Power Plan Assistant is power plan management utility for Windows 7. It makes use of the power management features present in Windows 7 and adds additional functionalities which make management easier.

Facebook has been working on a redesign of its home page over the past few months. The planned redesign will take a leaf or two out of Facebook Lite’s book and will beef up the activity stream.

Omnibar extension for Firefox replaces the Awesome bar with a unified interface acting as both Addressbar and Search box à la Google Chrome.

Earlier this week Twitter revealed that it is currently beta testing lists on a limited set of Twitter users. Lists will be public by default and linked from your profile.

Don’t share your e-mail address directly on micro-blogs, social networks or message boards and invite spammers. Protect your email-id with reCaptcha.

Vize is a free GUI enhancer for Windows Vista which replaces most of the old and ugly icons, bitmaps and animations Microsoft forgot to replace.

Device Doctor is a freeware which automatically scans your computer hardware and identifies driver updates available for your hardware.

If you are using Windows 7, you are probably aware of new features like Aero Shake and Aero Peek. However, Windows 7 is also packed with lots of neat stuff which aren’t immediately apparent. Today we will share three simple yet effective tips which will help you use Windows 7 even more efficiently.

Desklock allows you to password protect any application. It sits quietly in the system tray and prompts the user for a password whenever any application present in its list is launched.

MailBrowserBackup is a simple portable utility for backing up browser and e-mail client profiles.

Wallpaper Downloader is a freeware which automatically downloads the latest Bing background picture and sets it as your desktop background.

ControlPad is an extremely powerful application launcher which allows you to quickly perform pre-programmed tasks using only the numpad.

After the Deadline is a sophisticated online spell checker which is capable of not only spotting spelling mistakes but also grammatical and contextual errors.

Over the years numerous utilities have been developed to bring Aero like transparency and blur to Windows XP. WindowBlinds probably does it best. However, it’s not free and may be overkill for many. If you are looking for a free, light-weight solution you will be pleased with Border Skin.

Gmail Notifier Plus for Windows 7 relies on Windows 7 features like Jumplist and Thumbnail Previews to provide e-mail notifications from Gmail right from your taskbar.