Author: Soumen Halder

We encounter many blocked websites in corporate offices as well as schools, sometimes due to parental controls. Have you ever wished to break the barrier to browse the websites you like? Well then, this is the opportunity for you. Paperbus is a free app that, if installed, can help you access blocked websites. The app can also bypass internet filters. The most important thing about Paperbus is that this tool can practically make you anonymous to any internet censorship. Paperbus is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux as well.

Let’s suppose you wished to block certain websites on your computer to set up some parental controls. This tool won’t disappoint. You can also define custom filters to bar access to particular websites.

[Download Paperbus]

Techie Buzz Verdict

This tool promises to do a lot of things that can help you browse the internet the way you wish. This tool is ad supported, but the ads are a small price to pay for what you are getting in return. The cross platform compatibility makes it more acceptable. So whoever you are, someone who is getting blocked or someone who wants someone else to get blocked this tool is a perfect choice. I have tested this tool and it works perfectly for any one of the above tasks.

Techie Buzz Rating : 3.5/5 (Very Good)

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[Windows Only] Fizzik is a new web browser that is targeted to keep you updated with the social media as well as news and videos. The browser is built on Microsoft technologies.

Features that this new browser offers

Custom Channels : The Bing search is integrated into the browser by default. You can create custom Channels to categorize your common searches which sounds somewhat like the Google alerts to me. This will help you stay informed on all the top news as it appears on the map.

Video Integration : The browser has services like Youtube integrated so that you are always on top of the new ones. You do not need to watch videos on the web pages anymore. The video playback can be watched full screen on the browser itself. This will negate all the distractions while the video plays and ensures that you enjoy the video presentation solely.

Social Media : The browser promises to enrich your social media experiences above all. As it sounds they will also let you find “gems in your piles of status updates” maybe that means creating groups. Last but not the least the browser has got its own collection of built-in sharing options to help you share what you like.

The tool uses Microsoft .NET and Windows Presentation Foundation 3.5 build and is aimed to work on almost all Windows Operating Systems. While browsing Internet Explorer is used, and Adobe’s Flash player is used during video playback.

Demo : The demo video of this yet to release social browser Fizzik can be found on Youtube.

Techie-Buzz Verdict

This tool is yet to release and hence its a tough call to hint anything about it right now. If everything goes as promised this browser is surely going to win my trust.

[via Channel 10]

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[Windows Only] Media Spider is free portable tool that helps you download pictures from Google Images, Devian Art and 4Chan. The tool supports batch downloading of images from the above mentioned websites. Media Spider uses tabs for the 3 websites with relevant options for each of them.

Google Images : Google images can be searched based on a particular search string, number of image results, image size, image offset and whether or not adult.

Devian Art : To download images from Devian Art you have to define the following attributes,

• Search string
• Category
• Sort by popularity over time
• Number of Results
• Image offset
• Account details

4Chan : This uses a very simple search by category with no need of using any particular search string.

With all options properly configured, press the Search or Download (for 4Chan) button to start the download. You will be asked to locate the download location of the images during the first run. From the next run the last downloaded location will be used.

Download Media Spider

Techie-Buzz Verdict :

Media Spider is an open source project and hence lot of improvements are yet to come. The portability makes it more handier for people who prefer to download lots of images at one go. The tool can be used by any PC user.

Techie-Buzz Rating : 4.5/5 (Excellent)

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Neosearch is a replacement for the default search that comes with Windows. The built-in search is a great tool to instantly search something, but there are some limitations to it also. The shared folders of any network are not indexed by the Windows search. So here is a nice work-around to help you remove this limitation.

Download Neosearch and install the tool. Once you have installed it, you will be prompted to broaden the search index by selecting full system index. Choose Yes if you wish to do so. The tool sits unnoticed in the system notification area, without causing any hindrance to your work. The very moment you need it just hit the keyboard combination Windows key + S. The search box pops up. You can do your search and then close it once you are done.

The indexing of partitions or specific folders also takes place without eating up large amount of your memory i.e it doesn’t hang up other processes. You can carry on with your tasks as the program indexes your files. The indexing process meter is shown to the bottom right corner just above the notification area.

Neosearch options can be configured to index your files automatically every day or manually whichever you prefer. You can also select some folders to exclude them from the search results.

Techie-Buzz Verdict

Neosearch is light tool(2Mb) which comes at no cost. The application is also very small in size(520kb). This tool completely replaces the Windows search tool with many more added advantages. Though this tool is not unique, it definitely is among the best I have tried. I recommend this free tool to people who rely mostly on Windows search.

Techie-Buzz Rating : 4/5(Excellent)

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Wise Disk Cleaner is a free utility to clean up your hard disk by removing junk files such as cookies, temporary files and rarely used files. This tool also includes a disk defragment tool which is very helpful.

1. Download Wise Disk Cleaner and install it..

2. Start the application after installing it. Choose your language.

3. You can select the scan location from the “Scan Location” dropdown. The scan location is selected for all the partitions by default.

4. Start the scan for locating the junk files that needs to be removed. Use the Play (Scan) button to the top left corner of the application window (refer screenshot below).

5. After the files are located press the Delete junk files button (refer application window image above).

Configure the Scan Junk File Wizard

1. You can also start the Wizard by pressing the Wizard button just to the right of the Play button (refer application window image above).

2. Press next to select the file types you are willing to remove i.e what you you consider as junk.

3. After selecting the junk file types proceed to the next step to select the scanning location. Press Next.

4. Now in the options window you can decide on certain other features to make the scanning and deleting of the junk files better. The screenshot below shows the options I use myself.

5. The very next step showcases an important feature of this free utility. You can assign any folder to the list the contents of which will be considered as junk files and will be erased when the junk file deletion happens.

6. In the next and final step you can make this tool delete the previously assigned junk files automatically and exit after the deletion is over. You can also choose to delete the files permanently or temporarily (move to Recycle Bin). Press Next and then Finish to save the changes.

If you are still not sure about how to use it, you can choose to read the manual first. The manual can be found here.

Techie-Buzz Verdict

This free tool is an obvious choice for users who forget to delete temporary files. With its basic user interface, it’s quite easy to use for users of any skill level. The app is light on its memory usage and small in size. It is compatible with all Windows platforms. If added, portability would definitely make it better. I strongly recommend this freeware tool.

Techie-Buzz Rating : 4/5(Excellent)

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1. ComparePSD

A great tool to compare a Photoshop document with respect to its layers and effects. You can compare two versions of the same Photoshop project with any set of layers or effects. This helps you choose the set of image attributes that render best output image.

2. Double Driver

A freeware driver backup solution to save your drivers for future use. The backup proves helpful in cases where any of your hardware is not working and you do not have the proper driver to fix it. Use the tool to backup your installed drivers after a successful operating system installation with all the hardware properly working.

3. Geosense

Get free GPS navigation on your laptop. This app is developed taking advantage of a built-in location sensing API in Windows 7.

4. SoftMaker Office 2010

An excellent alternative to MS Office Suite. Though this is not a free tool but its worth spending money for. A free beta version is also in place for the Linux users.

5. TidyStartMenu

Give your Start Menu a more organized and clean look. After prolonged use the start menu gets cluttered with loads of items which sometimes makes it quite annoying while looking for anything. This tiny program comes handy for organizing those items and making every item in it much easily accessible.

6. Windows Right Click

This is a nice freeware tool to extend the functionality of Windows right click. The right click button is the most used button while using the computer after left click. This tool has the ability to append most used shortcuts to tasks like copy to, open control panel etc to the right click context menu thereby making your time more productive.

7. Saurabhorange Logon Screen Changer 0.4

Try this nice little utility to change the background of the Windows logon screen. The tool is pretty basic and is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. If you like to change the background screen for Windows 7 only you can try Tweaks.com Logon Changer for Windows 7.

8. Free Registry Cleaner for Windows 7

This is a light-weight tool that scans your Windows 7 registry and fixes errors in it.

9. Windows Post-Install Wizard

Whenever we need to re-install Windows, we have to use lot of CDs. Most of them for the applications and drivers that needs to be installed after Windows has been installed. If you are willing to create a single disc with applications and tweaks of your choice already embedded in it Windows Post-Install Wizard is the tool for you. The disc created using the tool comes with an option to select from the list of applications and tweaks after Windows has been installed and this option is often called Post Installation Wizard.

10. Gmail Growl

This is a free tool to get nice looking Gmail updates on Windows 7. Though there are some minor annoyances in this free tool I liked it very much as the updates were real-time and shown right on the tool’s Windows 7 taskbar icon. You can also compose mails using this utility.

That is all for this week. Please share with us if you have come across some great tools that were released or updated during this week.

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Taskbar Helper is free utility that lets you hide or show application windows in the system tray. You can do this for any program even if the program does not offer this by default e.g Google Chrome. By doing this you can have less cluttered taskbar.

Download Taskbar Helper and install it.

Start the application. Now you will see the opened application windows listed in it.

There are options using which you can set any opened application to hide in the system tray when you minimize them. You can also make those windows totally invisible (not recommended).

You can use the “Start With Windows” checkbox to make the tool start when your Windows boots.

Although you can configure the hiding options for any opened window from the Taskbar Helper main window, the changes are valid only for that instance of the application. Hence to make them applicable to all the instances of the application use Preferences. The Preferences button an be found at the top of the window. Click it and make the necessary changes and press “Apply” once you are done.

Techie-Buzz Verdict

Taskbar Helper is a free tool with very little (2-3Mb) memory requirements. The configuration process is also very simple. The tool is compatible with all Windows platforms. On a concluding note, I must mention that it’s a perfect choice for people who prefer to multi-task and need to keep multiple windows opened while working.

Techie-Buzz Rating : 3.5 / 5 (Very Good)

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