Archive for February, 2010
Minimalist Gmail: How to Get Rid of the Non-Essentials
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I’ve been running a Minimalist Gmail setup lately, stripped of nearly everything but, you know, emails … and I’m in love with its simplicity.
There’s something pure about having nothing but the essentials.
Here’s how I’ve made Gmail into a minimalist inbox:
Ah, yes. The infamous Google Buzz
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We’re still convinced Google is attempting to control every piece of data in the world, and they’re certainly not doing anything to quell our suspicions by launching this guy.
What’s all this about?
Google Buzz allows you to share photos, videos, status updates and plenty more. You can choose to go public and share with the world or stay private and share only with your friends and family. Inversely, you can choose to follow your friends and family, or stalk totally random people.
Clear Those Windows With Aero Shake!
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No windex for you. You’re a professional now.
AeroShake brings the Windows 7 Shake feature to your Windows XP or Vista computer. You simply shake the current window you’re on and all other windows will be minimized. Shake again and all windows will return.
Instillation was a very quick process with nothing to configure. Once installed, the program takes up a minimal amount of processing power. You certainly won’t notice a decrease in speed. If you enjoy this feature, you’ll want to make sure it stays in your startup folder so it starts every time your computer does.
Clean Up Virus Feces
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And you can do it without getting your hands dirty too!
Antivirus software is great, but what if it doesn’t rid your computer of the frustrating problems (poo) left in the wake of a serious virus? Many times a virus totally disables everything on your computer. You can’t open internet explorer, control panel or any of your favorite programs. Your only option is to delete everything and start over, or try your luck with Geek Squad. Virus Effects Remover seeks to eliminate this scenario and bring your PC back from the dead.
Even though this guy is free, it’s incredibly robust and a bit complex. Fortunately, you just need to stick to the basics: One Click Registry Heal, Scan Services, Scan Startup, and Check System Files. After scanning and healing these items, Virus Effects Remover should help restore your computer’s settings to normal. If that doesn’t work, you can definitely go deeper with a host of provided tools. We must warn you that tinkering in places you don’t understand could result in unwanted problems. Although, if your computer is mostly disabled by a virus, you don’t have much to lose so it might be worth your while.
Turn your Twitter feed into a newspaper
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This should be how everyone views their Twitter feed.
twittertim.es is a brand new Twitter application that gives you a personalized newspaper-like layout generated directly from your Twitter account. It’s a really quick way to scan your feed and skip all the boring stuff. Basically, twittertim.es creates a traditional blog-style format that includes images and excerpts from the most popular articles of your feeds.
Each article is identified by the original tweeter as well as friends that have retweeted the article. The newspaper layout lets you retweet any article you find tweet-worthy. Plus, you can tweet your entire newspaper for anyone in the world to view.
Youtube for reading addicts
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Apparently youtube isn’t doing a good enough job entertaining people. Millions are deciding they’d rather read stuff to pass the time? That sounds like horseradish to me!
Scribd.com is a social network for documents. Oh my. We saw book excerpts, college papers, and even corporate fact sheets. We were astounded to see that Scribd has tens of millions of readers every month with over 10 million documents published and counting. We think this could be a fantastic source for college folk doing research or bloggers in need of ideas.
Mozilla issues security warning for 2 Firefox add-ons
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If you’re a Firefox user and you downloaded the add-on ‘Sothink Web Video Downloader’ version 4.0 or any version of ‘Master Filer’, you just downloaded the Win32.Bifrose.32.Bifrose Tojan virus. Congratulations!
This little guy doesn’t play well with others, so you’ll want to get rid of it as soon as possible. To do that you need to first uninstall those add-ons immediately. Unfortunately, this will not remove the Trojan from your computer. After you’ve uninstalled the add-ons, download one of these free antivirus tools:
Oh SBar! You make me smile
Posted by: | CommentsIf you’re in the mood for a better Windows taskbar but don’t feel like upgrading to Windows 7, you should ask your doctor if SBar is right for you. While you’re at it, you may want to ask if AeroSnap is right for you as well.
SBar replaces your boring, not-very-functional taskbar with a tasty little Windows 7 treat. After downloading and installing, your new taskbar will give you most features of the Windows 7 taskbar including:
