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Before starting with the explanation where to download Windows 7 Notepad gadget and the useful Windows calculator gadget you have to know that such “utilities” are the most known and used in Windows operating systems. In fact, they help you perform those basic, daily tasks such as calculation and taking notes down in a very smooth and easy way. Differently from the classic, well-know Windows notepad and Windows calculator applications, the gadgets just sit on your Windows sidebar (or desktop in the undocked mode) and are quickly ready for you to use without browsing inside Windows options and features. Let’s see where to download them for free! Continue reading »

Facebook lets you make a lot of new friends on the Internet. However, you might wish to remove your private information such as your online status so that only a few friends and users will know what you are really doing at the moment. Of course, Facebook gives you the chance to block certain unwanted people from gain access to your profile (it also gives you the opportunity to temporary deactivate your profile). But sometimes what you just need is a way to hide certain information about yourself while still allowing your friends to access your …life facts! This brief tutorial will teach you how to remove your status from your personal page from a selected and limited group of people. Continue reading »

How can I clear and erase the content of my Flash plugin? Does the Flash plugin have a history cache? These are two questions a Web Talk reader asked me right yesterday. The Flash plugin is used by all browsers to display special sections of websites such as Facebook or MySpace for example, or to show special content such ads or games. As a consequence a big quantity of data will be stored in a special folder called Flash History Cache which does not get cleared when you flush your browser cache as it is located on a different place. Because of this the history cache will tend to become bigger and bigger and in the long run it could also slightly decrease your browser and computer performance. Let’s see how to clear it in a couple of steps. Continue reading »

This trick about how to reduce or increase (read: make it bigger or smaller) the font size text available in Windows 7 is not new. In fact, I already covered such a topic when I wrote some months ago about how to change the font size text in Windows 7. However, it doesn’t work for everybody and that’s why  I  decided to write another article on the same subject. There are different reasons why you might wish to change the default size of your Windows 7 fonts. You don’t see well what the operating system is trying to say to you with its thousands of warning messages, you need smaller fonts because you want to customize your computer in a new way a or you just want to change its look because you don’t share the Microsoft Team decisions to use such a tiny characters. Whatever the reason this nice tutorial will do the trick! Continue reading »

If you want to open a blank document on Word, Excel and Powerpoint in Office 2011, the software will open the Gallery instead, by default. If you want to prevent this behaviour and block the gallery from popping up at startup, I have just got a nice trick which will force your new Office 2011 to behave in the same old way Office 2010 and Office 2007 did in Windows 7 and Vista. Continue reading »

As you know, YouTube lets its users watch, download and upload any kind of “normal” and HD videos. Recently, YouTube has rolled out a new, interesting feature called “drag and drop” which aims to make the uploading process easier and faster. As the name of the feature suggests, now in order to upload any kind of video to your account, you will only have to drag and drop your video directly to YouTube! Continue reading »

If you are a big fan of Harry Potter saga written by British author J. K. Rowling then this post is for you! Would you like to use Harry Potter fonts free generator on your computer and write your documents and messages in a Harry Potter style?  Despite the fact that in the Internet there are some nice fonts utilities available for free download, actually is quite difficult to find free Harry Potter fonts and symbols. What follows are some free link where you will be able to download the fonts of your favorite wizard! Continue reading »

The major issue and risk about Short URL and URL shortener service is that you can not really see where the short URL will take you as there is no “Preview Mode” (you can not see the real web address). In fact, malicious users could send you to an infected webpage or a page which will automatically start downloading a virus or spyware to your computer. Nobody argues that such services are not useful. Actually they are quite necessary om website such as Twitter where you have to optimize what you write cause the limited amount to words you have got. But the downside is that clicking on a short URL is just like playing Russian roulette. You don’t really know where you will go! Luckily there are websites which let you expand the short URL thus allowing you to see the real URL! Continue reading »