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Monthly Buzz: July 2008 Roundup

Posted By Keith Dsouza On July 31, 2008 @ 6:57 pm In Roundups | 3 Comments

It’s been a pretty good month as we accelerated our writing speed and also added new authors to our team. Not to forget in this month we made our move to a shiny VPS server, that would serve pages faster to our readers and cause lesser downtimes.

There has also been a nice growth of regular readers, and we thank all our readers for continuing to be a part of Techie Buzz. As a part of the monthly roundup we will highlight some of the best posts of the month, some of you may not have read it, so this is can be a convenient way to catch up on the best posts.

Here is a list of all the best posts for the month of July 2008.

Will Cuil Be the Google Search Killer? ^[1] Our verdict was that it’s not even in the competition.
Looking for a free alternative for paid softwares, we covered more than 35 amazing and free softwares ^[2] that does a good job if not better as a replacement for the paid softwares.
Don’t know what to do with the Windows button on your keyboard? We have a ultimate list of uses for the windows button ^[3] that will make that key ever so useful.
Our tips and tricks section for the month has been buzzing with quite a few productivity tips, you can find out how to increase your productivity while using Firefox ^[4], giving a personalized touch ^[5] to your twitter home page, searching Gmail for emails between particular dates ^[6], a quick and easy way to delete index.dat files ^[7], simple tools to increase your productivity ^[8], quickly show and hide hidden files and folders ^[9] and changing desktop icon size in Vista ^[10].
iPhone 3G released this month, and Elise takes a look at how it had another rough launch ^[11]. Elise also talks about the essential things missing from Google Apps ^[12].
Learn about few new Twitter ^[13] tools for group messaging ^[14] and instant messaging integration ^[15] and now you can also setup alerts ^[16] to know when someone tweets about your products or URLs.
We talked about several command line tips for Windows using which you can find the largest file size in any folder ^[17] and also recursively delete files from folders and sub-folders ^[18].
In this month there were quite a few tips for Linux users including working with symbolic links ^[19], changing the default ssh port ^[20] and disabling direct root access ^[21].
Mount your favorite folders as virtual drives ^[22] – Quickly access your favorite folders, just like any other drive on windows.
Convert you Media to any formats including iPhone / iPod formats ^[23] – Why use several tools to convert your media, when a single tool can do the job for free?
Search the web from Microsoft office products and more using your mouse ^[24] – we introduced your to Kallout a great way to search faster using your mouse, without opening a browser window.
Looking to get rid of duplicate contacts, we have couple of posts showing you how to do it in Windows Live Hotmail ^[25] and Yahoo Mail ^[26].
For all of you looking for some eye candy for your desktop, check out the 6 places to find high resolution wallpapers ^[27], we also created a list of 25 high resolution Firefox wallpapers ^[28] for you. If your looking to get Windows Seven themes your in luck, since we spoke about Windows themes for Windows XP ^[29] and Windows Vista ^[30].
We also covered lots of free utilities for images ^[31], torrents ^[32], laptops ^[33], screen captures ^[34], image compression ^[35], video codecs ^[36], fonts ^[37], and a advanced calculator ^[38].
For Firefox users we have covered few extensions that will allow you to restore Firefox 2 location bar in Firefox 3 ^[39], convert any web page into a PDF file ^[40], get event updates from Google calendar ^[41], using Firefox as a file browser ^[42] and a great add-on to make searching from the address bar easier ^[43].

Hope our readers enjoyed the posts in this month, we would love to hear your feedback and suggestions on improving Techie Buzz, feel free to leave a comment or contact us ^[44] directly with your views.

Technorati Tags: Monthly Buzz ^[45],July 2008 ^[46],Roundups ^[47]

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[1] Will Cuil Be the Google Search Killer?: http://techie-buzz.com/comparisions/cuil-the-next-google-search-killer-techie-buzz-verdict-no-way.html

[2] 35 amazing and free softwares: http://techie-buzz.com/collections/35-amazing-softwares-that-are-free.html

[3] ultimate list of uses for the windows button: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/the-ultimate-guide-to-windows-button-hotkeys-user-recommendation.html

[4] increase your productivity while using Firefox: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/make-firefox-more-productive-with-add-ons-and-extensions-productivity-tip.html

[5] personalized touch: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/give-a-personalized-touch-to-your-twitter-page-how-to.html

[6] emails between particular dates: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/gmail-advanced-search-for-date-ranges.html

[7] delete index.dat files: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/how-to-delete-index-dat-file.html

[8] increase your productivity: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/improve-productivity-with-simple-tips-and-awesome-tools.html

[9] show and hide hidden files and folders: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/windows-scripts-showhide-hidden-files-and-folders-in-windows-explorer.html

[10] desktop icon size in Vista: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/quickly-change-windows-vista-desktop-icon-size.html

[11] had another rough launch: http://techie-buzz.com/iphone/iphone-3g-another-rough-launch-for-apple-and-att.html

[12] missing from Google Apps: http://techie-buzz.com/google/whats-missing-from-googles-office-suite.html

[13] Twitter: http://techie-buzz.com/tag/twitter

[14] group messaging: http://techie-buzz.com/twitter/get-group-messaging-for-twitter-with-tweetparty.html

[15] instant messaging integration: http://techie-buzz.com/twitter/send-tweets-from-your-favorite-instant-messengers-with-twittd.html

[16] setup alerts: http://techie-buzz.com/twitter/get-twitter-alerts-for-blog-posts-or-product-mentions.html

[17] largest file size in any folder: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/find-large-files-and-folders-with-disksum.html

[18] recursively delete files from folders and sub-folders: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/recursively-delete-files-in-folders-and-sub-folders-using-command-prompt.html

[19] symbolic links: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/how-to-create-linux-shortcuts-with-symbolic-links.html

[20] default ssh port: http://techie-buzz.com/linux-tips/change-default-ssh-port-in-linux.html

[21] disabling direct root access: http://techie-buzz.com/linux-tips/disable-direct-root-access-logins-in-linux.html

[22] Mount your favorite folders as virtual drives: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/how-to-mount-folders-as-virtual-drive.html

[23] Convert you Media to any formats including iPhone / iPod formats: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/how-to-convert-media-to-any-format-including-ipod-iphone-formats.html

[24] Search the web from Microsoft office products and more using your mouse: http://techie-buzz.com/utilites/web-search-using-word-excel-powerpoint-outlook-notepad-and-pdf-files.html

[25] Windows Live Hotmail: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/how-to-remove-duplicate-contacts-in-windows-live-hotmail.html

[26] Yahoo Mail: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/how-to-remove-duplicate-contacts-in-yahoo-mail.html

[27] 6 places to find high resolution wallpapers: http://techie-buzz.com/collections/6-places-to-find-free-high-resolution-wallpapers.html

[28] 25 high resolution Firefox wallpapers: http://techie-buzz.com/collections/25-high-resolution-firefox-wallpapers-for-your-desktop.html

[29] Windows XP: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/transform-windows-xp-to-look-like-windows-seven-aka-windows-vienna.html

[30] Windows Vista: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/get-windows-7-m2-customization-pack-for-windows-vista.html

[31] images: http://techie-buzz.com/image-tools/convert-print-view-image-thumbnails-using-context-menu.html

[32] torrents: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/how-to-watch-movies-from-torrent-files-without-downloading.html

[33] laptops: http://techie-buzz.com/utilites/how-to-turn-off-laptop-screens-manually.html

[34] screen captures: http://techie-buzz.com/utilites/free-screen-capture-utility-bug-shooting.html

[35] image compression: http://techie-buzz.com/utilites/compress-large-images-automatically-with-shrink-pic.html

[36] video codecs: http://techie-buzz.com/tips-and-tricks/how-to-play-any-video-file-in-windows-media-player-user-recommendation.html

[37] fonts: http://techie-buzz.com/utilites/view-installed-fonts-on-your-computer-with-fonticate.html

[38] advanced calculator: http://techie-buzz.com/utilites/freecalc-a-better-calculator-for-windows.html

[39] restore Firefox 2 location bar in Firefox 3: http://techie-buzz.com/firefox-news/restore-firefox-2-location-bar-in-firefox-3.html

[40] web page into a PDF file: http://techie-buzz.com/firefox-news/convert-any-web-page-to-image-pdf-in-firefox.html

[41] event updates from Google calendar: http://techie-buzz.com/firefox-news/get-google-calendar-notifications-in-firefox.html

[42] file browser: http://techie-buzz.com/firefox-news/browse-files-folders-in-firefox-with-firefly.html

[43] searching from the address bar easier: http://techie-buzz.com/firefox-news/search-smartly-from-firefox-address-bar-with-cybersearch-firefox-extension.html

[44] contact us: http://techie-buzz.com/contact-us/

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