Linux And Friends

Pandoc is a command line tool that converts text from one markup language to another. The markup languages supported by pandoc are – HTML, Text, Markdown, LaTeX, ConTeXt, RTF, DocBook XML, OpenDocument XML, MediaWiki markup, S5 (An HTML slide show similar to Slidy) and so on. However, it doesn’t support PDF conversion. So if you [...]

Angry Birds is a free game that is the “talk of the town” the world over – at least among people owning smart phones (iPhone and Android). It is a game where you use your finger to slingshot a bird through a distance and aim to hit the pigs who have stolen all the birds’ [...]

Does riding a bicycle suck for you? Perhaps you get  pulled over by a traffic cop for speeding, or you get accosted by a junkie . No ? Then it could be inordinate times you spent in traffic jams, or perhaps you get outwitted by a fellow bicyclist in acquiring the parking space you were [...]

Natural and man made disasters are happening around the world on a regular basis. How regular ? Too regular for our comforts if you ask me. The “National Association of Radio Distress-Signalling and Infocommunications” also called RSOE is a public service organization whose aim is to monitor and warn the people of impending disasters. RSOE [...]

Microsoft OneNote team has taken a leaf from its counterparts from Evernote and have released OneNote for Apple’s iPhone. That is right, OneNote now runs on iPhone and is free for an unspecified time, and it works with iOS 4.2 or later.

Nitro PDF Reader is a free PDF document reader that comes with a lot of exciting features not found in Adobe’s Acrobat Reader. For instance, Nitro PDF Reader allows you to convert your files to PDF. It supports highlighting blocks of text, embedding notes, and typing text directly in any PDF file.

Scanny is a portable hand-held scanner with which you can scan your documents, maps, photos, textures and anything upto 50 inches. Slightly wider than the width of an A4 paper, Scanny is slim and light enough to be carried around with you in your bag. And it runs on a pair of AA batteries.

FBReader is a Free and open source e-book reader targeted at Linux, Windows, and Android users. Currently, FBReader works on Linux desktop, Windows XP/Vista/7, FreeBSD, and various Linux based mobile devices. FBReader also has a clone named FBReaderJ which is an e-book reader for the Google Android platform. FBReaderJ is a Java based software as [...]

Calibre is an open source e-book management application. It is available on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. Calibre can be used for the following tasks. Organizing your e-book collection Converting e-books from one format to another. Downloading news from websites transferring documents to and from devices (Kindle, Nook etc) and Viewing e-books