Archive for February, 2008
How to Open / View PDF files easily
There are situations when you have to open pdf files but you can’t because Adobe Acrobat (The standard pdf viewer) is not installed. Here comes “PDFMeNot”. It is a great online adobe pdf reader and offers everything you need for viewing PDF documents online.
This free pdf viewer lets you view any pdf file, either it’s online or stored in your PC. They are now also offering a Firefox Extension which automatically fixes links to pdfs as your browse. Also adds a little icon next to each converted link.
Linking to PDFs, you can easily use PdfMeNot to link to an existing pdf file. Just say you wanted to link to: http://test.com/document.pdf, use this link instead: http://pdfmenot.com/view/http://test.com/document.pdf. And PdfmeNot will handle the rest.
Check out more information & use at PDFMeNoT.
Mixx Launched on FaceBook
As most of us know Mixx is like a social community like Digg, Propeller etc. They just announced the launched of Mixx application for Facebook.
Features:
• See your contacts, your favs, even your Mixx profile
• Find out what’s popular on Mixx: video, stories, photos
• See which of your Facebook friends is also a Mixxer
• Invite Facebook friends to join Mixx
This is just a sample of what you can do with the Mixx/Facebook combo. For more details, check out the Mixx Blog.
Wordpress Plugin for Socialization & Advertising your blog
I recently discovered a Wordpress Plugin that allows you to create a customizable image which shows the last posts of your blog, thus enabling you to use it as a signature in communities. forums etc.
After activating this wordpress plugin, go to the menu “Manage” of your WordPress admin panel and than to “LastPostsImage”. There you will get your public link, and can configure the color, size and number of posts to display.
How To Install:
1. Upload the folder ‘last-posts-image’ with all files to ‘/wp-content/plugins’ on your webserver
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins‘ menu in WordPress
3. Go to ‘LastPostsImage’ in the ‘Manage’-menu of your wordpress adminpanel (see last-posts-image_configuration.jpg)
Ie7 Download, Addons and Features
I’ve been actually asked to put up Ie7 (Internet Explorer 7) Download link. Internet Explorer 7 is the most secure version of Internet Explorer to date and now it’s easier to install. Download the latest version for free.
Features:
Tabbed Browsing: Tabbed browsing is enabled in Ie7 so you can View multiple sites in a single browser window and switch from one site to another through tabs with ease.
Quick Tabs: You can easily select and navigate through open tabs by displaying thumbnails of them all in a single window.
Tab Groups: In Ie7, Tabs can be grouped and saved into logical categories, so you can open multiple tabs with a single click. A Tab Group can easily be set as the Home Page Group so the entire Tab Group opens every time Internet Explorer 7 is launched.
StreamLined Interface: Ie7 now comes with a redesigned, streamlined interface maximizes the area of the screen that displays a webpage, so you see more of what you need, and less of what you don’t.
Advanced Printing: Internet Explorer 7 automatically scales a webpage for printing, so the entire webpage fits on your printed page. Print options also include adjustable margins, customizable page layouts, removable headers and footers, and an option to print only selected text.
Instant Search Box: Web searches using your favorite search provider can now be entered into a search box within the toolbar, eliminating the clutter of separate toolbars. You can easily choose a provider from the dropdown list or add more providers.
Power Search with FireFox3
“The latest version of Firefox3 will make changes to the way people search for information online, says its developer”
According to Mozilla, FireFox3 has been designed with the perception of giving priority to its users for search. Firefox 3 is currently going through its third stage of beta testing, will offer a combined search and bookmark tool via the url bar. It will also allow offline working.
Chairman of the Mozilla Foundation Mitchell Baker told BBC World Service’s Digital Planet programme:
“It’s clear that when people are looking for information on the web, search is the number one activity,” she said.
“We’ve devised ways to bring that power into areas that are closer to your individual life.”
How to convert audio formats
Main Features:
* Convert audio formats between MP3, WMA, OGG, MP2, WAV ( PCM, DSP, GSM, ADPCM ), G721, G723, G726, VOX, ALAW, ULAW with different settings.
* Fast Conversion Speed: audio format conversion is performed directly without any temporary files, and thus enables high converting speed and economy of hard disk space.
* Batch audio files conversion: You can convert files in batch regardless of their source formats.
* Support automatic saving ID3 Tags when converting, and also support ID3 tags display and edit.
* Playback of Popular Music Formats: support WAV, OGG, MP2, MP3, WMA files with its built-in player.
* Support Drag and Drop: You can drag files from File Explorer and and drop them into the window of Arial Audio Converter.
* User-friendly interface, very easy to use
TeamViewer - A Simple solution for remote control, desktop sharing
BBC.com Beta
Just found out :)
Old website is also getting a lot of upgrades and improvements!
Share PowerPoint presentations without email attachments
Presenting AuthorGen! A Free PowerPoint Sharing and Conversion where you can Share PowerPoint presentations without email attachments.You can share your PowerPoint presentations online on the web through authorPOINT Lite giving you the option to share presentations either as “Public” or “Private”. You can share your presentations securely with only registered users that you invite.
Registration is free.
Features:Sending and download issues: Anyone can share PowerPoint without attaching a presentation file to email. This solves all sending issues associated with heavy email attachments at the sender’s, and download issues at the recipient’s end. This tool ensures that you never see the notorious yellow triangles with the exclamation mark and ubiquitous unwanted messages like, “your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection”.
Presentation replication issues: when you send a presentation as an attachment, you loose control over your presentation as it get replicated on every user’s desktop that you send to. This does not happen when you share through authorPOINT Lite as you have full control over the presentation through your user console on authorSTREAM and WiZiQ.
Also, there are numerous other benefits of having your presentations available online like accessibility and searchability. You can also highlight your expertise and if your presentations provide good value to users, they are featured (if public) and thus provide you or your organization more visibility.
