Test-drive Windows 7 online before buying

In case you are using Home windows Vista or Windows XP and planning to buy Windows 7, then there's a cool website to check drive Windows 7 professional that you can test the interface of the brand new OS before shopping for it.

It offers you chance to attempt most of its vital features like Networks, Libraries, Aero desktop, Taskbar, Energy management etc. You can too take a look at other options like Windows XP Mode, Remote Desktop, Location aware Printing, Presentation settings etc.

Reduce Start-up time of Windows by removing ghosted drivers

Are you aware that your computer could be full of Ghosted Devices? Much like humans fear real ghosts, your Personal Computer is also afraid of these virtual ghosts. These ghosts can cause your computer to start up and run at a speed slower than usual.

Ghosted Devices are also known as Hidden Devices, these devices were once connected to your computer but are not connected anymore. Yet Windows keeps a copy of these Devices in the Device Manager and upon startup tries to find these devices on your system. This can result in a slower startup speed.

Lets create incredible 3D avatars online

For today’s online social life having an avatar to represent you is a must. But some people just don’t like taking photos because of the way they turn out, some others like having the “gamer look”, but sometimes online communication and media are a lot better with avatars. The issue is that with most online avatar creators they simply produce the same image over and over again. Eventually they all start to look the same, like carbon copies of a similar base. Take the South Park avatars for example.

Make Windows 7 fast with small tweaks

Like the earlier versions of Windows, Windows 7 allow its users to make changes to registry entries to personalize their systems settings. Listed below are a few of these tweaks that you can use to customize your Windows 7 Operating System according to your wish.

Always remember to backup your Windows Registry before you make any changes. You can backup your Registry by using the Windows 7 Registry Editor Utility, or any registry tool that will work with Windows 7.

How to delete your social networking accounts

Deleting accounts for social networking and other community sites can be very difficult and frustrating. Social networking sites need your accounts to improve their statistics and don’t want you to delete them.

With Delete Your Account the difficulty of deleting your information from such sites is almost non-existent. Delete Your Account is an online resource that quickly and effectively allows you to delete your account. Delete Your Account gives detailed instructions and even verification so that you know your account is gone for good.

4 Websites to download Awesome Desktop Wallpapers

A good Hi-Res desktop wallpaper can have an amazing effect on your day. They can brighten up you work space, and even compliment your surroundings. Wallpapers can drastically change the feel and look of your computer and even effect your mood. Hi-Res wallpapers are not just for computer monitors anymore, they can also be used on smaller mobile devices like your PSP (PlayStation Portable), your iPhone and even on some Mp3 players. But where do you find great Hi-Res desktop wallpapers? Today, we’ll look at some sites that have a great selection of wallpapers for your computer and mobile devices.

Download your tagged photos from Facebook

Did you know that Facebook is one of the largest photo sharing sites on the web? Well, it is. Photo sharing is just one of the many features of Facebook. With Facebooks photo sharing system you are automatically given permission to view any photo that you have been tagged in. 

With this program for Mac and Windows users called PhotoGrabber you can take advantage of that feature and download any and all photos on Facebook that you have been tagged in. With just the click of a button you can download these photos to a file on your personal computer, ready to re-share again!

Make computer sleep automatically after you leave seat

Saving energy by putting your computer to sleep has just gotten a lot easier. Sonar Power Manager is a free utility that will automatically put your computer to sleep whenever you leave your seat. SonarPM lives up to its name by emitting a low frequency from your computer speakers that is bounced back by your body and detected by your microphone. If you leave your computer then the frequency does not bounce back and your computer is automatically put to sleep.

Try out Mobile Phone before Buying - Online

Testing before buying saves a lot of money. Also helps in making good decisions and spending money in right set, which suits your need. For testing we think “Hmm…need to go to showroom”, but this feature is also available right from your web browser too!

The idea is dead simple, the site I am going to introduce you simulates high end Cell phones like Apple iPhone, Nokia N95, HTC Shadow, Palm and so on…You can use almost all features of phone virtually inside browser. Not only this much detailed specification, user reviews and ratings are also available.

Free Farmville Hack/Cheat that really works

There are millions of cheat and hack for Farmville on internet. But few seems to work, oops not few but very few! Also, many are distributing trojans, spywares and virus in the name of hacking application. Most of them are either fake or waste time. Keeping all those things apart, here I am going to explain about this working hack which is very useful for saving time.

How to Cheat in Farmville? Here we go…

Get new e-mail alert through SMS for FREE

Had quite busy week, got some time to write about this new service. In real you can’t call its a service as this is a form of tweak to get SMS alert of new mails arriving on Gmail. Actually, this tweak uses the same Google Calendar SMS platform which I had discussed few weeks ago to receive “ SMS alert before Friend’s Birthday ”.

Well, this tweak is dead simple, follow these two steps:

Download Valentines Day Theme Pack

Download Free Valentines Day Theme Pack for Windows 7/Vista and Windows XP.

Click Here to Download.

On new page Click on “ Regular Download “ button, wait for few seconds to begin download.

Get SMS alerts before your Friend’s Birthday

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I was forgetting my friends/relatives Birthday! And thought what could be the smarter way to remember these important dates. Either storing them in Mobile’s calendar or remembering them in mind. Thinking to store in mind - can't store too many dates. Storing in mobile - Technology is changing, mobile set also change after days!

But fortunately, there is a FREE of cost service from Google which will send you SMS alert before your friend’s Birthday. I have been using this for more than a year or two and till now, have not forget to wish their Birthdays. Some even asked, how do you know my Birthday and not forget to wish? The service here I am talking is about integrating Facebook and Orkut Birthday calendar with Google calendar which will  finally send you SMS alerts.

For this we will have to configure Google Calendar account and then add Facebook and(or) Orkut B'day Calendars to it. Here we start...

Share your computer with researcher while idle

What your computer does while it is on and you are not doing any work on it? Or while your computer is engaged in downloading stuffs overnight? The CPU remains idle and uses it as little as possible but consumes power. So, at that time why not use the wasted power in useful way? Like, sharing the CPU with the researchers who requires a lot of computing power in processing complex problems. In a way you are sending help for royal cause, which ranges from Biology & Medicine to astronomy, physics, chemistry, mathematics and games. And at the same time you are completing the assigned work too!

So, how to share your computer? In this context Grid computing come into picture, which is nothing but the collective working of a large number of computers round the world to accomplish a goal. Well, to share your computer you will need to install a software

Best Funny and Humorous Websites

Here I have collected some websites which updates with humorous, weird, funny, entertaining, interesting, and jaw-dropping pictures. Some of their topics are like this, 10 of the World's Worst Jobs, 10 Real Houses Inspired by Cartoons, World's Most Crowded Places, 10 of the World's Most Bizarre Laws, 13 Creative Condom Ad Campaigns, World's Oddest Couples and so on...very long list!

These site have very large collection of interesting topics, ranging from daily used topics to rare one. They not only serve as a source of entertainment but also provide good knowledge. So, here's the list of my favourite:

Run Mobile Java Applications on Computer

Mobile applications/games based on java have .jar format. So, it not possible to run thsese type of app. directly on computer. First of all, Why do we want to run these app on computer, as these these can easily run on mobile? Well, to try the apps before installing/transferring on mobile handset and this saves a lot of time for me.

In order to run app. on PC we have two options, either to convert .jar into .exe format and then run it directly or may be running it with emulator installed on PC. Both option will work.

Use Problem Steps Recorder (PSR) as Screenshot Tool

Problem Steps Recorder-PSR which was introduced in Windows 7 is very useful tool for recording the problem and sending it a problem solver or tech supports. If you don't know what is PSR then you can see my previous post about it, Problem Steps Recorder Overview .

Few days ago I realised that PSR can also be used as Screenshot Tool to take screenshot at every click automatically! The best part of this is that it is free and takes screenshots automatically at every click of mouse. In this how-to, I have used  PSR screenshots to complete the tutorial.

Automatically Backup your Blog, Twitter, Facebook, E-mail for FREE

Thinking of a service few days ago and its here on internet launched few days back ! Really amazing, actually, I was thinking of a service which could be able to automatically backup my blogger posts, twitter posts, and facebook posts. But what I got today is mor than enough!

Yes, the service exists and its with Flicker, Delicious, Zoho, Google Docs, Photobucket, Wordpress, FriendFeed, Gmail, Hotmail backup and many more. That's really impressive and the biggest part is that, they are giving lifetime backup for FREE for next 1 month. Not only these they are also going to come up with Xmarks, Youtube, RssFeed, Tumblr backup services.

How to embed Google Wave on Blogger or Wordpress blogs

For last one month I have been using Google Wave and also sent many invites to friends and others. Also watched full video of Google Wave I/O developer conference and here I posted a short article to brief out the features and advantages : What is Google Wave in plain English

A week ago I recalled that these is also a facility to embed waves in blogs and websites. Better to start with Blogger as this blog is launched at blogger. I started Googling and end up with successful solution which is here. To view the wave you need to have either preview or sandbox account with Google Wave, otherwise you will only see

Control your computer through SMS - Free of Cost

The most convenient way to control the PC/System, while you are not at home is controlling it by SMS. Not only Home it can be Office also, in a way you can say controlling the computer wirelessly or remotely. This feature can be widely implemented in the country like India where SMS cost are very cheap.

Yes, you can also control your system through blue-tooth of mobile for this you can head on to my previous article here:  Control PC via Bluetooth of mobile.

Coming to the point, to control a PC through SMS, your system should be connected to internet. The service I am going to tell is Free of cost, it depends only on your service provider SMS charges. If you have FREE SMS packs of 10 digit mobile number then its totally FREE.