If you wanted to create an icon for your application or for your website, then usually you have to delve into an advanced application like Adobe Photoshop. But now you can create high quality Adobe CS5 and Web 2.0 style icons easily with a few clicks through the Icon Generator web application. It allows you to type in the text and choose background color for the icon and rest is handled automatically.
Read moreCreate Fabulous Picture Gallery with Juicebox
If you want to create a picture gallery from the pictures you took on your vacations, anniversaries, birthdays, parties and other occasions, then you can use the free Juicebox gallery maker. Juicebox can create picture galleries which are easy to navigate and can be opened on any platform like Windows, Linux, Android, iPhone and so on. It supports latest versions of HTML and Javascript helping you create eye catching photo galleries.
Read moreProtect USB Keys From Autorun Virus with Antirun
The most common way of malware infection these days is through infected USB keys. The infected USB keys have a malicious autorun.inf file on it that is specially written to run the malware as soon as you insert the key to a USB port on your PC. Once your PC is infected, it keeps infecting the new USB keys that you plug into your computer. Antirun is one of the tools that can protect your PC against autorun virus and remove the malicious autorun.inf files upon detection.
Read moreProtect Amoled Mobile Screen with Safe for Amoled Add-on
If you own a mobile devices (whether mobile phone or a tablet) and use Firefox browser on it, then you can protect the amoled screen of your device by using a free add-on called Safe for Amoled. The amoled screen is a special type of touchscreen that gives bright and rich display for mobile devices. But it can easily burn out if you open websites with white background in your device. The Safe for Amoled add-on automatically dims the background on bright sites, and thus protects your amoled screen.
Read moreProtect Your Children Online with Avira Social Network Protection
The participation of teenage children on social networking sites has become a norm in modern life. On the social networks they not only interact with their friends but also sometimes with strangers. They may talk about inappropriate matters, approached by cyber criminals and also can be bullied online. To prevent these things from happening, you can use Avira Social Network Protection which scans the social network of your children and alerts you when a suspicious activity occurs.
Read moreHow to Create Bootable Live Linux USB with LiLi USB Creator
Windows is a great operating system, but it is not so much popular among the geeks as the Linux operating system is. If you want to have a little taste of the secure Linux operating system without having to install it first, then you can either download the live Linux CD/DVD images or you can create the live USB disks through the free LiLi (Linux Live) USB Creator program.
Read moreReset Chrome Browser Settings to Original Defaults
We have earlier written about the Chrome Eraser application which helps you reset the Chrome configuration data. Now Google has added an option to reset the web browser in the Chrome settings itself. Using the reset option in Chrome, you can reset the Chrome browser settings back to their original default values. It will turn your Chrome browser back to its virgin settings as if you have just installed it.
Read moreCopy Files Faster with WinMend File Copy
Windows file copying used to be very fast in the Windows XP days. The later versions of Windows seem to have slower file copy mechanisms. This may be due to carrying out file copy verifications for each of the files that is being copied. But now you can get faster file copy speeds by using the free WinMend File Copy software. It boasts of increasing the file copying speeds to 300% faster than the standard Windows file copy function.
Read moreHide Folders and Files with WinMend Folder Hidden
You can hide folders and files by changing their hidden attributes in Windows File Explorer, but this way of hiding files is very insecure. Just about anyone can reset the file attributes or change the File Explorer settings to view all files irrespective of their attributes. A better and more secure way to hide the files is through the free WinMend Folder Hidden software. It can hide folders and files quickly from local partitions and removable portable disks drives.
Read moreEnable or Disable Updates for Windows and Other Programs with UpdateFreezer
In order to stay protected against latest vulnerabilities found in the Microsoft Windows and other software like Java, Adobe Flash etc., you have to keep them up-to-date by installing latest versions of software and available patches. But sometimes these software updaters are very annoying and start downloading the updates when you are in the middle of something important. If you want to toggle on or off the software updates for them, then you can make use of the free UpdateFreezer program.
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