Power Meter Plus provides constant laptop battery updates
Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware
If you use a Windows laptop, you're probably familiar with the battery icon that hangs out in the system tray. It provides a bit of information about your battery status at a glance. But just a bit. It typically shows you if the battery is full, around half empty, or mostly empty. You have to scroll your mouse over the icon to get a more accurate reading.Or you can install Power Meter Plus. This free utility for Windows XP and earlier releases provides a detailed battery meter which is always present on your desktop. The meter is partially transparent, so you can see through it. And it lives on the right or left side of the screen. If you need to access something hiding under the power meter, just move your mouse over it and the meter will jump to the other side of the screen.
As your battery power drains, the meter will get brighter. And you can configure Power Meter Plus to show notifications when the battery reaches critical levels.
[via gHacks]
Power Meter Plus provides constant laptop battery updates originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsWindows 7 beta ISO the hottest download on the net?
Filed under: OS Updates, Microsoft, Beta
Since its initial leak a few days ago, the torrents for Windows 7 build 7000 have become more numerous - and extremely healthy.Pirate Bay's now has more than 5,500 seeders and more than twice that number leeching. Mininova's top two torrents have almost 6,000 seeders and 17,000 leechers.
While they're likely a little concerned with how quickly the leaked image appeared on the net, Microsoft has to be pleased about the buzz generated so far.
I can almost picture Steve Ballmer rubbing his hands together and muttering "Exxxxxxxxcellent."
After running it for a few days, I've noticed a few "beta" issues. The most bothersome so far are incompatibility and instability issues with certain applications - for example Skype and (quite surprisingly) Microsoft's own Office 2007.
Sure, this is still a beta, but you'd think that running a key business application like Office is something that would be trouble-free by this point. Paul Thurrott has also noted issues with Office on his blog.
Windows 7 beta ISO the hottest download on the net? originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsGreasemonkey script lets YouTube videos buffer
Filed under: Internet, Utilities, Video
Around 7pm CST every weekday, YouTube becomes painful to use where I live. Downloading just can't keep up with playback and the clips end up limping along until they're totally cached.
I'd rather just cache the whole clip first then watch it - which is precisely what Youtube Buffer Video for Greasemonkey is designed to do.
Install and activate it, and autoplay is automatically disabled on YouTube pages. Sit back and let them buffer as long as you like, and click play when you're ready. My ISP isn't always running at peak performance, so it's nice to have control over when playback begins.
There's nothing more to it. Like many Userscripts, it's a small, simple tweak that might fix a web site annoyance you figured you'd just have to deal with.
I'd rather just cache the whole clip first then watch it - which is precisely what Youtube Buffer Video for Greasemonkey is designed to do.
Install and activate it, and autoplay is automatically disabled on YouTube pages. Sit back and let them buffer as long as you like, and click play when you're ready. My ISP isn't always running at peak performance, so it's nice to have control over when playback begins.
There's nothing more to it. Like many Userscripts, it's a small, simple tweak that might fix a web site annoyance you figured you'd just have to deal with.
Greasemonkey script lets YouTube videos buffer originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsTwo utilities for taking simple screenshots in Windows
Filed under: Design, Utilities, Windows, Freeware
Greenshot is a light weight screen capture utility for Windows that comes as a small executable file (no installation required). Just fire up the program and a little green frog icon will show up in your system tray. Right click on the icon and you'll see options to capture a window, the full screen, or a region. Once you capture an image, the Greenshot Image Editor will open up, allowing you to annotate the image with text and drawings.
Screen Capturer is a somewhat heavier duty utility which does require an installation. But you can choose to capture images to the Windows clipboard or save images as BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, or TIFF formats. You can also capture videos as Windows Media Video animations.
Both programs are free, although Screen Capturer does require you to submit your email address for a registration code. And both applications let you use keyboard shortcuts to grab screenshots.
[via Lifehacker and Life Rocks 2.0]
Two utilities for taking simple screenshots in Windows originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsVertor shows you what's in a torrent before you download
Filed under: Internet, Utilities, Web services, web 2.0
The service launched recently and provides automated checking of torrents from a number of trackers, like Pirate Bay, Demonoid, and several others. To date, the service has verified more than 140,000 torrents.
20 second MP3 clips are provided to let you preview album downloads. Movies and TV shows display screencaps taken at regular intervals (usually every 10 or 15 minutes) during playback. The contents of text files (like NFOs) packed with applications and games are also posted.
All downloads are also scanned with antivirus software, though they're currently dissatisfied with its performance. It's slated for replacement with a more reliable engine on December 30, 2008. Even in its present state, it's still more of a reassurance than most other torrent sites provide.
Already downloaded something from another tracker? Using Vertor's advanced options menu you can enter the hash code and see the results of their checks, provided Vertor has grabbed the torrent.
Thanks, Nick!
Vertor shows you what's in a torrent before you download originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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