Blog Posts on open source software

Sync Your MS Outlook Contacts With Google Mail Address Book With GO Contact Sync Mod by Fryan's Digital World on Dec 6, 2011Do you use Google Mail Address book to manage your contacts in the cloud? Then probably you wanted to sync it with your Microsoft Outlook. The easiest way is to use sync program such as GO Contact Sync Mod. It is an opensource program that synchroniz...

Recover Accidentally Deleted Files With Kickass Undelete by Fryan's Digital World on Nov 17, 2011Before when you accidentally deleted a file, you can start banging your head in your computer. Today with the availability of recovery tools, accidental deletion is the end of the world no more. The first thing you have to remember when you deleted a...

Transfer-On-Lan: Cross-platform File Transfer Utility by Fryan's Digital World on Nov 11, 2011It is a breeze to transfer files from one computer to another on a network when the computers are under the same operating system. With different platforms, it is a bit challenging. To help you easily solve such obstacle, you can use Transfer-On-Lan.

C#: Read Emails Using IMAP by Fryan's Digital World on Nov 10, 2011I already covered how to read emails via POP3 protocol from my previous blog. If you prefer using IMAP then this article is for you. I'll be sharing the whole project files after the jump. First you need to download the ImapX Library from here. Altho...

Quickly Combine Contents Of Two Folders With FolderMerge by Fryan's Digital World on Nov 6, 2011I was trying to cleanup my desktop on my office computer yesterday. I moved and consolidate some files from different folders into single folder. Doing it manually was a tedious task, I should have used FolderMerge. It is a portable application that...

Automatically Lock Your Windows Desktop Up To Specific Duration With Screen Locker by Fryan's Digital World on Aug 9, 2011It is recommended to lock your windows screen before leaving your computer to avoid misuse of your computer while your away. But lets accept it, sometimes we forget to do the simple things and in return we leave our computer vulnerable to prying eyes...

Opensource Google Reader Client Written In WPF C# by Fryan's Digital World on Aug 8, 2011I'm an avid Google Reader fan. Its user interface is simple and easy to navigate. If your not satisfied with it and you need more flashy interface, you can try NewsSquares which I blogged about before. Another Google Reader Client that has more appea...

Group And Organize Open Applications On Your Desktop With MultiTabber by Fryan's Digital World on Jul 24, 2011A week ago, I posted about Dexpot, a virtual desktop software that extends your workspace by providing separate virtual desktops to group your applications. A similar software is MultiTabber. It is an open source software that helps solve common prob...

Burn Blu-Ray Disc In Windows 7 With 7Burn by Fryan's Digital World on May 24, 2011Blu-ray Disc was designed to supersede the more popular DVD format. Most new computers nowadays comes with one Blu-ray disc drive already so switching to it is inevitable in the very near future. By default, you cannot play Blu-ray discs in Windows 7...

Lock Your Windows PC Using USB Device With WinLockr by Fryan's Digital World on May 18, 2011Windows login can protect your workstation when your away but this is not a guarantee that it wouldn't be open by other users who have an access to that computer. For added security layer, use a portable application called WinLockr which can lock and...