There isn’t much that you can say about Iconfinder other than it does its job.
Iconfinder is a simple site that helps you find icons that various icon designers have on offer.
You can search by entering a keyword and Iconfinder pulls up the relevant results for matching tags from its database. Alternatively, you can browse through [...]
If you are using Windows, the number of shortcuts that Windows presents you is phenomenal. You even have the option to create your own shortcuts to launch applications.
Here are ten shortcuts that can improve productivity:
Windows Key + R
Open the Run window
Windows Key + F
Open the search window
Windows Key + E
Open Windows Explorer
Windows Key + 1, [...]
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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. With a click of a button you can disable Windows Vista User Access Control.
You have three options in TweakUAC. The [...]
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Having installed Windows Vista SP1, the probablity of you removing it is rather bleak. However, when you install SP1, Vista gives you the provision of removing it, in case you choose to do so in the past.
This is done, by keeping the old files that were replaced by the SP1 update. You can choose to [...]
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One of the new additions in Windows Vista is the new Preview Pane.
The Preview Pane can be activated in Explorer by navigating to Organize » Layout » Preview Pane.
Using the Preview Pane you can browse readable views of various documents or, with media files, preview a few seconds of content.
This becomes extremely useful if you [...]
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I just received my new Dell Laptop today and it came preloaded with Windows Vista.
The first thing I noticed (and ofcourse which I knew about) was the User Account Control.
User Account Control is a brand new feature in Windows Vista that lets all users to run in normal user mode without administrator privileges; something that [...]
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Now, you know why I still haven’t upgraded to Vista!
Built from the ground up specifically for Microsoft Windows Vista, the new version of Yahoo! Messenger looks so cool that I want it for Windows XP as well
The features include:
Instant message, voice, webcam video, and more
Use the integrated Yahoo! Messenger Sidebar gadget to keep up with the friends that matter most
Also add [...]
Less than a month after Trend Micro discovered Vista flaws being sold off for $50,000 in the underground market by hackers, VeriSign’s iDefense Labs has placed an $8,000 bounty on remote code execution holes in Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7.
This is part of its three-year old Vulnerability Contributor Program which compensates individuals who [...]
I run multiple instances of Google Talk and two days back noticed that two days back only one version was running. I also noticed that my shortcuts had been modified.
This happens only when there is an update and I was right about it.
Google Talk has been updated to support Windows Vista. This seems to be [...]
