Category: Application

NextAction – A fun application to keep you focused

Posted by Dickey on Jun 30th, 08 | Filed under Application, Cool Stuff, Portable Apps | View Comments

NextAction is an application which helps you to “Getting Things Done”. It will always stays on the top of other applications so that you won’t forget your tasks.

This small application let you to record any tasks that you want to do and it will automatic saves them into your computer. You can right-click the individual task and marks them as “Done” or “Next“. The “Next” action will always on top, while the “Done” Action will be pushed to the bottom.

It is a simple reminder tool to help users to remember tasks for short term. There are a lot of options which you can modify. For example, under the “Appearance“, you can change the Font type, text and background color, transparency, and also text alignment.

There is an interesting feature – “Jump out of the way”, if NextAction is covering up a part of the screen you need to see, just move your mouse over it and it will move to the next corner of your screen. There are a lot of cool features which need you to explore yourself.

The application is a standalone application, but it required .NET Framework 2.0 to run. Your tasks will be saved in “C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\NextAction”. So, if you want to run it as portable application, make sure you copy the files under that folder too.

Note: For Vista users, the application files are stored at “C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\NextAction”. You can always view the applications files thrpugh Right click -> Behavior -> Explore NextAction Folder.

download NextAction | download from MediaFire

The Color Picker – Free color tool for designer

Posted by Dickey on Jun 29th, 08 | Filed under Application, Design | View Comments

The Color Picker is a free tool for designer to quickly grab the color code from anywhere on the screen.

Suppose you are a designer, and you found a color which you may use it in future. So what will you do? Print screen and paste the screenshot in any graphic editor and then use the color picker tool to grab the color code right? But, it is very troublesome that you need to repeat so much steps each time you want to save a new color.

Here comes a handy tool which will makes the job easy. The Color Picker, which is a free but powerful color picker. Whenever you found a color, just open the application, point your mouse to the color, and left click it. Thats all, the application will automatically save the color into the color palette and you can use it anytime.

The application provide both RGB and HEX code. The color palette will save your favorite colors and you can retrieve the color code anytime.

If you are a web/graphic designer, i think you may need this great tool, as it simplified the color capture process and it store your favorite colors also.

The Color Picker | download from MediaFire

How to fix stuck/dead pixels on LCD monitor

Posted by Dickey on Jun 24th, 08 | Filed under Application, Cool Stuff, How To, Tutorial | View Comments

Previously i cover a handy tool to test your LCD monitor. But unfortunately that application can’t fix the dead pixels. Now, i would like to introduce some methods which can fix/remove them.

Before i start, lets talk about what is stuck pixel and what is dead pixel. Stuck pixel is a dot of colour in your LCD while the background is black. When the stuck pixel become black dot in white background, it become dead pixel. Normally, stuck pixel is easily to fix compare to dead pixel.

Now, lets share some tips on how to fix these pixels:

JScreenFix

It is a Java application and you can run JScreenFix through web browser. JScreenFix can be used to fix stuck pixels. You need to install Java Runtime in order to use JScreenFix. It take around 20 minutes to repairs stuck pixels on your LCD.

Killdeadpixel

Similar with JScreenFix, Killdeadpixel is a web solution to dead pixels. It is an animated gif image which will try to massage the dead pixel back alive again by getting it to change rapidly. Simply drag the image to dead pixel and stay there for 1 hour. Although this method doesn’t work for all dead pixels, but you may try it.

DPT

Dead pixel tester (DPT) is a free application for users to locate and identify any stuck/dead pixels. It is because most of the LCD manufacturers will replace the LCD free of charge if there are more than certain amount of stuck/dead pixels (within the warranty period). DPT include a pixel exerciser which may fix stuck pixels.

JSCreenFix | Killdeadpixel | DPT

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How to remove PDF documents restrictions

Posted by Dickey on Jun 22nd, 08 | Filed under Application, Cool Stuff, How To | View Comments

As we know, some of the PDF documents contains restrictions such as not allow users to print, copy and paste. You can use PDF Unlocker to remove these restrictions easily.

Some PDF creator will add restrictions to the PDF documents to protect the contents from being copied or printed by users. Users still can print, copy and paste the PDF documents, if they have the passwords to unlock the documents.

However, with PDF Unlocker, you can easily remove these restrictions. After installing the application, a shortcut will appear on the dekstop. Simply drag and drop any PDF documents to PDF Unlocker’s icon and all restrictions will be removed.

If the PDF documents required password to open/read, you can use PDF Unlocker to remove the password. But, you need to know the password before unlock them.

download PDF Unlocker

Source: Techtrends

Pictomio – Utilize the power of GPU for photo collection

Posted by Dickey on Jun 16th, 08 | Filed under Application, Cool Stuff | View Comments

Pictomio is a photo collection application, which will use the power of GPU to present your photo in 3D format.

If you have a powerful GPU, you can try Pictomio. It is a simple photo collection and viewing application which utilize the power of GPU.

Pictomio comes will a lot of features. For example, you can rate your image, image/video management, liquid-zoom, albums, categories, and much more. Pictomio also supports different language.

In order to use Pictomio, your graphic card must support ShaderModel 2.0 and at least 128MB ram. It is a free application, but unfortunately they only available for Windows machine. Perhaps Linus version will be available soon.

Pictomio website

Create self-extracting package using built-in Windows tool

Posted by Dickey on Jun 3rd, 08 | Filed under Application, Cool Stuff, Tips, Tutorial | View Comments

Microsoft Windows comes with a handy tool for us to create self-extracting/self-installing package.

There are a lot of applications for us to zip/unzip files/folders, some of them even let users to create self-extracting package. Winzip, WinRar, and 7-zip are among the famous applications which provide these features. But, do you know that Windows actually comes with built-in tool to do this?

Steps

Go to Start -> Run -> type “iexpress“.
An IExpress Wizard will popup. Choose “Create new Self Extraction Directive file” and press Next.

Choose “Extract files only” and press Next. Then give your package a name.
After you name your package, press Next for the following dialog boxes, until you asked to add files into your package.
Here, i had added 2 files. After you add your files, press Next to continue.

Press Next for the following dialog boxes. After that, provide target path and filename for your package, and you can choose to either create a Self Extraction Directive file or not. This is to let you modify the package in future.
Done. Now you created a “xxx.exe” package which will extract to targeted location when launch.

Grab Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8 Special Edition for free!

Posted by Dickey on May 25th, 08 | Filed under Application, Downloads, Operating system | View Comments

For a limited time, you can grab Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8 Special Edition for free, which originally cost $49.95.

Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8 is a disk management tools, which let you to resize, move, hide, merge, restore and convert partitions without data loss. Furthermore, you can use it to backup or restore your data, with a very fast speed.

Computer Active ran a promotion for its users to download a free copy of this software, and this promotion suppose to expired at last year. However, Haris had found out that this link is still exist and you can actuallyu grab your free copy by follow the steps below:

Download Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8 from Computer Active Website.
Go to Paragon website, register and get a free serial number.
Check your email, you should receive the serial number.

Source: SizzledCore

Free 6 months Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium license

Posted by Dickey on May 22nd, 08 | Filed under Application, Downloads, Internet | View Comments

Grab a free 6 months Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium license now by filling up the form!

Previously, i had wrote an article about free 6 months Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium. However, the link doesn’t work after few weeks. Now, i manage to find another campaign, which will also gives you 6 months of Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium for free.

So, follow the simple steps and grab your license now:

Fill in your First name, Last name, email address and country here.
Download Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition.
Check your email, you should receive a mail from Avira. Open the mail and find your attachment named “HBEDV.KEY“. This is your license key. Observe that this license is only valid for 6 months, and it already mention the expire date for this license key.
Install Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition. After installation complete, go to Help -> Load license file… and select the license file which you just received. Done.

Extra: If you want to know about the previous promotion, you can view this post.

SuperFast Shutdown – Shutdown your Windows instantly

Posted by Dickey on May 19th, 08 | Filed under Application, Cool Stuff, Operating system, Tips | View Comments

SuperFast Shutdown is a free utility which can shutdown your Windows faster than you could possible imagine. It will shutdown the Windows immediately when you click the shortcut button.

How long you need to wait for the regular shutdown/restart precess? I guess a normal PC which install a lot of applications will take at least 2 minutes right? With SuperFast Shutdown, you can reduce the times needed. After you install the application, you will get two extra icons – Super Fast Reboot and Super Fast Shutdown.

My advises are to manually close all opened windows and save all open files before perform “superfast” reboot/shutdown. Else you may lost your data. It is because this application won’t prompt any warning message and will immediately shutdown when you press the shortcut icon.

download SuperFast Shutdown | download from MediaFire

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BootTimer – Know your Windows startup times

Posted by Dickey on May 18th, 08 | Filed under Application, How To, Operating system | View Comments

BootTimer is a free application which can measures Windows startup times.

BootTimer will not calculate the time taken to go through BIOS, and will start immediately when your PC starts loading Windows. Currently, BootTimer works on Windows NT, Windows XP and Windows XP 64 bit Edition, and yet to support Windows Vista.

To use BootTimer, launch the application and a messagebox will appear and ask you to reboot your Windows. After you click “Yes”, your computer will restarts. After your computer restarts, you will get another messagebox that show you the total time taken to start Windows.