Reset Windows XP/ Vista Security Settings

Microsoft has released a free tool which can be used to reset Windows XP or Vista security settings to default. To download the free tool click on the Fix It button below.

Google Releases Real-Time Gadget APIs

The newly released Real-Time Gadget APIs will let Google gadgets hosted in different user's browsers communicate with each other. The first API, gadgets.sharedstate, is available on the new Talk Developer Sandbox. With this API, you can share an object between instances of a gadget, and be notified in realtime when the other instance modifies it. More APIs and UI improvements to allow gadgets.realtime gadgets to be used on orkut and iGoogle are in the works and coming soon. Find more details at Google Talkabout Blog:

Google Talkabout: Attention Nerds! A new gadgets API for communication

Google Gadget to Embed Google Maps Within Spreadsheet

A new feature by Google Docs. You can generate Google Maps within a spreadsheet based on address information in any column. This will allow you to easily visualize you data on Google Maps. Find more details at Official Google Docs Blog:

Official Google Docs Blog: Spotlight on Developers: Spreadsheet Mapper

Download Winzip for Vista and XP

Winzip is one of the reliable and easy to use compression software with support for WIndows Vista and XP. With the new WinZip V 12, you can quickly and securely zip and unzip files to conserve storage space, speed up e-mail transmission, and reduce download times. State-of-the-art file compression, strong AES encryption, compatibility with more compression formats, and new intuitive photo compression, make WinZip 12 the complete compression and archiving solution.

New features in WinZip V 12:

• New features and enhancements for photo and image compression, management, and sharing.
• Ability to create smaller Zip files and support for additional Archive formats.
• Encryption security features to customize password requirements and the types of encryption available.
• An improved user experience with various interface enhancements and refinements to help you (or your users) work smarter, faster, and safer.

Download Winzip for Vista and XP

Create and Share Feed Bundles with Google Reader

Google reader has made feed sharing much easier. You can create custom feed bundles and share them with just a few clicks. Find more details at Official Google Reader Blog:

Official Google Reader Blog: "Life is a great bundle of little things"

Free Image/Comic viewer for Mac OS X

Sequential is a free image viewer for Mac OS X. Originally it was developed for viewing a folder with images in order. It also supports viewing comics(ZIP, RAR, CBZ and CBR) and manga.

Features of Sequential:

• Can display folders with images
• Supports viewing of image archives (ZIP, RAR, CBZ and CBR)
• Suppots PDF files.
• Can load and images from internet.
• Full screen support
• Can display images' Exif data.

Download Sequential - Free image/comic viewer for Mac OS X

CHM reader/viewer for Ubuntu

GnoCHM is an open source CHM file viewer/reader software which can be used on Ubuntu.

Features of GnoCHM :

• Support for external ms-its links
• Full text search support
• Bookmarks
• Configurable support for HTTP links
• Integrated with Gnome2
• Support for multiple languages (be, cs, de, el, es, fr, hu, it, ja, pl, pt_BR, ru, sv, tr, vi, zh_CN, zh_TW)
• Support to open multiple files at once
• Displays HTML page source

Download GnoCHM - CHM reader/viewer for Ubuntu

Hebrew-English Translator/Dictionary for iPhone

A very useful Hebrew to English and English to Hebrew translator / dictionary for iPhone. You can translate Hebrew by typing using Hebrew keyboard and clicking translate. In addition, you can use the built in Apple keyboard to translate from English to Hebrew. This application uses the Google Translate API and requires internet access to work.

Features of Hebrew-English Translator:

• Translate Hebrew to English
• Translate English to Hebrew
• Single Words or Full Sentences

Download - Hebrew-English Translator/Dictionary for iPhone

Reset TCP/IP Settings on Windows Xp/Vista Machine

You may get trouble while making Internet connection or network access because of corruption of TCP/IP settings. Microsoft has provided a free utility which can be used to reset TCP/IP settings to its default without going to technical details.

Click Fix It button below to download the utility fro Microsft website.

Burn images on CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray for free

ImgBurn is a free and lightweight application which can be used to burn images on a CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray  disks.

Features of  ImgBurn :

• Support for wide range of image file formats - including BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI.
• Can burn Audio CD's from any file type supported via DirectShow / ACM - including AAC, APE, FLAC, M4A, MP3, MP4, MPC, OGG, PCM, WAV, WMA and WV.
• Supports Unicode folder/file names, so you shouldn't run in to any problems if you're using an international character set.
• Supports all the Windows OS's - Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 and 7 (including all the 64-bit versions). If you use Wine, it should also run on Linux and other x86-based Unixes.

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Transfer iTunes music to a new computer

Music Rescue is a free software which does this tedious task to you automatically.  Music Rescue will scan your itunes library and your ipod and tell you which songs are on your ipod but not in your itunes library. You can then choose which songs and videos you want to copy to your computer and add them to itunes.

MusicRescue Features:

• Copies media from an iPod to your computer.
• Adds tracks to iTunes and rebuilds playlists.
• Supports all current iPods, including iPhone.
• Compares iPod contents to local iTunes library.
• Simple recovery of all media on your iPod.

Music Rescue will function without registration, but will complain that it isn't licensed during copying.

Download Music Rescue : Transfer iTunes music to a new computer

How to Embed Picasa Web/Flash Album slide show to your website

You can easily embed your favorite Picasa Albums to your Website. Picasa allows two kind of embedding :

1. HTML Albums
2. Flash based slide show

To embed an Album :

1. Log into your Picasa Web Account.
2. At the right bottom click "Link to this album hyperlink"
3. Here you will find two embedding options "Paste HTML to embed in Website" and "Embed Slideshow" (above image). The second option will show you the code to embed a flash based slideshow.
4. Select the HTML and paste it to your content. It works with all websites/bloges which supports HTML tags.