Play Google Voice voicemails in Gmail
Posted on September 13, 2009 at 5:11 am
If you’re using Google Voice, you probably love the fact that you can get email notifications whenever a new voicemail arrives right? It’s definitely a cool service, but if you use Gmail as your email client, it gets even better!
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just listen to your Google Voice messages right from the email notification in Gmail? Well now you can thanks to Gmail Labs!
Here’s how to enable the Google Voice player in Gmail:
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How to show your computer name in the Taskbar in Windows 7
Posted on September 12, 2009 at 5:59 am
One cool tip that I read today on Scott Hanselman’s blog was about Windows 7 and how you can add the computer name to the taskbar to make it easy to identify which computer are you.
When I read it, I thought how simple it was to do this, yet how I never even thought of it before! However, adding the computer name to the Windows 7 taskbar is absolutely great because if you are running multiple virtual machines, it’s hard to remember which one you’re currently on.
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Automatically add shortcut to USB drives on Windows desktop
Posted on September 11, 2009 at 5:15 am
Have you noticed that whenever you pop in your USB drive in Windows XP, it first scans it (autoplay) and then gives you a menu of options, such as transferring photos, playing files in Windows Media player, or opening a folder to view the files?
This list is automatically generated based on the type of content stored on your USB drive. This is great if you really use one of those options, but what if you always choose “Open folder to view files” or what if you disabled Autoplay?
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Merge, split, rotate, and repair PDF Files
Posted on September 10, 2009 at 5:30 am
Previously, I wrote about a nifty little tool called PDFHammer that lets you merge and edit PDF files online. Though it works well, it’s still convenient to have this ability without an Internet connection.
pdftk is a free toolkit that lets you manipulate PDF files in many different ways. The tool is run using commands entered into the command prompt, which may scare some people, but it’s not all that bad.
Here are some of the things you can do with the PDF toolkit:
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Use HandBrake to convert videos into iPhone format
Posted on September 9, 2009 at 5:15 am
So I’ve been using my iPhone a lot these days and one thing that is a must for me is to sync up all my movies, TV shows, and videos onto my phone so that I can watch them on the go, rather than streaming the videos to my xBox.
Though it’s great for watching stuff at home on my TV, it sucks that I cannot carry around my movies wherever I go! But alas, there are many tools out there that let you convert your videos into the proper iPhone format.
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Dressing up your desktop with ObjectDock
Posted on September 8, 2009 at 5:15 am
What is one thing that Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT, and XP have in common? Ok, some of you may say blue screens of death (which is possible). However, the common item that this question is targeting this time is the Windows Start button.
The average Windows user knows that the default Start button setup is the gateway to the bulk of the Windows menus, including My Documents, My Pictures, and My Computer. While this setup is fairly easy to understand, it is not especially exciting or eye appealing.
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