Some of Windows 7 functions make it similar to a Mac. One of these characteristics is the task bar, which had already been modified in Windows Vista. However, something that Microsoft didn’t take into account when it created the task bar was the possibility of creating customized shortcut menus. This is where 7stack comes into play.

In the past few weeks, Microsoft has announced that Windows Live Messenger’s new version will support Facebook chat. This news has been received with enthusiasm by the fans of this social network. However, the service itself is not a novelty at all. There are client applications, like Digsby, Pidgin and Trillian Astra, just to name a few, that already do this.

As a consequence of the increase popularity of websites like Blogger or WordPress, it is becoming more common for us internauts to take an active role in the Net, creating our own blogs. To make it easier for us to manage them we can make use of certain desktop application Live Writer, Thingamablog and Post2blog.

Hardly ever can we be sure that nobody will access the information we save in our folders or change our PC’s settings. Whether it is because we share the PC with others or because of unexpected interferences, our files are not safe. However, we can use programs like Folder Security, Folder Lock or Folder Protection.

The market of e-books is surely going through a potential growth both in the production of new titles like in distribution, and is even larger than the traditional book market. Along with this period of growth in the editorial market, different software companies have released applications for reading this type of documents. eBooksWriter Lite, eRead, ExeBook Self-Publisher, My Ebook Library, BookReader and Bucharchiv are the most complete and widely used ones.

When it comes to editing, improving or fixing images and photographs, there are many softwares available, from the basic ones to the most professional options. The editor in fashion is and will always be PhotoShop, but there are numerous alternative applications of high quality and with the best tools for editing images and photos. PhotoScape, JetPhoto Studio and Focus Photoeditor are our best recommendations.

Nowadays, technologies offer multiple options for us to keep up with the soccer World Cup South Africa. One of them is the possibility of watching the matches live from South Africa online though video streaming applications. Within these programs we can mention TvAnts, SopCast and Uusee as the most complete and widely used.

With the passage of time and the frequent use of our hard disk data is usually fragmented, which slows down its operation. There are multiple applications to improve the defragmenter included in the operative system, like UltraDefrag , Auslogics Disk Defrag , Defraggler and JkDefrag. They can compact the information intelligently to help the computer to operate at its best.

Nowadays, thanks to the internet, we have Access to information that comes from all over the world. However, many times the main obstacle to take advantage of it is the idiomatic one. Luckily, there are applications like Babylon, TraductorLIVE, Google Translator Interface and ClickIVO that will assist us on the task.

Playing music tracks on our computer has become a regular activity since the popularization of formats like MP3 and of programs like Winamp, Foobar2000 or Windows Media Player. Thanks to the internet, at the same time, some programs were developed so, in a matter of seconds, we can see the lyrics of the songs we are listening to, like EvilLyrics, MiniLyrics, Lyricsnapper and Lyrics plugin for Windows Media Player and for Winamp.