Whenever you open a file using the Open dialog box or by double-clicking on it in Windows Explorer, it is recorded in the Windows Recent folder or the Windows Registry. If you want to know which files you recently accessed then you can use the RecentFilesView from Nir Sofer. This utility display the list of all recently opened files, and allows you to delete unwanted filename entries. You can also save the files list into a text, html or xml file.
Read moreFind How Much it Takes to Print Your Twitter Timeline
Twitter is the popular microblogging web site that everyone is using these days from teenagers to celebrities. If you are tweeting for a while, have you ever wondered how long it would take to print your entire twitter timeline, how much paper is needed to print all of your tweets etc. Well, you can get an estimate without actually printing using the the Print Effect web site.
Read moreInstantly Get IMDB Ratings For Movies in Chrome
When you want to find out the IMDB (Internet Movie Database) ratings for a movie, you have to visit the IMDB web page and then type in the movie name. But if you are a Google Chrome user, then you can instantly find the IMDB ratings for any movie using the Go to IMDB extension. The Go to IMDB extension allows you to see the IMDB rating for any highlighted movie name on a webpage.
Read moreQuickly Switch a Webpage to Another Browser in Apple Safari
Many web sites specifically mention to open a webpage in a different web browser for it to work properly. For example, my university webpage does not allow to fill online application forms unless you open it in Internet Explorer. One way to do this is start a different web browser, type the webpage address manually and open the site. But if you are using Apple Safari, then you can quickly switch a web page in a different installed web browser.
Read moreEnable Tabs Preview in Windows Taskbar for Firefox 4
All the latest web browsers support tabbed web browsing. Mozilla Firefox also allows tabbed web browsing. When you hover the mouse cursor over the Firefox window in the Windows taskbar then by default it only shows the thumbnail preview of the current tab. But you can change the settings so you can see the thumbnail previews of all tabs open in a Mozilla Firefox web browser.
Read moreAutomatically Convert Foreign Currency in Firefox
If you shop online a lot, many a times you come across foreign web sites selling something that you so much want to buy, but the cost of the item is given in a foreign currency. You can always use Google to lookup for it and convert the foreign currency into your local currency. But if you are a Mozilla Firefox user, then you can just use the Simple Currency Converter add-on which performs the currency conversions at the click of a button.
Read moreF-Secure Health Check for Checking System Security
F-Secure Health Check is a free application from F-Secure Corporation (the makers of F-Secure Internet Security), that tells you if your computer is protected and helps you fix possible security issues. It can tell you if your firewall, antivirus, and anti-spyware software is on and up-to-date. It can also tell whether your photographs, text documents, and other irreplaceable files are automatically backed up.
Read moreReport Copyright Infringement on YouTube
You burnt midnight oil to create an impressive video and uploaded it on YouTube. But soon you find that others have copied and shared that very same video on their own YouTube channels. This makes everyone furious. You should not just get angry about such instances, but also report about such videos and ask YouTube to take them down.
Read moreDisable Colored Tabs in Internet Explorer 9
Internet Explorer 9 supports tab-groups. When you choose to open a link in a new tab, the new tab is grouped together with the existing tab. Each tab group in the Internet Explorer is assigned a random color. By looking at the color of the opened tabs you can see which tabs belong to the same tab-group. If you do not like this colored tab groups, then you can disable the tabbed grouping (the colored tabs) in Internet Explorer.
Read morePlay Golf Game inside Google Chrome Browser
If you are bored working on your computer all day long, then you can relax your mind by playing a little game of golf right inside your browser. You can install the Mini Golf extension in your Google Chrome web browser and start playing the golf game anytime you want. The golf game starts by clicking on a ball like icon on the Chrome toolbar. If you click on the icon again, the game is closed and you can go back to work.
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