| Quickly Switch To Google Public DNS Servers or Restore To Old Default DNS Servers With Google DNS Helper Posted: 20 Dec 2009 03:34 AM PST 
Google has recently introduced Google Public DNS Service which provides faster and safer browsing by using the Google Public DNS Servers rather than your slow ISP DNS servers. However changing the DNS servers of your network adapter is quite tedious job as you will need to type in the DNS Servers of Google [ 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 ] you cannot simply copy and paste them in the boxes. [ as shown in the image below ] 
On the other hand Google DNS Helper is a small utility coded in .NET using C#. It backs up your current DNS server address and then changes it to Google's DNS. You can restore your old DNS anytime you want just by a simple button click. 
The above application interface is really simple, you don't need to configure anything just click the button Switch to Google DNS to apply google dns servers and to revert back to old dns servers click the button Restore DNS. Note: This application requires .NET Framework 2.0 or higher to be installed on your computer. Download Google DNS Helper  |
| Download Google Sitemap Generator Application For Windows Posted: 20 Dec 2009 02:00 AM PST 
Google Sitemap Generator allows you to generate a sitemap of any website, which you can submit in google webmasters so see more detailed information about the crawling status, and you will also get to know about what major keywords which are driving traffic to your website and lot more other important info. 
Program interface is quite simple, you just need to specify the homepage url or base url of the website, and specify the number of pages to crawl and specify the site content updating frequency and click the button CREATE SITEMAP Note: It can crawl as many web pages as you want, up to 10,000 Download Google Sitemap Generator  |
| Get Xp and Vista Style Network Connectivity and Activity Indicator In Windows 7 Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:32 PM PST 
Windows 7 network activity and connectivity indicator in windows 7 is not that clear to get an idea about the connectivity and activity of the network specially for those who has just upgraded from windows xp and vista. So, if you want the get the Xp or some what Vista style network activity indicator in windows 7, you can use the freeware program called Network Activity Indicator. Network Activity Indicator displays the old ‘two monitors’ icon in Windows 7 that flashed blue to show network activity on the System Tray.
Unlike the original Windows XP utility (that has individual indicators for each interface), this program indicates outgoing and incoming network packets on all available interfaces. 
This program is nothing but a portable standalone executable, you just double click the executable and you will see a xp style of vista style network activity indicator depending on which version you have downloaded. Once you run it, configure the program icon to show in taskbar, click the arrow icon in windows 7 system tray and click customize 
Configure it show icons and notifications. 
click ok and you will see the new classic style network activity indicator in the system tray 
This application has been just upgraded to show vista style network indicator also, so you can also download the vista style network indicator. Download Xp Style Network Indicator | Vista Style Network Indicator  |
| How To Open Multiple Websites In Single Mouse Click In Running Firefox Window Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:30 PM PST 
We have previously written about how to set multiple web pages to open when firefox start, today we are going to tell you how to open multiple links in single mouse click when firefox is running. Multi Site Opener is a cool firefox addon which allows you open multiple websites you specify in separate tabs or in new firefox windows [ as shown in the image below ] 
After installing you can locate the extension in firefox under File Menu – Tools >> Multi Site Opener 
Just click the option pointing to Multi-Site Opener here and enter the URLs you want to open simultaneously in already running firefox. Install Multi Site Opener In Firefox [ It is experimental addon so you will need to check the option at the extension page which says Let me install this experimental add-on Source: [ Technospot ]  |
| Quick Tip To Hide The Ribbon In Office 2010 Products To Get More Free Space Posted: 19 Dec 2009 08:30 PM PST 
One of the most hated feature of office 2007 was the new ribbon interface which was quite different to learn about and use for many office 2003 and previous users, some of the users learned how to use ribbon interface in office 2007 and some of them used some software to remove the ribbon interface and get the classic file menu back like previous versions of office before 2007. With office 2010 beta release you can still see the ribbon interface, we previously posted about how to completely remove ribbon interface in office 2010 but today we will tell you another tip on how can you hide the ribbon interface in office 2010 products and use the classic file menu in office 2010 products. 
As shown in the above image clicking the arrow to minimize the Ribbon and only tabs show in that case. Once the Ribbon is minimized you can click on the tabs to use them like menus. You can always hide the ribbon interface when you are not supposed to edit the document opened, so minimizing the Ribbon is great when you know you won't be making many changes to the document and just want to focus on the content that's already there. I hope you like this small but useful tips for many office 2010 users, you can read some more office 2010 tips here written by us before.  |
| Download Avtar Movie Theme For Windows 7 Posted: 19 Dec 2009 12:13 PM PST 
Avtar is one such amazing movie with a nice story and excellent movie effects, as it has been released and everyone talking about it twitter, chat, mail, then why not get the official Avatar theme for Windows 7 if you have windows 7 installed, you can easily download the windows 7 avtar theme from microsoft gallery of windows 7 themes and apply it to your windows 7 PC. This is how my windows 7 PC looks after applying avtar theme 
Get Avtar Theme For Windows 7 [ Direct Download Link ] Source: [ meraTechPort ]  |
, You can understand more about this addon by watching the video below. You can learn more about google sidewiki 
