Peepel is a web based office suite which allows you to create your text documents , spreadsheets online . The best feature is that it can be managed within a single browser window which best emulates a desktop workspace . It also feature a calculator to help you with your work . You can even run multiple instances of each type and share the same toolbar .

The files which you create are saved in in the openDocument format , i.e. they will work with OpenOffice and not Microsoft Word or Excel . You can save the file to your hard drive or A virtual drive . The print function can also enable you to save the file in PDF format . (more…)

StubleUpon has launched a new feature called StumbleThru which it describes as “a new way to explore personalized content within fast-growing sites such as Flickr, MySpace, Wikipedia, and YouTube ” .

The collaborative nature of Web 2.0 sites like YouTube and Wikipedia means that content is constantly being generated by millions of users,” said David Feller, Vice President, Marketing at StumbleUpon. “StumbleThru provides users the ability to skip the clutter and unearth only the best that these domains have to offer. (more…)

Sorry for not updating my blog enough since last week . The reason is that i am quite busy with my academic work . Doing a lot of coding in C/C++ these days and that is keeping me busy . Anyways here a few links which you are going to definately enjoy reading .

• Learn how to speed up Windows XP using Process Explorer , How to Backup Outlook Emails and similar tips at Gili’s site.
• Somu has written a nice article on increasing productivity with Zulupad (alternative to Notepad).
• Learn about Packet Sniffers and how to prevent them at Technospot.
• The1Qwerty has written a great review of the Wii opera browser .
• Learn how to integrate calender in Thunderbird and sync with Google Calender at Techbuzz.
• Sizlopedia has got a nice article on Adding Charts to Google Spreadsheet .
• Mr.Byte tells you how to have multiple desktops in Windows.
• Shankar tells you how to give google reader a Mac OS look.
• Look at the sites like the way Google Bot does .

Do enjoy these articles

If you are tired of the same old boot screen of Vista , you might want to try this out . There is a small software which lets us create a boot logo format in a matter of seconds .

First we need to download the Vista Boot Logo Generator which we are going to use to create the logo type . After installing the application , run it in an “Administrator” mode . Now we need to select an image file which we want to use as a logo . Now we need two versions of the image , both in 24 bit Bitmap format , one is 800 * 600 and the other 1024 * 768 . (more…)

Come 2008 and you wont see Windows XP in the market. According to the windows life cycle policy web page, Microsoft will discontinue selling its Windows XP operating system by January 31 , 2008 despite its popularity to focus on marketing for its new Vista OS which has not received such a huge response since its launch .

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If you guys are tired of watching the boot screen in Vista which is nothing but a “load animation and black background ” , then here is a simple way of enabling a new BootScreen called “Aurora” .

Open the run command and type “msconfig” , press Enter

Click the boot tab and select “No Gui boot” check box . And there you have it , new and better BootScreen than before.