In my opinion, the new taskbar or Superbar in Windows 7 is probably the best feature in the operating system. Jumplists and lively taskbar buttons have really given developers opportunities to create excellent widgets, even better than what you can get with the Windows Gadgets platform. Some widgets we have covered in the past include a Gmail...
You’ll have to admit that Google Buzz is quickly becoming interesting. It’s a way to share content with your Gmail friends. But, it is tied to Gmail, so it’s tied to your web browser. For some users, they can live with it. But what if your Buzz and Gmail account aren’t the same? What if you want Google Buzz to be more of an application...
Fishbowl, the WPF based Facebook client developed by uxlabs@Microsoft has been updated with a couple of new changes and features. It gets a Facebook chat client, which is basically the chat widget running in a separate window although the online status of your friends is shown in a Facebook chat like bar in the app now.
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Final version of Paint.NET 3.5 has just been released and is available for download. Paint.NET is a free image and photo editing application that is designed to run on Windows platform. The freeware contains all the essential features such as crop, rotate, resize, color adjustment and much more. Paint.NET 3.5 final release brings support...
Web Developers are familiar with the term web browser compatibility. It is a process of testing web applications performing consistently across different browsers as well as different versions of the same browser. Internet Explorer collection is one such application that will assist you in performing the web browser compatibility test for...
Microsoft CodePlex has just released BingPaper. BingPaper is a small, simple and useful application that downloads the current Bing Image and sets it as your wallpaper. With BingPaper, gone are the days where you were required to right click on a particular Bing Image, save it and then set it as your desktop background.
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Want to access Windows Live SkyDrive via Windows Explorer? Well now you can. SkyDrive Explorer is a free extension that lets you view and edit your SkyDrive contents from the comfort of your Windows Explorer. This powerful extension is free to download and compatible with Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Window Server 2003, 2008.…
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Microsoft CodePlex has made available for Windows 7 users a small application called c2iGmailNotifier. It simply notifies you whenever you receive emails on your Gmail account. This application works on Windows 7 only. (Download link provided below)
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Amazon will be releasing a Kindle for PC application in the upcoming month. With its Kindle for PC application, Amazon wishes to enable PC users to use Kindle Books on their personal computers . The yet to be released app is expected to take advantage of Windows 7 features such as Jump Lists and Windows 7 Touch technology. We’ve listed...
Apps for Windows has been away lately, but it’s back with a focus on making life easy for bloggers . Moderator is one of my personal favorites and makes moderating WordPress comments from the comfort of your desktop very easy. It’s an Adobe Air based application and works fine on Windows, OS X and Linux as well. The requirements are...
