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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Free jv16 PowerTools 2009!

« on: December 07, 2009, 12:12 AM »

german link is for jv16 PowerTools 2009 1.9.0.590

Macecraft also have a free Powertools Lite v1.9 here:
http://www.macecraft.com/ptlite/
Download: http://www.macecraft...com/download/ptlite/

Seems jv16 PowerTools 2010 may be released in thsi month

SKA

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General Software Discussion / fsekrit 1.40 released

« on: December 05, 2009, 11:35 PM »

For those who missed it , DC's f0dder has released v1.40 of fsekrit:

https://www.donation...tware/Other/fSekrit/

SKA

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General Software Discussion / Re: outlook 2003 adds to the original email

« on: December 05, 2009, 05:44 AM »

Convert the word file into a pdf or jpg file ?

Pdf has some compression builtin, while for jpg you may use IrfanView to resize it to say 800 x 600

SKA
 

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fSekrit / Re: LATEST VERSION: fSekrit 1.40 shrinkwrapped!

« on: December 04, 2009, 07:35 AM »

Thanks f0dder for this great Christmas present !

May you be prosperous and happy and make more friends  in the New Year !

SKA

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General Software Discussion / Re: The DonationCoder "Superior Antivirus" Award/Certification

« on: December 04, 2009, 07:18 AM »

DC Hall of Fame Antimalware Award

DC Best Antimalware Design Award

SKA

156

General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 7 — first impressions

« on: December 03, 2009, 02:08 AM »

Microsoft mucks up Windows 7 licensing
http://windowssecret...m/comp/091203#story1

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Living Room / Re: Death in Family

« on: December 03, 2009, 12:59 AM »

SJ

May God give you courage to bear this loss

SKA

158

General Software Discussion / Re: PDF's

« on: November 19, 2009, 07:54 PM »

Target

Maybe you can try PDFShrinK 4.5 (released 19Nov09)- USD 35/- (Windows or  Mac):
PdfShrink 4.5 (32-bit & 64-bit) : http://www.apagoinc...._home.php?prod_id=36
10-day trial : http://www.apagoinc....e=PDF%20Shrink%204.5

SKA

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General Software Discussion / Re: ScanSoft OmniPage and Canon Pixma

« on: November 18, 2009, 09:01 PM »

This link shows only USD 49/- for Omnipage 17 (not Professional) but the buy link says USD 99/- -if you call Nuance you may able to get it at USD 49/- or at worse 99/- which is below "few hundreds of dollars:  :

http://www.nuance.com/windows7/

SKA

PS: Credit to Darwin for telling me this link)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Has anyone discovered any cool Windows 7 third-party utilities?

« on: November 10, 2009, 08:04 AM »

At the website in 40hz's link above there are 3 other utils that stand out:

Ultimate Windows Tweaker (v2):
http://www.thewindow...-for-windows-7-vista

Fix WU 1.0:
http://www.thewindow...-with-fix-wu-utility

Fix IE (for Win 7/Vista);
http://www.thewindow...-with-fix-ie-utility

SKA

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General Software Discussion / Re: PDF's

« on: November 02, 2009, 06:49 AM »

Sorry Curt

What's on BDJ today is the Viewer Pro @ USD 17.50 , not the full PDFXChange Pro(which includes the Tools) that was USD 44.40 on Oct-23,2009 only

But as you pointed out even ViewerPro is a good deal, tho I am not sure if it compresses pdfs like the full PDFXchange Pro/Tools editions .

SKA

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General Software Discussion / Re: Paragon Drive Backup+Recovery 10 Free - good full drive imaging tool

« on: November 02, 2009, 03:33 AM »

Apologies for offtopic, but would appreciate if anyone with Thinkpad T61P/similar notebook has used Macrium Reflect
without problems to clone Vista 32/64 bit to a new disk ?

It seems there's something special on Lenovo hard disks/hidden partitions that traps many imaging softwares

SKA

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General Software Discussion / Re: PDF's

« on: November 02, 2009, 03:16 AM »

Nuance's PDF Converter Pro 6 has a a feature to save as MRC pdf (compressed) which gives quite smaller pdf sizes. (on special price USd 69/- only in November 2009)
http://www.nuance.co.../relatedProducts.asp

Docutrack's PDFXchange Pro /Tools claims to create "smallest" pdf sizes:
http://www.docu-trac...ools/pdfxchange_pro/

Both are paid programs, I dont know of free programs that do this better than above two.

SKA

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General Software Discussion / Re: Anyone taken the plunge and upgraded to any of the latest Nuance offerings?

« on: October 29, 2009, 11:10 PM »

Darwin - thanks !

I use Paperport's SET tools daily (I find Irfanview more difficult) and PDFPro 6 as well.

If Omnipage 17 is better to get edidtable docs than PDFPro 6 its certainly worthwile- must try it after I get Win 7 installed.

SKA

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General Software Discussion / Re: Anyone taken the plunge and upgraded to any of the latest Nuance offerings?

« on: October 28, 2009, 11:41 PM »

Darwin

May I ask: If PDFPro6 has built-in OCR what's the point of using Omnipage 17 ?

I have v17 but never installed it as Paperport and PDF Pro 6 seemed enough for me.

Is it worth to install Omnipage - does it add anything to PDFPro 6 ?

As you're a Nuance expert, any thoughts, please ?

SKA

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General Software Discussion / Re: Anyone taken the plunge and upgraded to any of the latest Nuance offerings?

« on: October 28, 2009, 11:35 PM »

Darwin

THANKS ! By "searchable pdf" I thought it meant indexing of some sort - I'd never have guessed it could be a way to OCR'ing an image pdf. You really do know your softwares well !

Regards
SKA

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General Software Discussion / Re: Anyone taken the plunge and upgraded to any of the latest Nuance offerings?

« on: October 25, 2009, 10:38 PM »

Darwin

I upgraded to PDF6 Pro since last 2 months and IMHO it saves to doc files much better than older versions.
But still unable edit pdfs made from jpg files - is it essential to have Omnipage full version also  installed ?

I am looking for special upgrade offer for paperport 12 Pro as I have not got any offer from Nuance.

See yr PM - thanks

SKA

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General Software Discussion / Re: NirLauncher tools package

« on: October 21, 2009, 11:44 PM »

Kingsmob77

Grateful if you can make a generic pack for us , please ?

SKA

169

General Software Discussion / Re: Google steals the Web

« on: October 08, 2009, 01:25 AM »

scancode is right - this site http://google-toolbar.blocksidewiki.com/  offers a PHP script for USD 46/-

Is there really a market for this ?

SKA

170

General Software Discussion / Google steals the Web

« on: October 08, 2009, 12:16 AM »

:-(

Google steals the Web:
http://talkbiz.com/b...ogle-steals-the-web/

What to do about SideWiki:
http://talkbiz.com/b...o-do-about-sidewiki/

SKA

171

General Software Discussion / Google Chrome Frame boosts IE speed to Chrome levels

« on: September 29, 2009, 11:15 AM »

Google Chrome Frame boosts IE speed up to Chrome levels
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=5580

A reader comments under thsi article :
"Microsoft may even be a little happy about this
    Google has developed a solution that:
    1. allows IE to maintain support for existing, IE-dependent apps/sites.
    2. brings all versions of IE into full compliance with the latest web standards.
    3. brings blazing-fast JavaScript performance to all versions of IE.
    4. brings the latest HTML5 functionality, to all versions of IE.
    5. reduces web development & support costs (no more IE "customizations").
    6. reduces/eliminates the need for Flash/Silverlight (devs can use HTML5 audio/video/canvas, etc.).
    7. reduces/eliminates the need for users to change to another browser, to get these enhancements.
    8. reduces the need/urgency for Microsoft to do it.

    I think Google deserves a lot of credit, for figuring this out."

But: MS warns that Chrome Frame makes IE more insecure/trojan-susceptible ?

Has Google done the impossible(bested MS where others like Netscape/Mozilla couldn't) ?

SKA

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General Software Discussion / Re: Make Money Fast and be a Hero of these Internets. In one easy step!

« on: September 23, 2009, 06:13 AM »

My interest has always been on a tool that would take a directory tree of flat files and make a website out of them.

-mouser (September 23, 2009, 12:28 AM)

Mouser, would Treepad X Enterprise/Business Edition help you for this ?
http://www.treepad.com/webgenerator/

SKA

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General Software Discussion / Re: Anyone Using OmniPage and PaperPort?

« on: September 03, 2009, 12:07 AM »

dspelley

Thanks for this news - I too use Paperport 11(not Prof):

Its USD 69.99 for plain Paperport 12 Upg(not Prof) :
http://shop.nuance.c...;productID=156817900

and USD 149.99 for 12 Prof Upg:
http://shop.nuance.c...;productID=156818800

Promo offer is for 12 Professional Upg @ USD 99.99.

Not sure about Office 2007 thumbnails, sorry !

SKA

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General Software Discussion / Re: Use this modified version of Chrome for more privacy

« on: August 09, 2009, 08:51 PM »

New stable version - Iron 3.0.197 :
http://www.srware.ne...c7a4eb48d79f8df1c22e

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 7 evaluation

« on: August 05, 2009, 11:32 PM »

f0dder

What do you think of  - http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1235

BTW I thought chkdsk was used all the time by windows before format for a clean install ?
(maybe not chkdsk /r which seems to be at issue here)

SKA