To be honest I am bored of the Gmail skin that I have been using for so long now. Even Windows Live Mail and Yahoo Mail both allow you to change the appearance of your mail box but Gmail is lacking behind in this regard. We can't get to use any new skin for Gmail but it sure is interesting to see a Gmail like skin made by some other company and I have got that right here for you.

Zmail is The New and Famous Gmail Look-alike

Zimbra has recently designed a skin that resembles the very well known Gmail skin and they have named it Zmail. For all those who are wondering what is Zimbra?

Zimbra is a (partial open source) alternative to Microsoft Exchange - Enterprise e-mail.

For all those wondering whats so special in a copied design. Zimbra made this skin to show the customization potential of their interface and they have indeed done an awesome job. The skin is not available publicly and cannot be purchased also.

Do you use Microsoft Office 2007 e.g. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint? If yes then I would not be surprised if you say that the new Microsoft Office extensions are creating problems for you. Microsoft introduced the "x" factor in the file extensions of various Microsoft Office 2007 Products but this is more like creating a problem for the users than benefiting them.

Download Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack

The new Microsoft Office 2007 saves files with extensions such as (.docx) or (.pptx) for Word and Powerpoint respectively which are not readable by the old versions of various Microsoft Office Products. Keeping in mind that Microsoft Office 97-2003 Products are still in use by majority of the people Microsoft has released a Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack which will help older version of Microsoft Office recognize the new file formats and read them.

If you are a technical blogger you sure know how Wordpress works and what are the requirements for running a web server. Wordpress runs on PHP and MySQL where PHP is a web programming language and MySQL is a database query language. If you make plugins or design themes or do any kind of work in PHP and MySQL you will definitely know how big pain is it to install a web server on your local PC. But this little new app will help you run a web server on your machine without even installing it.

Run a Web Server Directly on Your Machine

Server2Go is a web server that just runs directly on your machine. It can run directly from yor cdrom, usb stick or from any folder on harddisk and needs no installation. Server2Go allows you to create a standalone working web site or PHP application on a CD-ROM. This means that you can now show off your PHP driven web sites to anyone on any machine even if they don't have a web server installed.

The day I started this blog I had no idea how I will manage to get traffic and readers until a friend of mine suggested that I should target Orkut as my main traffic source. Orkut, as most of you know, is the world's second biggest social network after MySpace with users mainly from Brazil, USA, India, Pakistan and Iran etc.

How To Get Exposure on Orkut?

If you have a popular profile at Orkut thats all you need to publicize your blog. I personally believe that Orkut can act as your biggest traffic source in case you have a new blog but the question is "How". For that matter I have come up with 5 easy tips for you that can help you get traffic from Orkut easy and fast.

There are almost hundreds and hundreds of tweaking softwares available online that can be used to tweak Windows XP but none for Windows Vista as it is still new.However recently some apps have started to evolve that are specifically designed for Windows Vista and Tweak VI is one such application that can be used to tweak your copy of Vista.

Tweak Your Copy of Windows Vista

TweakVI has been basically designed to tweak the performance of a Windows Vista based computer. Not only does it take care of your Windows Vista performance but also optimizes your Vista features to run fast and more efficiently. It is a software which comes bundled with different utilities which altogether keep your computer safe and healthy.

I seriously have no idea why Google is taking YouTube so seriously. Its been hardly 2-3 days since the launch of YouTube's new beta interface and already YouTube makes other 2 big headlines of the day. First it was the YouTube Mixer which is a new service to let you edit YouTube videos online and now it is about watching your YouTube videos on directly your mobile.

MobileTube: Watch YouTube Videos on Your Mobile

MobileTube is the new YouTube Mobile Interface that has been launched specifically for mobile users to watch videos on their mobile. The service will be available for all mobile users who have 3G mobile phones i.e. mobiles that can play streaming videos. Being "a data intensive application", YouTube on mobile is only recommended for those people who have unlimited data transfer plan on their mobile connections.

It looks like that Google has some big plans for YouTube. Now that Google Video has been demoted to a simple video search engine it looks that Google will now try its best to bring YouTube to the world surface of online entertainment. Not long enough after I blogged about YouTube's new beta interface I was surprised to discover at TechCrunch that YouTube has officially launched an online video editing service.

Remix Your Online Videos with YouTube Remixer

YouTube Remixer is actually an new online service that will allow YouTube users to edit, change and spice up their YouTube videos from within YouTube itself. The great new web service is powered by the Adobe Premiere Express Technology and supports insertion of graphics, text and audio as well as overlays and in-video transitions.

Recently Google announced that Gmail will now be able to open Powerpoint Presentatons but the question about Google's own Presentation app is still a mystery. In April, Google announced that it has plans for a Google Presentation app which will be a part of the Google Docs and Spreadsheets family and which will aim to bring users an enriched presentation creation and editing environment free of cost.

Google Presentation Application May Soon Be Reality

PCWorld reports that Google will probably introduce a Presentation app to the Google Apps family by the end of this year along with some other applications. These include video, note-taking, blogging and group-discussion applications. Google also is aiming to establish parity between the offline and online capabilities of its productivity suite. Till now Microsoft Powerpoint remains as the most used Presentation software all around the world.

I am a very big software fan and when it comes to stuff like 3D modeling and world rendering really amuses me. I have been using Google Sketchup for quite a long time now and it still remains by favorite free 3D modeling software though I must mention it is a basic software and does not have the advance modeling functions.

Download Bryce 5.5 For Free

Over at Clazh I came to know that the guys at Daz 3D are giving away free copies of Bryce 5.5 without any restrictions or licensing. Though the latest Bryce version is 6.1 but the offer is worth it as Bryce 5.5 is itself a very advance software and you get no feature restrictions on this offer. The software is highly recommended for anyone who is interested in creating 3D models and breathtaking 3D landscapes. Proceed to Download.com to claim your free copy of Bryce 5.5 (122.23MB)

Do you use the Windows Calculator to do home work or for other calculation stuff? If yes then you would have realized that the default windows calculator is simply not the best choice for a student or for someone who wants to do calculations fast, accurate and with more functions. That is why I have got here a perfect replacement for the default Windows Calculator.

Speed Crunch: The Calculator with 3 F's

SpeedCrunch is the perfect replacement for Windows Calculator. It is a calculator with 3 F's which means it is Fast, Feasible and a calculator with high Functionality. It is a high precision and powerful calculator for your desktop. It is available for Windows, Linux as well as for Mac OS X. Its easy to use functionality and keyboard driven powers make it the best calculator for a student or engineer.