By default, the Send to menu only includes destinations such as Desktop, Mail Recipient, and Compressed Folder. But wouldn’t it be great if you could add more shortcuts such as DropBox, SkyDrive, and Google Drive to that menu? In fact you can!

How to add more shortcuts to Windows’ Send to Menu:

1. Open Windows Explorer or any folder.

2. In Explorer, copy-paste the text below in an empty area inside the address bar.

%APPDATA%/Microsoft/Windows/SendTo

3. Now you should be looking at the folder containing Windows’ send-to shortcuts. You then need to find the Windows shortcut to Dropbox, SkyDrive, or whatever and just copy-paste it inside this folder.

6. You’re done! Try it on any file. Just right click, choose Send to and you’ll now see your new shortcuts in the options.

(via PCWorld)

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Norton Antivirus 2012

Norton Antivirus 2012 is a powerful protection against viruses and spyware that won’t slow down your PC. It delivers superior protection and performance and stops threats from infecting your PC.

It has four different layers of smart protection that detects and eliminates viruses and spyware and delivers proactive protection that stops online threats before they can infect your computer. With Norton Antivirus 2012, you’ll get superior performance and blazing fast scan speeds that protects you without slowing down your computer. It just runs in the background, so it won’t disrupt your work or play and won’t swallow up your computer’s memory and hard disk space.

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Download Norton Antivirus 2012 with 6 months license key

To download the Norton Antivirus 2012 with free 6 months license key, just visit this promotional link and click Start Download of the Norton Antivirus. Run the setup file and proceed with the installation.

Once completed, enter your email address and create a new Norton account.

* Since this offer is only for new customers, make sure you use a different email address if you already have an existing Norton account.

** Norton Antivirus 2012 works on 32 and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7.

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SkyDrive for Windows and Mac

SkyDrive for Windows and Mac is definitely the easiest way to access your SkyDrive from your computer. When you install it, a SkyDrive folder is created on your PC. Everything you put in this folder is automatically kept in sync between your computers (PC or Mac) and SkyDrive.com, so you can get to your latest files from virtually anywhere. Whenever you add, change, or delete files in one location, all the other locations will be updated.

To add files, just drag and drop them to your SkyDrive folder and they will automatically be synced with the cloud. You can also easily organize your files and folders, just like any other folder!

Fetching files through SkyDrive.com

Another killer feature of SkyDrive for Windows is the ability to turn your PC into your own private cloud to browse your files and stream videos from anywhere through SkyDrive.com. This feature is great if you forget something on your home PC and need to fetch it or just copy it quickly to SkyDrive.

To use this, just install the desktop client on your computer and enable Make files on this PC available to me on my other device in the Settings. Next, login to SkyDrive.com and click your computer name below the Computers tab at the left side of the screen. You will then need to input an access code to access your remote PC. Once done, you can now view and access your PC (if SkyDrive desktop is running) from SkyDrive web interface.

The only thing missing in this app is the ability to choose which folders to sync with the computer, unlike DropBox which offers selective syncing. Another disappointment is that this app doesn’t work on Windows XP.

Lastly, for those who have previously signed up with SkyDrive, you can still enjoy your 25GB free storage but for the new users, they will only get free 7GB upon signup. That’s still more generous than the free 2GB of DropBox and free 5GB of Google Drive.

Download SkyDrive for Windows and Mac

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How to bypass Safely Remove Hardware option when unplugging USB devices:

1. Open Device Manager. You may find it by searching “Device Manager” in the Start menu search field or in the Control Panel.

2. Look for USB Devices/Disk Drives. Click Disk Drives to expand and reveal your internal and external drives. The USB devices will always have “USB” included in their names.

3. Choose Quick Removal. Double-click the USB device for which you want to disable the Safely Remove Hardware option. A new window will open, go to Policies tab. You’ll see two removal policies: Quick Removal and Better Performance. If you choose Better Performance, you will need to use the Safely Remove Hardware option every time you disconnect your USB while the Quick Removal policy lets you disconnect the device safely without using the said option.

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Picture Collage Maker Pro

Picture Collage Maker, for those who are not familiar, is an easy to use collage making tool for Windows that lets you turn ordinary photos into stunning keepsakes to share with family and friends.

This Easter Edition contains 16 brand new stunning Easter templates. It allows people to make delightful Easter cards that they can freely share with families and friends.

Some of the highlighted features of this app include:

1. With 100+ various templates provided to make digital photo collages, scrapbook, greeting cards, posters, calendar, photo album for any occasion, like birthday, thanksgiving, wedding, etc.
2. Support drag and drop photos onto collage. It comes with a large collection of beautiful picture frames and masks that you can add to any of your photos.
3. Personalize your creation by adding clip-art, text, background. It allows you to resize, rotate and position all the elements to make collage crafting intuitive and fun.
4. Save collage as an image file, set as desktop wallpaper, share through email, or print it out instantly to share with friends and family.

Picture Collage Maker Pro – Giveaway details

Just a recap, this giveaway is sponsored by PearlMountain Technology and we’ll be giving away 20 license keys to our lucky readers!

To join this giveaway, simply follow the steps below.

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This giveaway starts today and ends on April 8, 2012. Winners will be chosen randomly. Good luck to everyone!

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Ever Password – store and sync your credentials on cloud server

Ever Password is a cross-platform password management tool that you can use to manage all your confidential information such as credit cards, bank accounts, membership details, online accounts, IDs, and more! The application uses the special 256-bit encryption technology in order to keep password and other information safe from being hacked.

Ever Password – how to use it

Upon launching the app, you’ll see a welcome screen wherein you can click the Sign Up button to create an account. Registration is free and it takes less than 2 minutes to finish.

Once you’ve successfully created your Ever Password account, it’s now time to type in your login details to enter the vault where all the information are stored.

Ever Password has this elegant and easy to use interface that resembles the look and feel of an iPad/iPhone. It has 4 different tabs: Vault, Settings, Dashboard, and Information.

Under the Vault tab is where you can manage all your account information. It has different categories so all the details you will enter are well organized. Let’s say you would like to enter your credit card information, just click “Credit Card” in the categories and then click the “Plus” button. The good thing about Ever Password is that every category has its own form already which you just need to fill up.

Unlike other free apps, Ever Password offers unlimited records which means you can store as many accounts you want for free!

Ever Password – access anywhere

Another advantage of using Ever Password is that all the details you store here are sync on its website where you can also access your vault.

In addition, it also syncs your password to all your devices where Ever Password is installed. Currently, it is available on iOS, Windows, and Mac and soon on Android, Windows Phone, and Blackberry.

NOTE: You do NOT have to sync the password to the server if you feel uncomfortable with keeping your data online. Just enable the “Standalone Mode” and all passwords will be stored in the local devices only (PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad etc.).

Visit Ever Password

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Snagit

When I found out about Snagit through some online reviews, I was hesitant to buy it at first since I’m not fond of buying software programs (I’m a freeware fanatic). But then, there’s something in me that wanted to try it so I decided to purchase my very first licensed software app. And it was actually one of the best decisions I’ve ever made!

Snagit Editor

Snagit saves me a lot of time and effort. Aside from being a perfect all-in-one screen capture app, it also comes with a great annotation tool that lets you edit your screenshots and put some texts, arrows, or highlights, in just a few clicks! Perfect for reviewing apps and adding comments on the picture.

Snagit – Awesome Features

All-in-One

One of my most favorite features of Snagit is the All-in-One which lets you capture the whole screen, a region, a window, or a scrolling window in just one-click! This is really great if you’re undecided which part of the screen you’re going to capture.

Cool effects

Want to add some awesome effects to your screenshots? Well, with Snagit Editor, you can easily do that in just a few clicks.

Stylishly delete unwanted pieces of an image by removing vertical and horizontal sections. Add a background image to fill the gap, or make it transparent. You can also make your image look as if one of the corners is folded over for an eye-grabbing effect. Pick from one of the preset page curl options, or create your own.

Share easily

Once you finished editing your capture, you can easily save it to your preferred format then share it with friends via email, upload to Screencast.com (with free 2GB of storage), or publish it to your website via FTP.

I just hope that they’ll include direct share to Facebook or Twitter on their future updates.

Organize

Snagit also knows that it’ll be quite difficult to organize all your screenshots after a long time of using it that’s why it’s good that Snagit has the auto-tagging feature that lets you search for your captures by date, website, application, or a custom flag that you create and assign.

Even now that I’m already working, I still use it every time I need to capture anything on my screen. All my laptops have Snagit installed and the only thing that’s missing now is an Android app.

* Snagit has a PC and Mac versions.

You can try the full version of Snagit for free for 30 days or purchase a license key worth $49.95. Another option is to join The Heat Web’s exclusive giveaway and get a chance to win a genuine Snagit license key for free! Check out the details below for more info.

Snagit – Exclusive Giveaway

TechSmith, the company behind Snagit, has been very kind and generous to sponsor three (3) license keys to be given away to The Heat Web readers!

NOTE: The license key is good for the Windows version (10) or Mac version (1), and the winners can use the winning keys on up to two machines under the licensing agreement. So if someone runs a Mac at work and a PC at home they can install each version once with the same key, or install two Windows versions with the same key – one for home, one for work, etc.

To join this giveaway, simply follow the steps below.

Step 1

Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, or add us on Google+ (Optional, but higher preference will be given to our followers)

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Step 3

Leave a comment with the link to your post. Winners will be notified through email so make sure you enter a valid email address when leaving a comment.

This giveaway starts today and ends on February 12, 2011. Winners will be chosen randomly. Good luck to everyone!

UPDATE: Giveaway is over! Find out the winners here.

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Nightfall Mysteries: Asylum Conspiracy

The game revolves around Christine, an orphan who travels to an abandoned mental institution named Ashburg Asylum to find her missing grandfather.

Once there, she discovers that the asylum is not so abandoned after all, and that something sinister has been going on. As she explores the eerie grounds of the asylum and encounters one unsettling character after another, Christine uncovers the dark secrets of the institution and, ultimately, the truth about her past.

This exciting and thrilling puzzle game provides over 6 hours of gameplay, tons of hidden objects to discover as you make your way deeper into the conspiracy! The game features excellent graphics, and impressive story line that will keep you entertained for hours.

Nightfall Mysteries: Asylum Conspiracy – Main features

• Over 120 screens to explore
• 15 challenging puzzles to solve
• Hundreds of hidden objects to find
• Interactive tutorial
• Unlimited hints

Nightfall Mysteries: Asylum Conspiracy – Download for free

Help Christine find her missing grandfather. Download Nightfall Mysterious: Asylum Conspiracy (worth $9.99) for free for a limited time only and help her unravel the mystery of asylum and uncover the secrets of her past.

Download Nightfall Mysterious: Asylum Conspiracy – For PC

System requirements:
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
CPU: 1.0 GHz
RAM: 512 MB
DirectX: 8.0
Hard Drive: 191 MB

Download Nightfall Mysterious: Asylum Conspiracy – For Mac

System requirements:
OS: 10.4
CPU: 800 Mhz
RAM: 256 MB
Hard Drive: 198 MB

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Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger for Windows is an app that lets you chat with your Facebook friends without the need to go to the Facebook.com. In addition, this app also shows you the latest updates from your friends in ticker and gives you quick notifications about what’s happening on your Facebook profile.

Using Facebook Messenger makes you feel that you’re still viewing it in a web browser without the newsfeed. There’s an option to dock it at the right side of the screen so you can do other things like doing your report while checking the latest updates from your friends in ticker.

It’s also very fun and easy to chat with multiple friends using Facebook Messenger since it uses tabbed chat interface. However, the app doesn’t support group chat yet and the video calling as well so you still have to open your browser just in case you want to use any of these features.

Currently, Facebook Messenger is on trial mode and it only supports Windows 7. You may give it a try by visiting this link.

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FileWing – recover lost files and delete files permanently

FileWing has a great-looking and user-friendly interface. When you launch the app, you’ll only see two options: scan disks and erase files or drives.

Just choose which task you want to use then follow the Wizard that will guide you throughout the whole process.

FileWing – Advanced features

FileWing has a free and paid version. The paid version comes with additional features such as:
- Deep scan: recovers even damaged files
- Filters: defines what you are looking for exactly, hiding unnecessary files
- Crypto-Format: ensures 100% safe deletion of sensitive data
- Overwrite free space

FileWing – New Year’s promo

Download FileWing Pro worth $19.90 for free by availing their New Year’s promo. Here’s how:

1. Visit the promo page then download the special version of the software by clicking the “Start download” button.

2. Install the app then fill-up the registration form that will appear after the installation.

3. Check your email for the license key and use it to unlock the app. Enjoy!

* FileWing works well on Windows XP/Vista/7

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