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We all know the famous Wallpapers in Windows operating systems (Windows 7 and Windows Vista). They are very nice with great effects and … poor customization! How many times have you gone to the Desktop settings section to see if you could change something in your favorite Windows 7 screen saver only to find out that you couldn’t? Well, all this is about to finish! In fact, thanks to a simple, free tool you will be able to customize your Windows 7 and Vista default screensavers in a lot of unexpected ways. Continue reading »

If you want to Download the famous Minecraft game this is the right place! Minecraft is a sandbox, multiplayer video game (it is currently under development) whose goal is to “place blocks while running from skeletons”. This is the rather bare-bone and synthetic description from the official Minecraft website. However, the game is much more than this! In fact, Minecraft is a easy, and at the same time complex, game where you will have to build constructions out of cubes in a huge, fantastic 3D world. Depending on the version you are playing (Alpha and Classic version) you will be able to build everything out of  3D blocks in order to fight back hordes of monsters and enemies. The game is developed on the javascript platform and deeps its roots into famous games such as Dwarf Fortress. Let’s see where to download it! Continue reading »

So, at last somebody found a proper way to permanently turn off the hated and annoying Google Instant Previews! I knew it was just a matter of time! As I wrote in a previous article of mine, Google Instant Previews lets you preview a small thumbnail of any website available on the Google Search result page, by simply clicking on the small magnifying glass located on the right side of any link. The irritating thing about this feature is that you can not disable, block or turn it off as it is set on by default and no option among Google settings is available to “tweak” it. But here it comes the good news! Recently, a genius coded a string, a Javascript to be exact ,which is able to permanently turn off the magnifying glass (and the thumbnail) belonging to the Instant Previews in Google Search once for all! All you will have to do is  install a small add-on on your favorite browser and you are done! Let’s see how this trick works! Continue reading »

If you use Windows Live Messenger 2011 (WLM2011) a lot, you might wish to backup all your conversation history (or turn it on), above all if your chat contains important data and private information you wish to use later. Windows Live Messenger 2011 offers you a great range of interesting features, most of which, are not easily accessible nor are switched on by default. That’s why it is  useful and “almost” mandatory to have a full look at its settings just to make sure that all the options you really need are already  on. A good example is the Conversation History which basically records your chat and save it on a file, to a folder of your choice. Let’s see how to enable such a feature thanks to a simply trick . Continue reading »

One of the biggest lacks in the latest Windows Live Messenger 11 version is the block contacts and friends option which is now missing from the settings menu. Such a feature is very important because it lets you block Windows Messenger users who won’t be able to know if the person who blocked them is online or not. Let’s see how to block users on Windows Live Messenger thanks to a simple trick. Continue reading »

Recently, Facebook has activated a service which lets you sign up (free of charge) for a Facebook email address account (user-name@facebook.com). It is a web-based email service which offers almost the same options and features we can find in other webmail providers  such as Yahoo Mail and Google Mail, for example. However, differently from them, the Facebook user will have less options. In fact, you will be able to send emails and messages but the mail  interface misses some important elements such as subject, cc and bbc etc. Facebook email is designed for Facebook users and aims to improve and enhance the way users interact with each others. (also see Facebook chat).  This simple tutorial will  you how to sign up to this service and get a free name@facebook.com email address. Continue reading »

Downloadhelper is a nice, free extension for Firefox which lets you download any videos from any websites such as YouTube, for example. DownloadHelper extracts videos, sounds and images (as well as image galleries) in a very and intuitive way. In fact, the user won’t have to perform any special operation. That’s the great thing about this Firefox Extension!  All you will have to do is surf the Internet and DownloadHelper will do the rest! No extra code to append to the video URL, no tricky video applications to install on your computer, no special knowledge is required to use it. This great extension works in the background and automatically will detect if a video is available for download! Continue reading »

If you wish to make a group of friends on your Facebook profile, this simple and straight-to-the point tutorial is for you. In fact, a specific Facebook feature lets you create a group of Facebook friends (such as your family members or your close friends, for example) to share with them only certain private information. Let’s see how to achieve this result. Continue reading »