Technotraits.com

Reduce Icon Clutter,Pin Programs to Taskbar With 7Stacks

rpsingh — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:27:20 +0000

7Stacks is a freeware tool that lets users have stacks of icons in their taskbar(Windows7) or Quick Launch bar(Vista & XP). In Windows7, you can only pin up programs to the Windows Explorer and that is quite annoying . 7stacks brings solution to this problem. You can browse folders within the 7stack folder with a single click .

It is a small program(about 800Kb) and after installing it you need to specify the folder which you want to use as a stack. Make sure that you have included all the favorite shortcuts & folders in that folder. You can even use any icon you want for this folder. After that, just make a desktop shortcut and drag this folder to the taskbar(Win7). Apart from the Stack view you can also display the contents as Grid view or Menu type view.

7Stacks can also be used to pin folders that you don’t want on your desktop and reduce the icon clutter on the desktop.

Overall, 7stacks is a productive and easy to use tool that gives you a quick access to your favorite folders and programs.

Download 7stacks here

Related posts:

Pidgin – A Chat Client For Multiple Networks

rpsingh — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:09:07 +0000

Pidgin is a freeware chat client that lets you login to multiple chat accounts at the same time. Pidgin is an open source program so you can modify it by making changes in the code.
Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux and Unix Operating Systems.But for Mac Os X you need to download the plug-in.

Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks : AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It can support many more with plugins.

Pidgin supports many features supported by the networks such as file transfer, buddy list, buddy icon, custom smilies, unread messages and custom notifications. More features can be added by installing the required plug-ins.

Pidgin can be translated into many languages, so you can chat with your friend in your native language. Pidgin is truly customisable. You can select the smiley themes, add new smiley themes, customise the sounds when you log in or log out etc. You can use proxy server if you want and also you can manually specify the range of ports to listen on.

So Pidgin is a user friendly IM that lets you connect to your friends in different networks in a very easy and simple way.

Download Pidgin here

Related posts:

Protect Internet Privacy, Access Blocked Sites With Ultrasurf

rpsingh — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:00:51 +0000

Ultrasurf is a small application which enables users within heavy censorship areas to access the Internet freely and securely. Users without censorship can also use this application to browse the Internet privately and securely.

Ultrasurf hides IP addresses, deletes cookies and cleans the browsing history after you exit the browser. Ultrasurf integrates itself with the Internet explorer by default but it can also be used with firefox and for that you need to download the firefox add-on for Ultrasurf . After you close the ultrasurf it will automatically close the browser after few seconds but you can change this behavior by altering the options.

Some antivirus and antispyware programs flag Ultrasurf as being infected/malware, although the application is perfectly safe and does not pose a threat to your system. You can use this application if your administrator is blocking you from accessing some websites that you love and also if you want to surf the web privately and anonymously.

Download Ultrasurf here

Related posts:

Is Gmail Account Worth Loading?

Satbir Singh — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:07:27 +0000

Imagine you are on a slow internet connection and Gmail is loading at snail’s speed and once it is loaded, you find that you have no unread message. All the time you spent loading Gmail account got wasted? But now with this new Gmail Labs feature Inbox Preview, you can view a preview of your Gmail Inbox to decide whether it is worth loading Gmail or not.

Once you enable Inbox Preview in Gmail’s Labs settings, you can know whether it is worth to load Gmail inbox while it is loading.

Related posts:

Gmail now Automatically Translates Messages to Your Language

Satbir Singh — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:31:12 +0000

Now language won’t become a barrier if your email buddy uses a different language or lives on the other end of the world. With new Gmail Labs feature, Automatic Message Translation, you can directly translate the message with a single click.

Once you enable this feature in Gmail Labs settings, you’ll find a link on top of every message asking you to Translate message.

So next time you receive a message in other language, you can directly translate the message within gmail. This feature uses Google translate, so all languages that are supported by Google Translate will work.

Related posts:

Google Auto Suggest Now Saves you Lot of Clicks

Satbir Singh — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:15:05 +0000

You might already be getting suggestions for keywords as you type into Google search box. And now, this feature of Google search has been updated and it has become more intelligent than before.

If you are searching for ‘”msn, yahoo mail, new york time”, Google classifies them as navigational queries as you intend to go to the target site. The updated intelligent auto suggest will now provide you with a direct link suggestion for navigational queries saving you lots of clicks.

Also, the Google Search and I’m Feeling Lucky buttons are now within suggestions box so that you don’t feel they are lost.

Another addition is that if you are logged in to your Google account with Web History enabled, the auto suggest will take hints from your past search history.

The auto suggest feature now extends to search result pages too.

This new feature of Google Search might not be available to your account yet, but you can use this hack as explained by Google Operating System blog.

1. Go to google.com

2. In address bar paste this JavaScript code and hit Enter

javascript:document.cookie= "PREF=ID=175eb54605c0202d:U=a14f58424228a2a5:LD=en:NR=10:CR=2:TM=1240146048:LM=1242596928:DV=AA:GM=1:IG=1:S=zW53HscJwnEL89bQ;path=/;domain=.google.com";void(0);

3. Reload the page and you’ll be able to use new features of auto suggest.

Related posts:

Quickly Edit Your Images With Pixer.Us

Satbir Singh — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:20:22 +0000

Pixer.Us is a nice online image editing tool that can be handy if you are away from your favorite desktop image editor. It offers a lot of features that you expect from a decent desktop based image editor.

Just upload the image and then you can crop, resize, rotate, flip your image easily and quickly.

It also lets you adjust saturation, brightness contrast and you can make images more sharp or blur easily as it shows you the preview while you adjust these values.

The SpecialFx section includes some nice one click effects that let you convert your image into an oil painting or make your photograph look like as it was taken in 1850s.

And if you applied something by mistake or just want to revert changes, there’s an Undo option to undo any changes you made to your image. Once you’re done, hit save and choose output format and save your image.

Though no online photo editor can match the powerful desktop photo editors like Adobe Photoshop, but this is a great tool if you are away from your computer and quickly need to edit an image.

Related posts:

Simultaneously Search Twitter and Google

Satbir Singh — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:11:17 +0000

While Google can help you find out exact answers to your queries, Twitter can be a great resource to learn about what people are talking related to your search query. For example, while buying a product, you can use Google to get reviews for a product and use Twitter search to find out what people say about that product in real time.

Twoogle is web based tool that lets you search Twitter and Google simultaneously. Type in your query and hit Enter and Twoogle will bring you results from twitter and google and show them in two panes within same window.

You can toggle the display of Twitter or Google panes using the buttons next to Twoogle search box. Also, you can tweet the search results on twitter to let others know of what you are searching. [via]

Related posts:

Windows 7 To Be Out This holiday Season

Satbir Singh — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:59:31 +0000

Few days ago, rumors spread out that Windows 7 will be released on October 23 as confirmed by two Acer executives. While Microsoft has always maintained that Windows 7 will be released in 2010, but this time Microsoft executives at Tech Ed North America 2009 announced that Windows 7 will be available from this year’s holiday season.

Bill Veghte, senior vice president of the Windows Business Unit at Microsoft said that due to early RC testing and huge amount of feedback from partners, Windows 7 will be ready for release by this holiday season.

The release of Windows 7 in holiday season might become a good reason to buy a new PC for many people.[source]

Related posts:

Register For Microsoft Office 2010 Preview

Satbir Singh — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:41:59 +0000

If you are looking to get your hands on Microsoft’s upcoming Office 2010 suite, then here’s a chance to try out the technical preview of MS Office 2010, which is set to be released to testers and developers in July.

Unlike Windows 7, this preview will not be available to everyone but only to those who get special invitation from Microsoft.

And to send the invitations, Microsoft is accepting registrations which though do not guarantee an invitation but you might be one of the lucky few to get an invitation to try out MS Office 2010 technical preview.

You can sign up for an invitation here.

If you would like to view a trailer of Microsoft Office 2010, check out this video trailer from Microsoft.

Related posts: