Create a Desktop Uploader App for imgur Using a Chrome Extension

imgur is one of my favorite image-sharing webapps, thanks to its sheer simplicity of uploading and sharing screenshots. The service also provides an API, which is used by a quite a few desktop tools and...
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4 Unusual Webcam Software for Windows

There are times when you might need to snap a photo or record some home video with your PC’s webcam. Mac users have PhotoBooth at their disposal, while Linux users can always count on the amiable Cheese....
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Use VLC As A Screen Recording Tool

VLC player is touted as the Swiss Army Knife of all media players, and not without reason. While it practically plays every media file that you throw at it, what’s amazing about VLC is that it does so...
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Use The Fastest Download Server for Your Ubuntu

Ubuntu has nearly 350 server locations all over the world, through which it delivers updates to its few millions users. While installing Ubuntu, it’ll automatically choose a server based on your location,...
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Use Firefox On Your Netbook, Without Pulling Your Hair Out

Chrome is just a ridiculously better browser than Firefox at the moment (and is likely to stay so), but there are a couple of reasons that make me go back to Firefox every so often. Firefox Sync. Chrome...
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Twimbow Is A Colourful New Web App to Manage Twitter

Twimbow is a new web app in town, that lets you manage your Twitter profile in a new way. Lets see what it’s got in store to compete with well established rivals like Seesmic Web, HootSuite, and Brizzly. ...
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Create a Swivel View of Your Photos in Picasa Web Albums [GT Posts]

…Generally speaking, creating an actual 360 degree view effect requires you to snap photos of the same object from numerous closely spaced angles, arrange them all together in proper order and queue...
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Bring Mac OS X Style Font Rendering to Windows with GDI++

Even though I’ve never used Apple’s famed desktop OS, there’s one thing about Mac OS X that has always made love it – the font rendering. A lot of people don’t get what’s with all the fuss...
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Gracefully Save IRCTC Train Tickets To A PDF File (Or, Print Virtually Any File To PDF With DoPDF)

Booking train tickets through IRCTC is a rage these days, with everyone and their dads being aware of the relatively simply procedure. The e-ticket format is obviously the preferred choice, as you can...
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2 Reasons Why You Might Want To Ditch MS Security Essentials, And Why Shouldn’t

Combined with a capable firewall, Microsoft Security Essentials is currently the best and most hassle-free solution available for Windows. If you don’t agree with me, one of us is a monkeynut. However,...
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