Is it going to rain today?
goingtorain is a cool website that gives you Yes or No to this question. Just visit this URL, it will detect your IP location and gives you the result along with the local temperature.
You can also edit the location to see the whether. Pretty nice website without any bright flashing ads.
Link : goingtorain.com
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Snagit is a cool tool that captures anything you see on the screen. It is a versatile tool that comes with lot more features to capture the screens.
This is a 30 days trial software after which you will have to purchase a licence to use.
Techsmith now giving free license for Snagit 7.2.5 for a limited period. This offer ends at 5 pm EST 05 June 2009.
Note : This version is not compatible with Windows Vista.
Hurry up and get your free licence before the offer ends.
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Windows 7
Windows 7 (Release Candidate) is out and already started making waves in the industry. Lots of tips and tricks are being shared over the blogosphere.
Microsoft recently released ebooks that have some good Tips and Tricks for Windows 7 users.
You can download the ebooks here – Windows 7 Tips and Tricks
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Check unclaimed usernames
KnowEm is yet another website that checks for unclaimed usernames in popular social sites. You can check more than 100 websites for open usernames.
Recently we have reviewed Usernamez, Checkusernames, Namechk.
KnowEm is one more website in the row that would help you to keep your online brand over various social sites.
Website Link : EnowEm.com
]]>After the birth of computer keyboards, the following typewriting rules have been drastically reduced and people manged to input the text in their own way. Some of my friends don’t know the typewriting and they don’t follow the procedure and yet they can type faster.
The below picture is the typing guide that depicts the finger-key mapping for common keyboards(English-US).
A guide to Finger-Key mapping
If you are wiling to improve your typing skills, then you can visit the websites given below.
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cnet Webware awards have been announced for the year 2009.
There were 300 websites selected for the final round under 10 different categories and published for public vote.
- Audio and music
- Browsing
- Commerce
- Communications
- Infrastructure and storage
- Location-based services
- Photo and video
- Productivity
- Search and reference
- Social and publishing
There is also an 11th category introduced called Editor’s awards. This is not released to public to vote; but only the cnet Editors were allowed to vote.
Google bagged 11 awards out of 100 winners.
Visit cnet Webware 100 to view the final winners of cnet Webware 100.
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Passwords are the keys to access your personal information, online banking accounts. Everyone in the online world likes to secure their passwords from hackers by creating a tough to guess passwords.
Having a strong password is always safer to protect your online accounts.
Microsoft provides you an easy way to check the strength of your passwords.
Visit Microsoft Password Checker and type your password to check its strength. It is one of the easy and secure way to check your passwords online.
Here is a note from Microsoft Password Checker page.
The security of the passwords entered into Password Checker is similar to the security of the password you enter when you log into Windows. The password is checked and validated on your computer, but is not sent over the Internet.
Link : Microsoft Password Checker
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| Command | Shorcut |
| Check Mail | m |
| New Mail | n |
| Reply | r |
| Reply All | a |
| Forward Message | f |
| Mark as Read | K |
| Mark as Unread | Shift+k |
| Next Message | Ctrl+. (Control key + Period) |
| Previous Message | Ctrl+, (Control Key + comma) |
| Close Message | Ctrl+\ or Ctrl+w |
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