Freewares
Extract and Copy Text from Images
How often have you wanted to copy text and paste it elsewhere from an image? There might be many situations where you want to copy the text instead of typing it but since text cannot be copied from any image, you had to type it. GT Text is a nice freeware app for Windows which [...]
Compress PNG Images without Loss of Quality
PNG or Portable Network Graphics is one of the most popular file formats used across websites along with JPEG. When you are sharing files though email or displaying them on websites, its always good to have reduced image sizes as the download time and bandwidth required will be reduced. But at the same time, you [...]
How to Bypass Start Screen in Windows 8 RTM and Boot to Classic Desktop
Generally when you boot your Windows, it opens the desktop by default, but with the release of Windows 8, things have changed. Now Windows 8 boots to start screen instead of the normal desktop. This could be annoying for some users as they might want to show the desktop as soon as Windows is booted. [...]
Create a Full Backup of Firefox, Chrome, Opera
A proper backup of web browser which you use at work or home is needed as you never know when your browser installation might get corrupted or your OS itself might get corrupted. In such cases you might not be able to retrieve your bookmarks saved, passwords, browsing history and other settings. BrowserBackup Pro is [...]
Get Chrome Like Tabs in Windows Explorer
One of the features still missing in Windows Explorer is the availability of tabbed interface. The good thing about any tabbed interface is that you can quickly navigate between windows. We had covered tools like QTTabBar which brings in tabbed interface to Windows Explorer. Clover 2 is a freeware utility for Windows, which when installed [...]
Close Apps in Windows 8 Easily
Windows 8 has one major improvement in the form of apps with the metro UI (or rather Windows 8 UI). These apps are optimized such that they do not feature a close or minimize button, instead they run the background, but do not use memory like normal apps. Although they run in the background, you [...]
Image Backup for Windows 8 from Paragon
Paragon Software Group has released an backup solution for Windows 8. Paragon Image Backup for Windows 8 is a disk-imaging tool for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. It employs Microsoft VSS and Paragon’s patent-pending technologies for consistent point-in-time copies of the whole disk system or separate volumes. For recovery purposes it includes a powerful [...]
10 Apps to Create a Bootable USB for Windows
Generally when you install Windows, you either use the set up directly or use a DVD (burn the ISO) to boot and then install. But one of the simpler means of installing Windows on multiple PC is using a bootable USB drive. Since USB drive is available in all desktops and laptops unlike DVD drives, [...]
Enable Tabbed Interface in Windows 8 Explorer with QTTabBar
The Windows Explorer in Windows 8 has a lot of features when compared to Windows 7. The interface for Windows Explorer has a ribbon UI from where you can access most of the commonly used functions and features which otherwise was available though menus in previous versions. One of the feature which is probably missing [...]
Free Up Space on your iPhone, iPad and iPod
iPhone, iPad and iPod are revolutionary device from Apple and sold in millions worldwide. One of the main problem is that the storage space is not expandable. So in case you bought the 16GB version, there is no way you can increase it or extend it. But over a period of time if you have [...]

