Well, as more and more widgets are provided to bloggers and each widget seem to carry some sort of usefulness we tend to install them and use them on our blogs. But, at the end of the day, we realize that the page looks more cluttered as all the widgets don’t match the theme and go with the theme but if we look at them separately then they just go OK with the theme.
So, in order to avoid this kind of situation we can make use of the following trick and put them in such a way that they don’t clutter the post page and on top of it, will be seen by only those people, who actually want to use them…
What we want to achieve is something like this :
(Related posts in the 1st tab)
(Recommended Software in the 2nd tab)
With these kind of Tabs we can ensure that we can save on lot of space and as I said before that only curious people will dig more into these tabs and will make use of it.
How to put these Tabs on post pages ?
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What’s Deleted is not Erased!
File deletion too can sometimes prove to be quite cumbersome. Imagine when you are are on a disk cleaning drive and need to delete lots of files on different folders. Your fingers in that case are in for some hard work. Also, when you think that you have deleted a file (even if by pressing shift+del), all your OS has actually done is to remove the reference of that file from the file system table. The file data actually remains on the disk until another set of data is overwritten. Expert in data recovery can in fact recover even that overwritten data. Thus in case you have some data that is too personal, file deletion can be a security concern too.
The Software
Its all in the name! Eraser is a secure file deletion tool for Windows which enables you to delete data from your hard disk COMPLETELY. It does so by not only carrying the normal deletion function but also overwriting the data on the hard disk several times so that its recovery becomes impossible by any method.
Pros of Eraser
+ Complete Data removal
+ Scheduling of cleaning action
+ Use of wildcards to select files saves a lot of time
+ Creates a report after every task
Cons of Eraser
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The Software
A Screen capture tool that does its job without much fuss!
The free software has a neat and straightforward interface and offers you all general modes of screen capture.
Features
It has the ability to capture any defined portion on the screen, be it a region, a window or full screen. The captured image can be stored in various formats such as BMP, JPEG, GIF,and ICO. It also allows you to create animated GIFs from a series of images,capture them in monochrome, 4 bit and 8 bit modes, include or exclude cursor from the image and create a duplicate image. The best part is – No installation is required to run it. It comes as stand alone application.
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When talking about privacy and security the one thing that Windows clearly lacks is the facility to hide a folder of your choice from everyone else. The hide attribute is hardly of any use as anyone can use folder options to show the hidden files. In such a case a third party software like hide folder can come to your aid.
The software is a freeware although any monetary contribution is greatly appreciated by the developers. While running it for the first time it would prompt you to enter a password which later can be reset and that becomes the only key for your locked folders. The folders to be hidden can be selected from within the software using the ‘Add’ button.
The software also prompts you to backup the folder hiding information when you hide it for safety purposes in case of an error occurring on your system. Remember though that what is backed up is not the folder data but only the information generated by the software. A backup option for the folder too would have a been an added asset though.
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Many people carry the notion that Free anti-virus softwares can’t match the dexterity of licensed ones. To some extent even I thought the same and therefore decided to test a few of these free guards and pit them against the paid ones. The first of the series, Alwil’s Avast Antivirus Home Edition is here for you.
Prima Facie, you will be struck by its slick looks. The media player like looks is quite refreshing. It comprises of almost every functionality offered by its commercial counterparts and being being free, is a users delight.
PROS
1. Good scanning speed
Waiting hours for a full system scan to complete is something I totally hate. In that respect Avast pleased me with its decent scanning speed while carrying a full system scan which is about 20% faster than one of its commercial counterparts that I’ve previously used.
2. Skin-able Interface
Looks do matter! You don’t have to see the same banal interface every time you turn it on. With an option to start with a random interface in every session and a myriad of skins available online, it treats you with some excellent interfaces.
3. Low Memory Consumption
While running in the background its resident scanner consumes less than 15 MB of memory and thus puts no load on the system performance at all.
4. Offers Boot Time Scanning
CONS
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