Last week, my little niece said that she could not view her picture on school website. Apparently, that website had made a GIF animation image from all the student pictures and the animation speed was so fast that you could not really look at any single picture clearly. After some searching around, I found GIF Scrubber, an extension for Google Chrome which can control the playback speed of GIF image files, pause the animation and allows you to extract the separate images from frames as well.
Read moreConvert Audio File Formats Online with Switchr
Many times we get audio files that we cannot open because we do not have a supporting program. For example, you get an OGG file but it cannot be played in your MP3 player. In these cases, we can convert the file formats to the ones we can play easily. You can use the free online app called Switchr to convert audio files to a different format. You can also adjust the bit rate, sampling rate and duration of the converted file.
Read moreShow Drive Letters Before Volume Names in Windows 8
The File Explorer in Windows 8 shows all of your hard disks and other removable storage media. It labels all these drives with volume names followed by the drive letters, for example, Local Disk (C:). But this can make it confusing to find a drive by drive letter if you have a large numbers of disks. What you can do is make Windows display the drive letters before the volume names, for example, (C:) Local Disk.
Read moreAdd Defragment to Context Menu for Drives in Windows 8
It is essential for faster and healthy hard disks that you defragment the contents of disks once in a while. If your hard disks become fragmented, then it may increase the disk access time and consequently can make Windows to take a little longer time to respond. You can defragment the hard disks from the Control Panel in Windows 8. But if you want to save time, then you can add the Defragment option in the right-click context-menu of the disk drives in File Explorer.
Read moreShow Hibernate in Power Options Menu in Windows 8
Windows 8 does not have any Start Menu and you have to open the Power options menu in order to shutdown, restart or sleep your computer. But as you must have noticed, the power options menu does not have any hibernate option. If you want to hibernate your computer, then you can add an option to hibernate your PC in the power options menu using the instructions below.
Read moreTurn Off App Usage Tracking in Windows 8
When you use apps in Windows 8, it records how you use the apps and which apps you use the most. This app tracking data is then used by Windows to list the most used apps on the top in search results, search and share panes and drop-down app list in the Picker. If you do not want to have the most used apps to be listed on top and have the app list sorted alphabetically instead, then you can turn off app usage tracking in Windows 8.
Read moreView Weather Forecast in Chrome with WeatherBug Weather Window
It was sunny weather a few hours ago and as soon as my friend stepped out, it started to rain. Again and again, events like this make us watch the weather forecast on TV or the internet before we step out. But a better alternative is to use the WeatherBug Weather Window app in the Google Chrome browser. This app allows you to view your current weather and get the latest local current conditions, forecasts, Doppler radar and severe weather alerts.
Read moreSave Notes in Chrome Using Papercuts
Remember how in the old times we used to collect cuttings from newspapers and magazines. Times have changed and now we are using the internet for information more than the books, newspapers or magazine. But you can still save notes, memes and other types of data from websites using the Papercuts extension for Google Chrome web browser. It allows you to save notes and reminders in Google Chrome and you can sync your saved data across many devices or computers too.
Read moreKeep Your Windows Drivers Up-to-date with SlimDrivers
To make the most out of your computer hardware, it is essential that you keep the device drivers updated. One way to keep them up-to-date is to visit the hardware manufacturer sites regularly and download the latest version of drivers when available. But a free utility called SlimDrivers makes this task much easier for everyone. SlimDrivers can check if newer versions of drivers for all your hardware are available in just one click.
Read moreSecure Firefox Against DNS Spoofing with DNSSEC Validator
Recent DDoS attack against Spamhaus and later CloudFlare showed everyone the vulnerability present in the DNS system. This is why a new technology called DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) has been developed. Unlike the regular DNS, DNSSEC digitally signs the root of the domain being resolved making it harder to hijack the DNS resolution process. While DNSSEC support is present in browsers like Google Chrome, you can add it to Mozilla Firefox using a free extension called DNSSEC Validator.
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