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The software that's almost a one-stop shop
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 26/04/2011
» Burin Kantabutra writes to say:
You needn't be censored
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 29/01/2014
» One of the immediate problems resulting from civil disorder and the imposition of states of emergency is the use of censorship. It is a rare government, junta or revolution that doesn't attempt to cut citizens off from news it does not control and prevent them from telling the world what is going on.
A photo album for emailing
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 29/05/2013
» Sending photos is probably the most popular activity among separated family members, probably even ahead of actually writing updates about life in Thailand and wherever the others are.
Three little suitehearts
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 02/01/2013
» Pretty well everyone who computes realises that Microsoft Office is the king, and also realises that there is a good, free alternative to the expensive software from Redmond.
Clocking share activity
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 12/09/2012
» There are two kinds of people in the world ... and the other kind simply can't do without stock-market reports.
Don't make PDFs, print them
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 26/09/2012
» It's my very strong opinion that every PC owner and user _ Windows, Mac, Linux, whatever _ should have a virtual PDF converter installed and ready to use, just in case. (And if you have an excellent one, stop reading; come back next week.)
Editing your own ringtone is simple
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 29/05/2012
» I could never grasp buying a ringtone, no matter how spiffy, but there is really no excuse for throwing money at this. Fried Cookie's Ringtone Maker couldn't be any simpler at cutting a ringtone of 30 seconds or less out of any song or audio sound bite.
OCR made more user friendly
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 20/03/2012
» OCR stands for optical character recognition, and means convert a picture of text into real, computer style text that you can edit, change and save. You can capture a page of a newspaper or a book or a magazine easily enough with a scanner, but all you have is a photo. If you want to search or copy the words on the page, you will have to use an OCR programme.
Apps becoming a new tech revolution
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 24/01/2012
» The phrase "killer app" is from the old, long-gone 20th century, but it probably ought to be revived. The spreadsheet and the word processor is what got the world going on the technology revolution, but it is the compact software on a phone or tablet that is driving the tech age now.
The need to defrag
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 15/11/2011
» There are plenty of experts, real and imagined, who argue against defragging. They claim that hard drives these days are so fast, so dependable, so resilient that a minute spent defragging is a minute less you have to live life.