Category: Technology

Netcasts, or podcasts, as they are popularly known, are a popular way to keep up with the latest happenings in a niche. Podcasts are usually daily or weekly.Podcasts are more convenient in that you can listen to and stay updated with news without staying glued to your computer. You can listen to podcasts while jogging, […]

Reading is a hobby for many, while it is a passion for more. Unfortunately, with the advent of computers and busy lives, most people cannot read books. That is, until digital books (PDF), aka ebooks became popular. Today, there are hundreds of resources in the form of ebooks. However, finding good books is still a […]

Akismet has for long, been a worthy dominating force in the anti-spam section of WordPress plugins (and some other platforms like bbPress), but many bloggers have noticed that the accuracy of Akismet has dropped sharply in the last few days. Coded by Matt Mullenweg, also the co-founder of WordPress, Akismet was considered the gold standard […]

Process Hacker is a credible alternative to Windows built-in process manager. Process Hacker follows a different approach to presenting data related to processes, providing more details and some additional features. Process Hacker is free and open source process viewer and memory editor with features like Regex memory searcher and a “Run as” tool. It shows […]

Google Reader is probably the obvious choice when anyone thinks of feed readers. Bloglines, Netvibes etc. are also worthy alternatives. Being online applications, they can be accessed anywhere, and does not depend on the longetivity or proximity of your hard drive, ie. you do not have to worry about losing your feeds when you’re away […]

Monolingual is a free and open-source application to remove unnecessary language files from Mac OS X. Depending on the computer and options you choose, you can clear out files worth 100 MB to over one GB. Although hard drive sizes are increasing and it is not uncommon to find over a terabyte of storage on […]

Update: Chrome now supports Greasemonkey userscripts natively now. Just click the link for the userscript (downloaded from userscripts.org or any other site) and Chrome will load it and display it in your extensions window. One of the biggest complaints of Google Chrome users is that the amount of customization one can do is minimal. Hackers […]

All too often, I see workstations with default wallpapers (like those for Windows XP/Vista and Mac OS X), and wonder why no one ever takes the time to get a bunch of better wallpapers. But then, most people do not have the time or energy to waste for a task as trivial as changing wallpapers. […]

iPod and iPhone owners may have, at some point, wished that they could transfer music from iPod / iPhone to another computer. DRM and other factors regarding copyright means that Apple allows you to transfer music to your iPod, but not from an iPod to a computer. Pod to Mac is a small freeware application […]

Clicky Gone is a small Windows software to hide application windows with a single key (“Boss Key”) or with two clicks. Clicky Gone can hide windows on the desktop and remove tabs from the task bar. It will be very helpful for those with privacy concerns – at work and at home, against prying eyes. […]