A mix of tips for toay

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"Wipe

Clear browsing history and any other tracks of PC activity
Free, easy and powerful tool to clear user browsing history, clean index.dat files, remove cookies, cache, temporary internet files, search history and any other tracks. Recommended for users who want to protect online privacy. Nobody will be able to track sites you have visited or view any details of your PC activity.

Program contains impressive tracks preview list that instantly calculates and shows you amount of tracks and garbage files located on your PC. You can see which information your PC collected about your activity without your permission. With one click you can clear such tracks. Several anti-recovery methods supported to make sure nobody will be able to restore deleted data."

What more can we say? The program not only cleans all the garbage and junk from your computer - it shows you every garbage and junk file it's removed.

Our freeware pick of the week this week is "Wipe" and you can read more about it and/or download it from this location.

Note: Wipe does have a paid version too. If you want to buy the paid version, that's up to you. The free version works just fine, and it doesn't expire.

FontShop.

FontStruct lets you quickly and easily create fonts constructed out of geometrical shapes, which are arranged in a grid pattern, like tiles or bricks.

You create ‘FontStructions’ using the ‘FontStructor’ font editor.
Once you're done building, FontStruct generates high-quality TrueType fonts, ready to use in any Mac or Windows application.
You can keep your creations to yourself, but we encourage users to share their "FontStructions". Explore the Gallery of fonts made by other FontStruct users and download them or even copy them and make your own variations.
You can also use the FontStruct widget to show your FontStructions on your own website or blog..."

We're going to set you free to create your own fonts! Click here to visit this week's site of the week, FontStruct .

Microsoft introduces "Zoom.it"

Microsoft has pulled a new product out of its development labs, Zoom.it. The tool allows you to share high resolution web images easily and professionally.

Zoom.it will take any URL and convert it to a high resolution image using Silverlight’s deep zoom format and does a remarkable job at it too. With simple mouse movements you are able to move around the high resolution images will little effort.

Read the entire article here.

Windows 7 Search Options

If you're a Windows 7 user, then you've probably noticed how awesome the Search Box is. You can find just about anything by typing a name into the box; be it files, programs, commands, etc, but did you know there are ways to customize your search?

Click Start, then in the Search Box type Folder Options.

Now click on the Search Tab.

From here, you can set options on what to search for, how to search and what to include during your search. Fidget around in here until your satisfied, but remember that you can always restore the default search settings by clciking the Restore Defaults button at the bottom of the window.

Are you familiar with the Programs and Features window in Windows Vista and 7?

It's the place where you can uninstall programs and get information on stuff like the publisher, when the program was installed, its size and more. much more, if you use this tip.

... So click Start and in the Search Box type "Programs and Features". Now either click on the icon the appears in your list or just hit Enter. The Programs and Features window will open up.

From here, look along the top of the list where Name, Publisher, Installed on, etc are.
Look at all those options! Just put a check next to anything you'd like to know about your installed programs like source, location, registered owner and more! Select what you want and hit OK. Get all the details!

Take a second to look through the list of your favorites

that you have saved on your computer. How many do you have? Too many? Think you should maybe get rid of some of those? Yes, no, maybe so? Well, if you decide you should, here's how you can clean up your space.

To delete any of the favorites you have saved in your list, simply highlight the one you'd like to discard, right click and select Delete. A box will come up asking if you're sure you want to send it to the Recycle Bin and if you're sure, click Yes.

That will take the unwanted file to the Recycle Bin. To complete the deletion, you can just go to your desktop, find the Recycle Bin icon, right click and select Empty Recycle Bin. That will remove it from your computer forever.

Proceed the same way until you have all of your favorites cleaned up to your liking!

Expanding Explorer Menus

Newer versions of Internet Explorer use a Favorites menu that "remembers" the sites you visit the most. So, when you click your Favorites menu, you may only see 5 or 6 of your favorite sites and need to click the little double-V looking thing (see picture below) at the bottom of the menu in order to see the rest.

Personally, I kind of like the feature, but I know that some people don't. So, if you want to make your favorites menu show you all your favorites all the time, do the following:

1. Open Internet Explorer and hit the Tools menu, Internet Options .

2. Click the Advanced tab and look for an entry called " Enable Personalized Favorites Menu ." Just uncheck it and your Favorites menu should go back to showing you everything.

Bubblesnaps

Do you have an amazing photo but you wish you could add a speech bubble to? Well you can with Bubblesnaps!

To start your journey here, I’d start by watching the demo. To watch the demo, click the View the Demo button. The demo walks you through all the steps of creating your own Bubblesnapped photo. When you’re done with the demo, you can dive right in by clicking the Create Your Own button.

If you want to check out a few examples before you try your hand at making your own, there are four beneath the demo and create buttons. Click next on each photo to get the next thought/speech bubble.

The examples are hilarious and really show just how much fun you can have with these photos. So what are you waiting for? Why don’t you upload and add speech bubbles to your amazing photos today?

http://www.bubblesnaps.com/