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Pidgin - Multiple Instant Messenger ServicePidgin –Multiple Instant Messenger Service

If like me,you find yourself juggling multiple messenger applications to keep your friends,family and colleagues happy you will be glad to hear about Pidgin.  Formally known as Gaim,Pidgin is an open-source messaging program that allows the simultaneous use of multiple instant messenger services through one application.

Available as a free of charge [...]

Google Buzz - Social Networking WebsiteGoogle Buzz –Social Networking Website

The Click article for this week is brought to you by Hayley Underwood,my soon to be wife,so that she can tell you about Google Buzz;a new social networking application that she has been getting to grips with.

“ Google Buzz is an extension of the Google Mail service offered by Google which [...]

Spider Player - Free music only media playerSpider Player –Free music only media player

Despite the fact there are an inordinate number of media players available,it is difficult to find one that is quite as well rounded as Windows Media Player;the application included as standard with Windows.  Many other media players are either overloaded with features you will never use or stripped down to the point where [...]

Windows 7 Hidden Gems –Additional functionality

I’ve been living with Windows 7 for a good few months now and in that time have discovered a couple of little ‘hidden gems’ which I wanted to share with you:

Aero Shake In Windows 7,when you click on the title bar of any window and shake it every other open window gets minimised [...]

Google Books –Online Literature Library

The idea of Google Books was first conceived in 2002 when a small group of Google programmers started pondering the question of how many man hours it would take to scan every single book ever written.    We still don’t know the true answer to this question although just eight years from the idea conception there [...]

Long term data storage

I’ve had a few people ask me just recently what method I would recommend when planning a long term backup strategy.  One elderly gentleman in particular was creating a family time capsule that he wanted his children and grandchildren to be able to view many decades from now.

The question isn’t as easy as you [...]

Cooliris

Cooliris is a free add-on for Firefox and Internet Explorer that enhances the way you view content on the hundreds of currently compatible sites.  It is essentially a rather flash looking graphic user interface with a few nice features.

The main draw is the impressive way it presents you with an endless wall of images [...]

Media Player Classic Home Cinema

One of the most common problems I experience when playing movies and videos on my home PC is poor lip syncing caused by the sound and video not marrying up perfectly.  Rather than performing any degree of troubleshooting I always fall back to the trusty player ‘Media Player Classic Home Theatre’ which despite a complete [...]