Posted by TufT on August 31st, 2010
If you find your Gmail inbox cluttered up with loads of mail everyday,
here’s a solution for you. Google added a new experimental feature in Gmail today, called as Priority inbox and being an experimental feature its still in beta. This feature will let you focus on important mails without the need of sitting and setting up a whole new filter. It automatically classifies your unread mails as Important and unread, Starred and Everything else group, which you can mark as important when you find time.
More information and a video here at Gmailblog Read more »
Posted by TufT on August 30th, 2010
Recently Google introduced this new feature which lets you call phones directly from your Gmail. For now the new service lets you call anywhere in and from United states and Canada for absolutely free and very low rates for other countries. It requires the installation of a small plugin which can be found here. The plugin lets you install Google Video chat too.
Gmail Voice Screenshot
Posted by TufT on August 30th, 2010
GPU refers to a Graphical Processing Unit like a graphics card. Using GPU acceleration in applications reduces the load on the CPU of a system.
Microsoft has been talking about GPU acceleration in their upcoming Internet Explorer 9 but now according to Softpedia, Google’s Chrome browser would be available with this feature before IE9. And most interestingly, even the 2D content will benefited from this feature.
Posted by on April 10th, 2010
Many a times a Windows user is in a dilemma ,whether svchost.exe is a virus or a system process.
For the people who don’t know about svchost.exe.
Open your task manager, go to the process tab. You can see multiple instances of a process named svchost.exe running.
What is svchost.exe?
According to Microsoft: “svchost.exe is a generic host process name for services that run from dynamic-link libraries”.
It means svchost.exe is a system program which hosts other services required by windows to run. i.e. services such as Automatic Updates, Windows Firewall, Plug and Play, and others can’t run without svchost.exe.
At start up, svchost.exe checks the services portion of the registry and constructs a list of services that it needs to load.
Why there are multiple instances of the same process?
svchost.exe process hosts services specific to a group. A single svchost.exe instance is created for each group. For example, one svchost.exe instance runs services related to the firewall. Other svchost.exe instance might run services related to the user interface. Grouping services into a group saves computer resources.
What if an instance of svchost.exe fails , then the complete windows will have to crash.
So to avoid windows from crshing with only one instance, there are multiple instances of svchost.exe created. Plus this helps in better debugging.
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Posted by TufT on August 27th, 2010
Mozilla releases 4th beta candidate of its award winning Firefox browser, Firefox 4.0 Beta 4. This Beta release comes with a new feature named Panorama, previously an add-on known as Tab Candy, which had to be installed separately. It helps you organize your tabs and handle them easily if you do a lot of tabbed browsing. Also you can synchronize your passwords, bookmarks, history,open tabs and settings with another integrated feature named Sync, again a new addition. Firefox 4, after a huge makeover of the user interface and with loads of new features, is absolutely a major competitor for the Google’s chrome browser which had recently caught the limelight for quite sometime recently.
Try the latest Beta release here.
Here are a few snapshot.
Firefox4.0 Beta 4
The new Tab Candy (Panorama) feature.
Posted by TufT on August 28th, 2010
Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta 5 to have new 2-column menu instead of the single drop-down one featured with previous 4th beta release.Mozilla is on its way into some sleek enhancements in the ‘looks’ of their browser.The new menu style fits perfectly with the start menu introduced my Microsoft in their Windows Vista operating system. The new interface looks great with the Aero Feature in Microsoft Vista and even better with the new polished Windows 7.
Have a look.
Old and New menu styles.
Posted by TufT on August 28th, 2010
ZeuApp developed by Zeusoft is a one stop shop for loads of awesome free software, just by downloading a very small and portable (no installation needed) app. It lets u download and install lots of free software from internet without wasting time searching for them, and that too just with a single click. Its something like Ubuntu software center but for Windows.
You can find the recent version here.
Have a look.
ZeuAPP 1.5
Posted by TufT on August 28th, 2010
The new tab page in Google Chrome, though being very simple and fast, sometimes feels insufficient. Start! is new alternative to the default new tab page offered in Chrome.It lets u reach your bookmarks swiftly and lists more number of bookmarks than the default new tab page. Its very handy,scrollable and customizable. You can put background images (using Flicker), read your news feeds and access your bookmarks all at one place.
Check out the Google Chrome extensions gallery here.
Here’s a snap of Start! from Chrome extensions gallery.
Start!
Posted by TufT on August 30th, 2010
Check this out.
Just type out “Google gravity” in the search box at Google homepage and click I’m feeling lucky.
Try it out on Firefox or Chrome preferably.
Posted by TufT on September 3rd, 2010
Google released the stable version of it famous Chrome browser. The browser has a new feature named autofill sync, and more richer settings for content and overall improvement in performance.
Posted by TufT on September 2nd, 2010
HippoRemote lite is a light and sleek application which allows you to use your Iphone or an Ipad as a remote control for your Windows/Mac system. Its a free app which turns your Iphone/Ipad into a wireless keyboard/Mouse, since it works over WiFi it has a larger range than other Bluetooth/IR devices.
Features included in the free version are :-
Multitouch trackpad, Intelligent keyboard with support for international languages, Split screen touchpad and keyboard or shake to toggle between them, wake-on-LAN, no pointing/line of sight issues.
More interesting features like twitter and boxee controls, offered in the Pro version.
Visit the HippoRemote LITE website here.
Below is a snapshot of the interface.
A snapshot of HippoRemote LITE.
