If you had the cash to invest, would you make or lose money? Kapitall is a free online game that allows you to simulate playing the real stock market as it unfolds daily, not a computer generated simulation. Currently in an open Beta phase, Kapitall is shaping up to be a fun way to learn →
Ten free tools to better organize your desktop icons
Studies have found that people with cleaner, tidier desktops live longer. I am joking of course, but ask yourself this: is your desktop too crowded with icons? Do you ever wish for a little bit more room just to fit in a few more files? Are there files and folders doing nothing that were put →
Free eBook Giveaway: Microsoft Office 2010 Tips & Tricks
Users of MS Office 2010 take note: Microsoft Office 2010 Tips & Tricks is an ebook that offers insights on advanced MS Office functionality valued at $6.95, but offered for free through Wednesday Nov 16th 2011. This ebook contains tips for Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook, and covers many of the features of Office 2010 →
Add labels to data points in an Excel XY chart with free Excel add-on “XY Chart Labeler”
It is very easy to plot an XY Scatter chart in MS Excel, which is a graph displaying a group of data points that intersect across related variables (such as performance vs. time for example, or sales vs. profitability, etc). What is not easy, however, is adding individual labels to these data points, requiring users →
How to extract text from images: a comparison of 10 free OCR tools
Printing text to paper is done every day; on some occasions however the reverse is needed – getting the original text back from a scanned image or photograph, for further editing and use. This conversion is named Optical Character Recognition or OCR for short, and it can convert scanned books and documents into editable text, to get editable text →
Get Multiple Translations Fast with QTranslate
With the advent of the Internet, it’s become common for people that speak different languages to converse on a regular basis, either for business or pleasure. Personally, I communicate with three different people that speak a language other than English on a regular basis. This means I am almost always on the lookout for better →
CalcuTray: get quick access to a calculator and calculation history, right in your system tray
There are two kinds of PC users in the world: those who never use their PC’s calculator, and those who do. If you’re in the latter group, you may have occasionally wondered why the calculator tool in Windows is so hard to access, being buried so deep in the start menu. Enter: CalcuTray, a free →
Organize your notes visually with Atelier Iroha
Let me introduce you to my new friend. It’s called “Iroha”, which means “The basics” or “The ABCs of [subject]”, roughly translated from Japanese. Iroha is a freeware program that helps you to create, organize, and study notes. It uses a simple graphic interface to do all of this, which displays the connection between items →
Twelve must have free add-ons for Outlook (part 1)
If you use Outlook you have reason to rejoice, because there is a wide range of free add-ons that greatly enhance Outlook’s functionality and add considerably to it’s user experience. This post will cover twelve must have-Outlook addons; Subtextual, HarmonyGoogle, Gpg4Win, CodeTwo Attach Unblocker, Attachment Explorer, AutoArchive Now, FBLook, InboxEX, OfficeIns, Sender’s Time Zone, NK2Edit, PSTTools →
VMware’s Zimbra Suite Gives Online Email A Place to Call Home
When I first spotted this email suite it inspired a resounding yawn. Even though it doesn’t have a world-changing new design, it is a well put together package of email, calendar and task management features. After playing with it for a while and then exploring their website, it was obvious this package and its big →
Get powerful, free office tools with LibreOffice
Looking for an alternative to paying for Microsoft Office? Tried OpenOffice.org but found it didn’t quite fit? You might find what you need in LibreOffice free office tools from The Document Foundation. LibreOffice consists of six full-featured office tools. Base allows you to manage databases, and create queries and reports to track and manage information. →
Put Your Brain to Paper with Blumind Mind Mapping Software (Windows)
Blumind is a mind mapping application that anyone could fall in love with. For those unfamiliar with this type of software, the idea is to have a structured environment upon which you can toss all of your random thoughts on a subject then make sense of them later. What attracts me to Blumind is the →
