Tag Archives: Review

Free service that lets you find out everything about a domain name

By Ajith | Published: April 4, 2008

Some times we may need to know more about the site we are visiting, including its IP address, domain name provider, administrator etc. Or we may need to know if the site’s server is up by using a ping command. All these and more can be done by using DomainTools by Name Intelligence. It provides [...]

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How to find out all open ports, connections and originating IP addresses

By Ajith | Published: April 3, 2008

netstat is a command available in both Windows and Unix to analyze local ports that are open and all the connections to those ports. The syntax of the command is very simple. In the picture above a verysimple example of seeing the ports and connections is shown. The -ano option tells a – all connections [...]

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Find which process has locked a file preventing it from being renamed or deleted

By Ajith | Published: April 2, 2008

Some times when we try to Rename or Delete a file an error can pop up and say that the file is in use by another program and you need to close it and try again. Although this may makes sense, sometimes we won’t simply be able to find which program has opened the file. [...]

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Free Vista like search box for Windows XP

By Ajith | Published: March 12, 2008

The most functional and convenient tool in Vista is the instant Search Box. Here is how to get your own instant search box on for Windows XP. Launchy is a small software that provides XP with an instant search bar like Vista. Launchy Indexes the folders you specify and hides itself in the background. When [...]

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VLC media player, one player plays all formats

By Ajith | Published: March 6, 2008

Video Lan Player (VLC) is a one of a kind Audio and video player. VideoLAN is a software project, which produces free software for video, released under the GNU General Public License. It has got everything one would ever want in a media player. It is free, supports a seemingly infinite formats of Audio and [...]

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Free URL shortening services on the WEB

By Ajith | Published: February 28, 2008

These are some of the most popular services on the net that allows you to shorten long URLs. Here is the test URL I used and the shortened URL by each service is given on the side http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&mqma p.x=300&mqmap.y=75&mapdata=%252bKZmeiIh6N%252bI gpXRP3bylMaN0O4z8OOUkZWYe7NRH6ldDN96YFTIUmSH3Q6 OzE5XVqcuc5zb%252fY5wy1MZwTnT2pu%252bNMjOjsHjvN lygTRMzqazPStrN%252f1YzA0oWEWLwkHdhVHeG9sG6cMrf XNJKHY6fML4o6Nb0SeQm75ET9jAjKelrmqBCNta%252bsKC 9n8jslz%252fo188N4g3BvAJYuzx8J8r%252f1fPFWkPYg% 252bT9Su5KoQ9YpNSj%252bmo0h0aEK%252bofj3f6vCP TinyURL http://tinyurl.com/24f65 NotLong http://ballistic.notlong.com (custom URL) URLCutter http://urlcutter.net/ballistic (custom url) [...]

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CCProxy – control sharing of internet between computers on network

By Ajith | Published: February 25, 2008

CCProxy by YoungzSoft allows to control the internet access over LAN. It is not a free ware, but as usual there is a work around without cracking. Proxy Server CCProxy lets all computers on the LAN access Internet through one single Internet connection. Just need to install Proxy Server CCProxy on the server which can [...]

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Free Network folder scanner – NetScan from SoftPerfect

By Ajith | Published: February 10, 2008

If you have a LAN at your office or home, then you must probably have used the My Network Places tool in . But it is very slow and lacks in functionality. Try the Free and better Network Scanner tool Netscan from Softperfect. from Softperfect Netscan’s main merits are that it is a freeware, it [...]

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Free file recovery software from softperfect

By Ajith | Published: February 8, 2008
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Recovery of accidentally deleted files is one thing everyone look forward to. There are many software available for the very same purpose. This is a free and easy to use file recovery software.

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Universal file manager and viewer – one program for all your file types

By Ajith | Published: February 2, 2008

Universal Viewer an open source project is one among many tools from Alexey Torgashin. AT Viewer (or Universal Viewer) is just like a Media Center but for the whole lot of files that are available on your system. Put simply it is one single software center from which you can view almost any kind of [...]

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