Google Chrome Extension: Adblock Plus– Block / Disable Advertisements (Ads) on Webpages

May 1, 2011

Adblock for Chrome is an extension that blocks ads using the Firefox Adblock Plus filter engine. Many of my friends who happen to be Firefox users did not switch to Google Chrome because there was no Adblock Plus extension for Chrome which was available for Firefox. Adblock Plus is created by the same community that [...]

Windows 7: How to Remove Windows 7 SP1 Backup Files to Gain / Free up Disk Space

April 19, 2011

Recently the Service pack 1 (SP1) was released for Windows 7, while the Windows 7 SP1 gets installed it creates backup files so that the SP1 can be uninstalled if the user prefers to uninstall it later. This backup is created incase user faces any issues after installation of Windows 7 SP1 so that they [...]

Google Chrome Extension: Text Only– Open / View webpages or links in text only mode

April 15, 2011

Got fed up with completely ad filled webpage? Are you on a slow connection? If your answer is yes then this post will be immensely useful for you. ‘Text Only’ is a chrome extension that uses Viewtext.org to display the webpage text only mode. Features of Text Only Google Chrome Extension: There are three ways [...]

Review: Nokia N900 Maemo 5 Powered Internet Tablet with Phone

March 1, 2010

Nokia the world’s largest mobile devices company has lately been on receiving end with regard to smartphone segment owing to their ageing S60 platform. Apple changed the way people looked at smartphones after they launched iPhone; after iPhone’s launch every new smartphone is always benchmarked against the iPhone. The iPhone was innovative and surely did [...]

Batch Unpack / Extract Password Protected Archives (zip, rar & 7z) using ExtractItAll

November 4, 2009

ExtractItAll is a freeware utility using which you can batch extract / unpack multiple password protected archives using a list of passwords. This tool can also be used to extract archives which are not password protected, these days huge files in rapidshare and other file sharing sites are stored in multiple parts. A 700MB file [...]

Manage Mapped and Shared or Network Drives / Folders in Windows using Share Manager

October 27, 2009

Now most people have more than one computer at home with a home network, which gives rise to share and map folders across computers. Share Manager is a free software that allows you manage mapped and shared drives in your windows computer.

How to Get Rid of the Explore Feature in Google Reader using Greasemonkey Script in Firefox

October 24, 2009

Recently Google added the Explore feature Google Reader which displays popular feeds that you may have not yet subscribed, this feature may be useful and there may be many people who don’t  like this feature. I wanted to get rid of the Explore feature and found that there was no way to do that from [...]

Nokia N97/5800 S60v5 App: Create Archive & Extract, Compress, Decompress Rar/Zip Files using WinRaR

October 19, 2009

WinRaR is a java application that can be used with Nokia N97 or 5800 or any phone that supports J2ME phone. WinRaR can be used to create archive, extract, compress and decompress rar / zip files in your mobile phone. This application supports zip, jar and rar file formats.