Read The Words Text to Speech Online Service
Read The Words is a text to speech service that is offering quite an impressive amount of options for a web application.
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Add new Applications to CCleaner
While I was researching one topic I stumbled upon another that is related to CCleaner that might be of interest to everyone who is using that application.
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Run CCleaner automatically on all accounts
CCleaner is one of the most popular tools that cleans a lot of "crap" on your system, hence the name Crap Cleaner.
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Internet Explorer Virtual PC Images
Website owners should test their websites with the most common browsers to make sure that the website is displayed as intended in all of them.
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Free McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008
McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008 retails for $39.
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Hide the Tab Bar in Firefox
Tabbed browsing is one of the main improvements that actually has a long history dating back to the year 1997.
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Format an USB Device as NTFS in Windows XP
The question came up just recently and I thought it would be nice to address it here in case other users are searching for a similar solution.
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Customize the Windows System Clock
Windows is only displaying the current time in hours and minutes in the system tray and detailed information can only be accessed with a double-click on the clo
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Ways to check if a website is really down
I got the inspiration for this post from the Download Squad article "Is this web site down for everyone or is it just you ?" which mentioned a service that woul
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Add URLS to Website Printouts
If you print a website you notice that the urls of the links contained on the website are not added to the printout, only the link anchor text is included obvio
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Text Statistics
Text Stat is a small program for Windows that analyzes text files and html documents displaying a wide variety of statistics about them in the end.
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Opera History Search
The Opera team is constantly adding exciting new features to the beta version of the upcoming version of Opera which other web browsers do not support right now.
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Task Manager Replacement
The Windows Task Manager is great for a first quick glance at the running processes and applications but it lacks functionality that is needed as well.
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OverClock Checking Tool
I had my first overclocking experience with a brand new Pentium 75 back then in the days when this was considered a fast cpu.
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FairUse Wizard 2 Free
Fair Use Wizard [link, via Download Squad] is an easy to use DVD ripper that is provided as a free and commercial version.
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Split and Merge PDF Documents
I have a subscription for a startup magazine who upload articles from old issues to their server on the Internet.
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Virus Total Uploader
Virus Total is one of the many services that let you upload files to their server which are then scanned for viruses and malware.
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Firefox Configuration Mania
Many Firefox settings can only be changed in the about:config dialog that appears when you type the phrase in the Firefox address bar.
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Faceted Browsing for Thunderbird
Faceted Browsing can be very helpful if you do not precisely know what you are looking for.
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PC Shutdown Manager
Manage PC Shutdown is a small application for Windows that, as the name already suggests, manages several ways to shutdown the computer.
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Properly Reset Firefox Download Actions
When you click on a file Firefox determines if there is a plugin that can handle the file type or if there is a so called download action defined.
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Scan a Computer for password protected files
Did you ever loose track of all the password protected files on your system ? This happened to me just a few days ago when I was looking for a zip file that a f
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Real Player Internet Explorer vulnerability
Internet Explorer with an installed version of Real Player beware.
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Giveaway of the Day - Data Recovery Wizard
Update: The giveaway is not available any longer.
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Automatically Lock your computer
It's sometimes the small things that make a difference.
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Windows Tip: Edit User Registry of other users
When you make changes in the Windows Registry you normally can only make them for all users or the user account that is currently logged in.
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Microsoft Security Bulletin March 2008
Microsoft released their monthly Security Bulletin yesterday which consisted of four critical issues all affecting various editions of Microsoft Office.
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Joost to test live streaming
According to New Tee Vee Joost is going to start a public live streaming test today.
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Hulu now publically available kind of
Hulu has left private beta and is now publically available to US-consumers which is definitely a good thing.
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Hide Windows
Update: Windows Hidie is no longer available.
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Speed Test: Firefox 3 vs. IE 8 vs Opera 9.5
I have not done any tests lately that would reveal the speed of each of the new upcoming browsers.
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Webslices and Activities ported to Firefox
Two of the new features that were introduced in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 were so called Webslices and Activities.
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Moleskine - offline notes and calendar
This is not strictly software or web apps, but a Moleskine may be a great addition to many people's lives.
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Beware of G-Archiver
What would you do if you had purchased a software that would archive your Gmail mails and found out that this software send your username and password to the Gm
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Firefox 4 Alpha
Don't jump to conclusions just yet.
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Building a PC March Progress
We are coming closer to the finish line.
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Scroll smoothly in Firefox
If you are using Internet Explorer and Firefox you might have noticed that scrolling websites in Firefox is not as smooth as it is in Internet Explorer.
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Open multiple links at once in Firefox
There are not many Firefox add-ons left that I have never heard about but this one caught me by surprise.
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Free A-Squared Anti-Malware One Year License
Seems to really be a special time in that we are living, free good software popping up every week that is good for at least one year.
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Look Up Error Messages in Windows
If you use Windows, chances are you get error messages with different Microsoft software from time to time.
