How to use youtu.be to shorten Youtube Video links

After Facebook and Google launching respective URL shortnening services, Youtube has also jumped for the same. youtu.be is the URL slug to be used for shortened Youtube video URLs. Just like Google's URL shortener goo.gl is specially for Google services, Youtube's URL youtu.be is specially for

How to enable Admin account on Windows 7

Just like Windows Vista, the admin (administrator) account is not active by default. You need to manually enable the default admin account. This may be required to make settings change or perform troubleshooting steps requiring admin rights and privileges. You can enable or disable admin account

Detect direct torrent download links in Chrome

We have seen number of Chrome extensions to customize and extend Chrome browser functionality. Generally, torrent download webpages are littered with tons of advertisements. This makes finding torrent download link little difficult and time consuming process. "Torrent Detector" Chrome extension

Search & delete duplicate images on desktop

Majority of computer users download and share lot of images on daily basis. Now more people click digital images and share via their computers and laptops. With more images, problem of duplicate photos always exists. Portable tool "Image Duplicates Search" can easily help you find and delete

Hide taskbar with keyboard shortcut hotkey

Do you want to hide taskbar on Windows computer with quick hotkey? "Taskbar Hider" is a free portable utility to get this feature on Windows. Using this utility you can hide taskbar and make it re-appear using keyboard shortcut hotkey anytime while working on the computer. Hide, UnHide Taskbar on

Add Frame to photos online: Framer

Do you want to add cool looking frames to your digital photos online without having to download or install any software? Online tool "Framer" at 'clipyourphotos' makes this all easy routine involving few simple clicks. You can add frame from variety of frame styles to any uploaded photo and then

Customize USB drive icon & background image

USB pen drive are very common and easy way to transfer data. USB Personalizer is a free portable tool to customize looks of USB pen drive. You can add new icon to USB drive and change background image of folders. It has easy to use interface to select any icon or background image for customization

Backup DNS settings & switch to Google DNS automatically

By default we use ISP (Internet Service Provider) DNS for surfing websites on the internet. Now you can alternatively switch to Google DNS service for faster and more secure internet surfing. You can manually setup Google DNS on your Windows computer and use Google DNS server instead of ISP's

5 ways to Send EXE file through Gmail, Yahoo Mail

EXE executable files run and execute embedded contents on single click. This pose serious security risk and majority of top web based email service like Gmail, Yahoo Mail does not allow attaching / sending of EXE files via email. However, there are number of workarounds to send EXE files via email

Start Firefox in Safe Mode without themes, settings, plugins

Has your Firefox browser become heavy and loaded due lot of customization? You can start and launch Firefox in safe mode without any themes, plugins and settings. Safe mode of Firefox can be used to troubleshoot and identify issue with Firefox browser. You can selectively load themes, settings,

How to create RAR files on Windows, Mac

Just like ZIP compression format, RAR is another similar archive compression format. RAR is an acronym for Roshal Archive, inspired by the name of its developer: Eugene Roshal. Created RAR archive files have .RAR file extension. WinRAR is best software application to create and open RAR files on

Use Google URL shortener goo.gl in Chrome browser

Recently, Google launched a URL shortening service (goo.gl). Unlike other URL shortening service, goo.gl is exclusively for use with Google products and services. We have already seen its application in Feedburner for sending out automatic RSS feed tweets with goo.gl shortened URLs. Now you can