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Though people are now more cautious about their passwords, choosing a strong and complex password is still a problem for many. I had posted several articles here on passwords – how to generate strong passwords, check passwords strength, and manage passwords - in previous articles. Here is a simple to use online password generator for creating memorable, strong and complex passwords.

One of the most noticeable interface tweaks in Windows 8 is the proliferation of ribbon menus through Windows Explorer. The ribbon interface adds a host of new buttons to the Windows Explorer menu, which makes it quite easy to navigate. Ok that, if you are a customization enthusiasts, you may like to customize the ribbon menu. Here is how to change the icons on the Windows 8 Explorer with a free tool Ribbon Icons Customizer.

Large file often pose as a problem when you have to move them from your computer to removable media. Large File Splitter comes to your rescue in such situations with its capability to fragment large files and later unite the fragments flawlessly.

Looking for an easy solution for copy text from your scanned documents and image files? Then, you may certainly love Free OCR to Word application. This simple, yet powerful OCR (optical character recognition) application avoids the hassles of retyping work. As it name means, it scans your image file and save the copied text into text file or Word documents.

As you all know, Windows 8 (Consumer Preview) has two versions of Internet Explorer – a desktop version and a Metro version. Though Metro version is designed especially for touch screens, it offers full-screen, immersive surfing experience on desktop also. Here is how to enable InPrivate Browsing mode and new Tab Page in Metro IE10.

Mouse Switcher is a useful little tool designed to improve your experience and productivity while using your Windows 7 or Windows 8 PC. This tool can be used as a replacement for the good old Alt + Tab command for switching between open windows. As its name implies, you can use your mouse to switch between open Windows.

Instagram is an awesome photo-sharing app for android and iOS devices. Instagram lets you apply cool filters to your photos and then allows to share with your friends. Would you like to download Instagram photos to your computer? Then, here is a simple application called Instagram Downloader to grab anyone’s instagram snaps to your computer.

Microsoft has updated Bing Bar for Internet Explorer with Facebook chat and other entertainment apps. The new Bing Bar (v. 7.1) allows you to chat with your Facebook friends, get the info you need, and find the entertainment you want, all without leaving the page you’re surfing. You need to login with Facebook and provide access to the chat to start using it.

Panda Security has launched the beta version of its comprehensive security solution Panda Global Protection 2013 with support for Windows 8. Its unique Collective Intelligence technology offers better and instant protection against all kinds of known and unknown malware threats. Collective Intelligence continuously improves protection levels by gathering information on malware from the worldwide Panda community and offers quick response to new malware attacks.

Are you looking for a simple solution to share anything shown on your computer screen with your Facebook friends? CapShare, the lightweight screen capture tool lets you do it easily. As its name implies, CapShare makes it easy to capture anything on your computer screen – images, web moments, etc - and share it on Facebook. You can also add note and link to your captured image.

Some software programs comes bundled with unnecessary programs like toolbars, adware, unwanted programs (PUP), and browser homepage hijacker and they get installed on your computer while installing the main program. These unnecessary programs can affect performance of your computer and web browser. You can easily remove all these unnecessary programs with a little application called AdwCleaner.

YouTube already has basic keyboard shortcuts for controlling video playback, but they will work only when you watch the clips in full screen mode or video player is in focus (was clicked), which is often not the case. Here is how to make keyboard shortcuts always work as long as you are on the video details page and add couple of extra shortcuts with ‘YouTube Player Keyboard Controls’ Chrome extension.

Would you like to have a metro-style notepad on your Window 7 or Windows XP desktop? Tiny Notepad can deliver this for you. This is a basic text editor designed to simplify your basic text editing needs. Like Windows built-in Notepad, Tiny Notepad also has all the basic tools you will need to read/write text files.

Unlike previous versions of Windows, the newly released Windows 8 CP has several new quick access shortcuts for doing things quickly and effortlessly. For example, the new Win + X shortcut key brings ‘System Utility Settings’ menu, which includes several system utilities including Network Connections, Device Manager, Event Viewer, Disk Management, and many more in Windows 8. You can bring the same feature to Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 with a free utility WinPlusX.

Want to compare read/write speed of two different USB flash drives? Depending on its make and model, its read/write speed varies. By knowing read/write speed of a USB flash drive, you will get an idea how much time it would take to complete a file transfer between your PC and USB flash drive. Here is a very simple benchmarking tool called HD Speed to measure data transfer rates (sustained/ burst) of USB drives, hard disks, Flash drives, and more.

Not all email messages are important for you; however, there are few that need to be archived for feature references. Here is a very simple method to save your Gmail messages as PDF file or Word document using Gmail’s built-in experimental feature. Here's how to configure your Gmail to save messages as PDF or other file format.

Mem Reduct is a small tool that allows you to monitor memory usage (physical memory and virtual memory usage) of your computer and if the usage crosses the limit (above 90%), this tool will let you automatically optimize the memory and ensures smooth operation of your system.

Email Checker is a simple tool for checking and verifying whether the email address you received on your mailbox is valid (format or syntax) and really existing on the corresponding email server. Verifying fake email address can save you lot of troubles that usually coming from spammers and its associated risks such as personal data theft, etc.