Adobe PDF is the best format for sharing documents because they are compact, the formatting is preserved and most computers / mobile devices / ebook readers can easily handle PDF files. Here you’ll learn how to do just about everything with Adobe...

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Picasa Publisher is a handy plug-in for people who use the Windows Live Photo Gallery software to manage their photos on the desktop but prefer using the Picasa Web Albums service for storing their pictures online.

Picasa Publisher will add a new...

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Matt Cutts just confirmed that Google has updated PageRank values that are displayed on the Google Toolbar.

CNN.com is now part of the elite Google PageRank 10 club while both Twitter.com and WordPress.com domains have climbed to Level 9. ...

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Google says that they treat search queries as case-insensitive and all letters in a search phrase are always interpreted in lower case. For example, searches for barack obama, Barack Obama and BARACK OBAMA will all return the same results on Google. ...

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As we bid adieu to 2008, let’s looks at some useful web applications that really made an impact. All these apps are available online for free and require no installation.

** The Best Free Web Apps for 2008

1. Zamzar – Your cell...

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Following are the top 20 websites / blogs that I pay most attention to as per FeedDemon. The snapshot on the left was captured in June (for comparison) while the one on right reflects my current reading habits.

I was subscribed to some 1168...

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You bought a brand new laptop computer for mom - the Apple Macbook was too expensive so you settled for a Dell machine loaded with Windows Vista and a trial copy of Office 2007.

Your mom is a great self-learner and knows all the basic stuff about...

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Let’s say you land on a web page that has tons of links but they are all encoded with services like tinyurl, ping.fm, bit.ly, is.gd, etc. so you have no clue about where those links may lead you to? The TinyURL service does offer a preview feature...

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Can you identify the flag on your right?

If not, you should try Flag Identifier - an online search tool to help you quickly identify flags based on their color, shape (not all flags are rectangular), geography or even the design pattern printed on...

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The video clips that you download from YouTube are often encoded in Flash Video (FLV) format and therefore not compatible with Windows Movie Maker and other video editing software.

Another problem with FLV videos is that they won’t play on...

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If you are a parent of a young kid and have trouble finding good (and safe) websites that will keep your child engaged while you finish the daily chores, get Kidoz.

Kidoz is an internet browser with a very beautiful interface where kids can not only...

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If you open the Gmail website in Internet Explorer, you’ll see a link at the top that says "Get Faster Gmail" - it’s placed next to your Gmail user name and highlighted in bold red so you won’t miss it for sure.

I...

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Most Web Polling software are free, intuitive and require no technical knowledge but the only problem is that there are just too many polling services available and picking the one that best fits your requirement may not be that easy. The following guide...

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Juice is an interesting Firefox plug-in that enhances your browser sidebar with Wikipedia articles, web search results, videos and more. You can also store YouTube videos and web pictures in Firefox sidebar via Juice to view them later.

The...

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IBM Lotus Symphony is free Office productivity suite based on OpenOffice.org and supports the ODF file formats. It includes a Word Processor, Spreadsheet and a Presentation program much like Google Docs or a starter edition of Microsoft Office - see...

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I recommended some commercial screen capture utilities in my previous guide for BlackBerry but you can safely ignore that advice as here are alternate solutions that aren’t just free, some of them will even help you grab images of your BlackBerry...

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Gone are the days when you had to carry a heavy camcorder strapped to your hand that recorded video on a tape and required at least a firewire port for transferring video from the camera to the computer.

The year 2008 saw the emergence of some great...

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Nuclear weapons cause catastrophic damage but have you ever wondered what would be the actual extent of destruction if atomic bombs of various intensity were dropped on some city?

Project damage from Nuclear Bombs in New Delhi

For instance,...

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The HP Magic Giveaway here at Digital Inspiration is finally over. The contest attracted over 2000+ entries and its time to announce names of the seven lucky winners.

 

** Winners of the HP Magic Giveaway

7th Prize: Jalaj Jain (New...

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The new Windows Live suite includes three different services for file storage and online synchronization. They are called Live Mesh, Windows Live Sync and Windows Live SkyDrive - all apps are available for free and you just need a Windows Live account to...

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The webmaster team at Google has put together this nice 20 minute video presentation with tips on how to improve your site’s presence on Google and how to deal with common issues like duplicate content, fluctuating PageRank, image...

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The New York Times recently talked about people making a living (read six-figure income) from their videos on YouTube through advertisements but what they probably missed is this part where YouTube stars are getting featured in TV commercials due to the...

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The undersea cables linking Europe and Asia, which were damaged by ships early this year, have reportedly been cut again causing severe disruption to internet and voice traffic in the Middle East and other parts of Asia.

India seems to have...

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Sticky Screen is a simple online version of the yellow Post-It Note that you can set as your browser homepage.

You just have to type something onto the sticky note and set that website as your browser home page. No need to register anywhere and...

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This may come as a surprise but people do to read blogs on the go via Amazon Kindle.

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Amazon charges a monthly fee (around $1) per blog subscription but does offer some benefits in return. For example, Kindle subscribers are always provided...

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Google recently introduced a new feature in Gmail that lets you easily convert an email conversation into a Word document without having to use copy-paste.

Simply click the "Create a Document" link next to any Gmail thread and the entire...

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I have been an iPhone user for almost 10 months now and have been thinking about getting a new phone. So when I started looking around for new models, I was amazed to see how none of the available phones would satisfy my requirements. Not even the super...

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You still have 48 hours to enter the HP Magic Giveaway contest. In case you have already participated but aren’t too happy about your previous entry, you are most welcome to submit another entry.

** How can I win?

I am looking for...

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If you are planning to rebuild a ’slow’ computer by reinstalling Windows (XP or Vista) from scratch, here’s a pre-installation checklist + some time saving tips.

** Fix Problems by Reinstalling Windows

As a tech blogger, part of...

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Twitter Venn helps you track the relative popularity of various topics on Twitter and how these conversations overlap with each other. The service creates an interactive Venn Diagram for your set of terms using data from Twitter Search. Each dot...

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Dear Digital Inspiration Subscribers,

You still have 48 hours to enter the HP Magic Giveaway contest at Digital Inspiration. Go to the following link for details.

http://www.labnol.org/gadgets/hp-computers-giveaway/6021/

This should not take more 5 minutes of your time and there are seven cool prizes to be won included HP Touchscreen PC, Laptops, HP Mini Netbook and more.

Thanks,

Amit Agarwal.
Digital Inspiration

web: http://www.labnol.org/