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Tired of seeing the Outlook splash screen each time each time you click on something emailish. gAttach is a free program that integrates Gmail into your system not just your browser as your default email service. It make gmail the default email handler for all your gAttach is a free program that integrates Gmail into your system

Usually we see that the email integration that is built into your operating system or other local apps by default use a local client to send email, typically being  Outlook Express or Outlook. But our Gmail addictiveness doesn’t allows Outlook exposure.

The typical examples of things gAttach lets us do. Many news sites,blogs feature “mailto” links to send email that opens the default email client and pre-populate the email and subject . gAttach will make sure these open in Gmail rather than a local client such as Outlook Express. If you right click on any file, go to the send to menu, and click on “Mail Recipient” then by default gAttach will open the Gmail and the file will be uploaded as an attachment.

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Every now and then we create folders for sorting our stuffs, and there’s never been an efficient way to create new folders in Windows without having to use that mouse. Time for some nirvana, mdAxel is a tiny application that can create a new folder just by using the assigned keyboard shortcut. It even triggers a folder creation dialog box which includes a pull-down menu from which you can reuse or edit previous names. Gone are the days when every weekend I used to sit back hours cleaning up the mess that accumulated during the week. MdAxel is a free download for Windowsonly.

mdAxel [via Skyrocket Concepts]

Do you have a problem remembering all those passwords from different social networks and websites that you visit daily. Assuming that you aren’t an psychotic alien, you won’t remember each and every password  thats why we use Firefox’s built in password manger lets you save your entered user ids and passwords and retrieve them later when you visit that particular website thus make it whole lot easier to login.

But for some reason Firefox tends to corrupt itself and thus I normally end up loosing all those credentials, thus i have to meticulously enter each of them again and again. Password Export, a Firefox addon, is a useful addon that lets you export your saved passwords or say back them up,  so that you can retrieve them later.

Wondering how to upload all your office documents in your mac to Google Docs at one go! Gdocsuploader is tiny little application that lets you upload your office documents to the cloud in one click. Gdocsuploader is awesome because of the cool drag and drop documents. It snuggly fits into your Dock, Finder sidebar, or desktop. Gdocsuploader is still new and as expected quite buggy. Except some trial and errors before it works properly. Gdocsuploader is a free download for Mac OS X only and its certainly not OS X Tiger friendly.
gdocsuploader [Google Code via VinodLive]

Confused with hundreds of cell phone plans! BillShrink lets you find the perfect plan that fit your usage needs. Upon giving some info on the data is analyzed, at a list of comparable inexpensive plans are given. Currently BillShrink is focused on cell plans only, in future it should work with cable and internet bills too. One thing you need to keep in mind, it doesn’t takes contracted phones into account. Unfortunately, many of these features are still buggy and need lots of improvements. But Billshrink is definitely turning out to be a great web app.

BillShrink [via Lifehacker]

photo credit: kolix

Nothing’s worse for a photographer then seeing the dreaded “Card Corrupt” or a similar message on your camera’s LCD. A lot of us have gone through that, most of the time you can’t do anything besides crushing the card manufacturer.

Recovering photos from corrupted cards usually impossible. Yet still with some photo recovery programs there’s still a possibility.

Before you use these photo recovery tools I would suggest 3 steps before going through the inevitable.

a. Don’t Panic

Don’t start panicking and start doing things that could further damage the photos. Take a deep breath and slow down. Take the card out of the camera and try it in another camera. Sometimes reinserting the card does the trick in most cases.

b. Don’t format your card