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RemindThis – alternative to bookmarking

admin — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:18:19 +0000

Remind This is an alternative to bookmarking. Through this service, you will be able to have notifications put your way, reminding you to revisit a site that you saw just once and that seemed to hold some potential. All you have to done is set down the exact date and the time you want the reminder to be delivered, and supply your email for Remind This to get back in touch when the moment comes.

Urlvoid.com – Scan a Website for Viruses with multiple Scanning Engines

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 20:49:22 +0000

Urlvoid.com is a service that allows users to scan a website address with multiple scanning engines such as Google Diagnostic, Norton SafeWeb, McAfee SiteAdvisor, MyWOT to facilitate the detection of possible dangerous websites. You should take in mind that even if a site is listed as clean by all scanning engines, it is NOT guaranteed the harmlessness of the website analyzed. The reports are cached for 5 days to avoid the scan of the same website for too many times in the same day and to not stress the engines in use.

Generally a report is generated in 20 seconds but it can take up to 30 seconds. There is no plugin at the moment to make it automated on your browser. Which means you have to copy and paste the website into urlvoid everytime.

Urlvoid.com

ABBYY FineReader Online – intelligent online OCR (Optical Character Recognition) service

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:39:53 +0000

ABBYY FineReader Online is a unique intelligent online OCR (Optical Character Recognition) service for people who are looking for a fast and easy way to accurately turn scanned or photographed images of documents into text files in various editable and searchable formats.

FineReader Online accurately recognizes text and re-creates all formatting elements of the original documents. Recognized text can be saved in a variety of office formats such as Microsoft Word, Excel, searchable PDF, RTF and others. The service supports 37 languages for optical character recognition including documents written in multiple languages. Intuitive interface makes working with the online OCR service easy and convenient regardless of the tasks you are performing.

FineReader Online

WobZIP – Uncompress online, no installation, safe and free

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:58:47 +0000

WobZIP is a free online tool that allows you to uncompress your files online.

Now you can unzip your files in school, at work or anywhere as long as you have access to the Internet. No longer will you be limited by the inability to install programs onto admin-protected computers. WobZIP scans your compressed files using a BitDefender anti-virus scanner so any infected files will be removed before you download them onto your computer. You can compress your files using the compression format of your choice and send it to your friends. Tell them about WobZIP and uncompress on the fly.

WobZIP

Free online anti-virus checkers

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:17:41 +0000

ESET Online Scanner

ESET Online Scanner is a user friendly, free and powerful tool which you can use to remove malware from any PC using only your web browser without having to install anti-virus software. ESET Online Scanner uses the same ThreatSense® technology and signatures as ESET Smart Security/ESET NOD32 Antivirus, and is always up-to-date.

BitDefender Online Scanner

BitDefender Online Scanner is an on-demand antivirus and antispyware tool that shows how safe your PC is. Accessible from your browser, it will scan and automatically clean the system memory, all files and drives’ boot sectors. One major advantage of BitDefender Online Scanner is that you can use it without having to uninstall your existing data security product.

Dr.Web

You may check single files (e.g. Office documents, exe files, …) or archives containing several files (ZIP, ARJ, RAR, …).
Here it is NOT possible to check memory or local drives on your PC.

ideone.com – free online tool for programmers

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:05:36 +0000

The resource allows you to compile and run the source code on server side in almost 40 programming languages (number still growing) online through a browser. Shows the result of the code and compile errors. You can share code with your team or friends, or run it again with new input to debug. Source code pages provide information about code and its execution: memory usage, language and compiler version, execution time, input uploaded by user, output generated by program and error messages from compilers and interpreters.

ideone.com

LangID – Language Identifier

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:00:46 +0000

LangID is the quickest way to retrieve informations about a language you don’t know. The LangId enables you to correctly identify the language that a document or piece of text is written in. Since some languages may be written in several character encodings, the LangId will automatically identify what character encoding the text was written in. LangId provide the current English name of the language, the ISO code and an icon rapresenting the flag of one of the countries this language is spoken in.

LangID

Online Alarmclocks

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:04:24 +0000

Kuku Klok is an free online alarmclock where you can wake up at the sound of a an electronic clock, classic clock, a cockerel, or a slayer guitar.

MusicAlarmClock is an online alarmclock that can wake you up with the sound of your preferred internet radio or mp3 track.

Avnoy Alarm Clock – flash alarm clock with the three available alarm sounds and it has a Snooze option.

Internet Alarm Clock – User customizable, browser embedded online internet alarm clock. Plays your YouTube videos, MP3’s, and Last.fm streams

Finch makes slow Internet faster

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:29:28 +0000

Finch makes slow Internet faster, by cutting away the fat of web pages, leaving just the content. Finch works by taking out CSS, images, flash, metadata, iframes and more, meaning less for your computer to download. Finch can’t run JavaScript. This means that AJAX apps like FaceBook can’t be processed and streamlined using Finch.
The Finch website also comes complete with usage rules, and the pages that should not be viewed using Finch are set forth one by one.

Finch

Yontoo Adds Layouts to Facebook with Release of PageRage Super Profile Web Application

admin — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:43:13 +0000

Yontoo Adds Layouts to Facebook with Release of PageRage Super Profile Web Application

Facebook doesn’t provide users with the ability to add layouts. New Facebook App PageRage Super Profile builds off of Yontoo’s PageRage product.

PageRage allows Facebook members to place text and graphics right on top of their existing page. This layer change the original page. No programming or HTML knowledge is needed. The artwork is simply laid over the top of your page and can be replaced at any time. There are hundreds of graphic styles and themes currently available with new layouts being added all the time.

This is a browser add-on that enables the user to create virtual layers that can be edited to create the appearance of having made changes to the underlying website. Yontoo Layers works on any site on the Web, although the functionality comes from seperate applications called “Layer Apps” which provide specific functionalities depending on what site you are on. The supported systems are enumerated online, and right now major browsers like Firefox and Internet Explorer are taken into account. Yontoo Layers can be downloaded from the site and you can also inform friends about this Internet initiative via e-mail invites.

Yontoo