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Show Desktop Shortcut

As strange as this may seem, I am being found the most for the search term “Show Desktop Shortcut”. For those who missed it, I have an article on the main PCIN.net site called Recreate the Show Desktop Shortcut (reproduced below): Did you know that Show Desktop is actually a script (technically Microsoft refers to …

TerraClient v1.3.3

Satellite imaging seems to be a very popular thing these days. I haven’t spent a lot of time viewing images, but when I do, I am always amazed that a camera so far away can take such amazing pictures. Well, Bill Friedrich has developed software that uses the images that Microsoft has and puts it …

Google Web Accelerator

Google Web Accelerator is an application that uses the power of Google’s global computer network to make web pages load faster. Google Web Accelerator is easy to use; all you have to do is download and install it, and from then on many web pages will automatically load faster than before. Google Web Accelerator uses …

Audio Software Tips

Subscriber John Mood sent me this: I have been using Audacity for a few months. It is a very excellent audio editor! Coupled with Total Recorder, it’s a killer combination. Audacity is free, and Total Recorder is very inexpensive to license. I found both quite on purpose, having an ancient sound file that needed cleaning …

Google Maps – Get Direction

Graham and I have both posted about Google Maps and their satellite imaging system. Using Google Maps it is also possible to get directions. Like other mapping sites, ater you put your search terms in, your receive turn by turn directions with an overall picture of the route. You can also get a satellite image …

Microsoft Time Zone

Subscriber John Mood sent me this: Mcrosoft has published Microsoft Time Zone, which is free, installs via an .MSI install file. It’s handy when needing to keep track of time in more than one time zone. It sits in the tray, and displays the time in up to five cities when (left) clicking on the …

Getting SPAM from a person in a foreign language?

Subscriber John Mood sent me this: Getting SPAM from a person in a foreign language? Always wanted to know what your friends at work say in a language you don’t know? OK, here’s the scoop on translation. http://www.mezzofanti.org/ has links to translator sites for almost every language you might imagine. I found Polish, Arabic, Slovenian, …

Multi-Desktop Software

Subscriber John Mood sent me this: I just found a very neat program that lets you toggle between two desktops, you can put a different BMP as the wallpaper on the secondary desktop. It’s at http://www.fatfreesoft.com/ and it’s called Double Desktop. It’s easy, low memory loading, and free to download and keep. There are several …