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LiveEdge adds Expose-like hotspots to Windows desktop edges
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad Its author refers to LiveEdge as “a radically simple approach to mouse gestures,” and that’s pretty well bang-on. Install and launch LiveEdge and it adds eight hotspots to the edges of your desktop, each one capable of executing a custom action. To execute, just move your mouse to the appropriate spot [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Latest Google Chrome dev build adds Windows 7 jumplist support
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad Though the recent release of Firefox 3.6 alpha 1 didn’t prioritize support for Windows 7′s jumplists, Google has flicked the switch in the latest developer channel build of Chrome. As you can see in the screenshot above, Chrome’s jumplist works just like any other in Windows 7. Recently browsed sites are [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Customize your Windows desktop using Rainmeter 1.0
By Jay Hathaway, Downloadsquad Rainmeter, a Windows desktop modification app, has entered version 1.0, and now comes with the popular Enigma theme as its default skin. Setting up all of Enigma’s various widgets on Rainmeter is extremely simple. In fact, Rainmeter is basically code-free. You can enter all of your settings once using [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Windows Media Center is set to thrill at CEDIA 2009 next month
By Ben Drawbaugh, Engadget Everyone likes to try and predict the future and with the Custom Electronic Design & Installation (CEDIA) show only a month away, the crew at Engadget HD threw all of their crazy ideas out there for your reading pleasure. For the most part all of the predictions are around Windows Media [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Windows 7 activation crackers undeterred by Microsoft’s muscle-flexing
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad.com Last week Microsoft and Lenovo went tag-team on the first activation workaround, which utilized a leaked OEM product key. “Nice try, pirates!” said Microsoft. “Your key has been blacklisted and will never see again the light of day! Ha HA!” The also touted the fact that Windows 7 has improved methods [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Google’s got a new Chrome beta
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad On the official Google Chrome blog a few hours ago, Google announced the release of a new beta version that falls somewhere in between the stable and developer branches. Apart from the speed improvements in Google’s V8 javascript engine, several new features have been added. In addition to the drag-to-split side-by-side [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Amnesty Generator puts iGoogle gadgets on your Windows 7 desktop
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad You may have read about Amnesty Generator before on Download Squad – it’s a free application that converts thousands of web gadgets and widgets – from dozens of sources – for use right on your Windows desktop. While it was designed for Vista, it’s not too surprising to find that it [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )How to fix the Windows 7 7057 desktop.ini startup bug
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad Based on some of the things you’ve read about Windows 7, it’s sometimes not so apparent that we’re still talking about a work in progress. Not so with build 7057 – there’s a little reminder right in the middle of the desktop when Windows starts up. Notepad will be there, unabashedly [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft reveals more changes from Windows 7 beta to RC
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad With the recent leaks of builds 7048 and 7057, some of you may have already gotten a taste of what’s been tweaked as Microsoft continues working toward an official WIndows 7 release candidate. Today, the E7 blog released another list of changes – some subtle, some not so much. Surprisingly, one [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Windows 7 build 7057 torrent appears on Mininova
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad Some of you are likely still catching up on reports about the changes in Windows 7 build 7048, which only surfaced on torrent trackers last week. However, the leaks just keep on coming. The most recent appearance is from build 7057, which bears a March 5th timestamp. This time it’s the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace Gets Detailed
Chris Microsoft is just about ready to launch its own app store. And we have hot details for all those developers interested in the future Windows Marketplace. Microsoft will charge developers $99 to be accepted and $99 extra for every application they submit after 2009. This year devs will have the chance to submit five [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Use PicoNote for dead-simple note taking anywhere
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad Like to keep things as simple as possible? Looking for a way to create notes for yourself? Take a look at PicoNote. It’s available in three forms: a free Windows application, a web-based app, and a mobile-friendly web app (http://m.piconote.com). From the moment you sign up, you’ll enjoy its simplicity – [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile App store details
By Brad Linder, Downloadsquad Microsoft plans to launch an App Store that lets Windows Mobile users find, purchase, and download programs directly from the phones. It’ll work much like the iPhone App Store and the upcoming BlackBerry App World. Today Microsoft revealed that developers will have to pay $99 per year to list their items [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Five sandboxing apps to protect your Windows computer
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad System admins and technicians deal with a number of frustrations in our daily work. One of the biggest: desktops that keep getting misused, abused, and trashed as a result of carelessness, malice, or a lack of common sense. Sandboxing programs are a great way to prevent these kinds of headaches. What [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft unveils Windows Marketplace fees, splits, hopes, and dreams
By Joshua Topolsky, Engadget Microsoft has begun laying out plans for its version of the App Store — dubbed the Windows Marketplace — with some familiar numbers, and a few unfamiliar tweaks. According to Ina Fried, the company will charge developers an annual fee of $99 to become part of the ecosystem, and an additional [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Super Finder XT offers flexible, index-free search for Windows
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad.com Windows Search has come a long way from the XP days, and it’s now a very capable desktop search application. If you’d prefer an index-free alternative (with a fancy ribbon interface, no less), have a look at Super Finder XT. Since it’s searching your drives without first compiling an index of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Windows Mobile 6.5 to support web apps
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad The original iPhone could do it. The Palm Pre, with its WebOS will do it. And it looks like Windows Mobile 6.5 will be able to do it, too. “It” is the ability to run web applications, and it’s coming to Microsoft’s newest mobile operating system as widgets. A .widget is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )PortableApps.com suite 1.5 released
By Brad Linder, Downloadsquad.com The PortableApps.com application suite is a package of Windows programs that you can run from a USB flash drive. The platform comes with a program menu that pops up when you insert your USB stick, or when you launch the program, and a suite of apps including a web browser, instant [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Windows 7 RC build 7048
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad.com Apart from implementing some of the previously announced changes in post-beta Windows 7 builds, Microsoft has clearly set their sites on providing a desktop environment that users can customize six ways from Sunday. Don’t take the title too literally: build 7048 has definitely received plenty of attention under the hood. In [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Windows 7 will let you turn most apps on or off
By Brad Linder, Downloadsquad.com The other day we saw a leaked screenshot of a build of Windows 7 that lets you turn off Internet Explorer. Now Microsoft is not only confirming that Windows 7 will be the first version of Windows in years to let you disable the built in web browser — but you’ll [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )LiveSlices showcases useful web slices for IE8
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad.com One things I would have liked to include in Pimp Your IE8 was bigger list of webslices, but the collection at the Microsoft addon site isn’t all that impressive. The crew at LiveSlices, on the other hand, has put together several that are well worth installing. Among their listings are slices [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Nvidia releases GeForce 182.08 WHQL drivers
By Justin Mann, TechSpot.com If you’re an Nvidia GPU owner and use Windows, then you might want to go download the now WHQL-certified 182.08 GeForce driver package. For those using up to date non-WHQL drivers there is really no reason to update at this time, but if you are using an older driver package there’s [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft releases Windows Vista SP2 RC to the public
By Jose Vilches, TechSpot.com As expected, Microsoft has put the release candidates for Windows Vista and Server 2008 SP2 up on its website for public consumption. The service pack brings with it a number of changes and bug fixes, including support for Blu-ray disc burning and Bluetooth 2.1 as well as simpler Wi-Fi setup and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )EU! Internet Explorer now uninstallable in Windows 7
By Lee Mathews – Downloadsquad.com While it’s not likely to placate those who are out for browser blood, Microsoft has taken steps toward pacifying the European Union in the latest RC builds of Windows 7. As you can see in the updated Windows Features screen captured by AeroXperience, Internet Explorer 8 can now be removed [...]
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