If you are looking for nice App Launchers for your chrome browser then your search is over, follow this article to know the best available.

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  •  Three nice Apps launching applications for Chrome Browser.

"Apps Launcher" - Screenshot.

How to block adult sites, malware domains from being accessed by minors ? Web filtering extensions for Google Chrome.


  1. If you want to prevent yourself from visiting some specific sites, you can use the "Block Site" extension on Google Chrome Web Browser.




1. "Keygen.nl" is blocked because I have added that to the 'Block Site' extension's Black List.

2. This is the control panel for Block Site extension. From here you can add/remove sites.

3. Using 'Block Site', you can filter out bad words too.

4. If you want to force yourself to work, this setting will help you.

5. You can make 'Block Site' uninstallable, but for that you might have to pay.

1. With "WebFilter Pro", you will have the full control over its settings.You will be able to lock its settings using email and password. If you don't want the hassle of adding specific sites  in the blacklist as in "Block Site" extension, then this might just be the best choice for you. It uses cloud based content filtering. Just install and use. Read more about this extension here: http://www.cloudacl.com/support/

2. This is the control panel of "WebFilter Pro" extension. You can choose what kind of sites you want to block and the cloud filtering system will take care of everything else. After configuring everything ,to close the "Control Panel" and start blocking, choose: Working Mode = Kids

3. This is an example of what it does. As you can see "WebFilter Pro" has successfully blocked the adult site.



Best Mozilla Add-ons to supercharge your Firefox Browser.

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I was always been a big fan of Firefox because of its simplicity and stability. Firefox runs on rock solid Gecko rendering engine. In my opinion Firefox is far more stable than Chrome. I have rarely faced any crash problem on Firefox whereas I have seen Chrome crashing a lot.

In this article I'm going to pinpoint some most useful Firefox add-ons which will supercharge your browser and made surfing the internet much more smoother.


I'm not going to include an extensive explanation here. Please follow this link and use the search bar to find the relevant add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/





  • 1. AdBlock Plus
    2. FireProxy
    3. FireBug
    4. QuickNotes
    5. ScrapBook
    6. SpeedDial
    7. QuickBlock
    8. Cache Status
    9. Fast Translate
    10. User Agent Switcher
    11. Cryptfire
    12. Privacy Protector
    13. Simple Mail
    14. Quick Wiki
    15. TinyUrl
    16. Who Stole My Images
    17. Cache Viewer Continued
    18. HTTPFox
    19. Reader
    20. Photobucket Uploader
    21. ScreenGrab
    22. SimilarWeb
  • 23. Stylish
    24. Pixlr Grabber
    25. Magic Actions for Youtube
    26. Nimbus Screenshot
    27. Textarea Cache
    28. Ginger Grammer Checker
    29. WebDeveloper
    30. Cookie Manager+
    31. Ghostery.
    32. PopVideo
    33. Session Manager
    34. Mozilla Archive Format
    35. DownThemAll
    36. FlashGot
    37. Epub Reader
    38. Omnibar
    39. Add to Search Bar
    40. Restartless Restart
    41. Brief
    42. LiveClick
    43. Copy Plain Text 2
    44. Download Manager Tweak
    45. Encrypted Communication
    46. FasterFox
    47. FlagFox
    48. FoxVox
    49. Grab and Drag
    50. Image Zoom
    51. Imgur Uploader
    52. MeasureIt
    53. Menu Editor
    54. Offline QR Generator
    55.  Print Edit
    56. Private Tab
    57. Profile Switcher
    58. QRCode Scanner
    59. Resurrect Pages
    60. Scroll To Top
    61. TableTools2
  • 62. TinyURL Generator
    63. TurnOffTheLights
    64. Work Offline
    65. Xinha Here
    66. Zoom Page
    67. Update Scanner
    68. Master Password+
    69. Xmarks Sync
    70. Form History Control
    78. Lazarus Form Recovery.

Two sites where you can watch or download animes for free.

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1. Animefreak.Tv : For English Subbed Animes.





2. Watchdub.com: For English Dubbed Animes.



  • Both these sites provides small size watchable videos (50-70 MB). Animefreak.Tv's video quality is slightly better, but mostly provides Subbed videos.

Powerful,easy to use, alternative AdBlocker of "AdBlock Plus" for Firefox users. Bluhell Firewall, the newest and the best AdBlocker. Blocks Phishing Sites, Malware Domains etc..

For a very long time I was looking for an alternative to "AdBlock Plus" for Firefox. Adblock Plus tends to use lots of RAM while active. The more "Rule Subscriptions" I select, the more CPU power and RAM it consumes.

Recently while browsing through Firefox Addons directory I've came upon a Addon which exactly does what I was looking for so long.

If you are too looking for a simple, low memory consuming ad-blocker, that is just as powerful & as easy as AdBlock Plus  then install : Bluhell Firewall.

 

Bluhell Firewall does not provies a lots of options as AdBlock Plus and there is no need for configuring anything. Just install and you will get an toolbar icon; using which you can easily activate and deactivate the Blocking Shield.

Bluhell Firewall seems to be using 70% less RAM than AdBlock ,although blocking all the same ads as AdBlock had done all this time.

Install Link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bluhell-firewall/

Spark Browser, the fastest, attractive looking, CPU friendly Web Browser for Windows. Best alternative for Google Chrome.

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  • If you are looking for alternatives for your buggy "Google Chrome" then here is a choice for you: Spark Browser

  • Spark Browser is a simple and easy-to-use internet browser based on Chrome. Attractive design, changeable skins, good integration with Facebook and a feature for downloading videos make Spark Browser worth trying.



  • Spark Browser comes with-
  • 1. Integrated Video Downloader (Sniffer).
  • 2. Sidebar bookmarks editor, Zoom Controller, Facebook App and Download Manager.
  • 3. Integrated Screen Capture tool.
  • 4. Integrated Mouse gestures.
  • 5. Integrated Tab Mute and Undo Tab Close feature.
  • 6. Integrated PDF viewer.
  • With Spark Browser you can use over 100s of extensions without much CPU overhead compared to other "Chromium" based browsers such as "Torch, Comodo Dragon, Superbird" or even "Google Chrome" itself. 
  • *Spark Browser Beta comes with a Torrent Downloader. With that you can download torrents right away from within the browser interface.

Powerfull, professional clipboard manager for Windows. Linux alternative of "Glippy" for Windows.

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  • Easy Clipboard Organizer (ECO) : 

ECO, is actually short for Easy Clipboard Organizer. It was developed as a small GPL licensed useful free tool that can help users to manage their clipboard. It will allow you to save history  of your copied items.   It can store text data and file/folder  paths. If  you  copy  a file or folder,  the path  to that file/folder will automatically be saved in ECO. You can edit the path or text within ECO before pasting it to somewhere.
You can switch between previous and present copied contents by just clicking on the  text data or on the path by right clicking on ECO System Tray. ECO comes with a "Screenshot" taking utility. It allows users to take screenshots at a certain time interval.

If you are Linux (Ubuntu/Mint etc) user, then download and install "Glippy". ECO is still in beta state, but this is the only Clipboard Manager that works somewhat like Glippy. Glippy works much better and provides more functionality, but unfortunately only works on Linux.
  • Here are some details on Glippy:

Glippy is a clipboard manager which works perfectly on Linux Distros like Ubuntu or Mint. Glippy allows users to upload text to pastebin.com or images to imgur.com, execute actions on the current clipboard content and more. You can even quickly access the clipboard history without using the indicator / tray icon by using CTRL + ALT + Shift + C (this keyboard shortcut is configurable).

 Glippy comes with:
  • support for rich, formatted text
  • file support (so you can copy a file in Nautilus, then copy something else and restore the file copy later on)
  • redesigned preferences
  • experimental screenshots support: you can take a screenshot and store it in the clipboard so you can paste it in some image editor or directly upload it to imgur
  • more
To install Glippy on Ubuntu, use the commands below:
  • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bikooo/glippy
  • sudo apt-get update
  • sudo apt-get install glippy glippy-ubuntu-mono

How to download and integrate "Axel Downloader" for Windows in Google Chrome or any other Chromium based Browser such as Spark Browser or Torch.

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For those Windows users who wants to integrate “Axel Downloader” with “Google Chrome” or any other chromium based browser do the following:

1. Download "Axel Downloader" for Windows from the following page : https://st0rage.org/~n2j3/?page_id=225717166 and extract the "Axel2.4.zip" to "C:\ProgramData\"
2. Install this extension (i.e Downloaders) in Google Chrome or the Chromium based browser (ex: Spark Browser) you are using :
2. Now open the “Options” panel for the “Downloaders” extension. Choose the “Custom” option.
3. Put this –

"C:\ProgramData\Axel2.4\Axel" %u --output=%u -o C:\Users\Skgus\Desktop

in the “Custom” box.








4. Now click “Save and Close”. You are done. Now go to any page. Right click on any download link and you will see “Axel” in the “Downloaders” context menu.






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Notes: 
1. You can replace the output path for the download file (i.e C:\Users\Skgus\Desktop) with any other path of your choice.
2. You need not to put ‘.exe’ at the end of the “C:\ProgramData\Axel2.4\Axel”. If you do you will see “Download with Axel.exe” in the context menu.

How to upgrade Parole in Ubuntu 12.04 ?

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A mini-mode Parole Media Player.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.12
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install parole

How to remove additional DE entries from Ubuntu Session Chooser ? How to fix login sound issue even after adding /usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id="desktop-login" --description="GNOME Login sound" ?

 1. To delete additional entries from LightDM:
Open this directory and delete entries you dont want:
 /usr/share/xsessions

2. To fix the login sound issue: Add this at autostart :

/usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id="desktop-login" --description="GNOME Login sound" --volume=2

To check sound is playing: open terminal : run this :
/usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id="desktop-login" --description="GNOME Login sound" --volume=2

Note: Assign a larger value at volume ( "--volume=2" ) if you still cant hear anything.





How to increase the font and window size of Xterm in Ubuntu ?

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1. First, you need to create a file in your home directory. Name it as: .Xrecources



Save it under: /home/user



2. Write the contents as shown in the following screen-shot:










3. Run this command from terminal: xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources

How to install Eidete Screen-recorder on Ubuntu 12.04 ?

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This tutorial will help you installing Eidete Screen-recorder on Ubuntu 12.04 x86.


deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/daily/ubuntu precise main


2. Now do this from terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:shnatsel/eidete-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install eidete
 
 

How to fix a corrupt archive on Ubuntu ?

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To fix a corrupt archive:

zip -FF corrupt.zip --out fixed.zip

How to fix "Cannot open font file True" error on fedora 17 ?

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1. sudo mousepad /etc/default/grub

Replace: "SYSFONT=True" with "SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16"
Then run: grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

How to install Grub Customizer on Fedora 17 ?

1. Download .rpm file from here - http://mirror.yandex.ru/fedora/russianfedora/russianfedora/free/fedora/updates/17/x86_64/grub-customizer-2.5.7-1.fc17.R.x86_64.rpm

Right click on the downloaded file and click on Install.

How to install plugins needed for complete multimedia playback on Fedora 17 ?

1. Add RPMFusion Repo in Fedora 17:
sudo yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

2. Install plugins needed for media playback:

sudo yum install -y gstreamer gstreamer-plugins-good gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly libdvdread libdvdnav lsdvd xine-lib xine-lib-extras xine-lib-extras-freeworld xine-ui xine-ui-skins vlc smplayer gnome-mplayer audacious audacious-libs audacious-plugins audacious-plugins-freeworld audacious-plugins-freeworld-aac audacious-plugins-freeworld-ffaudio audacious-plugins-freeworld-mp3 flash-plugin nspluginwrapper alsa-plugins-pulseaudio libcurl xbmc

How to install VirtualBox 4.1 on Fedora 17.

If you have installed RPMfusion repo, please disable that from going to add/remove software -> sources.


1. sudo yum -y update kernel
2. sudo yum install -y wget
3. wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo
4. Move the  downloaded file "virtualbox.repo" to "/etc/yum.repos.d/"
5. yum install -y gcc kernel-devel dkms
6. yum install -y VirtualBox-4.1
7. /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup ## OR ## service vboxdrv setup
8. usermod -a -G vboxusers $your_user_name

Fix probelems:

1. Check kernel header version and kernel version matches each other.
rpm -q kernel
rpm q -kernel-header

2. After installing VirtualBox please restart.


Note : If you are on fedora 17 and did not updated the kernel (The default kernel on Fedora 17 is kernel-3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64) yet then you will need to run this :

sudo yum install kernel-devel-3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64

Best audio recording and editing software for Windows ?

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If you are in seacrh of a better alternatice to "Audacity" then "Wavosaur" is perfect for you. "Audacity" can not open or edit mp3 files directly, where as "Wavosaur" can. Moreover Wavosaur have faster start-up and it do all small editing jobs (like - amplifying tracks, fade in/fade out,cutoff portions of media etc) fine.

"Wavosaur" supports recording, but if you want a better recorder then the free choice is "WavRec". "WavRec" can record your Microphone and Speakers and save the file in .wav format (Only .wav is supported by WavRec).


Another freeware choice is Wave Editor. It is similar to "Wavosaur" but lacks many functionality (Recorder is not available).



Best powerful, professional Video Editors for Windows PC. Best Video Editor to Trim, Watermark and Lighten-Up Dark Videos.

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  • AVS Video editor and AVS Video Remaker: 

If you want to do simple video edits like - joining two videos, watermark a video,  add simple effects like brightness control, fix a shaky video, etc then "AVS video Editor" will be a viable choice for you.

If you want to trim a video but don't want to loose the quality or the size then "AVS Video Remaker" will be your best choice.


Download Link: http://www.avs4you.com/AVS-Video-ReMaker.aspx

  • Camtasia Studio:

Another video editor I will recommend is "Camtasia Studio". The best thing about this editor is, the production (Encoding) time of any video is very fast, faster than AVS Video Editor.  Takes less RAM. Works perfectly with a CPU like Dual Core.
Download Link : http://www.techsmith.com/download/camtasia/default.asp

Fastest media player with huge format support. Alternative for Real Media playback. Real Plugin for web browser.

If you are looking for a media player which starts-up very fast and can play almost all media types (mp4, avi etc) then "Media Player Classic" can be one of your viable choice. 


To get Media Player Classic either download the standalone version of Media Player Classic or Install either "Real Alternative" or "Star Codec". Both "Real Alternative" or "Star Codec" installs their version of Media Player Classic comes packaged with them.
Media Player Classic

Download Links: 
1. Real Alternative: http://www.filehippo.com/download_real_alternative/
2. StarCodec: http://www.starcodec.com/en/
3. Media Player Classic: http://mpc-hc.org/
Note: 
1. If you choose to install "Real Alternative" you will need to manually create a Shortcut for Media Player Classic in Start Menu. 



2. If you choose to install "StarCodec" then make sure you don't have any other Codec Package installed.

The other media player I will highly recommend is "Ace Media Player". This player is even better than Media Player Classic in certain aspects.

Pros:
1. Opens and starts playback of any video 3 times faster than any other media player Media such as - Media Player Classic, Gom Player, KMP Player, VLC Player etc.
2. Ace Media Player is built using FFmpeg, so it supports most video/audio formats without installing any additional Codecs.
Ace Media Player
Download Link: http://www.gustosoft.com/media-player/ace-media-player.htm

*Caution: Ace Media Player comes with Junk-ware, so if you don't  have any HIPS system (Ex: Comodo Defence+) installed/enabled then read every dialog before proceeding.

Best low memory consuming web browser for windows

Mini IE: 
If you are looking for  a very simple, low memory consuming web browser then here is your choice.

Download Link: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/Mini-IE.shtml

Best screen recorder. Best desktop recording software. Best game recording software.

 Fraps:

If you want to record your games, then "Fraps" is the best choice you have. Fraps can not be used to record your desktop activities. Fraps only works with 3D Games like Call of Duty, NFS etc.


Download Link: http://www.fraps.com/download.php (You have to purchase license to unlock all features).

Bandicam:

If you want to record your desktop activities then use "Bandicam". Bandicam have the best compression ratio respect to compression and quality.



 Download Link : http://www.bandicam.com/downloads/ (You have to purchase license to unlock all features).

Best alternative for Avidemux or VirtualDub. Best video compressor.

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If you are looking for a good alternative of Avidemux and Virtual Dub then here is your choice:  

Kirara Encoder 10.1



This software is extremely easy to use and fast. There  is no need to install any external codecs manually. This software install everything you need to compress ( encode/decode) a video file.

 Download Link : http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Encoders-Converter-DIVX-Related/Kirara-Encoder.shtml
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