Web Talk

Google has recently released an interesting “Social bar” which will add social features to your blog. The idea behind this new release is that the Internet is becoming a social place more and more. Surfers like sharing their private lives and are constantly looking for other people sharing the same interests, while bloggers are always looking for users willing to interact with their blogs. Google Social Bar is nothing else than a simple web utility which clashes these two needs to satisfy both bloggers and readers. Continue reading »

Google has just implemented a new, incredible feature to its Toolbar for Internet Explorer. As a matter of fact, now thanks to the  SDCH technology (Shared Dictionary Compression over HTTP), people using Microsoft Internet Explorer with installed Google Toolbar will be able to download  and display Google search pages faster than ever. Reading from Google’s proposal we learn that  SDCH is an “an HTTP/1.1-compatible extension that supports inter-response data compression by means of a reference dictionary shared between user agent and server”. But how does it work?  Continue reading »

So, what the heck is this Windows Automated Installation Kit for (WAIK) Windows 7 provided by Microsoft itself? Reading from the official Microsoft website: “The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is a set of tools and documentation that support the configuration and deployment of Microsoft® Windows® operating systems.. By using Windows AIK, you can automate Windows installations, capture Windows images with ImageX, configure and modify images using Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management (DISM), create Windows PE images, and migrate user profiles and data with the User State Migration Tool (USMT)”. Continue reading »

Google has recently added a new feature to its incredible Gmail. As a matter of fact, now you will be able to append to your e-mail signature your location. To enable it, just to go to Settings – Labs and enable Location in Signature which will “Append your location to your signature. You must have your signature enabled. Please enable gears for higher accuracy.”  Google points out that this little feature uses your IP address  to work, which in some cases might not be very accurate. Enjoy!

When you open Window Explorer in Windows Vista, the folder name won’t be displayed in the bar, differently from Windows XP which actually shows it without any issue and by default. If you want to force Windows Vista into displaying such a feature, here is a simple utility to download. Continue reading »

Windows 7 introduces a new way of thinking about folders. As a matter of fact, as pointed out by Wikipedia “Libraries are virtual folders that aggregate content from various locations – including shared folders on networked systems – and present them in a unified view.”  Basically, Libraries are folders which have been specifically tailored to host certain files such as documents, videos, music etc. Here is a simple trick to hide or show them. Continue reading »

While working with your Windows, have you ever got a message such as: “Error message. Couldn’t find dll file”? This is one of those error messages which leaves you at loss because, unless you have this file, there is not way to overcome and fix it for good and let that application run smoothly again. Here is a simple solution to retrieve all the .DLL files you need. Continue reading »

If you own a Gmail account you know that right after opening it, you will be able to see the number of unread e-mails in the title bar as well as  in the tab. However, if you open multiple tabs in the same page, the heading showing the number of unread messages will be squeezed so much that you won’t be able to see it anymore. Let’s see how we can solve this issue thanks to a little add-on. Continue reading »