NetDrive: Mount FTP Severs as a Local Drive

26 August 2009

I have always wondered how to mount a FTP server as a local drive so I could easily access it via the “My Computer”. After several failed attempts at trying to map a network drive using the windows mapping tool. I decided look around for a solution. My search finally ended when I came across [...]

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OfficeTab Follow-up

25 August 2009

A day after I wrote about OfficeTab in my previous post. The post gained more coverage when it got featured on DownloadSquad and the traffic just kept coming.
One commenter on DownloadSquad wrote that:
I can’t say I’m disappointed, though. I was intrigued, but it probably would have been counterproductive for me because I probably wouldn’t have [...]

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Add Tabs to Microsoft Office Applications with OfficeTab

23 August 2009

OfficeTab is a nifty freeware made by a Chinese software developer which allows you to add tabs to Word, Excel and PowerPoint from the Microsoft Office suite.
Update: Follow-Up post answer some questions arise when using OfficeTab

To see how I achieve this click the “Read More” link below.

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Avast 5.0 Beta Released

22 August 2009

 
At last!! The hideous media player UI of Avast has being scraped from latest version the popular antivirus software Avast 5.0.
There are numerous amount of improvements apart from the revamped UI. For example the improved and optimized detection engine which can detect more virus. Another improvement is that compare to previous version Avast 5.0 [...]

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Replace Window’s Disk Defragmenter with Defraggler

22 August 2009

If ever defragged your computer with the Window’s Disk Defragmenter you will realise that it takes rather long to get through the entire disk and the result isn’t all that great.
Defraggler is a great defragmentation program developed be Piriform. The company who also developed CCleaner and Recuva. What separates Defraggler from other defragment tools is [...]

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Downtime Earlier

22 August 2009

All those who visits my site has obviously noticed that it was down for approximately 6 hours earlier. The problem was related to the SQL sever on my host causing the server to crash.
Well I’m glad to report that the problem has being fixed and we are back to normal.

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Pidgin 2.6.1 Available For Download

20 August 2009

The popular multi-platform, multi protocol instant messenger “Pidgin” has finally made a big step forward in terms of supporting video and audio in Google Talk and Yahoo. However the bad news is that this has not yet being added to window version.
Other big updates in this version from the changelog over at Pidgin includes:

MSN

Add support [...]

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