Author: Trisha

Sometimes we want to type in characters not found on regular keyboards. Windows, Linux and other operating systems compensate for this using the Unicode characters which cover almost all the symbols found in all the known languages and more. But do you remember the hexadecimal code for the symbols you want to type? Of course, you can go through the Unicode charts and waste many hours in the fun. But if you are in hurry, then you can try ShapeCatcher.

If you want to determine the size of a file in Windows, then all you have do is to hover your mouse cursor over that file and the file size along with some other bit of information pops up. But the same is not true in case of folders. What to do if you have to find out the size of a folder in Windows? There is a free software called GetFolderSize which can help you determine the folder size easily.

Most of us are familiar with Evernote. Evernote is a piece of software designed for note taking and archiving. The note may be a text snippet, formatted text, a picture, a whole webpage or a webpage excerpt. Evernote is commercial software but also comes as a free but advertising supported edition. Evernote supports a number of operating system platforms (including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Chrome OS, Android, iOS and WebOS), and also offers online synchronization and backup services.

Recently I bought a new TV Tuner card. And now I want to watch TV and work at the same time. The main problem is keeping both windows in focus. I have to switch back and forth to work on a document and watch TV. What I wanted is to keep the TV window on top and at the same time work on my document. This is when I found out about Window on Top software. Window on Top is a freeware that may help you keep your selected window on top of the rest of the windows.

Earlier, we discussed about free software Hugin which can be used to easily create beautiful panoramas by stitching together many digital images together. You can view this panorama image using your favorite image viewer like IrfanView etc. But there is a specialized program called WPanorama using which you can view panoramas in a interactive manner.

Few months ago, I watched an advertisement of a Kodak digital camera which involved famous pop singer Taylor Swift. She comes up and takes a panorama shot of all her fans and the digital camera automatically creates a panorama image. But not all cameras have this special feature. If you also do not have a camera with the ability of creating panorama images, then you can use the free Hugin software to stitch together many photographs into a single panorama image

My friend Kate has a huge 1 Terabyte hard disk but when she tried to copy some of the new movies that she recorded onto her hard disk, Windows threw up an error saying the computer did not have enough disk space. This was unbelievable. Where did all the 1 terabyte space go? I suggested that she should clean her computer with Wise Disk Cleaner and sure enough, she recovered more than 100 gigabytes of disk space.