8 Useful Shortcut Keys Using The “Windows” Button [Windows 7]

If you’re a rather busy person like me, every single second you waste throws pennies down the drain. Those pennies gather up over a year, so making yourself more efficient at what you do on your computer should be at the top of your list. If you  lose 2 cents for every second you lose and you waste 2 minutes of the day moving your mouse instead of pressing quick shortcut keys, that’s $864 every year you’ll never recover – almost one grand! Even if you don’t make money on your computer, think of how much time you can save to do other things like reading a book or playing ball with your kid that always complains about you being such a busy beaver.
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Chrome Toolbox Places Useful Features At Your Fingertips

chrome-toolbar-mainHave you ever encountered the situation where you have plenty of tabs open in your browser and one of them is blasting out loud advertisement video? Yes, I know, it is very irritating, especially when you don’t know which tab contains the annoying video and you have to flick through all the tabs to locate (and stop) the ad. With Chrome Toolbox, you can now easily mute all the tabs with a single click.

Chrome Toolbox is a Google Chrome extension created by Google. It is an enhancement and quick access tool combined into one.
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Spark: Easily Create Hot Keys For Almost Any Application in Mac

spark-keyboardNo matter how popular the mouse become, using a keyboard shortcut is still the fastest method to get your way around. The default installation of Mac comes with a set of hotkeys that you can use right away, like F12 to bring up the dashboard, F9 to show expose etc. But if you want to create (or customize) your own shortcut keys for a third party app, things started to become more complicated.

Luckily, there is Spark, a free software that transforms you into a keyboard ninja.
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Increase Efficiency: Use Windows Vista Shortcut keys

Can’t stand the lengthy process to start each application, or looking for more efficient way to increase your productivity? Here are some Windows Vista shortcut keys that might be useful (most of them work in Windows XP as well):

For writing or creating office document, press:

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