November 9, 2009 0:47 am by Jal
Blogging is amazing when it is unrestricted and hassle-free. And to make blogging a smooth experience, there are many desktop blog-publishing applications available but most of them are ‘typical’ softwares that you need to install. Some might require you to download a suite in order to get a simple blog-publishing application. Here is something for those who love blogging on Blogger and hate installing a blog-publishing software – Blogger Buddy.
Blogger Buddy is a Windows Vista/Windows 7 Gadget that lets you create new posts and publish them to your Blogger blog. It also lets you preview the content before you publish.
Although a mere 120kb download, this small utility has full fledged text editor where you’ll find everything you need.
Features of Blogger Buddy:
» Unlike a typical blog publishing software, Blogger Buddy is a Windows Vista/Windows 7 Gadget.
» Just 120KB download size and low on resources.
» Rich text editor.
» Post previews are available before publishing to Blogger blog.
So, if you are a Blogger user out there, I would recommend you to use thisgadget for posting to your blog just because it is too hassle-free and has a footprint of an ant.
Download Blogger Buddy / 120kb
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November 8, 2009 4:34 am by Jal
There are many services out there on the web which are just ‘a violet by a mossy stone’. Hidden from the world, yet very useful. Google Pack is one such service where you can download software in, well you guessed it, packs. Though currently in beta, things are pretty neat.
What’s Google Pack?
It is a bunch of very useful software (especially for Windows 7 users) that includes a salad mixture of utilities like – Google Chrome browser, Firefox, Google Earth, Spyware Doctor, Picasa, Skype, Adobe Reader, Google Desktop, Google Talk, Google Apps like Calendar, Docs etc and Real Player – All packed in one suite called Google Pack.
So if you are too lazy to download all these utilities one by one, here is a blessing for you. Just head over to pack.google.com and select the programs you wish to download and click ‘Download now’.
Features of Google Pack:
As Google states it: Google pack is a bunch of free and ready-to-use software selected by Google. Adding to that, it saves time to download software from a one stop shop. Almost all software provided in the Google Pack are must-have for a Windows 7 user.
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November 7, 2009 1:09 am by Jal
I haven’t used offline mail clients to an extent that I could actually write a post about them. I never felt the need to have one because I am always connected to the internet and Gmail does the best job for me. Such was a scenario until yesterday when I had to use Outlook. While using it I felt the need to sync my Gmail contacts with Outlook and one of my friend suggested a really helpful piece of software that does this precise job –
Go Contact Sync.
Go Contact Sync is a perfect synchronization tool to manage contacts between Gmail and Outlook. It’s a free, open-source tool that supports contact categories and their photos so that your address-book (contacts) look exactly the same on both. Finally I can get rid of entering the contact details again and again.
Features:
» Smooth synching of contacts between Gmail and Outlook.
» Multiple sync options, categories and contact photos are supported.
» Automatic synchronization feature.
» Choose one-way or two-way sync according to your preference.
You can also use Go Contact Sync to backup your contacts too.
Download Go Contact Sync / 1.1MB
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October 27, 2009 12:32 pm by Jal
Google Docs, an online word processor, spreadsheets, presentations and forms creator just keeps getting better. The guys at Google Docs are frequently putting in new features may be because a similar service called
Office Web Apps have been initiated by Microsoft.
Google Docs have added a new feature using which you can export your documents into a ZIP archive and download it on your computer for offline use. Till now, a 3rd party utility called GDoc Backup was used for the purpose. But now with the introduction of the ‘Export as ZIP Archive’ feature, you won’t be needing any 3rd party applications.
Here’s how you do it:
1) Login to Google Docs and select all files you want to download as ZIP archive.
2) In the menu above, click ‘More actions’ > ‘Export’
3) A new frame window will appear. If you notice it properly, there are options for file conversion before downloading. If you don’t want to convert files then simply click ‘Continue’.
4) After it finishes making the ZIP archive, you will be able to download it on your computer.
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