Sharing this Mozilla's recommended addons link. We normally don't install all from the list. Some of the favourites and very useful addons are :
PicLens,WOT,Downthemall,Clipmarks, Forecastfox,Download statusbar,PDF download,Shareaholic.
[ Recommended Add-ons ] [ Mozilla ] [ Download Firefox 3 ]
TeamViewer is one of the best tools for desktop sharing and remote control. They claim that this tool is being used by more than 7,000,000 Users.If you are looking out for a
very easy tool to transfer files or control your home pc right from your office, then Team Viewer is the best app ever ! Installs in seconds, no need of complex configurations or setup. You will be really amazed by the size of the software.Its just 1.28 MB,mind blowing isn't it ! Free for non-commercial use 
Download the software from their site. Install it, usual double click install.
Each installation gives an user unique id and pass.You can change the password if you want to. Lets know how to connect to your home pc remotely.
- Connect to your home pc using the unique id and pass. Enter it on the right side.
- Choose file tranfer or remote support. File tranfer gives a window which shows two columns with remote side and your pc , you can select the folders or files which you want to transfer and say receive or send.
- In settings, there is option of restricting the user, i.e whether to allow editing the files remotely.
- Stop using memory stick to transfer files from your friend's pc to your pc within your LAN.Check allow LAN connections in the settings so that you can transfer at amazing speed within your LAN.
The steps are so easy to follow. Any non-techie can use this tool very easily. Its very handy when you want some files from your home pc or troubleshoot somebody's pc. Below are some screenshots of the live desktop sharing and remote control to my friend's pc.
- Use TeamViewer Manager to handle multiple clients and extended logging.
( Login window ) ( Screenshot of me transferring images from my friend's pc to my laptop)
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( Screenshot of LAN connection showing 1.25mbps) |
( showing some delayed tranfer due to low speed) |
PS: TeamViewer(full version) is FREE for non-commercial,personal use !
[ TeamViewer ] [ Download for Windows ] [ Download for Mac ] [ TeamViewer Manager ]
Gspace is a lovely firefox addon and supported on 3 platforms(Windows,Mac,Linux). It makes life easier
to store all your stuff on Gmail very easily. What do you do with a 6Gb online space, use it as a storage space..just dump all your stuff.
- Install the firefox addon : | Windows | Mac | Linux |
- Goto Tools -> Gspace . The panel will open up in a different tab (chrome://gspace/content/gspaceWindow.xul )
You are shown a 2-column panel , left side is your pc and right side is your gmail storage space. Nice thing about this addon is, it shows the total space and the free space and shows details of files with timestamp etc… Below is the capture of how the email message looks like in the inbox.
How to use: Login to your account using your gmail account and password. You can create folders and put your stuff into your account. When you upload your stuff, it shows up as shown in the screenshots. To avoid showing all the upload messages in your inbox, archive the mails sent by Gspace.
PS: Using this addon maybe(not sure) against Gmail's TOS. So be careful !
[Gspace] [Gmail] [Firefox addon]
Since many weeks I saw my friend Niru playing IPL(Cric Xchange) app on Orkut using his wife's id as
Orkut Apps wasn't enabled for his id. I was wondering why Orkut hasn't enabled this new feature for everybody on Orkut, normally they choose random users and enable new features only to them. But this time, there was a pattern, only people in India had got this feature and very few people outside India, as far as I have observed. As per the usage, Orkut must have enabled this new feature to people in India and maybe Brazil too, as these are the two countries where there are highest users of Orkut.
This trick is for all those Indians who haven't got that feature..(not really a trick..just a…)
How to enable Orkut Applications for your profile?
1. Login to Orkut using your account
2. Edit your profile, change the country to India.
3. You will see a block on the left side below the profile photo called "Apps"
4. Click on Add and you will see a directory of the 'Applications'
5. Add Applications & njoy !
Here are some screenshots:
Watch IPL Cricket live at the below given url's. This is a free streaming, no need to download much and not much fuss..
What you need to watch ?
- Sopcast Plugin (Web player)
- Internet Explorer Browser. (unfortunately dosen't work with Firefox)
Links to watch Live IPL Streaming :
http://free-sopcast-cricket.blogspot.com - CBN
http://ipl-on-sopcast.blogspot.com (CBN)
Note : Unfortunately, the official IPL website dosen't work at all. ( http://www.iplt20.com )
Some useful links below.. njoy !
[ IPL Match Schedule ] [ Free IPL T-shirts ] [ IPL Cricket Forum ]
Freewaregenius recommends BitRipper,it converts DVD's to AVIor Mpegin a single click. Thats cool
right..Sometimes it gets so muh boring to find different codecs before converting, but this tool does it all. Before using this, I had used to rip using Xilisoft ripper and imtoo dvd ripper. But this one rocks ! So all you guys who want to do a dvd rip could use it.
Some of the coolest features are it converts on the fly, converts any dvd, simple, installer contains codecs.
njoy the software for Free !
SnagIt is one of the best products of TechSmith. it s a great screen capture and image editor.Its our favourite screen
capture software.
How to get SnagIt for FREE?
1. Download (FTP, 11.3MB) - free trial version of SnagIt 7.2.5
2. Register at the promotion page and the serial key will be sent to your email.
3. Install SnagIt and register it with the software key to have a full version of SnagIt!
Offer Validity: This offer expires January 7, 2008
Don't miss this FREE offer !
Camtasia Studio is a screen recording software for demos, presentations and training. Techsmith is giving away its 
Camtasia Studio 5 for FREE!( latest version)
How to get free Camtasia Studio 3?
1. Download the free trial version of Camtasia Studio 3 (28MB)
2. Register here at the promotion page and the serial key will be sent by email.
3. Install Camtasia Studio 3 and register with the serial key to have a full version of Camtasia Studio 3!Offer
Validity : This offer expires on January 7th
Don't miss this FREE offer !!
A handy shell extension, that allows you to pause and resume file copies under Windows.
Total Copy is a improved version of Windows' copy-function.It allows you to pause and resume file copies under Windows. It integrates into the right click menu and becomes available whenever you drag files or folders to copy them. You can adjust the copy speed, pause and resume at any point of time.
Special features include :
- Pause / Resuming : At any time you may pause the copy-prosess, and continue later. This is an awesome feature..
- Faster than Windows : Copies slightly faster than Windows (approx. 10% localy, and 1% on network)
- Resuming on powerfailure-If the computer is turned off during the copyprosess (ex. power-loss or system-crash), Total Copy let's you resume when you restart.
How to Use :
When you normally copy something in Windows, you drag the files from one folder to another using
your left mousebutton. If you drag the files using the right mousebutton, you will get a menu like the one to the right.
Now, select "Total Copy here" instead of Window's "Copy here".
Its highly light and super fast. One of the best copying softwares we have ever used.
Lastest official version 1.10 : Download Now tcopy.exe (252 KB) Mirror [ Total Copy ]
Six Apart announced the beta release of Movable Type 4, a much anticipated upgrade to a blog
platform that has two distinct user bases - consumer base and Enterprise. Movable Type Open Source, or MTOS, is the open source project that will consist of a GPL-licensed version of Movable Type 4.0, to be released in Q3 2007, and resources for the already large community of Movable Type developers.
Its already late but never too late..to stay in the competition of these blogging platforms, they had to open source it..anyway..better late than never …
The MTOS distribution will be available for download / checkout later this summer at www.movabletype.org
To learn more about the open source project, visit its website http://www.movabletype.org/opensource/.
