From the category archives:
Windows
ZAR - Data Recovery Software
Contrary to what most people think, deletion of file on windows does not mean permanent loss of the data.
When the file is deleted, its not "shredded" Instead, the table of contents that points out the location of the file is erased. To put in more simpler words, the attribute of the space used by the deleted file is changed from "occupied" to "available".
Eventually, the hard drive will write new data over the area where the old file is located.
File Recovery utilities take advantage of the fact that the deletion of file in windows is reversible.
ZAR (Zero Assumption Recovery) is a Windows software to recover data from FAT and NTFS volumes after accidental format
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Windows Live Photo Gallery
Along with Windows Live Writer Beta 3 there were a bunch of other tools released as part of the Windows Live Suite. It included
Windows Messenger Mail Photo Gallery Toolbar OneCareI have been using the Photo Gallery application from the past one week and looks like I have fallen for one more product from Microsoft.
Windows Live Photo Gallery Beta is a photo organizer that you can use to view, manage, and edit digital photos and videos. By default, all the photos in the Pictures folder on your hard disk appear in Photo Gallery. Additionally you can also add other folders on your hard disk to Photo
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Windows Live Writer Beta 3
Windows Live Writer Beta 3 was released a few days back and this is one tool from Microsoft that deserves a lot of praise. It definitely simplifies the task of writing posts for your blog.
Beta 3 has the following new features:
Insert videos using new 'Insert Video' dialog 
Upload images to Picasaweb when publishing to your Blogger blog
Publish XHTML-style markup
Use Writer in 28 additional languages
Print your posts
Justify-align post text
Better image handling (fewer blurry images)
Resolved installation issues from last release
Many other bug fixes and enhancements
More on
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Currports - View active TCP/UDP ports
The other day one of the application server wouldn't start up because of a required port being used by another application. This, I am sure is of the common problem faced by many developers :)
The task manager in Windows shows only the active processes and gives no detail on the ports opened by these processes. One of the ways to find the process using a port of your interest is to use the netstat command.
The netstat command on windows can be used to list the TCP connections, ports on which the computer is listening, Ethernet statistics, the IP routing table etc.
The netsat -b option can be used to list the process name that is using a
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Setup ActiveSync via Bluetooth
ActiveSync, a synchronization program developed by Microsoft allows a mobile device to be synchronized with a Desktop PC. Other than syncing your contacts, calendar, tasks and notes you can also sync the Emails on the Exchange server.
ActiveSync also allows you to
Copy files between PC and the Mobile Device Install/Uninstall Mobile Applications
ActiveSync can also be used to connect to a network or Internet. The connected device can use the computer's network connection as if it were its own. You can use this feature to perform tasks such as downloading non-Outlook e-mail messages or to browse the Internet.
The above feature was the primary reason I
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Tabbed Windows Console
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PortableApps - Alternative to U3
In yesterdays post on Sandisk Cruzer Micro, I was mentioning how U3 Smart technology allows you to carry your favorite PC programs on the flash drive.
Turns out that U3 is not the only technology available to accomplish this task. There is an open source project called PortableApps using which you could turn any flash drive/iPod into a "U3 smart" device.
A portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer. When your
USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable device is plugged in, you have access to your software
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Sandisk Cruzer Micro
Let's go over the specification first :)
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Plaxo 3.0
Plaxo is an online address book service founded by Napster co-founder Sean Parker, Minh Nguyen, and two Stanford engineering students, Todd Masonis and Cameron Ringand. I have been a loyal user of this service from some time now.
I happened to meet a person named Ghanshyam Dass in Shanghai airport (during transit), who later turned out to be the Nasdaq Director for Asia Pacific !! We exchanged cards and the next day I received a Address Update request from him.
This was when I was introduced to Plaxo (By the way this was way back in 2004) !! I immediately signed up for the service and even downloaded the Plaxo toolbar for Outlook (which was the E-Mail client used
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Source Control in Eclipse IDE
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