Yahoo Zimbra is an excellent desktop application which lets you manage multiple email accounts in a single window. Other than emails, it also allows you to manage your calendar, tasks, documents and briefcase all in a single suite. As the same as other desktop email client, you can download all your emails while you are online and view them later in your desktop (perhap while you are on the move?). Being a close competitor to Outlook and Thunderbird, one of the advantage that Zimbra has over  other is that it is easy to configure and you are able to integrate various services all in one place, such as browsing your Yahoo email, work with Google calendar and sync with Hotmail address book. In this article, we will discuss how to setup Yahoo Zimbra Desktop application in Windows.

YouTube Downloader HD is a great little Windows-only application for anyone who likes to download videos that they have seen on YouTube.  I can think of a handful of times that I needed an offline copy of a YouTube video when my Internet connection was not available, or YouTube was blocked by corporate policies.

This handy addition to your software toolbox offers the ability to download YouTube videos in multiple file formats which include .flv, .avi and .mp4.

One of the nice features of this downloader is that it gives you the option to download in High Definition formats if they are available on the site.  In this short tutorial, I’ll show you how to download a YouTube video with this easy to use software application.

If you’re like me, you’ve probably expanded the storage on your computer by adding an external hard drive or two.  I’m not talking about one of those USB thumb drives.  I’m referring to the USB connected 80GB+ drives that often require a separate power source.

In my system I store backups and archived data to the external drive, mostly items that I don’t plan to access frequently.  That being said, there is no reason why it couldn’t be a little quicker when I am using it.  Windows Vista has a little known tweak that will speed up your external USB hard drives and I’m going to show you how to do it.

I don’t know about how everybody else work, but I am the kind of person who always need to do quick calculations. From a simple “how much is the change” or “how much should I pay for everything” to something like “how much IDR (Indonesian Rupiah – my country currency) should I pay for this USD (US dollar)”. I have my calculator app in my cellphone for everything I need to count while I am on the road; but in front of my computer – Mac or Windows, I use Calq.

There are already too many calculator applications out there with extra bells and whistles. Why choose this one?

Well, because it’s quick, cute and simple.

The following question will most likely structure your need for this application that dares challenge outdated software installed on your computer. Can you compile a quick and detailed list of  ALL outdated software programs residing inside your personal computer?

If you “simply” can’t, then you’re in for some serious trouble. There are reasons why software updates exist, and it isn’t just for showing off some new, cool features. The most important aspect of a software update (sometimes) is that it patches security loopholes that can allow malicious users or programs to take control or harm your computer. Imagine having multiple outdated, hack-prone software programs consistently running on your PC, eerie right?

For simple resizing of your existing Windows partition, Norm has done a good job in showing you how to get it done with Easus. If you want to do more, such as creating new partitions of different file format (such as Ext3 or HFS), then Gnome Partition Editor (Gparted) is the one for you.

GParted is a powerful application that you can use to change the partition organization therein, while preserving the partition contents. It allows you to resize, move, create and format your partition to various file formats. The file formats that it supports include ext2, ext3, fat16, fat32, hfs, hfs+, jfs, linux-swap, ntfs, reiser4, reiserfs, ufs and xfs. While most partition management software are restricted to a particular platform, GParted is cross-platform compatible and can be used regardless you are using Windows, Mac or Linux.

What happen if you wanted to reinstall your Windows XP, but found that you have lost your product key? Well, you can either hack into the system registry to check out the product key (that is, if you have the expertise) or go online and search for a pirated key. Alternatively, you can use RockXP to retrieve your lost key.

RockXP is an application that scans your system and retrieves the product key for your Windows and passwords for other Microsoft applications. In the situation above where you have lost the key, but need it for a reinstallation, this is the best application for you.

MouseAway is a small application that detects the location of your mouse pointer and keyboard cursor and move the mouse away them if they are too close.

In most situation, when you use the mouse to change the keyboard cursor location, the mouse pointer always end up in the same position as the keyboard cursor and blocks your view. Most of the time, we have to move the mouse away so as to get a better view of the keyboard cursor. What MouseAway does is to check the proximity between the mouse and the keyboard cursor and move the mouse away if it is too near to the cursor. Nothing great, but useful and efficient task.

MouseAway is very small in size (~39kb) and only take up little resources. It runs quietly in the background and does not disrupt you in your work. It has been tested to work fom Windows 95 onward.

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The browser today means a lot more than it did ten years ago, heck it means a lot more than it did even two years ago.  In today’s world the browser represents not only a way to view the musings of the Internet, but it’s also the thin face to many server-based applications.  The browser is becoming more and more of a dependency every day.

I guess that’s why this little application called BackRex Internet Explorer Backup intrigued me so much.  Over the years I have been through many OS rebuilds and changes, each time having to make adjustments to my browser settings to get them just the way I like them.  That includes the manual backup and restore of cookies, favorites, connections settings, and add-ons.  BackRex’s Internet Explorer Backup simplifies that task by automating the process from start to finish.   Here’s a little walkthrough of it’s basic features.

When you boot up your computer, most people will have a set process to what they do when it’s finished loading. For me, it’s loading up my Firefox browser, opening Windows Live Writer and playing some music through iTunes.

What would you do if I said you would be able to load all these applications at once, whenever you feel like it?

Allow me to introduce Lacuna Launcher, a windows based application that will allow you to specify what applications you wish to run, allow you to set a time between how quickly they launch, and basically just allow you to have specified shortcuts for certain tools you wish to use at any given time.