I’ve written about tricking Windows into allowing you to access Picasa databases on other locations, but I recently found an easy to use application the allows you to not only use databases stored in other locations, but also the ability to use multiple databases for different sets of pictures. The guide below will show you…Continue Reading
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to insert phrases, signatures, and other snippets of text using a keyboard combination? With MemoKeys you can. MemoKeys allows you to assign a snippet of text to a set of key combinations on your keyboard. For example, you can assign a signature “Regards, Bill Buchanan†to the following…Continue Reading
Isn’t it frustrating when someone sends you a PDF file that contains information you would like to edit in word, but you don’t know how? If you have a full version of Acrobat you could do this, but who wants to spend $300 to modify the contents of a PDF file? Fortunately there are a…Continue Reading
Are you looking to get a better picture of your systems memory allocation? Do you want to know exactly how much memory an application is consuming? Using Systernals RAMMap application from Microsoft, you can find out just about anything regarding memory allocation and usage on a computer. RAMMap can be downloaded for free from the…Continue Reading
Did you know that Microsoft offers free SEO advice for websites? Well it’s not direct from Microsoft, but indirectly through a free SEO Toolkit you can download right now. The IIS Search Engine Optimization Toolkit from Microsoft offers webmasters a set of tools to help analyze how optimized a website is for search engines. If…Continue Reading
If you are one of the millions of soccer fans worldwide, then you know that this year is going to be like no other. Information, videos, and news will be all over the social networks, the internet, and on mobile devices. This handy guide will list the top 25 resources that you can use to…Continue Reading
You might be thinking to yourself, “Impossible!” I am here to prove you wrong…about 6 of the 10 minutes will be spent restarting your computer…don’t believe me? Please read…Soluto is a free Windows application that, “…allows you to understand your boot, discover which applications are slowing it down […] and allows you to significantly improve…Continue Reading
Looking for a way to quickly download your favorite videos from YouTube? DamnVid will allow you to do just that. Once you download and install DamnVid (Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows supported) launch the application and follow the instructions below. DamnVid will encode the movies you wish to save to your computer as they…Continue Reading
How many times have you gone fishing for your computer’s IP address, MAC address, or even Service Pack version? If you dislike the extra step of opening Network Properties or System Information to locate these items then BGInfo might be the solution for you. BGInfo is a Systernals application available from Microsoft that will overlay…Continue Reading
Are you looking a for a simple way to upload files to your server with your Mac? With OneWay you will be able to upload files to your server by simply right-clicking on the file you wish to upload and then clicking on the destination server. You have the option to bookmark frequently used servers…Continue Reading
Do you share files between your laptop, desktop at work, and your mobile device? Wouldn’t it be nice if all of the files shared between these devices were always synchronized? Luckily the file syncing and storage space is becoming very crowded and extremely competitive. There are products for every type user at a every price…Continue Reading
Are you looking to get the Classic windows look and feel back in Windows 7? If you’re not a fan or don’t want to get accustomed to the new Windows 7 Start Menu you have the option of installing a third-party application that will allow you to change the Windows 7 Start Menu to look…Continue Reading
If you’re tired of not being able to automatically include images, links, and other items in your web mail signatures, fear not WiseStamp is here. WiseStamp is an extension for Firefox, Chrome, Thunderbird and Flock that allows you to automatically insert signatures with all of the bells and whistles when you compose an email message….Continue Reading
If you’re building up an extensive collection of movies in the new Blu-ray format, chances are that you’ve spent a couple of bucks putting it together. To help protect that small fortune that you call a movie collection, there are a couple of apps out there that will help you backup these discs so that…Continue Reading
If you are looking for a quick, easy and FREE method to convert your favorite movies and TV shows to a format you can take with you anywhere, you need to check out BDlot Video Converter. BDlot Video Converter is part of a greater suite of applications that allows you to convert videos to any…Continue Reading
With the imminent launch of iOS 5 for the iPhone and the iPad, Apple is moving forward with its new music offering for iTunes, Match. iTunes Match stores your entire music library in iCloud (another new service from Apple debuting this fall). When you store your music in iCloud you can access it from anywhere…Continue Reading
One of the settings I always enjoyed in Outlook is the ability to customize work hours so that my available time (work time) would appear on the calendar as a reminder not to schedule anything past a certain time. Google has taken this concept event further and now allows users to hide those morning and…Continue Reading
Just the other day I needed to print a monthly calendar in Mac OS X and realized that I had never done it before. When I opened the print dialog box I was amazed at the number of options available to print a calendar in iCal. So I decided to write this guide to help…Continue Reading
Have you ever found yourself looking for a particular set of files that are either named similarly or are of the same file type? Rather than perform a search in Mac OS to locate these files each time you want to access them, you have the option of creating a Smart Folder to simplify this…Continue Reading
