Let’s say you are working on something (like a Word document) and would also like to play one of your favorite songs in the background. You don’t have that song in your local iTunes library but it’s most definitely available on YouTube. So how do you play that song on your desktop? One option is that you launch your web [...]
AVG Free provides the bare necessities when it comes to security, but that should be enough for savvy Windows users. You’ll get a combined antivirus and antimalware engine, LinkScanner, and e-mail scanning. AVG Free 9 introduces a few new features, with improvements focused on performance, including claims of faster scan and boot times. One new feature is the Identity Theft [...]
What’s new in HTML5 and what happened to XHTML2 Is XHTML dead? In July, the XHTML2 working group announced it would be dropping the spec and closing the book on XHTML2. That’s XHTML with a 2. Not XHTML. XHTML is alive and well – it’s just not getting the overhaul that was intended with XHTML2. If you’re a developer or [...]
Youve seen all the new features of Office 2010 and now its time to try them on your own computer. The first public beta of Microsoft Office 2010 is now available as a free download on microsoft.com/office. And other then Office, you can also download Visio 2010 beta and Project 2010 beta for your Windows computer. This is the Microsoft [...]
This video explains the new features of Microsoft Visio 2010 including data-driven diagrams and how you can share Visio diagrams in almost real-time with your co-workers. Microsoft Visio 2010 Video Tweet This Post
You bought a brand new laptop computer for mom – the Apple Macbook was too expensive so you settled for a Dell machine loaded with Windows Vista and a trial copy of Office 2007. Your mom is a great self-learner and knows all the basic stuff about computers but needs some help is in finding the right software tools that [...]
1. Zamzar – Your cell phone records video in 3gp format but Windows Media Player cannot play these files. Your client has sent a document in Office 2007 format but you dont have the software to read it. What you therefore need is Zamzar, an online service that can convert images, videos, audio and documents from one format to another [...]
Adobe PDF is the best format for sharing documents because they are compact, the formatting is preserved and most computers / mobile devices / ebook readers can easily handle PDF files. Here youll learn how to do just about everything with PDF documents without buying Adobe Acrobat. You can edit PDF files, combine multiple files as one, add signature images [...]
You’ve always wanted to learn how to build software yourselfâ€â€or just whip up an occasional scriptâ€â€but never knew where to start. Luckily, the web is full of free resources that can turn you into a programmer in no time. Since the invention of the internet, programmers have been using it to discuss software development techniques, publish tutorials, and share code [...]
First instant messengers that came out were very simple, and users were quite content with what they had i.e an interface to chat online. Soon, designers came out with emoticons, a graphical representation of our mood, expression and feelings during chatting. They were just small static images, then they got bigger and now you can even have them in 3D! [...]