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Local City Information on Gtalk & Yahoo IM [India]

We have seen number of useful IM bots to get instant access to information on instant messenger application. India specific startup AskLaila has launched Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger bots to access their directory information through instant messenger applications. AskLaila is a

Latest Tennis, Cricket, Formula1 Results on Google

Google can be used for lot many things besides good old web search. You can use it to stay updated with latest results from sport you follow. Just type tennis or roland garros and hit the search button to see latest results from Roland Garros. Similarly, you can see latest cricket scores

Change MAC address of any Network adpater

MAC address represents unique identity of your network adapter over a network. There are times we need to change the MAC address of specific networking adapter on the computer. AnalogX application comes handy in changing MAC address in few clicks using simple interface. Related - See

Melt, blow, fire, dissolve Desktop Screen [fun app]

How about having little fun with the desktop screen? Desktop Monet is small application that allows to you make you desktop screen go crazy like hell. You can add different effect to the desktop screen with a click of a button. Blow it, dust it, dissolve it, set it on fire and lot

Rearrange & sort buttons on Windows taskbar

Most of us are in habit of opening favorite website and application windows in specific order. Sometimes we close a window and re-opening show its button in different position / location on the taskbar. From here on, either we have to work with new position of buttons or close all windows

Disable Google redirect to local country Google domain

Google.com redirects to local Google country specific domain, depending on the country you are located. For example in India Google.com redirects to Google.co.in - in China Google.con redirects to Google.cn - similarly it redirects in other countries. Do you want to disable this

Subscribe to latest Youtube videos in RSS reader

Ideally, one would favorite different Youtube users in their respective Youtube account and follow latest video update. There is another option to check Youtube homepage or use search bar at Youtube. Here is most simple and quick way to keep track of latest Youtube videos from any user -

Disable close of app window & pin to system tray

Do you have any application window that should not be closed? Also, you do not want it to be minimized on task bar to prevent viewing or closure of that application window by other users. TrayTask is a simple utility that cleans up your taskbar and pins any app window from taskbar to

Check fonts, printer, keyboard for Euro symbol support

Do you want to check if Euro symbol is supported by fonts installed on the computer? EuroCheck is small utility that does this quick check in few simple clicks. It also check printer, keyboard and operating system on the computer for the Euro symbol support. It is a standalone

Remove Runonce start page in IE7 (Internet Explorer)

Are you tired of seeing Runonce startup page in IE7 after the IE upgrade or fresh IE7 install? IE7 is notorious to open runonce webpage instead of homepage URL specificed by you. There few easy ways to remove Runonce startup page and work with IE7 like charm. First method - Open IE7

How to use OpenDNS for faster internet browsing?

For starters, let us understand the concept of DNS. Say you type www.tothepc.com in your web browser, this URL will be first converted into associated IP address and then website will finally open. This conversion from URL to IP address to open website is done by DNS server. By default

Email & IM desktop notification with Meebo Notifier

Meebo is leading web based multi messenger service. It now has notifier application that can installed on Windows based computer for instant desktop notification. You can login into your IM account at any service like: AIM, Yahoo, Google Talk etc and receive notification pop up for any