26
Nov
A Very Simple Tool - Temporary E-mail Address
Posted by productivio, under Productivity SoftwareName:
MeltMail
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21
Nov
Need More Online Storage? - How About 25 Gb?
Posted by productivio, under Productivity SoftwareThe Windows Live SkyDrive Team has posted a in-depth post offering a overview of what’s coming with their next update. First and foremost: Windows Live SkyDrive will be boosting everyone’s storage from 5GB to 25GB. Secondly, they want to give you more control over your files by offering you new features to do so:
Features:
- Download photos directed to your to Windows Live Photo Gallery.
- Download as a .zip file. Download an entire folder in one compressed file (initially available only in the United States, Denmark, and Ireland).
- Move files between folders.
- Copy files to multiple folders.
Where To Learn More:
21
Nov
Process Monitor - Making Things Quicker And Easyer
Posted by productivio, under Productivity SoftwareName:
Process manager
Features:
- You don’t have to go through that Ctr + Alt + Del process anymore
- Right click and close/kill any application and save time.
- Gives you the ability to Prioritize any application ( from the right click menu)
- Simple and easy-to-use application for beginners too - not like the task manager from Windows where you can mess things up…
- It’s free so you can try it and if you don’t like it - just go to Control Panel and get rid of it.
- It is for Windows only.
Where to learn more:
21
Nov
Very Useful Excel Cheat Sheet
Posted by productivio, under Productivity SoftwareToday I came across a very useful post from Chris Garrett over at Codswallop and I just had to post it. Thanks for the useful information and I hope that through my blog even more people can make excel easier and faster.
Name:
Chris Garret’s Excel Cheat Sheet
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Features:
- All the useful excel shortcuts in one place.
- You can print it and have it in front of you all the time.
- Save time by not right-clicking and choosing the right field - use shortcuts instead.
Where to learn more:
18
Nov
ZoneAlarm Pro Available For Free?
Posted by productivio, under Productivity SoftwareZone Alarm Pro can be downloaded for free on November 18th, 2008. If you read this post and that date is already history, you can’t download it for free. But you can buy it for $19.95 
Anyway, an application worth mentioning.
Name:
Zone Alarm Pro
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Features:
- Firewall. Operating System Firewall, Anti-virus, Anti-Spyware and so on…
- Plus it can clear private data or just block it and has built in identity theft protection.
- The auto-learn feature and the game mode give it a bit of extra making it complete. I am really really happy that I got this one for free.
Where to learn more:
Zona Alarm Pro (for those who didn’t get the free version)
18
Nov
Now This Might Improve Productivity
Posted by productivio, under Productivity SoftwareRemember those movies starting from the 80s where they thought that in the future, computers will understand us? It probably wasn’t available for us mortals until now but all you need is an iPhone and you can test this new application developed by Google.
Name:
Google Voice Recognition
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Features:
- Voice Recognition feature.
- The sound is converted to a digital file and sent to Google’s servers, which try to determine the words spoken and pass them along to the Google search engine. Why didn’t I think of this until now?
- The application works and it seems to be better then the ones Yahoo and Microsoft have created.
- It’s already available on the iTunes Store so you can go ahead and try it.
Where to learn more:
28
Oct
Use Your Gmail Account For Photo-Sharing
Posted by productivio, under Productivity SoftwareThere are a few features that are much better then what other photo sharing sites are offering.
Name:
G PhotoSpace
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Features:
- First of all, you can share your photos exactly with the people you want. Your photos will never be public…
- It works even faster then Flickr.
- And of course, the storage space that Google offers is around 7 GB, so it’s a lot.
- It’s a free Firefox extension, so all you have to do is install it and restart Firefox.
Where to learn more:
24
Oct
Qumana - the Right Blogging Tool For both Mac And PC Users
Posted by productivio, under Productivity SoftwareName:
Qumana
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Features:
- You can write your posts even if you’re offline, because it has some features which allow you to add tags and, ads and so on (all customizable).
- No HTML knowledge is required to make your blog look great.
- Cross-posting ability making it easy for you to post an entry and re-post it to another blog.
- Easy image upload and alignment.
Where to learn more:
15
Oct
Enjoying Your Apps Everywhere - 7 Portable Apps You Might Need
Posted by productivio, under Productivity SoftwareFirst of all you will have to download the PortableApps.com Platform.
You can find it here
You can learn more about it here
Then you just choose the application and install it. That way, you will have your favorite apps everywhere and you will be able to take your work with you on a USB Stick.
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Mozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition
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Thanks to the PortableApps.com launcher bundled in the Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition, it leaves no personal information behind on the machine you run it on, so you can take your favorite browser along with all your favorite bookmarks and extensions with you wherever you go. ____ |
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PuTTY Portable
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PuTTY is a lightweight telnet and SSH client for Windows, along with an xterm terminal emulator. It allows you to securely connect to your systems while on the go. ____ |
Learn More |
FireFTP Extension for Portable Firefox
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The FireFTP Extension works within Portable Firefox and gives you access to a lightweight FTP client using much of the built-in functionality of Firefox. ____ |
Learn More |
VLC Media Player Portable
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Lighly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV, mp3, ogg, …) ____ |
Learn More |
AbiWord Portable
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AbiWord Portable is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. ____ |
Learn More |
7-Zip Portable
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7-Zip is a file archiver (compression) utility for Windows with a great array of features ____ |
Learn More |
Notepad++
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Notepad++ Portable is a full-featured text editor:
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Other applications are available here
08
Oct
Handbrake - Converting Media For Free
Posted by productivio, under Productivity SoftwareName:
Handbrake
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Features:
- Still not a full version (0.9.2) but a pretty good applcation.
- Dolby Digital 5.1 (AC3) sound in MP4 files, for a true DVD experience on the AppleTV and in Perian.
- iPhone-compatible anamorphic video at its full size.
- Variable frame rate encoding with detelecine filtering.
- Forced subtitle support.
Where to learn more:
