Chindogu Clock for Procrastinators (Fun Friday)
This one is for all you persons who never begin a job on time. Yes, we are all guilty of the same. One method is to set your clock faster by a few minutes.
Creating Custom Labels in Microsoft Word 2007 (Tutorial Thursday)
Last year, as part of our admissions team duties, we were required to send out prospectus to students all over India. These ranged from a minimum of fifty envelopes to over 150 at a time. During a promotion campaign we printed around 90,000 labels!
Google advertises Chrome in Orkut
Logged into Orkut today and found this beautiful message on my homepage. Seems like Google is going all out in making Chrome a maximum used browser. We’ve really seen the way Google promotes its products, especially on the homepage itself.
VLC media player (Multimedia Monday)
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. VLC media player comes with tonnes of features.
Periodic Table Quiz (Fun Friday)
This one is for all you Science buffs out there. If you are interested in testing your knowledge of the Periodic Table, you can download the Periodic Table Quiz. The quiz contains 801 questions designed to test your knowledge of the Periodic Table; the elements and their properties as well as chemistry and chemical processes.
Purchase a WordPress.com Ad-Free Update
Two weeks back, Matt announced that Automattic is testing WordPress.com ads on post and tag pages. I don’t spend much time on any WordPress.
ONGC deploys Windows Vista across 18,000 computers!
Microsoft signed a deal with Oil and Natural Gas Corporatiom Ltd. to deploy Microsoft Windows Vista over 18,000 computers. This makes ONGC the largest customer of Windows Vista in Asia.
Gates vs. Jobs The Game (Fun Friday)
Current.com came up with the above game. Choose your player and fight your opponent with new state of the art light sabers using your mouse and arrow keys.
Disable Windows Vista Startup Sound (Tutorial Thursday)
If there is one thing I really don’t like to hear is any sound when I am starting up the computer. Windows Vista doesn’t allow you to customize the startup sound and you are stuck with the same version. Well, I chose to disable it.
Disable annoying Vista UAC popups (Windows Wednesday)
Long back, I covered a quick method of disabling User Access Control in Windows Vista via editing the registry. Registry editing is something for advanced users only. TweakUAC is a simple tool dedicated for this purpose.
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Now share Videos on Google Apps
If you are using a Premier Edition of Google Apps for your organization, then you have good news. You can now share videos via Google Video for Google Apps. The main features of Google Video: Share rich video information – Video sharing makes important communications like internal trainings and corporate announcements more personal, engaging and effective.