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Pushing Open Windows left or right : Windows 7

Ashish Mohta — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:59:31 +0000

Just tumbled upon a windows short cut key and wanted to share with you. In case you want to push any of the open active window to left or right us this combination : Win Key + Left / Right . Useful when you want to see something which is right behind it.

To bring back to center, just use the opposite combination. Simple.

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Quick Search with Google in BlackBerry

Ashish Mohta — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:55:06 +0000

My today’s found on BlackBerry App world was Quick Search with Google from RIM. This is nothing more than just a shortcut which opens the result page of whatever you type in your query for google but very handy. I need not to open my Hotspot browser, type in google.com and make a search. It does it all.

If you use the complete BIS plan and searching is your beat, pull in the shortcut from download and put it on your quick access on the screen display. Download it from here

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Track unused tabs by colours : Aging tabs

Ashish Mohta — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:01:25 +0000

We all use tabs when it comes to browsers but have you ever imagined how many tabs you have which is open for a long time and you had forgotten about it ? Reasons could be many, I might like to refer it sometimes later, I keep it open all the time etc.

However if you feel like you do forget open tabs a lot, Aging Tabs is a good solution to track it. This Firefox extension lets you change colour of the tab depending on any of the factors :

When you switch tabs too often.
When a URL of the tab changes.
or Just plan age it with time every few second. ( This is most useful ).

Like you see in the image I am tracking according to how long it is open ( the last option ) and I get to know how many unused tabs are open and I can go close the one which I dont need it or simply bookmark it. Whats the advantage ? Reduce the clutter, having sometime doesnt mean its good. Too many tabs can make you less productive for sure.

Here the options for Aging tabs :

It also highlights the selected tab which makes sure you dont get confused with other tabs and you can select colours including the amount of colour to be added per step. Once you select the tab again, the age is reset to zero changing the colour to default one. Install Aging Tabs from here

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Track unused tabs by colours : Aging tabs by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on November 16, 2009, 3:31 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

What Blocked : Find which popular sites are blocked in China

Ashish Mohta — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:22:53 +0000

What Blocked is on online site which monitors which of popular English sites are blocked in China. It categorises sites according to :

News & Information.
Social and Communication.
Photos and Videos.
Tools and Sharing.

According to the site this is A dashboard which monitors popular English sites which are blocked in China by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Also you can follow @whatblocked on twitter for latest updates.

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Be A Technospot Network Fan On Facebook

Ashish Mohta — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:14:33 +0000

At Technospot Network we do our best to interact more with out readers for a long-term relationship and benefit them in one way or the other. So if you read us and and happen to be on Facebook, We would love to connect with you as quickly as possible.

This page will help you to check what we are doing. We put up pictures of the events, new articles, videos and much more. We are planning to do more here so dont forget to follow us Facebook. Here is our profile.

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Be A Technospot Network Fan On Facebook by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on November 15, 2009, 7:44 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Panopreter: Text to Speech app, also generates audio files

Manav Mishra — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:13:25 +0000

Panopreter is an awesome app, which can read and speak text for you and if required it can also create audio files of the same text.

In order to install it on your system you will have to download the setup file which is smaller than 4MBs in size, once launched you come across a window as shown below.

The interface is pretty simple to use, you can choose either to paste the text in instant speech section or feed the files in order to read it.

Speak, pause, stop, and volume and speech speed can be controlled, using the respective buttons as shown in the snapshot above.

When clicked on the ‘Save to Audio’ button, it saves the WAV and MP3 file for the given text in the same folder by default, which can be changed using the ‘Options’ under the Tools tab.

Panopreter works fine and definitely is an awesome piece of software; it can help you create podcasts of any text, so that instead of reading you can listen.

It supports multiple languages as well, provided the text to speech engine for particular language is installed on your computer.

There are several online tools which can do the text to speech conversions, some of them also allow you to download the MP3 files as well, but I have never seen any application doing these things offline.

So, go ahead and give it a try, do share with us if you too like this software.

Download Panopreter

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Simply select the text to copy it on clipboard: AutoCopy

Manav Mishra — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:29:26 +0000

Copying text from a webpage is often required, and no doubt this task is pretty simple. You need to select the text and copy it either by right click menu or simply by ‘Ctrl+c’.

Here is another simpler way to do this task; AutoCopy is a FF add-on which automatically places the text on clipboard ready to paste it anywhere.

Install it just like any other FF add-on, and later whenever you want to copy some text from a webpage, select the text and it is ready for you to paste it anywhere.

Have a look at this animation –

AutoCopy is definitely one of the finest add-on I have ever seen. If you require copying several text pieces while you’re working, this definitely is a great choice.

Install AutoCopy

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Win a HP Photo Smart / Touch Smart Printer Giveaway @ Technospot

Ashish Mohta — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:30:11 +0000

We talked about full details of HP Photo Smart / Touch Smart Printer and as promised the competition goes live today with this post.

Here the rules which you need to follow :

Tell us how we can improve Technospot.Net by filling up a simple form here. ( Update: I have added the form at the end of the post. Feel free to fill in right here )
In the same form You will also need to tell us Why do you love the new HP PhotoSmart Premium 309G?
Follow HP IPG either on Twitter@ http://twitter.com/HPPrint4Life or Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/HPTouchPrintGo
Best Improvement tip wins. You can give tips more than once but only the latest entry will be considered for the give away.
The competition ends on 19th November 2009 4 PM IST.
This competition is only open to Indian Residents.
If you have any queries about the competition feel free to ask in our forums
If you would like to stay in touch with us, you can also follow us on Twitter and on Facebook

Resources :

Get an in depth detail of this printer in our exclusive post : HP Photo Smart / Touch Smart Printer – Whats Inside ?
Check out Handson Snapshots of HP Photosmart premium 309G Printer here

At the end dont forget to share it with your friends, family and as many people as you can. You can also tweet about it, share it on facebook , orkut any where you want. Just tell everybody to fill in this simple form here. Good Luck.

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Track & Block Unwanted Internet connection using PeerBlock

Ashish Mohta — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:23:52 +0000

Many of us user Firewall, Internet security etc to safeguard our computer from external threat. PeerBlock is a similar application to safeguard unwanted internet connection specially P2P connections which many a times results in computer hacking when a security hole is left.

It gives you power to block governments, corporations, machines flagged for anti-p2p activities, even entire countries. Like I said about p2p it even blocks bad guys by checking the Bad IP by using lists provided by iblocklist.com

You can download PeerBlock from here and read more about it on their FAQ

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Track & Block Unwanted Internet connection using PeerBlock by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on November 13, 2009, 3:53 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Xenozu :Watch YouTube videos on your BlackBerry

Ashish Mohta — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:57:26 +0000

Watching a video online was the first of the few things which I tried after connecting it to my WiFi router but unlucky to find BlackBerry Media player fails to play online videos like YouTube. May be because of the flash support issues which they are working on.

However you aren’t left without a solution, Xenozu is a BlackBerry application which is dedicated to YouTube videos lets you :

Watch YouTube videos.
Search, Bookmark and subscribe to any the channels you like.
Works with WIFI Connection.
Full Screen Mode.
Quick access to Top Rated, Most viewed etc.
View Small previews of the video in thumbnail format.

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