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A Git Primer For New Users
1 year ago
This is a git primer for newbies or those people who – want to use Git to version their data, but don’t know how.
How to Reduce Computer Eye Strain
1 year ago
You might suffer from eye strain if your job involves working on a computer for long hours. This is especially true if you stare at the computer monitor sitting in a dimly lit room.
One of the best ways of reducing computer eye strain is to change the colour of your monitor in relation to the time at your place.
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TreeDBNotes – A Note Taking Software For Windows
1 year ago
I am always interested in exploring efficient ways of taking notes. Using a proper note taking software in collecting and ordering information will help you improve your study skills. Note taking tools help students and professionals alike, to learn new things in a faster, more efficient way.
bcrypt – A Good File Encryption Tool
1 year ago
Bcrypt is a cross platform file encryption tool that uses the Blowfish encryption algorithm. One of the chief advantages of using bcrypt (apart from the security aspect) is that it runs on a wide variety of OS platforms and hardware architectures. This includes Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, BSD, HP-UX etc. This means, you can encrypt the file in say Linux, and then move the encrypted file to a machine running Windows and decrypt the file over there.
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Q10 – A Distraction Free Text Editor That Helps You Write Well
2 years ago
Q10 is a minimal text editor that packs quite a punch. It eliminates all distractions while you are writing. All of 400 Kb, this is a fully portable text editor that you can carry with you while on the move.
Minimal as it is, Q10 has a number of features that are very useful for writers.
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USBWebServer – Webserver On A USB Stick
2 years ago
USBWebserver is a portable software that can be run from a USB Stick. It consists of the following applications.
- Apache web server,
- MySQL Database,
- PHP, and
- PHPMyAdmin.
In other words, you got yourself a portable WAMP stack.
Microsoft Office For Web – Free For Indians
2 years ago
Microsoft Office Web App is now freely available for people in India. Microsoft Office web access is freely available to anyone who has a live.com ID or a Hotmail email address.
Angry Birds Game for PC
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’ eggs.
Nitro PDF Reader – A Better Alternative to Adobe Acrobat Reader ?
2 years ago
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.
Access Ext3 From Windows
2 years ago
It is possible to access all your Linux files from within Windows 7.
There are a couple of free tools that allow you to access Linux partitions in Windows.
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