Viewing PDFs within Google Mail no longer requires adobe reader or any other additional PDF reading software. Yes, Google has a web-based PDF viewer. They are rolling it out for Gmail first.
Along with the Standard and High Quality formats, YouTube offers a High Definition 720p MP4 format version of some videos. By using a bookmarklet, you can easily download these videos to your computer without the use of any other software. Once you have the video downloaded, you simply rename the file and it’s set to go.
iTunes includes some really cool visual effects you can display while you are listening to your favorite music. By using the keyboard commands, you can easily display Visualizer, toggle between normal and full screen viewing activate some really nice effects.
This is a quickie guide on how to install Microsoft’s Silverlight 2.0+ browser plugin for non-Intel based systems running OSX (including PowerPC and Hackintosh setups, ie Atom cpus and AMD).
If you wish to access the contents of a VHD file without having to run Virtual PC or Virtual Server, you can do so by using PowerShell and running a couple of commands from the command line.
By default, all of your Tweets appear on the public timeline. This means that they are visible to anyone. If you want to keep your Tweets private so that only those that you select can view them, follow these steps:
By default, Excel allows you to sort your data by columns. If you run into a situation that requires that you sort the rows, you could do it by hand or let Excel do it for you.
I really like Snopes. I really do. However, they use a stupid javascript command to prevent people from selecting and copying the text on their web pages. Here is how to defeat their defenses.
If you are trying to receive a file such as one with a chm or exe extension, Windows Live Mail will block the attachment. You can disable this functionality so that you can receive your attachment.
Private Browsing allows you to surf the web without recording a history of the sites visited and without saving any information about the session. If Firefox is to be installed on a public computer, then starting it in Private Browsing mode is a must.
Quite a few users have become very dependent on Outlook’s AutoComplete to send email to their friends, family, and/or co-workers. If you (or one of your users) are in this group, it makes since to transfer the AutoComplete addresses (along with the Contacts, Calendar, Tasks and of course, email) to a new (or reloaded) computer.