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I read about this on RedFlagDeals.com: For a limited time, PDFill.com has PDF Tools available for FREE download. This program will let you merge, split, reorder, encrypt, decrypt, rotate, crop, reformat, add header, footer, watermark, convert images to PDF, PDF to images, and more! The program sounds interesting. The only catch is that the tools …
This is from the latest TechRepublic Windows XP Tips newsletter: Need a change of scenery? No need to pay Microsoft when you want a new desktop theme–now you can escape to virtual versions of Egypt, Québec and New Zealand for free. Windows XP columnist Greg Shultz leads the tour. I’m not really into themes, but …
You may be familiar with Woody Leonard. He is a well-known computer book author and Microsoft antagonist. He writes a column for the fabulous Windows Secrets newsletter. In the latest issue of the newsletter, he referred to the Microsoft Patch Reliablity Ratings that he runs on his web site. His site explains it this way: …
From Network Computer (TechWeb): With Vista at least seven months away, we’ll all be using Windows XP for some time to come. TechWeb proudly presents our all-time favorite Win XP hacks, tips, tricks, and fixes. Check it out!
I get the Microsoft TechNet magazine, and the latest issue had a good article on Deconstructing Common Security Myths: In our book Protect Your Windows Network, we wrote about “security myths”—things that many people believe are true about security, but which really are not… Our version of these myths is, of course, just our opinion. …
Cobian Backup is a multi-threaded program that can be used to schedule and backup your files and directories from their original location to other directories/drives in the same computer or other computer in your network. FTP backup is also supported in both directions (download and upload). It’s that last part that I think is interesting. …
Michael Otey of Windows IT Pro magazine has put together a list of his 10 favourite little-known tools in Office 2003: Microsoft Office is without a doubt the killer app of the Windows era and must be the most pervasive software application of all time. Almost everyone uses it, either at work or at home. …
About a year ago I posted about the ProcessLibrary.com web site. I recently received an email from them with some more information: As you may be well aware we run processlibrary.com, one of the most popular sites serving hundreds of thousands of users with information on over 9000 processes that may be running on their …
The latest LangaList newsletter had the following: 2) New, Free, Graphical Partitioning Tool Fred, This just came in Scott Spanbauer’s weekly PCWorld newsletter “Software Report” (give credit where credit is due). http://partitionlogic.org.uk/index.html is the home of J. Andrew (Andy) McLaughlin’s website devoted to “Partition Logic.” Among it’s other features: – FREE! (GNU general public licence) …
As I mentioned before, Michael Robertson (of MP3.com fame) is backing development of online software tools using AJAX. He previously had announced ajaxWrite and ajaxSketch. You can get notification of new programs from the ajaxLaunch.com announcement site. The latest title is eyespot: Shoot, Mix, and Share your Video. Use the eyespot Mixer to edit and …