FREE OCR software: a survey of desktop and online tools
Printing text to paper is done every day; on some occasions however the reverse is needed – getting the original text back from a...
How to automatically sync your PC folders with your Android
Ever wished you could keep a folder on your PC synced up with you Android? I have an active folder on my PC where...
Ten of the best FREE online education resources that you should know about
We recently published an article that listed the free online learning resources offered by the best 40 colleges in America (here).
In the process of...
Ten ‘Chrome Experiments’ in WebGL that you MUST see
What are Chrome Experiments? Simply put, they are interesting bits of coding that use some of the latest open technologies (e.g. HTML5, Canvas, SVG,...
A comparison of FREE Cloud Storage Services
Now that the biggest tech companies in the world are taking aim at Dropbox (with Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon all offering their own cloud...
What does a cluttered desktop mean?
Is your desktop so frequently cluttered with icons and folders that its hard to find room for new files or projects? Do you wish...
The big list of free Kindle tools
There are quite a few programs and web services that can be really useful to Kindle owners. This post compiles 17 of these that...
How to read PDFs on the Kindle (or smartphone, or any small-screen device) –...
Converting PDFs to the Amazon Kindle is not a straightforward affair. While there are many tools that can do the conversion to another format...
Software Mysteries (or: the rants and raves of a tech blogger)
I have installed and tested many hundreds of software titles since (and before) I started publishing this blog more than five years ago, and...
Optimize PDF’s for reading on your Kindle 3: crop then (optionally) convert to AZW
If you have a Kindle 3 (the one with the 6" screen) chances are that you love it, as I do. Except that reading...
How to convert DVDs into iPhone, iPod, PSP or AVI formats (for free)
This article will describe an easy, straightforward way to convert DVD videos, including commercial/encrypted DVDs, into any of a handful of popular video formats;...
The best free antivirus: a comparison
This posting will discuss which of the following three programs deserves the title of "best freeware antivirus program": Avira Antivir, Avast, or AVG.
My conclusion:...