Have you ever being in the middle of a presentation and the screen suddenly drops into screen saver mode? Have you ever needed to run an application overnight and come back in the morning to find your computer in sleep mode? It's happened to all of us or, if it hasn't, then it's only a matter of time before it does. So I had a hunt around for something that would prevent that short of making the machines not sleep or hibernate at all, which would be very power wasteful… Found this for Windows… http...
Given that we often have a need to generate secure passwords for the likes of web applications, blogs, social sites, etc. I've been using a wee utility called PWGen for Windows. PWGen is a password generator capable of creating large amounts of cryptographically-secure passwords or passphrases (from word lists). It's small, doesn't write to the registry or hard disk and you can choose to use either the number of characters anda character set or use a number of words passphrase. For Mac OS X, you co...
If you're unfortuante enough to get your PC infected with some malware, then there are some useful stand-alone malware removal tools available from reputable anti-virus software publishers... AVG Free Malware Removal Tools AVG Rescue CD Avira Antivir Rescue System BitDefender Free Tools Kaspersky Rescue Disk and Virus Removal Tool Microsoft Safety Scanner Microsoft System Sweeper Norton Power Eraser VIPRE RescueNB: Only download a tool when required as they are updated regularly. Also note that some of t...
If you've ever downloaded a disk image file in .ISO format, then you'll know that you need a means of mounting these on the system as the OS itself won't do it automatically.WindowsFor Windows, I use OSFMount, which supports .ISO and a great many other image file formats such as .IMG, .BIN, .NRG, .SDI, .VMDKand more.OSFMount also supports formatting, extending, imaging and the creation of RAM disks.Alternative solutions are Virtual Clonedrive and Daemon Tools Lite, although the latter is only free for no...
If you're looking to download the user guide or manual for an electronic product and it's not available on the manufacturer website, then you might find it on Amazon.com. The site hosts PDF manuals of thousands of electronic products including those of items that have either been discontinued or are no longer available for sale. These resources are primarily hosted on two Amazon servers – images-amazon.com and ssl-images-amazon.com. Here’s how you can find the one you're looking for... Go to Google a...
FileWiggler A free, online audio and video converter. Takes URLs or files up to 200Mb. and supports videos from YouTube, Metacafe, Break, Dailymotion, Devour, Google Video, TeacherTube, SevenLoad, CollegeHumor and Vimeo. As for file file formats, it'll handle iPhone, iPod touch, iPod, iPad, Blackberry, PSP, Android, Windows Phone 7, Zune, 3GP, AAC, DICOM, MPEG4, AVI, FLV, MKV, MP3, MP4, Smartphone, MXF, WMV, ASF, WMA, VP8, OGG, H.263, H.264, and more!tags: web utility free video audio conversionNotes.io...
Should have posted this yesterday but here it is anyway. Definitely a mixed bag this week - online storage, Office file and PDF converters, a couple of productivity tools and a DVD ripper. Online Storage Services Splarchive Upload Once. Save Forever! A useful, free service that converts document files to PDFs and stores them in your own private "cloud". You can then search and display your files from any device. The only limitation I can see is that you have to e-mail your files to them, which pr...
Another mixed bag this week - online file sharing, a couple of Android utilities, developer tools, news aggregators, Google goodies and more...Diglo A online file sharing service offering unlimited downloads. Upload and download photos, movies, music, documents and many other file types. Free users may see some limitations as regards bandwidth and capacity and any files not accessed for 90 days may be deleted!tags: web free service file storage sharing twitterLookmobileon.net Left your Android phone ...
Have you ever downloaded a video in multiple segments or converted a double sided or dual-disc DVD, which leaves you with two video files? Ever wondered if you could simply join these files together for seamless playback?If you're still reading, then I assume you do. Well, same here and I wanted a tool to do the job that didn't require a degree in video production techniques and of course, if it was free, then all the better.After much searching and experimentation, I found a few free utilities available...
A bit of a mixed bunch of techie stuff this week. Display Calibrator tags: web free utility hardware support video This web based tool is designed to help you calibrate your monitor, mobile screen or hand-held device display. The on-screen calibration pattern will automatically switch appropriately according to the screen size of your mobile, monitor or your hand-held device. iClarified tags: macintosh ipad ios ipod iPhone news guide An Apple-oriented news site with Apple news and a selection of ...
