TechBite: 7 Handy Firefox Add-ons & Tweaks | PC Pitstop May 03, 2010 by Steve Bassin TechBite By Steve Bass Make Firefox Even Better I know many of you still stubbornly use Internet Explorer (hello, Carl). I used to, as well. Let’s start with a something you might not know about: Firefox’s hidden visual tab switching tweak. Firefox has a hidden feature: Visual tab switching Turning on the feature takes two steps: 1. 2. Five Handy Firefox Add-ons Here five add-ons I’ve recently used; they’re easy to install and don’t take much time to figure out how to use. Tired of squinting at sites with tiny fonts or weird background colors? Rearrange Firefox’s windows with Fox Splitter. Not all of Firefox’s icons are easy to recognize; Menu Icons Plus gives me a nicer array of choices. Start typing and Firefox starts a search. Click Ctrl-F to expand Firefox’s Find feature. Now use Find All: It does tons more than Firefox’s default Find feature. Now for a couple add-ons only for those of you with a technical itch that needs to be scratched.
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Angry Birds: Video Cheats for Every Level You’re tearing it up in Angry Birds, finding elegant smashed-avian-solutions for every level, and then you hit a wall. No matter what you do you can’t figure the level out. Take a peek at these video walkthroughs to blast through to the next level. If you’re a purist, you’ll just have to keep plugging along until you solve that level. If you’re stuck on Episode 3 and you’d really like to cruise on to Episode 4, it’s worth sneaking a peek. Episode 1 – Poached Eggs: Learning the Ropes It all seems innocent enough–blue skies, some easy challenges to ramp you up to the later obstacles you’ll face, pigs that are apparently just waiting for avian-death to visit them. Theme 1: Official Angry Birds 3 Star Walkthrough Theme 1 Levels 1-5 Official Angry Birds 3 Star Walkthrough Theme 1 Levels 6-10 Official Angry Birds 3 Star Walkthrough Theme 1 Levels 11-15 Theme 2: Official Angry Birds 3 Star Walkthrough Theme 2 Levels 1-5 Official Angry Birds 3 Star Walkthrough Theme 2 Levels 6-10 Theme 3: Theme 4:
25 Beautifully Designed Windows Apps PCs have been mocked by Apple ads and designers for years as being simple beige boxes without any beautiful and inspiring apps. Since then, it seems the attention has passed from PCs entirely, focusing instead on mobile devices and their new apps. Then, the new Mac App Store was unveiled, showcasing the many unique and beautiful apps available on OS X. Is your Windows computer destined to a life of spreadsheets and boring 12pt Times New Roman reports? We’ve dug up 25 of the best Windows apps we use and enjoy, making sure that we only selected once that were truly stunning. Zune for Windows Microsoft’s newest design style, Metro, introduced with the Zune and Windows Phone 7, increasingly looks like the interface style of the future for Windows apps. Even though the Zune devices have been discontinued, Zune for Windows is still the only way to sync new Windows Phone 7 devices with your PC. MetroTwit Paint.NET Kindle for PC Want to catch up on your reading from your PC? Shapeshifter GeeTeeDee
How To Colorize Black and White Vintage Photographs in Photoshop Ever wanted to add color to your old, vintage, or historical photographs? Load up some old pictures and see how color can be added quickly to any black and white photograph in this simple Photoshop how to. While many purists simply don’t like the look of colorized black and white photographs, the ability to add color to black and white images is as indispensible as it is simple. Read on to see just how easy it can be. Starting with Grayscale Images Simply because an image is in black and white doesn’t mean that it is a Grayscale image. Navigate to Image > Mode > RGB color to set your image to RGB. Using Blending Modes to Add Color One of the simplest ways to add color to a black and white image is using Blending Modes. Press to create a New Layer.With that New Layer selected, press to group your new layer.Select your new layer group as shown above, and set your Blending Mode to “Color.” You’ll find Blending Modes in the pulldown tab directly under the top of the “Layers” panel. Press
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SuperbarMonitor The Best Windows 7 Downloads Not quite happy with the way Windows 7 works, or looking to get more out of the operating system? You've come to the right place. We're big fans of Microsoft's latest OS, but we're also big fans of making Windows better. In this article, we've rounded up the best Windows 7 downloads. (If you're eager to grab more than one of these great programs, see our Windows 7 Downloads collection.) Network Activity Indicator for Windows 7 When Microsoft released Windows 7, the company inexplicably did away with a small, nifty utility called the Network Activity Indicator. On top of that, however, this utility offers a lot more detail. Even if you don't need all of that information, though, this is a very practical addition to your Windows 7 PC. Download Network Activity Indicator for Windows 7 | Price: Free 7Smoker Pro Want more customization power than you can get from free Windows 7 utilities? Download 7Smoker Pro | Price: $30 (free trial) Windows 7 Manager Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Customizer
Command Prompt - How to Use Basic Commands | Windows 7 Tutorials After we have shared how to open and customize Command Prompt, it is time to see how to use it to perform basic operations. This article will show how to execute commands like changing the working directory, viewing content of a directory, creating and renaming folders, copying, deleting files and folders, and how to launch any application from Command Prompt. Also, it will show how to get help when using the tool. How to Navigate Between Folders The command CD\ takes you to the top of the directory tree. Let's see how it works. NOTE: Command Prompt is not case sensitive, meaning that commands can be typed with capital letters, lowercase or a combination of them(so cd, CD or Cd will all work in the same way). Now you are working on the 'C:' drive. When you need to go to one folder up, use the cd.. command. How to Access a Certain Drive To access another drive just type the drive letter followed by ':'. How to View the Content of a Folder Last time the working directory was 'c:\Windows'.