‘Sleep#’ (‘sleepsharp’) is a simple but a handy utility for those of you who listen to audio or video songs before going to sleep, and looking for a way to put the PC to sleep once the playback (or playlist) …
Read more‘Sleep#’ Puts Windows PCs to Sleep During Multimedia Playback
Using USB flash drives for installing operating systems is very popular these days, especially among the GNU/Linux fans. There are hundreds of different GNU/Linux distributions out there, most release a new version, once every six months, and major distributions (such …
Read moreCreate a Bootable USB Flash Drive Containing Windows 8 using ‘UUI’
In GNU/Linux, you can create a bootable USB flash drive using an ISO disc image of another distribution, by using the command-line. The command that is used to create that is called ‘dd’. By default, almost all USB flash drives …
Read moreRemove ‘EFI’ & Other Partitions on a USB Flash Drive Using Windows 8 (Created by ‘dd’)
‘Lithium-ion’ (‘Li-ion’) is among the most widely used batteries in mobile computing devices because they have many advantages over the old and even against some newer battery technologies (such as ‘Lithium-Polymer’). But just like any other battery, they too lose …
Read moreMonitor Your Windows 8 Laptop’s Battery Capacity Drop with ‘BatteryCat’
Whether it’s a laptop, desktop or a mobile computer, Windows 8 boots really fast compared to its predecessors, and the main reason behind that is the newly implemented ‘hybrid boot’ or ‘fast start-up’ feature. As the name suggests, it is …
Read moreHow to Disable ‘Hybrid Boot’ (‘fast start-up’) in Windows 8
The ‘file manager’ is an extremely important software utility of any operating system. Apart from helping you manage your files, thought it is not a necessity, most of the time, it is also being used to manage the desktop by …
Read moreRecover a Stuck Windows 8 Desktop by Restarting ‘File Explorer’
In the newly released Windows 8, due its new user interface design, among other things, locating the shutdown (plus’ reboot’ and ‘sleep’) button can also be a little bit difficult. There are many ways to do it. But the easiest …
I don’t know whether I would love it or hate it, but because I got a pretty good deal for the Windows 8 Pro version, I decided to give it a go. Now I’m not going to review it, but …
Read moreDoes Window 8 Installer fail to Create a bootable USB Installation Media? (fix)
Microsoft Windows comes with a ‘key’ called the product key, a unique combination of keys and numbers that is used to validate and unlock the installed operating system. If your computer came pre-installed with Windows, then you should be able …
Read moreLocate Microsoft Windows Product Key using ‘WindowsInfo’
‘BlackSilk’ is a new (still at Alpha stage) Black-and-white image manipulator that lets you convert colored images into Black-and-white and adjust various other settings for fine tuning images with ease. It’s a cross platform utility (MS Windows XP, 2000, Vista, 7, …
Read moreConvert, adjust colors and add effects to Black-and-white images with ‘BlackSilk’
‘Urban Lightscape’ is a simple yet an effective image enhancer that lets you adjust brightness settings and add artificial lighting to your photos with ease. It’s an open source application, runs in MS Windows, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux (including …
Read moreAdjust Brightness and add Artificial Lighting to images easily using ‘Urban Lightscape’