iFile.it - Upload and Share files upto 250 MB with Resumable download

One of the worst problems with the file sharing giants like Rapidshare and Megaupload , is that they don't allow resumable downloads. Which means , if your download fails halfway due to some connection error or power cut, you cannot start the download again from the point it broke. You have to start over again. Same is the case , when you try to pause the download. This can become messy when downloading large files.

iFile.it , a replacement of the famous mihd.net, is offering free file sharing upto 250MB (as many files as you want) with resumable downloads. Once, you upload your files, you'll get a link to share with your friend. Clicking that link takes you to a page, where you/your friend can request a resumable download link. You can pause the download and resume it again , whenever you wish. If you are uploading as a guest user (no signup required), you can share upto 100Mb per file (any number of files) which is pretty decent.

Here is a quick review of their features:

• Upload any number of files within the size limit 250MB (Free registration)
• Upload any number of files within the size limit 100MB (Guest user - No signup required)
• Resumable downloads (Pause and resume your downloads at your convenience)
• Easy-to-use interface
• Personally , I like cool their name "ifile.it"

Link : iFile.it

Happy sharing! :)

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Windows Tips #1 : Shortcut key to access the items in system tray

In Windows, we can accomplish a lot of tasks in a matter of few key strokes. But we are not even aware of many of the built-in windows shortcuts. Do you know that you can access the items in the system tray using your keyboard alone? Well, let us see how we can do that,

Press the key combination Windows+b , this gives you access to the system tray menu.

• Use the arrow keys to navigate among the items.

• Press Spacebar or Enter to activate (or open) a particular item

• Press Menu key (the one nearer to your right ctrl) to access the right-click menu of a particular item.

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Share your pictures on twitter without giving out your password - img.ly

Img.ly is an image sharing site designed for twitter. Though there are many sites for posting pictures to your twitter feed, most of them require you to enter your twitter username and password. While this kind of login was the only option in the past , the scenario has changed now. Twitter recently introduced OAuth and img.ly was one of the few twitter image sharing sites that implemented this facility.



Logging in with OAuth facility means you are not giving away your username and password to img.ly, but only to twitter (More like those facebook apps). After logging in, you can start using the site for sharing your favourite pics easily.

Visit img.ly

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Gmail Labs announces new feature to add images in mail

Gmail Labs recently added a new option to add Images in mail. Though gmail offers a great email service , it lacks some of the primitive features like adding images to your mail.(But there were some workarounds like this one from Digital Inspiration).

Gmail labs is doing a good job by adding new innovative features and most wanted features in gmail. Recently, they announced a feature to add images directly in your mail using the rich text editor. Enable "Inserting images" in your Gmail labs tab. Now you can see a image toolbar icon like this one,

On clicking this icon, a new dialog appears using which you can add an image from computer or an image from the web. So easy , isn't it?
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URL Shortening Bookmarklets

No one prefers to use long URLs when there are a lot of URL shortening services available. URL shortening services like tinyurl.com, bitly etc take up a long URL and give you a short URL which you can share easily. Though you can to these sites directly and do the conversion, there is another easy alternative.

Most of these sites provide you with a bookmarklet, with which the URL shrinking can be done easily. I've listed the bookmarklets of some popular URL shrinking services.

• TinyURL
• is.gd
• bit.ly
• Shrink-O-Matic
• SnipUrl/Snurl/Snipr
• durl.us
• Myurl
• u.nu
  

Drag the bookmarklet of to your bookmarks toolbar or use right-click menu to save it as a bookmark. Now, to shorten the URL of the page you are viewing, click on the bookmarklet and it will automatically generate the shortened URL for you.

If you have bookmarklets for any other services , please do mention it in the comments. If you are a ubiquity user, take a look at the is.gd URL shortening script for ubiquity created by me.

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Play FLAC files in Windows Media Player

FLAC (Free Loseless Audio Codec) is a great a way to store music if you don't want to lose the quality of the original source. But unfortunately, Windows Media Player does not support the flac format. There are lot of players available, which can play flac music, like Winamp, VLC and the previously mentioned XMPlay. But many people still use the Windows Media Player (WMP) that comes bundled with the Microsoft Operating System. Here's what they should do, to get flac music played in their Windows Media Player.

• Download madFlac
• Unzip the package and run install.bat to install the codec.
• Open your .flac file in Windows Media Player .
• Click "Yes" on the dialog box that appears . Select the "Don't ask again for this extension" if you don't to see this dialog again.
• Now your flac music can be played in Windows Media Player without any problem.

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