Late to the party, but Bing search has finally added time based search filter. Other search engines like Yahoo! and Google already have this feature for some time. You can use this filter to sort the search results by time duration or time period. For example, you want to look up for flu virus news in last one week, then you can simply set the filter to show the results of articles and news updated in last 7 days only; older news items will not be shown.
Read moreDelete Parts of Video Without Re-encoding with Free Video Dub
After recording something off the TV, sometimes I use video editing programs to remove the portions where advertisements are shown. Usually if you want to remove portions of some video, then you have to go through the video and sound encoding process all over again. But thanks to the free Video Dub program, now you can remove unwanted parts of videos without having to go through the re-encoding again.
Read moreCreate and Restore Hard Disk Images with Free HDClone
Virus infection, hard disk failure, computer theft, fire etc. are some of the usual reasons for data loss. While you can use tools like Backup Maker to create backups of important system files, a better way is to create a clone image of the entire hard disk. This way you can just restore the entire hard disk in case of any unpredictable disasters. The freeware HDClone can help you quickly create disk images for your hard disks and other mass storage media.
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Install Flash, Java, .NET, C++ Runtimes, Silverlight, DirectX using All in One Runtimes
After a fresh install of Windows, it needs many different types of plugins and runtimes in order to properly use the computer. You can go from one website to another, download these runtimes and install them manually, or you can use the All in One Runtimes package which can install all these runtimes automatically. It contains all versions of .NET framework, Java, Flash, Shockwave, C++ runtimes libraries, DirectX, Silverlight and more.
Read moreCreate or Edit MKV Movies with MKVToolnix
Matroska is a multimedia container format which can contain inside it a number of audio and video files. Because the Matroska format is a container for all sorts of multimedia (audio, video, subtitles etc.), these movies (usually with extension MKV) can contain a full DVD or a complete movie in a single file. The MKVToolnix is an open source software for creating, merging, extracting and manipulating the MKV movies. It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Read moreRestore Older Download Manager in Mozilla Firefox
Starting with Firefox version 20, this popular browser from Mozilla is showing a new type of download manager. The new download manager is being called download panel. The download panel shows up as an icon next to the Firefox address bar and you can click on it to see the downloading progress. But if you do not like this new download panel, then you can easily restore the older style of download manager in Firefox.
Read moreAdd Auto-correct in All Applications with Word Expander
Although software like Microsoft Office come with spell check and auto-correct feature, but it is not available in rest of the text editors like Notepad and Wordpad. Using the free Word Expander software you can add auto-correction feature to all the applications of Microsoft Windows. It is basically a word expander program for medical transcription work, but it can also be used to auto-correct misspelled words.
Read moreHow to Disable Java in Web Browsers
Java has recently been under severe criticism by security experts for many of the vulnerabilities that it exposes your system to. Many of the security companies like ESET are suggesting that you disable the Java plugin in your web browsers to prevent a potential hacker from attacking your system through these known or unknown vulnerabilities. Even though Oracle has patched all the known security holes, some experts are still not sure if you should enable Java soon.
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Check for Available Updates in Windows 8 / 8.1 Using Windows Update Notifier
Unlike its predecessors, Microsoft Windows 8 does not notify you of the available updates and patches for the operating system. In Windows 8, all the update business is done behind the scenes. If you want to bring back the old style updates notifications in Windows 8, then you can use the freeware Windows Update Notifier. It is a desktop application that stays in the notification area, checks for available updates, notifies you of available updates, downloads and installs them.
Read moreManage Everything in Clipboard Using Save.me
How many times it happens that you copy something in the clipboard but forgot about it and then copied something else over it? The previous content from clipboard is gone and you can do nothing but cry over the spilled milk. The freeware app Save.me solves this problem by automatically saving everything you copy in the clipboard. It can save everything from the clipboard whether it is a picture, file, text or something else.
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