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Create PDF files with doPDF.

Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 21st October 2008

If you’ve wanted to create pdf files but was put down by the price of the tools for creating such files, you may want to check doPDF, a free PDF converter for both personal and commercial use. Once installed, it will create a virtual printer  driver that allows you to produce PDF files, from any application, by selecting the “Print” command.

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Visit China’s Forbidden City from the comfort of your desk.

Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 18th October 2008

From 1644 until 1912, the end of the Imperial period in China, the Forbidden City in Beijing, a magnificent palace, has been home to the Chinese emperor from the QIng dynasty. The Forbidden City was created to embody the idea of the emperor as the center of the universe, and to evoke a visceral sense of his power.

Palace

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Browse the web offline!

Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 21st September 2008

In this era of permanent Internet connection, the usefulness of a software that allows you to copy a website for offline browsing can be easily questioned.

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Free mathematics software.

Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 15th September 2008

SAGE is an open source mathematics software that can be used to studying elementary to advanced number theory, algebra, cryptography, group theory and so much more. It includes interfaces to many other software applications, both commercial and open source, enabling you to use them together. Mathematica, GAP, Octave and MATLAB are just a few of the interfaces that SAGE provides its users.

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iColorFolder

Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 10th September 2008

Do you want to beautify your file sorting process? iColorFolder is an Open-Source, you can use it for free, Windows XP utility that let’s you customize the colour of folders by simply right-clicking them. A quick glance being enough to identify the files that you are looking for!

Icolofolder

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Strengthen your memory with Stickies.

Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 3rd September 2008

Do you often forget milk, grocery or appointments ? If you replied yes, at least for one item, then Stickies is for you.

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Nokia N85 Smartphone.

Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 29th August 2008

From Nokia’s stable comes the new N85 slider phone with N-Gage gaming, music with in-built FM transmitter, 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, geotagging capabilities, GPS, 3.5G HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity to make discovering and sharing experiences quick and seamless.

Nokia N85 front

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Watch TV online using your broadband connection.

Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 20th August 2008

Miro is an open source Internet TV platform and media player with interesting features.

It plays almost all available video formats (WMV, MPEG, QuickTime, XVID, AVI, etc.), makes playlists and browses collections. Videos can be displayed in full screen mode.

miroguide

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Archive your files for free !

Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 15th August 2008

According to the developer, the Zipitfree compression utility was designed to be better than the well known WinZIP and Winrar . It supports over 15 compression formats, including (ACE, ARC, BH, BZip, CAB, GZIP, JAR, LHA, RAR, TAR, UUE, XXE, ZIP,Zoo, and  Archive Stream). And the best part is that you don’t have to open your wallet.

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Optimizing images for emailing.

Posted by F. S. KAMAL on 15th August 2008

Digital cameras have made it easy to share memories. However, when you do not take a few steps to make sure the experience is smooth for you and your recipients, the process can lead to lengthy upload and download times. I often receive such heavy emails and I though that I should share the following tips that will let you reduce your image’s file size and optimize it for easy emailing without using an image editing software.

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