Bob Helmer

Google Hacks Google Hacks is a compilation of carefully crafted Google searches that expose novel functionality from Google's search and map services. For example, you can use it to view a timeline of your search results, view a map, search for ... music, search for books, and perform many other specific kinds of searches. You can also use this program to use 'google' as a proxy. http://code.google.com/p/googlehacks/ Gspace Gspace turns the 2GB of your Gmail account into free online storage. With Gspace you can manage unlimited Gmail accounts to store all type of files within its simple, user ... (view more)

Raycasting Game Maker The Raycasting Game Maker is a free, easy-to-use game editor that creates simple raycasting games in the style of Wolfenstein 3D. The finished game needs only two files to run, an executable and a pak file with the game data. ... The game runs in a sizable window and supports 16, 24 and 32 bit color mode. http://www.bithandler.com/ 10 Things You Can Do When Windows XP Won't Boot If your computer powers up okay, but the Windows XP operating system won't boot properly, you have some troubleshooting ahead of you. Here's a look at the likely culprits and what you can do to fix ... (view more)

Madotate An English translation is now available via this interesting tweak to the Win GUI. This is a program which will add another function button to each window, right next to the minimize button, but instead of minimizing the window, when ... pressed, the button will cause the window to flip up, its lower half receding into the distance. Thus, it'll store your windows "flattened" near the top of your screen, like so many stacked panes of glass. Each pane has a tab to tell you which it is. This is a very original and clever graphic hack. The program's author is Takayuki Shinohara. The English ... (view more)

Hacking Firefox: The Secrets Of About:Config Many of Firefox's settings aren't exposed through the Tools -& Options menu; the only way to change them is to edit them manually. In this article, we'll explore some of the most useful Firefox ... settings that you can change on your own and that aren't normally available through the program's graphical interface. http://computerworld.com/action/ File Search This application allows one to search files on your computer fast using rules very similar to those used in popular Internet search engines. It is possible to not only list words or parts of ... (view more)

LDE(X) LDE(X) is one of the most developed LiteStep-based Windows interface/shell replacements ever. It has been developed to suit the most demanding of workloads within the tightest of deadlines, meaning every tool or application you need is always ... close at hand. For those needing the ultimate in power, the environment is highly flexible and open to third party development in virtually every way. http://ldex.terica.net/ Scumm Vm ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part ... (view more)

Edgeless This application causes the mouse pointer to wrap around the screen instead of stopping at the edges. It can be configured to start at Windows startup if required. http://www.fxc.btinternet.co.uk/assistive.htm Mouseketeer This program ... allows you to use the keyboard instead of a mouse for clicking. It can carry out left click, right click, double click, highlight and drag-drop actions. http://www.fxc.btinternet.co.uk/assistive.htm (view more)

Windows Inspection Tool Set The Windows Inspection Tool Set (WiTS) provides you with cross-linked, filtered views in a Windows system. View operating system information, processes, services, users, network interfaces and connections, file shares, ... printers and more. Get notified of system resource status, new network connections, process starts and exits, service status and other system events. http://magicsplat.com/wits/ Regex Coach The Regex Coach is a graphical application for Windows which can be used to experiment with (Perl-compatible) regular expressions interactively. It has the ... (view more)

Revo Uninstaller Completely remove any unwanted application installed on your computer. With Revo Installer's advanced and fast algorithm to scan before and after the uninstall of an application, you can remove unnecessary files, folders and ... registry keys left over in your computer. Even if you have a broken installation Revo Uninstaller scans for an application's data on your hard disk drives, Windows registry and shows all found files, folders and registry items so you can delete them. http://www.revouninstaller.com/ Remote Process Viewer Remote Windows Task Manager for your network, this ... (view more)

My Drives My Drives customizes the look of disk drives in Windows Explorer by replacing drives icons, setting labels and hiding drives. http://nezavisim.com/ Save Me Program intended to intelligently allow you to change the location of My Documents, ... Desktop, Favorites, History and Send To. http://nezavisim.com/ (view more)

Atsiv Run unsigned drivers without rebooting with special boot options or denial of service under Vista. Atsiv is a command line tool that allows the user to load and unload signed or unsigned drivers on 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows XP, Windows ... 2K3 and Windows Vista. Atsiv is designed to provide compatibility for legacy drivers. http://www.linchpinlabs.com/resources/atsiv/usage-design.htm 55 Portable Apps For Making A Usb Super Stick USB flash is not (yet) a portable PC whereby any USB KVM monitor is your work station, but it will get there. In the mean time, making the most of your USB ... (view more)