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General Software Discussion / I cannot reach bitsdujour

« Last post by Curt on January 28, 2010, 08:54 AM »

Is it only my connection / setup, or is www.bitsdujour.com being blocked today?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Editor for PDFs: recommendations, please?

« Last post by Curt on January 28, 2010, 08:30 AM »

- oh yes, thank you.
Nitro Pro is also a very capable converter.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Editor for PDFs: recommendations, please?

« Last post by Curt on January 28, 2010, 06:50 AM »

- no, thank you, I just spend an awful lot of money on Nitro 6 Pro OCR, so I am stuffed...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scumbags Hall of Shame

« Last post by Curt on January 27, 2010, 05:23 PM »

- maybe it has to do with accepting emails or not? I don't know, but I have several programs from the group in mention, and I have never received any spam from any of them. But I have of course 'noticed' that 3 of my DRM removing programs from different companies in this group are almost identical!!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Editor for PDFs: recommendations, please?

« Last post by Curt on January 27, 2010, 10:43 AM »

I don't know if this is recommendable as it is being promoted by Avanquest; but I am a little impressed that it actually offers to edit the text in PDF files:

http://www.avanquest...f-converter-software

The Fastest, Easiest Way to Create, Convert & Edit PDF Documents!

Lightning PDF Professional is the complete PDF alternative to Adobe Acrobat specifically designed for business users. All PDF files created are 100% industry-standard and fully compatible with any PDF viewer. It includes these amazing features:

    * Create PDF files from 300+ file types
    * Edit PDF content - fix typos, remove and change text & graphics
    * Quickly convert PDF files for use in Microsoft® Word
    * Control how people use PDF files you share using 128-bit encryption
    * Built-in PDF file viewer for reviewing PDF files

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Found Deals and Discounts / iSpring Presenter $400 FREE

« Last post by Curt on January 27, 2010, 03:19 AM »

The normal asking price was $400 so I thought someone aught to know about this giveaway:

Giveaway of the Day - iSpring Presenter 4.3

January 27, 2010
http://www.giveawayo...pring-presenter-4-3/

iSpring Presenter is a powerful eLearning toolkit that allows you to create engaging online courses and interactive quizzes right in your PowerPoint. It preserves the original quality of animations and transition effects as well as embedded multimedia files.

With iSpring Presenter you can easily record audio narrations and presenter video for your slides or import them from an existing file. The software also features professional Flash content protection options, like custom watermark, password protection and domain restriction.

Generated Flash courses are SCORM and AICC compliant, so they can be uploaded to any Learning Management System (LMS). iSpring Presenter is perfect in a combination with iSpring Online, a platform to deliver and track eLearning content online.

Product features:

    * Outstanding quality of PowerPoint to Flash conversion
    * 189 out of 199 PP 2003/2007 animation effects and all slide transitions support
    * Integrated Quiz Maker
    * Audio and video narration recorder
    * 10 customizable player templates
    * Content protection

Learn more at iSpring Presenter product page

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scumbags Hall of Shame

« Last post by Curt on January 26, 2010, 04:17 PM »

Why not link to them?

-Bamse (January 26, 2010, 12:51 PM)

The blog author's reason:

I discovered that they seem to have people who do nothing but make fake blog postings to spread the URLs for their crap software.(...)
------
(...) I've started to collect a list of all the aliases/domains that this group uses. (I didn't list the complete URLs, as I don't want Google to think this is a page of links, thereby making the problem worse.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scumbags Hall of Shame

« Last post by Curt on January 26, 2010, 12:28 PM »

http://www.sothinkmedia.com/

-Curt (January 26, 2010, 12:19 PM)

http://www.sothink.com/

I think sothinkmedia is a spinoff...

-scancode (January 26, 2010, 12:25 PM)

No, the link is from the bottom of Sothink's homepage, "Sothink Sites:..."

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scumbags Hall of Shame

« Last post by Curt on January 26, 2010, 12:19 PM »

... the same "category", Sothink does not. As far as I know they have never been in the dvd, video converter business. ...

-Bamse (January 26, 2010, 12:04 PM)

http://www.sothinkmedia.com/

click thumb:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scumbags Hall of Shame

« Last post by Curt on January 26, 2010, 11:34 AM »

Please read http://oncallnerd.com/blog-spam-hunt/ for proper context

-Curt (January 26, 2010, 03:50 AM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scumbags Hall of Shame

« Last post by Curt on January 26, 2010, 11:33 AM »

I am so glad to see Xilisoft on that list.

-y0himba (January 26, 2010, 08:01 AM)

Any chance I can get you to expand on that a bit? A friend recommended their DVD/Audio copy/riping software to me the other day ...

-Stoic Joker (January 26, 2010, 11:15 AM)

The blog author is not so much picking on their programs as on their spam,

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scumbags Hall of Shame

« Last post by Curt on January 26, 2010, 11:31 AM »

Not sure I would put Sothink in this category

-Bamse (January 26, 2010, 08:41 AM)

- it's not a 'category'. The blog author believes Sothink to be part of the same company as the other names listed.

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General Software Discussion / Scumbags Hall of Shame

« Last post by Curt on January 26, 2010, 03:50 AM »

Please read http://oncallnerd.com/blog-spam-hunt/ for proper context
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Scumbags Hall of Shame:




I know DrmRemoval now can be added to this list
Any others?
 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: WinPatrol Plus @ $0.99 on January 29th

« Last post by Curt on January 26, 2010, 02:13 AM »

One license only for one machine only per customer.

I’m curious and thinking a crazy single day experiment could be fun and may be worth the risk. So what the hell. If you want to upgrade to WinPatrol PLUS on January 29th, I’ll give you a lifetime WinPatrol membership for less than a dollar. Instead of the regular price of $29.95 I’ll provide a coupon on WinPatrol.com that brings the price down to $0.99 USD. That comes out to approx. .70 € to our international friends

This will be a one-day only “experiment” starting at midnight EST on Jan 29th and will last 24 hours. Will over 30 times the normal number customers upgrade to WinPatrol PLUS? If so, will other software developers notice?

Like our current $30 plan, the 99¢ license will be good for life. Like sales in the App Store or Droid Market however, this license is only valid for a single computer. Coupons are also limited to one per customer. Sound fair enough? If you’ve been someday planning on upgrading to WinPatrol PLUS, January 29th is the day to remember. Just go to www.WinPatrol.com this Friday and you may be a part of history.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Add item to Firefox context menu?

« Last post by Curt on January 23, 2010, 05:41 PM »

just how keen are you on this?


BuildYourOwn FirefoxExtension.zip (4106.83 kB - downloaded 305 times.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: djvu files?

« Last post by Curt on January 23, 2010, 05:23 PM »

Why are you starting with the alternatives? I would have thought the natural thing was to start with any official thingy???

Lizardtech Official DjVu Browser Plug-in (Free - Win/Mac)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Add item to Firefox context menu?

« Last post by Curt on January 23, 2010, 12:01 PM »

Sadly the author stopped updating All Customized Links. But maybe you know how to bypass version's checking (for "Firefox: 1.0 – 3.0.*")?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Reel Logix "The Calendar Planner" - Anyone use it? Know where I can get it?

« Last post by Curt on January 22, 2010, 04:41 PM »

Reel Logix... where are you?

-CodeTRUCKER (January 21, 2010, 08:31 PM)

why not go and ask them? >> http://shop.reellogix.com/contact_us.php ?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Reel Logix "The Calendar Planner" - Anyone use it? Know where I can get it?

« Last post by Curt on January 22, 2010, 11:30 AM »

Have you tried it on a newer system than XP? It MIGHT fail when you upgrade your Operating System! Other than that, I would simply go on and purchase it. Yes, I've read the warnings, and I also think it is a little expensive as well. But you are in love with it, so you gotta take a chance, don't you.

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General Software Discussion / Re: AVAST! 5 released

« Last post by Curt on January 22, 2010, 09:36 AM »

 read http://service.mcafe...ent.aspx?id=TS100507 before uninstalling
download from http://majorgeeks.co...oval_Tool_d5420.html > Author's Site

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)

« Last post by Curt on January 21, 2010, 10:02 AM »

this time it was "full" when it started. Maybe it was the AudialsOne converter  I have been using meanwhile  that mixed the setting.
 

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)

« Last post by Curt on January 21, 2010, 04:13 AM »

- another thing is that it would be nice, I think, if Trout will remember the volume (for me it should be "full", never anything else).
 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: TeraCopy Pro only $11 (50% off at BDJ)

« Last post by Curt on January 21, 2010, 03:51 AM »

Buy TeraCopy Pro  – 30-Day Money Back Guarantee

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General Software Discussion / Re: FinePrint vs. priPrinter

« Last post by Curt on January 20, 2010, 06:32 PM »

- sure, they are "clever": keep version 3 Pro Beta and get used to it so you simply will "need" to upgrade to the final Pro because your program has "auto' search for updates" as default and you don't want to keep version 2 (Standard) just to keep Pro Beta when you can have version 3, do you? ;-)

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General Software Discussion / Re: FinePrint vs. priPrinter

« Last post by Curt on January 20, 2010, 05:43 PM »

EDIT: PS Ouch again! To upgrade to the Pro version will cost (gasp!) 40 euros!

-Darwin (January 20, 2010, 04:53 PM)

Edited:
- that is, to upgrade to version 3 Pro Final.
Version 3 Pro BETA seems to actualy be FREE if you have version 2 Standard:

priPrinter Upgrade policy

Upgrade from 1.X, 2.X to 3.0 Standard edition is free. Upgrade to Professional Edition will be available for 40 Euro.
Current Professional Edition does not require professional license, all existing customers are able to use it without restrictions.

- so I am off to download this "freebie" :-)

If you have priPrinter 2.X installed, just install priPrinter 3.0. Want to revert back to priPrinter 2.X, uninstall priPrinter 3.0 first.