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38 (new) web tools to keep you busy

For many of us, the internet represents our daily job, income resource or biggest hobby. Every day we check our emails, read our feeds, visit our websites, find and discuss new things and GOD knows what else. It requires a lot of tools to do all this stuff and sometimes, we forget to search for easier solutions losing valuable time or keeping down the production graph. It's very hard to keep track with everything that's new and popular and this is why we do monthly searches for the best web tools out there. Enjoy!  45+ Web Operating Systems "There are many more web operating systems hoping to bring all your usual desktop applications online in one place - here are more than 45 of our favorites."  15 Ways To Create Website Screenshots "15 Ways To Create Website Screenshots"  Open Source Windows "The promise of open source software is best quality, flexibility and reliability. The only way to have TRUE "Open Source Windows"is

6 Windows Command prompt tricks that make life easier

Post Windows 2000 and Windows XP, the use of the Windows Command prompt has been on the decline. Everything that is done on Windows today is done through the graphical user interface. There are still some tasks that are done through the Command prompt, but we aren’t going to discuss about commands available for the Command line. There are plenty of  references  for that. Rather, we are going to find out those tricks that make working on the prompt easier. 1. Copy and Paste Text If you have ever tried to copy and paste stuff into the command prompt window, you must have discovered that Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V doesn’t work. You can however copy text from other applications, right click on the command prompt windows and click Paste. But how do you copy text from the command prompt? There is a strange way to do it. First right-click inside the command prompt window and click on  Mark . The title bar of the window should read Mark Command Prompt.     Now drag a box around the text yo

21 fresh cursor packs for Windows XP and 7

You frequently change your Windows desktop wallpaper. Adventurous ones probably apply a custom theme and even a new icon set every once in a while. But why stop there? Go ahead and choose a new mouse cursor to make the customization complete. How to change Windows mouse cursor Most cursor packs you will find here comes with an .INF file. Right click on each of the .INF files and select "Install". Now open Control Panel and double click on Mouse Properties. Click on the Pointers tab and choose the installed cursor pack from the dropdown list under ‘Scheme’. Select one and click Apply. Windows 7 and Vista users can type ‘mouse pointers’ in the search box to automatically open the Mouse pointers settings.   If the downloaded cursor doesn’t contain the .INF file, ignore the first step and directly open Mouse Pointers settings in Control Panel. Click on Browse and locate the cursor files (.cur and .ani) you just downloaded. Select one to apply. Glass Cursors X