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The Secret Behind Google & Yahoo's SuperFast Split Second Search Results

Fast SearchBoth Google and Yahoo process millions of queries a day and still manage to provide you blazing fast results in split seconds, The secret behind these superfast search results is a software named "Hadoop" which is a free Java software framework running on a large computing clusters for data intensive distributed applications, Hadoop enables applications to easily scale out to thousands of nodes and petabytes of d

Mibbit - Easy To Use Light WebBased IRC Chat Client

Mibbit LogoUsing IRC is always been a pain because of not so user friendly IRC desktop clients and Java based online versions, but Mibbit - a new web-based IRC chat service is going to change this, the service loads blazingly fast and don't use java as other similar services.

IRC Chat

Main Features:

  • Online version, No Install, No Java, Fast Speed and Light on system resources.
  • Tabbed interface for multiple chat's at the same time.
  • Works without any problem from behind a firewall or proxy.
  • Built-in support for translation.
  • Searchable database of over 150,000+ channels across 49 different IRC networks.
  • Widget support for easy posting on web-pages.

ToneShop - Free & Easy To Use Cellphone Ringtone Maker

Free software utility ToneShop lets you make ringtones for your cellphone from MP3, WAV, WMA, and M4A audio format files, using this small utility is very simple, just select the input file, define the audio snippet you want ringtone of and select the desired output format according to your cellphone.

TwinsVisions - Free 3D Photo Management Software

We have written about free 3D Image Manager - Pictomio earlier on this blog, TwinsVisions is another similar 3D image management system (3DIMS), allowing you to manage, edit and share your images from a single place using an easy to use 3D interface.

Free Photo Organiser

The most interesting feature of this application would be its capability to perform cross folder operations using the innovative 3D interface, the software lets you perform simple editing task like picture enhancements, image effects, editing properties, cropping, tagging etc using the streamlined interface, you can also access and control your Flickr account from TwinsVisions.

Pimp Up Windows Explorer Context Menu With Advanced Features

Lopesoft's free utility FileMenu Tools lets you customize Windows Explorer context menu to provide advanced functions for file and folder manipulation like advanced renaming, shredding, split & join, register/unregister dll's and much more, these functions come handy at times and can be accessed in the most convenient way using FileMenu Tools.


Advanced file delete

FileMenu Tools Features:

  • Build-in utilities to perform operations like rename and delete operations over files and folders using specified criteria.
  • Add customized commands which let run external applications, copy/move to a specific folder or delete specific file types.
  • Configure the "Send to..." submenu.
  • Enable/disable the commands which are added by other applications to the context menu.
  • These are just a few major functions of this wonderful utility.

Mikogo - Free Browser Based Remote Screen & PC Sharing

Remote PC Sharing

Being the tech-guy many times we need to help friends getting things fixed up on their computers and remote desktop sharing comes handy,
Mikogo
is a free and easy to use browser based remote computer screen sharing and remote control utility for windows, unlike many other similar solutions you don't need to mess with firewall, port or IP settings to get this to work.

How To Fix "Power Calibration Error" While Burning CD/DVD

If your CD/DVD burner is making coasters failing to write CD's and DVD's, throwing a "Power Calibration Error" or "Medium Speed Error", here are a few solutions you should try.

Their could be several possible reasons and solutions for the above error, basically what is happening is for some reason the CD/DVD burning software is unable to determine the Optimum Power Calibration rate (a small pre-burn test to determine optimal laser power for writing), resulting a disk burn failure. There is no easy way to pinpoint the exact reason, so try all the possible fixes from top to bottom (easy to hard) and see what works:

  • Try using different brands of quality blank media, most common reason for such error's is cheap blank media.

  • Try burning at lower speeds (Highly effective).

  • Disable IMAPI Service (Work's in most cases):
    1. Launch Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services .
    2. Browse for "IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service", Right-click on it and select properties.
    3. Change Startup Type to Disabled.
    4. Click Apply and Reboot.


Microsoft Livestation - Free Live TV On Your Computer

Livestation Livestation is a newly launched platform developed by Skinkers Ltd. and Microsoft for distribution of live television and radio broadcasts over a peer-to-peer data network.

Free Online Version Of Adobe Photoshop Launched

Adobe released their brand new web-based version of popular Photoshop image editor, dubbed Photoshop Express the service is currently labeled as public beta, Users are provided with 2 GB free online storage allowing them to store, edit and share images using a simple and easy to use flash based interface.

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