A New York federal court has granted permission for the seizure of several domain names, bank funds and social media accounts belonging to the Chinese based company responsible for the DVDFab software. As of now, DVDFab and associated domains are inaccessible. The order was issued […]
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Google’s “Newspaper Archive” is the result of an ambitious yet ultimately incomplete project which kicked off in 2008 following Google’s acquisition of PaperRecord.com – the project was abandoned several years ago. However, with more than 2000 newspapers already archived from all over the World, there
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Do you utilize ad blocking software? What follows is my take on the possible consequences of this expanding practice and how it might all eventually impact on the web’s fundamental infrastructure. Agree or disagree? Either way, have your say via the comments. The internet is
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February 4th, 2014. An anniversary for some. A milestone celebration of a game changing social interaction website for many. A day of anxiety for others who fear for their privacy. Today is the 10th birthday, or anniversary depending on your viewpoint, of Facebook. No matter
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If you’d like an easy way to share and/or build a project with friends, or through work, or for teaching purposes, here is a free online service which allows you to do just that. Just head on over to padlet.com to check it out. You
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SmallPDF.com is a site which offers a range of free and useful online PDF tools. There are currently 4 tools available; Compress PDF, Image to PDF, PDF to Image, and Merge PDF. And, because they are browser-based tools, they will work across all platforms… Mac,
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How many countries in the world do not use the metric system? What are the most common surnames in Europe – by country? Which country’s population consumes the most alcohol? Or the most coffee? What are the highest paid public sector professions in the US?
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We first mentioned the excellent 3Defy Modeler online service way back in November 2011, you can catch up with that original article here: 3Defy – Add 3D effects to photos (online) We have recently received notification from Chris Wallace at 3Defy that they have now
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Here is another online service which, in my humble opinion, is well worth bookmarking. It’s called ‘OneLook Dictionary Search‘ and, as the name suggests, the service utilizes results from multiple online dictionaries… 1062 to be exact. There is no shortage of online dictionaries available and
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Creating online accounts in order to take advantage of services on offer is all well and good but what to do when a particular account is no longer needed or wanted. Some sites/services make it very easy to delete a redundant account, others put users
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Why would you want a smaller URL? I wanted smaller URLs for use in emails, anywhere I post on the web and almost explicitly for Twitter, where characters count. Occasionally, I want a shorter URL because I don’t like the text in the URL, due
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No, it’s not a typo… the name of the site is Boootube… with an extra “o”. Boootube brings together a huge collection of the worst videos ever posted on YouTube, ranked by the number of down votes each has received. Apparently, someone decided that the
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Instant RSS Search is an online search engine specifically designed to locate RSS feeds for sites which include material of particular interest to an individual. It’s simple, quick, and effective: Just type a search term into the search dialogue box and away you go. Let’s
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How would you like a simple way to check and see if your anti-virus program is up to scratch? Well, the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO) has recently launched a free online service which provides just such a facility. The AMTSO service includes 5 tools
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