Tag Archives: Free

Bowser Size from Google Labs

Here is a handy tool that can be used to improve you sites bounce rate as well as accesibility. BrowserSize from Google will allow you to have a look at any web site with a pixel ruler overlay above it. You can see how your web site looks on different resolutions.

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Help with RSS

RSS is the short form of Rich Site Summary or sometimes Really Simple Syndication. RSS can be used to read a blog without actually opening a browser and typing the address, although you still need to have an RSS aggregator software. An RSS document (which is called a “feed”, “web feed”, or “channel”) includes full [...]

Free Disk tools to analyse Disk usage graphically

A graphical Disk Usage analysis tool could do wonders when you are doing some spring cleaning on your system. The DUA first seen in GNome has a neat and cool interface. A free version of this for Windows as well as KDE is available at Sourceforge.

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One (free) instant messenger for all services

All the web sites having a chat facility has now got an instant messenger client. So a messenger that can handle multiple services was one I was waiting for a long time. I think this would be the case for most of you. But which client would support multiple services as well as run on [...]

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Free screen capture software

The humble Snippy was rendered useless by the Snipping tool that comes with Windows 7. The Snipping tool can be evoked by typing Snip in the Start menu. (Version .41 with support to outlook released) A newer version .40 of Snippy is now available. It has got the added feature of support for Multiple Monitors [...]

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Add free online contact form to your web site

If you want to add a contact-me form on your web site or blog, there is a free service on the net. It is easy to use and has got a CAPTCHA to secure you from spam.

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Free software for creating and editing pdf files

Foxit software corporation is the makers of Foxit PDF tools. It includes PDF readers and editors both for the PC and mobile platforms. Although it is a payed product a free trial version can be obtained from Foxit. The trial version is as good as a full version except that in the trial version a [...]

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Download the free software to shred files

There was a small introduction on how files are recovered from magnetic media in the last post. In that post I had said about using repeated overwrites to render a file unrecoverable. Sdelete is a command line utility that can wipe off a file and its traces completely from your hard disk without leaving a [...]

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Free online image editor

Resizr is a free online image editing site. I will allow you to use almost all the basic photo editing features. “RESIZR was conceived in July 2006 by Matt Miller, after trying to help a user upload an image to the Urban Pug Forums. After suggesting some tools, it became apparent that there might be [...]

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Download files from esnips.com without flash player

eSnips is a social content-sharing site, where you can publish and share any media type. You will get 5Gb of storage space on the servers when you signup for eSnips. You can find lots and lots of books, music files, photos etc on eSnips. But if you want to download them you will need flash [...]

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