Archives for the ‘Utilities’ Category

When I Say Shut Down… Shut Down (or a way to “Better Shut Down” Windows)

My desktop computer is usualy loaded with programs or other custom made utilities which are running silently in system tray or sometimes I ’m running lot of programs just minimized to windows taskbar. Usually when I’m coming to shut down the PC, most of the times late at night before I go for sleep, I need [...]

Xtreamer remote control (Download for windows users)

I’m a happy owner of an Xtreamer device. This simple and economic home media has everything a user can ask (for its price of 100 €). Its steady, supports multiple formats, its tiny and the firmware is frequently updated adding lot of new features and improvements. The device also supports remote control and management though its simple and well organized web [...]

Privacy with Dropbox (a trick to keep synced only what you like)

If you are using different computers for home and office you probably are a fan of dropbox service. However there is one drawback when you have more than two computers connected to dropbox account. You may want some files to be shared only to your personal computers and keep your business PC clean of non business junk.

Texter utility blocks drag n drop – Goodbye Texter

For a big period of time I ‘m using  a great free utility for string replacements, the lifehacker’s Texter. This utility is very simple and works great for string replacements while the user is typing on any program under windows. Using this little tool I can fill easily forms on the web and write automated texts [...]

bit.ly link shortener (and a freeware utility to download)

One of my favourites on-line services is the bit.ly link shortener. This a very useful function when I have to send by a chat or spell on the phone a long link to someone. In addition I can keep stats about my links on facebook for free. Now I offer to everyone a free utility to use this [...]

Superbar Monitor utilities

Florian Reimann’s idea was great and quite simple… He created five utilities which are utilizing the Windows 7 new behaviour to display the progress in the task bar icon (with the window minimized). With these little executables a Windows 7 user can have indication for CPU usage, Memory usage , Battery status, HDD usage and Volume level at [...]