Speeding up Vista is something I read a lot about – its more of a niggly habbit really but I’m the kind of guy who defrags files more than once a day, so when it comes to disabling services; cleaning up the drive and improving performance I’m a bit of a nut. Image by cocoate.com [...]

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iConvert is a web service which lets you convert icons from one format to another, essentially allowing you to ‘cross-platform’ icons! Its easy to use and supports a bunch of formats. They support the following formats according to the front page: .icns .ico .png .svg .tif .jpg .bmp .tga .cur The interesting part about the [...]

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Windows users listen in! You’re automatically given out the latest updates and security fixes for your XP or Vista, but outdated applications can be a problem – missing features cause hassles, bugs/memory issues can cause speed problems and most importantly outdated software often has exploitable vulnerabilities! Filehippo has a fantastic 153kb app which will automatically [...]

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Another info packed post with some exciting news making waves in the technology world. 3G iPhone update Vista – uptake inevitable Twitter rising Javascript curvy corners Worthy mentions 3G iPhone update We have reported previously on speculation regarding the launch date of the 3G iPhone, now more information is starting to filter through. One hot [...]

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LifeHacker has a post up today for creating a live (encrypted) backup of Outlook Mail – Unfortunately Outlook isn’t great about backing up your PST file while Outlook is running, but Vinod has found a simple solution: Set a rule in Outlook to keep a separate copy of your incoming email in a separate PST [...]

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Microsoft’s Mesh went into beta last night, a new platform for synching files and folders between any Windows (R) device. Sign up for the beta here – its limited to 10,000 people. Mesh lets you set up a virtual desktop online, and connect different computers to it. Put any file into a Mesh folder and [...]

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Syncplicity [LifeHacker] is a freeware, Windows only (currently) application which keeps folders and files on your computer synchronized across a network. Example uses include tasks such as Code: synchronize your code automatically between your home machine and work laptop without commiting it (to svn etc). Automatic backups: synchronize your important data to a backup machine [...]

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FastStone Capture is a screenshot taking and editing application. It allows you to take a screenshot of your desktop (or a portion of it) and edit that. For example, in the image below notes have been added and sections highlighted. LifeHacker points out that the latest version of this is no longer free, but the [...]

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Notepad2 is a notepad.exe replacement for Windows; with a whole lot more features. The key here is that its still very much a notepad – no huge memory usage, no long loading time, and its simple to use. “Get code syntax highlighting, regular expression search, better text selection options, and support for Unix and Mac-created [...]

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LifeHacker has the uberlist on tweaks and apps to pimp your desktop out. There are some great ones for Mac and Windows actually, my personal favourite being the tip to embed text documents onto your desktop. For something that you look at every day of your working life, your computer desktop doesn’t get as much [...]

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