How to dispose old mobile phone – Dump or recycle?

Mobile phones are everywhere, every other day a new mobile phone model is launched making many other models obsolete. With more people buying new mobile phones, what happens to old mobile phones? Should we throw them in dustbin and let them rest at a garbage dump near your place. NO -

Spilt / divide screen for best use of Widescreen LCD

Do you use high resolution widescreen monitor? And still working in Windows like those good old days of CRT / low resolution monitors? Well, see and do more work with great ease by splitting windows on your high resolution widescreen monitor for free. WinSplit Revolution is a free

Give Windows Media Player in Vista looks of Windows7

While upcoming Microsoft operating system Windows7 is still in beta stage adventure, utilities keep coming to get feel of Windows7 in Vista or XP. Here is another one, that allows you to change looks of Windows Media Player 11 in Vista to that of Windows Media Player 12 in

How to delete locked, in-use files & folders ?

"...cannot delete this file, access denied, the source or destination file may be in use, the file is in use by another program or user" and the classic one "...make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use". Are you tired of seeing such

Firefox as Kids safe browser with parental controls

Are you looking for a safe way for your child to access internet? Well, Firefox web browser can serve this purpose after installation of addon 'KidZui'. It converts Firfox into a kid-safe environment with over a million kid-friendly websites, games, pictures, and YouTube videos. There

How to delete hidden browsing internet history?

There are basic steps to delete internet and temporary files on the computer. We have also seen number of utilities (here and here) to clean up history mess. Even after so much effort, there could be still some files hidden safely shouting all about 'what you have been browsing?'. This

Problem with Vista? Check at Microsoft Vista Answers

Unlike other Window based operating systems, Windows Vista got its share of bigger problems. Be it Vista Speed Record of 131yrs to Copy 168MB Pics or Microsoft's efforts to provide support for installing Vista SP1. Here is another Microsoft's endeavour to help

Recover password of Outlook, Yahoo Messenger, Gtalk

There are times, we enter the password click on remember password button. While that application still remembers the password and allows you to login - we tend to forget it. Mail PassView is an excellent utility to recover passwords in such situation. This utility can extract username

Add or remove color in photos for a classic look

Playing with colors in photo isnt easy if working in 'Photoshop' is not your cup of tea. No worries, Tint Photo Editor is a small free software that allows you to play and manipulate colors in any photo in few simple mouse clicks. To get started, select any photo of your choice and

See IP address (LAN & WAN) anytime, anywhere

We have already seen web services to see IP address of connection at any given point of time. Incase you travel a lot and need to keep check on the current IP address, then ShowIP is a must have utility for you. It shows current IP and sits on the system tray. This free small utility

Find, open & upload Google Docs from the desktop

We have already seen cool way to access Gmail messages from the desktop via new Google Desktop gadget. Here comes another Google Desktop gadget for your Google Docs. It allows quick access to your Google Docs and help you search, open and upload them on the fly. While at work, you can

How to make Google friendly Websites? A Video Guide

A website or weblog well indexed by Google can enjoy loads of traffic. So, it is very important to make your website or weblog Google friendly by taking care of few important aspects. Google Webmaster Team has prepared a video presentation explaining basic aspects of making Google friendly