Just in case you are one of those people who only read this blog (hah), I would like to inform you that Google has released its own browser. And based on my initial testing, it is something that you have to go and get. There are bunch of new features that are available with the browser, and you can read all about them at the Google Chrome page.
Here’s something that will blow your mind away. Microsoft has recently released a software (and a service) which completely redefines the way you will enjoy your photos from now on. Have you ever felt that the picture you are capturing just doesn’t do justice to the scene you are witnessing? Have you been taking a lot of pictures and painstakingly stitching them together to create a panorama?
Well, that is exactly where this new service will help you. It’s called PhotoSynth. PhotoSynth lets you take loads of pictures of the scene that you are trying to capture and simply load it up in there desktop software. This software then looks through all the pictures and finds overlapping areas and then stitches them up automatically. But the story doesn’t end here.
FireFox has always been a browser for me. Sure, it’s got a a lot of nice plug-ins which extend it’s functionality, but more often than not these plug-ins are usually enhancing my browsing experience. That was until now. In the pat 3-4 days, I have come across two ‘add-ins’ which take this to a different level altogether. One of them is called S3Fox, which is an application that lets you manage your Amazon S3 account, but it’s not a stand alone application. The other one is the one this post is all about. It’s called Pencil.
When it comes to recording what is going on your screen, TechSmith is by far the leader – be it Screen Capture (through SnagIt) or Screen Recording (through Camtasia). However, these tools cost money. And since I am always trying to help people who don’t really need ALL the features of the paid software (only some) and don’t want to spend the money to pay for the software, I present two free alternatives to Camtasia (neither comes close to the feature set that Camtasia offers).
Are you a big artist type, with art flowing through your veins? Well, this is not for you then. But are you someone who wished they could draw something sensible by putting pencil to paper, or brush to canvas? Then read on because this neat website may be able to whet your appetite a little.
Introducing Mr. Picassohead – a tool that will make Picasso’s out of us all (well, maybe not, but we can still try). This painting on the left was made using Mr. Picassohead. What Mr. P offers is a flash based editor which allows you to choose from a number of different shapes to paint with. It allows you to get as creative as you can get with a finite set of tools which offer an infinite set of combinations.
With the release of Office 2007, Microsoft introduced a new format for all it’s Office products. One such format is DOCX. And since not everyone has adopted the 2007 version, there is a mix of formats going on around the Internet and sooner or later you are bound to receive a DOCX file in your inbox. So what can you do with this file if you don’t have the program (Word 2007) to open it? As it turns out, there are loads of options that you have. In this post, I am going to list out some of these options.
Of course, the best option, if you just want to view the file, is to use the Word 2007 viewer from Microsoft. This allows you to open the DOCX file and view it. It is a free utility from Microsoft. Another option from Microsoft is available to you if you have an earlier version of Office installed (such as Office 2003). It is called the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack. This allows you to open, view, and edit Office 2007 documents in Office 2003 or Office XP. If you don’t like Microsoft, but still want to view the file that you have, there are other options, and I point out out 3 of these below:
A few weeks ago, I had talked about the free offer for magazines from Zinio. This offer was valid for iPhone users (and everyone else using a very cool trick). For the longest time, the magazines on offer remained the same and some people feared that the offer is no longer valid because of over exploitation by people (using the above mentioned cool trick). I feared the same myself. However, I am one of those people who keep trying (also I had not read all the magazines yet). A few days ago, when I visited the site, I noticed that some of the magazines have changed (this included a brand new PentHouse, amongst others). So, if you have been disappointed at seeing the same magazines again and again, then you need to visit again.
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