CheckGmail is a cool gmail notifier for Linux Mint / Ubuntu. It uses minimum bandwidth as it communicates via atom feeds. To install it, follow the following steps- 1. Issue the following command at the terminal: sudo apt-get install checkgmail?…
Some things after a while become boring like shutting down PC everytime by going to Windows orb and selecting Shutdown. In order to shutdown Windows with just a double click every time just like in running a program, what we…
Continuing with the series of handpicked wallpapers, we present more stunning HD wallpapers for your desktop: [Image source – ]
In an earlier post, we had shown how to install XAMPP on Mint. Once installed, XAMPP needs to be started manually after every PC restart with the long command sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start. But there is a way to avoid this…
Here’s how to remove obsolete dial-up connections in Windows 7- 1. Click on the network connection and click ‘Open Network and Sharing Center’. 2. Click ‘Internet Options’. 3. In ‘Internet Properties’ click on ‘Connections’ tab. Now click the name of…
Epic browser is a innovative new web browser released by an indian company Hidden Reflex. The browser is based on firefox and is currently in beta (It however, uses Firefox 3.6.7 under the hood). What really caught our attention was…
Windows 7 by default encrypts all it’s file sharing connections with 128-bit encryption.This doesn’t normally cause any problems but when sharing file shares with older legacy systems, these higher encryption strength can block communication with older systems. In order to…
Those who have used SnagIt screen capture utility for Windows may miss it dearly when wanting to capture screen shots in Linux. We came across a cool free application similar to SnagIt that does most of the things related to…
Play tetris, one of the most popular games of all time. The purpose of the game is to rotate and arrange the falling blocks without gaps to form a horizontal line. As soon as a line is formed, it disapperars.…
