It’s smart, efficient and customizable

I have found some sticky notes applications and this one definitely stands out of the crowd being well featured and free. The idea of virtual notepad is very useful and is one of the essential tools for any GUI based computer. Creating multiple and unmanageable heap of text files to note down important things is something we don’t enjoy doing. Efficient Sticky Notes is a multi-award winning application which helps you to note and manage all the notes in one place and in an “uncomplicated manner”. You can pin up the notes on your desktop background and password protect them too. Check out the official website to know more.

Info:

• Freeware

• Appx 3MB in size

• Requirements: Windows 7/Vista/XP/2003/2000/98/ME/NT4 (32-bit and 64-bit)

• Languages: English, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese

The Social Web Browser

Both Flock and Firefox are powered by the same technology, Mozilla. Flock is very close to the structure of Firefox but, there are somethings that make Flock better, especially for ‘Social Media’ users. A better provision of user-friendliness and convenience is what Flock serves. I’m not saying that Firefox is not good enough. It’s just vintage! Why don’t you try something new? It’s a same browser with better features.

So you are thinking, what exactly are those features that make Flock better than ‘my Firefox’?

Highlights (Considering Firefox 3 and Flock 2):

• Flock and Firefox both have larger memory footprints than earlier versions, but memory management has improved greatly. The good news is that Flock and Firefox do a much better ‘house-keeping’ job managing memory over time. This means that Flock will consume the most memory only on it’s first run. On subsequent start-ups, Flock will require a relatively flat amount of memory, rather than increasing its consumption over time. This also means that less memory will be consumed when multiple tabs are open and when extensions are installed. Flock has a number of powerful features built on top of the Firefox architecture that allow you to have a truly unique browsing experience. These features come with a price, and that price is a slightly larger memory footprint. Comparing Flock to Firefox with no extensions installed is like comparing apples with oranges. In order to enjoy any advanced functionality in Firefox you need to install extensions, unlike Flock which has lots of advanced features built right in. Firefox extensions will increase both the memory footprint, and the risk of memory leaks over time. That said, all of the memory improvements in Firefox (including many memory leak fixes and much better memory management ‘housekeeping’ practices) apply to Flock , so you should experience notably improved browsing performance with Flock than you’ve experienced in prior versions,

• Flock quickly integrates with each Firefox security update,

• With my personal experience, i found Flock more stable than Firefox,

• The first thing you’ll notice is the blue Flock Star within the Media Bar instead of Flock 1’s grey star. Clicking this star will favorite the current stream and turn it orange, just like when favoriting a web page. Clicking an orange star in the Media Bar will, for the first time, provide a collection of options for this favorite media stream. The first is an option to delete said stream, as many people found it difficult to delete a favorite media stream in Flock 1. This dialog will also offer options to rename the favorite media stream and to place it in a folder (folders being yet another new feature). These combine to allow a brand new level of organization for favorite media streams, saving even more of your valuable time, Data Source: Flock

• Flock helps you stay connected on social media websites through ‘People’ sidebar.

Have you tried it yet? Do it if haven’t, because it’s not a crime to try something new, isn’t it? You have the right to share your opinions in the comment section, so please add a comment!

It’s time to upgrade

It’s great news for radio listeners, now you can listen to radio music at CD quality sound and tag all your favorite songs aired on any HDRadio channel at your convenience. It’s like bookmarking your favourite website. If you are really looking for great radio sound quality, this the real deal. The HDRadio has Zune HD and related radio technology products that gives you access to your favorite HDRadio stations with the clear, deep sound and portability, which HDRadio is known for, but now with more.  Not only can you listen to your radio station but, song tagging and music tagging lets you to also buy the song you heard. Imagine, you can listen, enjoy, tag and download a radio song forever! It’s only been a few years now that we have started to hear about music tagging and song tagging, HDRadio is now offering a line of Zune HD radios too.

HDRadio features:

• CD-quality sound
• Crystal-clear reception
• No station drop-off
• No static, hiss or audio distortion

Itunes users can also take advantage of the tagging feature. You just need an iTunes Tagging enabled HDRadio receiver. When you hear a song you like on your local FM HDRadio station, you simply hit the “tag” button. The song’s info will be saved from your HDRadio receiver to your iPod and iphone. The songs will show up in a playlist called “Tagged” in iTunes the next time you sync your iPod to your computer. So you can click, download and buy the songs you want directly from the Apple iTunes Music Store.

You can do all this while you are walking, in your car, at home, in your office and even on your boat. Upgrade your current system. Radio listening is going to be easy and enjoyable again. Visit: www.hdradio.com