Schedule shutdown, standby, hibernation of Windows PC

Ideally, we goto start and then click to shutdown (or logoff, standby, hibernate) Windows computer. Do you want to schedule and automatically turn off computer without having to click any button on Windows? There are number of utilities that allow scheduling of automatic shutdown, standby and

Capture images from video online & make PDF file

Do you want to take screenshot from a video? And then customize images extracted from the video with custom title and description. Also, make a printable file or generate PDF file containing those customized screenshots. Ideally, you will need heavy loaded software for such image capture and editing

Google Reader Play bookmarklet & Chrome plugin

Google introduced Google Reader Play feature for visual browsing of RSS feed content. It allows you to view RSS content in the form of big headlines along with image thumbnails of post images. We have already seen procedure to start Google Reader Play from Google Reader window. Here are two more

Share photos, files on Orkut & iGoogle chat

Do you want to send any file to Orkut friend or Google contact on iGoogle? Now you can easily do this using floating chat window on Orkut or iGoogle. Ideally, we can chat on Orkut and iGoogle using in-built chat box. Now you can also share photos, documents and other files using same chat box

Google Chrome task manager: memory & process details

Google chrome is a fast web browser as compared to other browsers. Google chrome has many new features that other browser do not have. Just like Window's system task manager, it has own in-built Task Manger feature. You can view basic and detailed information about all processes along with

Save power on Windows 7 with power saver plan

"Go Green" is a big wave all over the world. You can go green and save power while using computer. There are number of ways like installing software to help fight global warming or doing basics correctly of using optimum power plan for your Windows 7 computer. You can enable power saver plan option

Hotmail email notifications in Firefox

Do you want to stay updated with new emails from Hotmail account while browsing web in Firefox browser? You can easily do this by using Hotmail Watcher Firefox plugin. You can configure it to auto-check for new messages in your Hotmail account from Firefox status bar.  It can send sounds, display or

Facebook chat on desktop: Chit Chat for Facebook

Since its launch in the summer of 2008, Facebook Chat has been growing steadily in popularity, quickly taking on the likes of AIM, Yahoo and Windows Live Messenger. Everything about Facebook has been built around transparency, and their instant messenger network is no different. Ditching the usual

Customize keyboard shorcuts in VLC player

Can we change the keyboard shortcuts in VLC player? Many users love to use keyboard shortcut to ease out there work. You can easily change the keyboard shortcuts in VLC player as per requirement and comfort. For example the volume controls in VLC player are ctrl + Up arrow (Down arow) you can change

Auto complete text macros in Google Chrome

Do you type lot of text content on computer? If yes, then you must be repeating lot of words and one liners during typing routine. You can make things quicker by using customized auto complete macros within Google Chrome browser. This is possible using PopChrom extension wich allows you to create

Remove Libraries from Windows 7 navigation panel

One of the new thing that Microsoft has added to Windows 7 operating system is the concept of Libraries. Libraries is essentially a virtual folders that aggregates content from various physical folder and directory locations to present in a unified view in Windows Explorer. Incase you do not want

Make PDF file from RSS feed or website content

RSS feed concept is an easy way to share information. Majority of blogs and websites have dedicated RSS feed for users to able to track and view latest updates. Ever wanted to generate and save RSS feed content in PDF file format? You can easily extract contents from RSS feed or webpage and save