Hiren’s BootCD PE
I’m always on the lookout for a good bootable hard drive cloning CD or USB utility. I recently came across Hiren’s BootCD PE, which seems excellent. It contains more than 50 different utilities. Check it out!
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How to edit PDF documents for free
gHacks had an article back in the spring about how to edit PDF documents for free.
Penguin Penalty Analysis Tool
I used to get a lot of traffic on my Niagara Falls Blog and PCIN.net Update blog. However, at some point it dropped off significantly. The PCIN.net Update blog certainly may have been my fault, as I wasn’t posting often, but I was posting a lot on my Niagara Falls Blog. I’m sure that it …
Implementing powerful and flexible login scripts!
At work we’ve always had separate login scripts for each user. However, we recently changed that to use a login script that checks for group membership. We used the “Implementing powerful and flexible login scripts!” and it works great.
If You Think You’re Anonymous Online, Think Again
I’m a little behind in my podcasts, but today I listened to a Fresh Air broadcast from 6 weeks ago about all the data that online services know about you. Investigative reporter Julia Angwin was curious what Google knew about her, so she asked the company for her search data. “It turns out I had …
A few great links from ghacks
I follow the ghacks blog, and over the last few weeks, there have been several sites that I’ve booked mark. Rather than take any credit for finding these sites and/or programs, please click through to the ghacks website to read the original postings Zero Install: portable app catalog software for multi-user systems MediaTab adds media …
Turn yourself into a cartoon with Fiverr
I’m guessing that many of you have heard of Fiverr. This is an online marketplace where you can have almost anything done for $5. People are offering to proofread/edit documents, type transcripts, and more. I’m a bit of a fan of online avatars, and I recently heard about someone on Fiverr who would draw you …
Unlocking PDFs
A few weeks ago I posted some links to some websites that help you with various PDF operations (merging, splitting, unlocking, etc). I tried to use the unlocking one recently. I have a PDF that I wanted to print so I didn’t have to sit at the computer. The PDF was protected and I couldn’t …
XBMC – Open Source Media Centre
Today I just heard about XBMC, an open source media centre. It looks pretty cool. I’ll have to check it out! XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub that can be installed on Linux, OSX, Windows, iOS, and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with …
Restoring Samsung Galaxy Tab to factory firmware
I’ve posted a little lately about playing around with Android. One of the things I had done was installed CyanogenMod on my Samsung Galaxy Tab (P1000) for my wife. She was having problems with it, so I tried to update it to KitKat. The upgrade went fine, but I couldn’t get the Google Play store …