Create a custom font from your own Handwriting

Now here is one useful tool for designers and graphics masters. Its called FontCapture and it lets you create a font from your own handwriting. Means you no longer need to use any complicated software to make custom fonts, this web app does it all.

The idea is simpe and easy. There's no software to download and install, all you need is a printer and a scanner. Simply fill in the font template, scan and upload it to our website, and download your completed font. Fonts created are both compatible with Windows and Mac.

To follow the easy instructions on how to create hand-made custom fonts, visit the website.

Cannot access Gmail online? Try Thunderbird

Gmail is currently facing a worldwide downtime which is affecting both users of Gmail itself and those who make use of the Mail feature in Google Apps. Google has acknowledged the issue and is still working on resolving it, though no wonder how long will it take.

For those looking for a quick solution to send/receive email through their Gmail inbox is to try theThunderbird Email Client.

According to the post on the official Gmail blog:

If you have IMAP or POP set up already, you should be able to access your mail that way in the meantime.

Since Thunderbird automatically configures to run through IMAP, so for now it is the only most recommended email client that will get you running in seconds.

Go download Thunderbird from this link. Once downloaded, select Gmail during the setup wizard, enter your password and you will be able to send/receive email through your Gmail account till the web version is restored. Tested it myself and it works!

The same method can also be used on any other occasion when Gmail is down.

Update: The GMail gadget in iGoogle.com also seems to be working, you can view your mail and compose messages from there.

ImHalal, a search engine made for Muslims

Let's say you are a Muslim and you are totally not satisfied with the search filters provided by Google and other search engines. Here comes a search engine named ImHalal that will give you the ease to search the Internet without coming across any content that might be considered as 'Haram' according to the Islamic Law.

For a test, we entered some queries such as Alcohol, Nudity etc and were impressed to see that ImHalal does exactly what it's supposed to, it blocks the query and warns the user since the results for the query may contain Haram content.

Thats not all! ImHalal even gives you a rating for the searched query if its explicit or contains any sort of Haram content. Moreover, it is able to fetch not only links, but also images and news for any particular query. The search engine uses various techniques to determine which results fetched are supposed to be 'Halal' or 'Haram'.

Now it may not be the best search engine out there but it still comes with a noble purpose. Especially, it can be of great use in Muslim households where the parents are concerned about the types of sites their children visit on the Internet.

Ready to try it our for yourself? Go Halal.

Download Nero 9 Essentials for Free

Good news for all those Nero users out there is that they can now download a free version of Nero 9 Essentials from the Nero website, thanks to AskVG.

The free version of Nero 9 Essentials comes with a little stripped down functionality but would be enough to cater for the average users. Even though now there are a couple of free alternatives available to Nero, it still remains to be best software for CD/DVD burning software and the good part is that now it can even be download for free.

For advance users, Nero 9 Essentials free also provides an option to upgrade to the full and more advanced version. Follow the link to download the software from Nero website.

Download the Yahoo! Messenger 10 Beta for Windows

Yahoo! has finally decided to launch the Yahoo! Messenger 10 IM client in beta for Windows. As claimed, this new release will add more to the features of the world's most favorite IM client for PC users.

The most noticeable new improvements have been made to the webcam feature which now allows the user to make high-quality video calls. Features include the ability to swap video windows, position the video windows side-by-side, mute the call or place it on hold.

Other new features include:

• New "Y! Updates" view of your contact list.
• All-new Yahoo! Insider.
• Choose your language easily.
• New ways to sort your contacts.
• New icons in the IM window.

Can't wait to try out the new Yahoo! Messenger 10 beta already? Download it for Windows.

Easily manage styles for Dock on Snow Leopard

The Dock is one of the signature features in Mac OS X and for those who think it can't be customized in appearance, they need to checkout this new application called Dock Library

Dock Library is a free application that takes the headache out of managing styles for your Leopard dock. New skins amd themes can easily be applied to the Dock in Leopard and Snow Leopard makes it more visually attractive and adds more to the OS X eye-candy.

The interface of the application is simple and easy to use. All one needs to do is download a Dock style from LeopardDocks.com or LeopardDocks.net in zip format and then simply click 'Import' from within the application to add it to Dock Library.

Once a style is added to Dock Library, simply select it and click 'Activate' to see it live. Click hereto download the app, it works on both Leopard and Snow Leopard.

Facebook Lite is now available for slow connections

It has long been in news that a new and lite version of Facebook is in the works and after all this wait, Facebook has finally pushed this new version for users to try.

Facebook Lite, which can now be accessed at Lite.Facebook.com, will let users access a lightning-fast edition of the popular social networking website thus making it easier for users with slow connections to navigate the website easily.

The Lite version actually disables all sort of modules such as Highlights in the sidebar, advertising and applications which not only makes it an ideal solution for users with a slow connection, but also for those who only use Facebook for the sake of checking updates and posting comments.

Its perhaps the first attempt of Facebook in providing a Twitter-like experience to the users which is simple and to-the-point and so far, we believe that it has done a good job on it.