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January 5th, 2008 — Software
Almost everyone now has a multimedia keyboard. But by default your keyboard’s multimedia keys let you control only Windows Media Player. But what if you use Winamp as your default media player and want to control Winamp using those multimedia keys ?
Winamp 5.5 now has a feature which lets you control Winamp’s playback even when Winamp is minimized to the system tray. To enable the feature:
- Open Winamp and go to Options —> Preferences.
- Then under General Preferences, go to Global Hotkeys.
- Tick the check-box which says “Enable default multimedia key support”
- Then click on “Close” on the bottom left end.
- You will now be able to control Winamp using the multimedia keys of your keyboard.
Now you can start enjoying Winamp even more. 
December 19th, 2007 — Software
Daily Apps points to a method which will let you install Leopard just like you install Windows or Linux. Just download the Leopard ISO, burn it to a DVD and you are ready to install Leopard. No patching, hacking involved.
How does this work ?
The latest Leopard ISO image comes with PC-EFI built in. This allows normal BIOS based PC’s to boot off the Leopard DVD. You can find more about PC-EFI from the OSX86 wiki.
Ironically, Microsoft Windows support BIOS only, and Apple makes Boot camp to fill the gap. The EFI patch works in a similar approach: it emulates EFI data for normal BIOS-based PCs and let OS X treat them as genuine EFI-based Macs.
The EFI emulation is a long dream in OSX86 community, but prior to this, thanks the Apple’s open source Darwin Project and those Hackintosh gurus, we can still enjoy OS X on normal PCs, with patched kernels/kernel modules which just bypass EFI. Now with the EFI patch, the hackintosh can boot off “vanilla” (unmodified) OS X kernel and use vanilla kexts, which gives a more clean room and great peace of mind for future system updates.
How to Install Leopard on vanilla PC’s
- First get the EFI patched ISO from some torrent site like Mininova. You can find it by performing a search for iATKOS v1.0i.
- Then burn the ISO to the DVD.
- Boot from the DVD, select what you want to install and proceed.
That’s it. You have got a fully functional Mac OS X Leopard on your PC.
P.S. - I am yet to try this method. So I cannot tell whether the Leopard installation plays nice with existing Windows and Linux installs.
Via - Daily Apps Blog
June 20th, 2007 — Software
Are you looking for a software that will make your computer function as an alarm clock ? Then try “Say The Time”, a fun personal time management utility for Windows. This power utility allows its users to create multiple customizable alarms and reminders, hear the time spoken aloud, create virtual sticky notes and customize the look of their taskbar clock to name a few features.
After installing Say The Time, your Windows taskbar clock is replaced with a brand new stylish and much more customizable clock. You can then access the different features of “Say The Time” by right-clicking on the clock.
Cool Features
- Replace your boring taskbar time display into a colorful clock that you can customize to your heart’s content.
- You can set reminders with a personal message to be displayed on your desktop at a specified time. No more will you miss important meetings.
- Say The Time has a world clock feature to help you know what time it is at different places in the world.
- You do need to be sitting in front of your computer for seeing reminders. This nifty little utility announces the time with sound.
- Create sticky notes for pending works.
Final Verdict
Say The Time is a cool little software which lets you manage your time effectively. You will never miss any important appointments again.
You can download the 30 day trial of Say The Time from here.
Say the Time: Review our fun alarm clock software for Windows!
P.S. - This is a sponsored post. 
April 28th, 2007 — Random, Software
Seems like bloated applications are the order of the day for Windows. And if you want to know what bloated means you just need to try Nero 7 and iTunes. 
So here I present a list of lightweight, memory efficient applications for Windows XP. These applications do what they are supposed to do without eating up on your system’s resources. And there is one for almost every need. Another good news, all of these applications are free.
1. PDF Reader - Foxit PDF Reader
Still using Adobe PDF Reader to read PDF files ? Then you got to try Foxit PDF reader. This super light PDF reader launches your PDF documents in a matter of 2 seconds to the maximum.
Download Size : 1.67 MB
Memory Footprint : 8MB
Download Foxit PDF Reader
2. Audio Player - foobar2000
A must try application for users who like to have their media player designed to their needs. Do not get fooled by its lean looks. For a simple example of what you can do with foobar2000, have a look here.
Download Size : 1.60 MB
Memory Footprint : 2MB (Default install)
Download Foobar2000
3. Instant Messenger - Miranda
Why keep YIM, WLM, GTalk and many more keep running in the background when you can use just one application to connect to all these networks and even more. Use Miranda IM. As the Miranda home page says Smaller, Faster, Easier.
Download Size : 1.09 MB
Memory Footprint : 1.6 MB (Default install)
Download Miranda IM
4. BitTorrent Client - uTorrent
One of the best torrent clients available for Windows. Loaded with all features you will ever need, yet takes less than 1MB of RAM while running.
Download Size : 646 KB
Memory Footprint : < 1 MB
Download µTorrent
That’s all for now, I will keep on adding / updating this list as I find new ones. And if you want some of your apps to be on this list, do not forget to leave a comment. 
5. Video Player - VLC Media Player
Not exactly light on resources, but definitely better than the Windows Media Player bundled with Windows. VLC has a load of features and also plays almost all the video files thrown at it without the need for additional codecs to be installed.
Download Size : 9 MB
Memory Footprint : 32 MB
Download VLC Media Player