One of the most annoying things in Windows 7 is its modified Start Menu. Microsoft took the liberty of removing the classic Start Menu in Windows 7 and in the new Start Menu it is very hard to select a program. Luckily some folks have developed a program called HandyStartMenu which groups the programs installed under Start Menu into many categories like Internet, Music and Video, Fun and Games etc.
Read moreWatch YouTube videos in expanded mode
YouTube has become one of the most visited websites all over the world. Everybody loves to watch funny videos on YouTube. If you also visit YouTube a lot and enjoy watching the videos on it, then you would love to watch the videos in expanded mode. When you expand a video, it removes all the unwanted and distracting texts on the right side and the comments on the bottom.
Read moreClear web history for your Google account
If you use Google to search for anything while you are logged into your Google account, then Google records what you searched, when you searched and which websites (in the search results list) you clicked on. These records of your search items and visited sites helps Google to predict what you would be searching and so give you the related search results.
Read moreAdd a new category to Bookmarks Bar in Apple Safari browser
Apple Safari web browser is one of most elegant looking web browsers available today. It has an integrated bookmarks bar built into the Safari browser window, so your most frequently used bookmarks are always visible without cluttering your screen. Though the bookmarks bar automatically shows the most visited websites but you can also manually add a category and websites in it.
Read morePersonalize shopping experience using AmazonAssist in Firefox
Amazon is the largest online retailer company in the United States. You can get almost anything from books to computers on Amazon. If you often shop online at Amazon, then you can get good bargains using the AmazonAssist add-on in the Mozilla Firefox web-browser. The AmazonAssist add-on shows up at the bottom on the Firefox web browser and shows the related product searches as you lookup for a product in the search engines like Google, Bing or Yahoo!.
Read moreGet lowest prices when shopping online in Firefox
You do not have manually hunt for the lowest available process. Now you can automatically get the lowest price when you shop online. InvisibleHand add-on for Mozilla Firefox shows a notification when a better price is available on a product you are browsing or shopping for. This add-on works for over hundred online shopping web sites in the US, UK and Germany. This add-on also works on Google and eBay when you search for a product.
Read moreDisable Windows HotStart in Windows 7
Microsoft Windows HotStart is a new technology introduced in Windows Vista and Windows 7, which enables you to turn on your computer and run an application at the press of a button. For example, if you have a laptop with media playback button, then pressing the media playback button will start the Windows 7 and then launch the default media player application.
Read moreAutomatically Clear Pagefile at Shutdown in Windows 7
When Windows is running, this pagefile is opened exclusively by the operating system, and it is well protected. But if you have a multi-boot system then the sensitive information contained in this pagefile can be accessed by an unauthorized user through another operating system. But you can make Windows 7 to automatically clear the pagefile and the hibernation file upon a clean shutdown to prevent such attempts.
Read moreType to navigate links in Apple Safari browser
If you are old school keyboard person who loves to type on your keyboard rather than to click on the computer mouse, then you are going to love the Apple Safari web browser as it allows you to navigate the links by just typing on your keyboard. For this functionality, you have to install an extension called Type-to-Navigate in the Apple Safari browser
Read moreForce secure HTTPS URLs in Google Chrome
When you access a website using an in-secure HTTP protocol, then a hacker can eavesdrop on the data that is being sent to and from your computer. This is also called man-in-the-middle attack. But if you use an HTTPS connection then all the data transferred from and to your computer is encrypted and nobody can see it. If you are using Google Chrome, then you can force it to use only HTTPS connections for many websites like Google, Facebook, Twitter etc. which support it.
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