Right Click Extender for Windows 7

Lee Whittington from deviantART has created this really handy tool for Windows 7. This application allows you to add items to your right-click menu. At the time of this writing, it currently allows you to add 69 options to the File/Folders, Desktop, Drives and My Computer Right Click menus.

The application is as small as 466KB and no installation is required to run it!

Links

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Lee Whittington’s Profile

The Windows Club

Opera 10 RC2 is out!

This is the second Release Candidate for Opera 10.0.

Changes :

• A couple of possible fixes for pages that never stop loading (NSL)
• Stability fixes
• Native skin fixes
• Widgets should work when upgrading from 9.64
• Icon fixes for Windows and Unix

Download: Windows (MSI / Classic) ; Mac (Universal / Intel-only) ; UNIX/Linux

EDIT: Final Version of Opera 10 is now out! Download it by Clicking Here.

Increase game performance on Windows with Game Booster!

As described on their site :

Designed to help optimize your PC for smoother, more responsive game play in the latest PC games with the touch of a button, Game Booster helps achieve the performance edge previously only available to highly technical enthusiasts. It works by temporarily shutting down background processes, cleaning RAM, and intensifying processor performance. That means you can keep all the features of Microsoft® Windows Vista® and XP® ready for when you need them, but turn them off when you are ready to get down to serious business – gaming.

I tried it before playing Left 4 Dead, and did notice smooth play, especially during horde attack.

Info + Download : [Click]

Pownce, a cool micro-blogging site

Almost all of us have a blog (almost…) and we love making friends on Facebook, My Space and Orkut. But there’s a certain thing gaining popularity called as micro-blogging. It lets you stay in touch with your friends constantly and update them on a minute-to-minute basis (just a way of saying it,mate). Pownce is one such website that you may want to check out.

What is Pownce? Well, it lets you send messages, files, links, and events to your friends and create a network of friends. According to the website:

You might send an event out to a dozen of your friends letting them know you’re hosting a party this Friday. They’ll get the event details, respond with questions or comments and then quickly rsvp.

Say you had a great photo you wanted to share. Add the file and your friends will get it right away. They’ll reply and tell you if it’s cool. You can even share your songs with your friends

Check it out [here].

Block ads without Ad-Block

Let’s admit, many of us don’t like ads while surfing websites, much less those flashy and ultra-cool (read irritating and dumb) ads. If you use Firefox, there’s a good chance that you are using Ad-block or similar extension. Opera has something similar too. But what of those ads that you see when (rarely) you use Internet Explorer? Or what of those ads integrated in Messenger windows?
To block these relatively harmless (and other potentially dangerous) ads, you can use Hosts file created by MVPS. According to them :

The Hosts file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. This file is loaded into memory (cache) at startup, then Windows checks the Hosts file before it queries any DNS servers, which enables it to override addresses in the DNS. This prevents access to the listed sites by redirecting any connection attempts back to the local (your) machine. Another feature of the HOSTS file is its ability to block other applications from connecting to the Internet, providing the entry exists.

You can use a HOSTS file to block ads, banners, 3rd party Cookies, 3rd party page counters, web bugs, and even most hijackers. This is accomplished by blocking the connection(s) that supplies these little gems.

You can get more information and download link at MVPS website.