Yesterday I wrote about the odd press release from the Internet Security Foundation and the apparent conflict of interest between a foundation pointing out flaws in software (in this case, Windows) while at the same time promoting its own related software. Today I received a response from the founder of the company that registered the … Read more
Wired reports that the upcoming version of Adobe Acrobat Reader — the free version of its authoring software that lets folk read the resulting Portable Document Format, or PDF files — will let “users make comments or editing changes for the first time, if the original creator of the document uses Acrobat 7.0 and authorizes … Read more
(Last updated: Oct 1, 2008) A directory of outliners, or programs that organise data in a tree-like format. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but a great way to organise data quickly in one place. All are for Windows unless otherwise stated. This is just a beginning; I’m sure to have missed some, so please let … Read more
Clusty, the new search engine from Vivisimo, has launched a new toolbar for Mozilla’s Firefox. What I like about it is the ClustyClip feature that allows you to right-click on a word and open a matching dictionary or Wikipedia entry in a small pop-up window. Doesn’t always seem to work but it’s neat anyway. An … Read more
Here’s a neat piece of software that does something useful: Prepares regulation size passport or ID photos from your snaps. Passport Photo costs $10 and will let you crop or extract from existing photos before saving the photos in a batch that can then be printed out from your home printer or sent to the … Read more