Desktop Enhancements

Windows 7 users use the search box in Start Menu to find files/folders, and also to run commands and programs. With Windows 7’s advanced search box with search suggestions, they seldom miss the Run Dialog, which is an essential part of Windows XP Start Menu. (more…)

Seasons come and go, and so do your desktop wallpapers. It’s the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring. Take away all those Winter based themes, and refresh your desktop with the beautiful Czech Spring theme for Windows 7. This official Windows 7 theme has 8 high resolution(1920×1200) desktop backgrounds, of beautiful scenery and spring flowers from Czech Republic. (more…)

Ever wished you could control iTunes using hotkeys or keyboard shortcuts? By default iTunes does not support custom hotkeys, so you just have to be happy with their default shortcuts. iTunes does support media keys such as play pause, and volume keys, however some laptops may not be supported. (more…)

Launchy has finally come to Mac OSX. Now Mac users can enjoy this free and open source application launcher, which was earlier available only for Windows and Linux. The latest Beta version, Launch 2.5 Beta 2 has added support for Mac OSX, along with some bug fixes and performance improvements. (more…)

For wild life photography fans, we have already posted about the NatGeo wallpaper downloader, a free program that automatically downloads more than 5000 National Geographic wallpapers. Now Microsoft has released a new theme, the Discovery Channel LIFE theme, for Windows 7. This theme has 5 high resolution wallpapers, of a lizard in a desert, a mushroom shaped tree, a clown fish, penguins by the sea shore, and starfish. (more…)

We all love to watch the National Geographic channel and use it’s high resolution photos as our desktop background. While you can choose and download individual pictures from the Nat Geo website, hard core fans who want nothing but National Geographic wallpapers on their desktop will find NatGeo Wallpaper Downloader a real gift. (more…)

If you use a Smartphone, such as a Motorola Droid, Nexus One, or an iPhone, you must be very accustomed to their geo location based apps. For instance, you get the latest weather, directions from your current location automatically on these GPS-enabled devices. Though Windows 7 comes equipped with a Sensors and Location platform, there are not many laptops or net books out there that come equipped with GPS enabled hardware. (more…)

Aero Peek is a Windows 7 feature which lets you preview your desktop by simply hovering your mouse over the right edge of the taskbar. This is very useful, to get a quick glance at one of your desktop gadgets such as a feed reader, weather monitor, etc. Sometimes you may want to turn off Aero Peek when your laptop is running on battery, or wish to change it’s delay time for avoiding accidental ‘Peeks’. (more…)

Are you a sports fan and closely following the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Why not decorate your Windows 7 desktop with the Winter Olympics Mascot interactive desktop, and the high resolution wallpapers? Recently Microsoft has released the official Samsung Winter Sports theme for Windows 7. The Vancouver Winter Olympics official site has made available a set of wallpapers and an interactive desktop application for download. (more…)

The Winter Olympics are taking place in Vancouver this year. Microsoft has released the official theme pack of Samsung Winter Sports. This theme comes with 3 background wallpapers of beautiful white snowy mountains. Recently a Valentines Day theme was released in the online Windows 7 personalization gallery. (more…)