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If you are an inattentive guy then you are going to love this extension/addon for Google Chrome and Firefox. At the time writing Google Gmail doesn’t give you any chance to schedule emails in order to be sent later at a specific time or later day (just see all the complains made on this Gmail Help forum page). Just image this scenario. You are in a hurry when all of a sudden you get an email on your cell phone. But hey! It is you! In fact, a month earlier you scheduled an email to be sent right today to remind you that  you are supposed to attend that important meeting you have just forgotten about. You could even daily or monthly schedule certain emails so that you will be reminded of an important date/event on a daily basis. Let’s see what extension is able to make such wonders. Continue reading »

Internet Explorer 9 has increased user security by enhancing a feature called SmartScreen Filter that basically checks the file you are downloading against a list of reputable and trusted files available on the Internet. The downside of this security feature is that it will try to forbid you to install the application if it is not trusted or there are little information and “footprint” about it.  To do that, the SmartScreen Filter will hide the Run command from the list of options available once you double-click the .exe application from the Internet Explorer ” View Downloads” window. Let’s see how to solve this issue and safely install any “untrusted” application on your computer using Internet Explorer 9. Continue reading »

Yesterday the Mozilla team made available for everybody to download the famous and much awaited Firefox 4 via the official website. As usual the standalone installer as well as  Firefox 4  translated in different languages (80 languages)  are available via the official Mozilla FTP web address. However, the most interesting thing is that Mozilla also released a free ebook describing all the goodies and features in this latest release. So, let’s see where to download Firefox 4 offline standalone package and the free ebook! Continue reading »

One of the most missed features in Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) is the useful spell check (or spell checker tool) able to instant check what you write and highlight the errors you make. Nobody knows why Microsoft didn’t add such great tool as other famous and well-known browsers (such as Chrome and Firefox) come with it, by default. Of course, in the Internet a lot of users are asking for such a feature and a lot of geeks have already found a proper solution to it. So, let’s see how to install and add it to your Internet Explorer 9, for free! Continue reading »

As I told you in my previous Office 2010 trick, Microsoft decided to give more features to Office 2010 users in order to customize, change, add and modify important, default sides of the Office 2010 User Interface. In this guide I will show you how to create and add to any Microsoft Office 2010 tools (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.) nice and customized tabs on the ribbon. This will let you access certain command in a more easy way (kind of shortcusts) . Continue reading »

One of the nice things about Office 2010 is that you can save, backup and export all the customizations you made on its UI (user interface) so that, in case you change computer, you will be able to install such customizations on the new machine and have all the nice options, shortcuts, ribbons and quick access toolbar you previously created or modified. In fact Microsoft, in this new Office 2010 edition, has decided to give more power to its users when it comes to modifying the default Office interface in order to adapt it to different user’s needs (see Filter Packs, for example). Because of this, saving all the customizations as a file (exported.UI) becomes very important in all those situations and cases where you need to work with different computers and you need to have all your Office “tweaked-tools” at hand! Let’s see how to backup and save your ribbon and toolbar available in any Office tools (Such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc.) in a couple of steps! Continue reading »

One of the most interesting and annoying features in Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) is the autocomplete (suggest bar) search bar that  automatically suggests those  URLs which are close to the website you are typing the address of. Such a auto-complete  address bar will show you a list (history) of all the previous searches you have performed, your favorites (bookmark) as well as all those websites and blogs you have previously visited. The autocomplete Web address bar is not a new feature as it existed in old Internet Explorer versions. However, in this latest IE9 it has been enhanced and improved. The downside of it is that it might create some embarrassment while typing an URL thus posing a threat to your privacy. This brief tutorial will show you how to turn it off and delete its history database from all its entries. Continue reading »

Despite Google is pretty popular among web surfers, it still misses important feature such as Image Properties. Additionally, Google doesn’t plan to add it any time soon, so the only way you have got to view it among your Chrome options is to add it by using an extension. Other popular browsers have got such a feature since ever because it is very helpful when it comes to give important information about a specific photo or picture such as dimension, size, file extension, location, source etc. Let’s see how to add Image Properties on your Chrome thanks to  little extension. Continue reading »