Yearly Archives: 2009

3 Useful Google Docs Desktop Tools

Google docs, the popular online office application by Google has some useful desktop utilities. You can manage Google documents using an Adobe Air app, access Google docs from Firefox sidebar or use a tiny desktop utility to upload documents.

3 Tools to Create Zip Files Online

Sometimes you may need to send some files to someone using email but the computer you are using may not have Winrar or Winzip installed. In the worst case, you may not have administrative privileges to download the archiving software and zip your files.

How to Keep your Google Documents Secure

Google docs is a popular web based office application that comes by default with a Google account. If you are a student, working professional or a web worker then chances are that you use Google docs for creating and sharing documents with your colleagues, friends or use it in your day to day tasks while [...]

GMDesk – A Cross-Platform App That Brings Google Services All In One Place

Google is all over us by now, with an array of free yet pro services like Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Maps, Picasa etc. But either you need browsers or dedicated tools to handle them,  thereby cluttering your workspace. GMDesk is a standalone Adobe AIR application designed to handle all those productive services [...]

Rotate desktop backgrounds automatically in XP using Microsoft’s own tool

On my previous article I’ve already explained how to rotate desktop backgrounds automatically in Windows 7. And I hope you also know that there are many 3rd party softwares that can perform this job for XP too. But did you know that Microsoft has their own tool to do this in XP and Vista?? Lets [...]

How to Install a Local WordPress Blog and Transfer it in Web Server

You can install a local WordPress blog in your computer for various testing purposes. Using the local blog you can create new themes, plugins and perform other experiments. Here is a detailed guide on how to transfer the local WordPress blog in your web server with the same preferences, posts, plugins and themes.

Check for New Emails of Multiple Gmail Accounts from Desktop

If you maintain multiple email accounts and want to quickly check for new mail without any logins, Gmailnotifier would be immensely useful. It can give sound and tray notifications at your desktop when you receive new emails at your Gmail or Google apps account.

How to Remember a Difficult Password by Remembering an Easy Name

You have a dozen of usernames and passwords to remember which becomes unmanageable with time. You have passwords for your emails accounts, social sites, blog accounts etc. The problem with secure passwords is that they are hard to remember. While you can use some tools to remember difficult passwords, here is a quick trick that [...]

How to Search any Website or Blog Without Opening it

There may be some situations when you would like to search a specific website without actually opening it. The site may be slow and you would want to skip loading the homepage, finding out the search box, entering your query and then read the much desired article.