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Free Giveaway – ABBYY Screenshot reader performs on-screen Optical Character Recognition
Ever wanted to edit or use some on-screen text from a PDF or any other source, only to find that for whatever reason you couldn’t do it? (say, the text was in fact an image, or the clipboard was disabled, or whatever reason). If so, then check out AABBYY Screenshot reader, a nifty screenshot-to-text OCR [...]
Download TED talks en-masse with TED Downloader
Most everyone knows about the TED conference, which grew from a one-off event held in California in 1984 to being the one of internet’s most important forums for thinkers to present their ideas. The so, called ‘TED Talks’ are not only thought provoking but quite entertaining. You can watch these on TED.com or on the [...]
Manage multiple online storage accounts from one place with Otixo
Do you have files on multiple cloud storage accounts (e.g. multiple Dropbox accounts, Box.net, Google Documents, Picasa, even FTP and others) that you would like to manage from a single interface? If so, this service is for you. Otixo is a free online service that will connect with multiple cloud storage accounts and present them [...]
Generate Quick Response (QR) codes with QRGen
You see them everywhere these days; they look like square 8-bit blotches of spilled ink with squares in 3 out of 4 corners. These two-dimensional barcodes can contain messages such as URLs or text up to 2000 characters, and are designed to be easily read by your smartphone, simply by scanning them with the camera [...]
Graph Words is a free online visual thesaurus
A visual thesaurus creates a graphic representation of the word you are looking for in relation to other synonyms, which is precisely what the free online service does: enter your desired word and it will be displayed in the middle of the screen surrounded by various synonyms. Mouse over the round ‘nodes’ that separate your [...]
WinMorph creates morphing animations with ease
Morphing animation done with WinMorph If you’ve seen one of those animations where one image turns into another (a young boy into an old man, Brad Pitt’s face transforming to Angelina’s, shown above) and would like to try your hand at creating a few of your own, this software is for you. WinMorph is a [...]
Ten Must-Have Free Screensavers for Windows, part 1
Although most modern displays do not need screensavers anymore, they remain a part of our everyday computing experience, at least for some. These days screensavers are more about form rather than function; a diversion for when you walk away from your PC or when you’re on the phone for a long time, etc. But they [...]
