Archive for June, 2008

Record Skype Conversations using MX Skype Recorder

Ever wished to record your lovers touching words? Or your dads call on your Birthday? Or maybe you would like to record your mom’s cooking tips? Well, it’s pretty easy now. Thanks to softwares which have helped us to a great extent in this computer world. MX Skype Recorder is an application which allows Skype users to record Skype audio conversations.

How to get Detailed Technical and Tag Information of a Video File

Video files have several properties which aren’t displayed by just right clicking and selecting display properties. Such properties include video file details such as codec, aspect, fps, bitrate, encoded date, chapters, etc. Such details are essential if you are using the file for a particular device like cellphone, PMP, or maybe for converting purposes, etc. There’s a software known as MediaInfo which shows technical and tag information of a video or an audio file.

AirTel Subscribers Get Notified on AirTel Apple iPhone Launch

Are you an AirTel subscriber eagerly waiting for iPhone’s arrival in India? Well, I got something interesting for you. You can now get notified with iPhone’s launch date, price, availability, tariff plans and other details exclusively on your cell phone. All you need to do is just message “iPhone” without quotes to 54321. It’s a toll free number so don’t worry you won’t be charged. Once you send the message they’ll send you a message requesting your name and email ID. You need to message them your name and email. They’ll notify you on further information regarding iPhone’s launch.

Free AVG Antivirus 8 License Key

With internet threats increasing day by day, an antivirus becomes a necessity to defend our computers against threats. Unfortunately not all good antivirus softwares are available for free. So, if you want a good one you gotta pay for it. But sometimes if you’re lucky enough, you might get hold of some promotional offers through which you get free antivirus licenses. Last time I had posted about a Kaspersky 2009 IS offer which got over pretty quickly. Luckily I got my key before the offer expired.

How to Speed up Firefox3, a Quick Tip

No doubt Firefox 3 is the fastest browser at present. But since its open source there is always a room for improvement. Here’s a small tip which will help you to speed up Firefox3, follow the below instructions carefully:

1. Type “about:config” (without quotes) into the address bar and hit enter. You will get a warning message saying “changing these settings can be harmful to the stability, security and performance”. Just below the message click on the button “I’ll be careful, I promise”

Free Clock Screensavers for Windows

I usually like to set a screensaver for my desktop provided it’s not too funky or mesmerizing like pipe structures, bricks or something similar. I prefer a clock screensaver to any other. I was searching for some good ones over the net and I got hold of some, I thought of sharing them with you. So, here they are. Hope you like them.

How to Fix Choppy Scrolling in Firefox 3

Mozilla recently released its new version of the browser- Firefox 3. If you are using it, you might have noticed that the scrolling in Firefox 3 is not really smooth, it’s a bit choppy. Firefox hasn’t come out with a fix so far but it will fix it very soon. Well, instead of waiting for a fix from Firefox its better we do something for the time being to fix the problem. Here’s a small workaround which makes scrolling really smooth. Follow the below instructions carefully:

Download VLC Media Player Skins- Great looking ones!

I’ve been using VLC Media player for a long time and I must say it’s great. I play most of my videos using this player. It never had a problem playing videos but the only drawback I feel is the default skin of the VLC Media player. Whenever I look at the default skin I feel that it’s plain and dry. So, I searched for some good skins over the net and here are a few which I found, they certainly look way better than the default one.

Installing skins:
Download the skin and copy it to “C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\skins”
Start VLC player and go to Settings> siwtch interface. Now choose your prefered skin.

Download Presume

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