We have already seen basic FBquick Facebook Notification tool, here is apjunktion notifications tool with extended functionality. After the install, it sits on system tray and shows information about latest status of
Add Open With IE, Chrome, Safari, Opera buttons in Firefox
Many user have multiple web browsers installed on the computer. There are times, we need to test specific webpage / website in specific web browser like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and so on. "Open With" Firefox plugin adds Open With Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, Opera buttons in