How to search RapidShare files
Posted on August 19, 2009 - Filed Under Cool Websites | 4 Comments
Rapidshare is one of the most file hosting services on the Net today. If there is a YouTube for online video, Rapidshare is for any downloadable file! The problem with Rapidshare is that it won’t allow you to search for files – unless you are a paid subscriber.
Well we don’t want you to pay for anything that you can download from P2P anyway so we will show you a Google search tip on how to search for files inside Rapidshare.
First familiarize yourself with the Google URL:
How to repair corrupted or damaged AVI files
Posted on July 14, 2009 - Filed Under Cool Websites | Leave a Comment
There are reasons that Windows Media Player might have trouble playing a
video other than a missing or broken codec—namely, problems with the video file itself.
First, make sure your video file is complete; if you downloaded it
from the Web, try clearing your browser cache and downloading the file again.
If you’re unable to obtain an intact version of the video, you may be able to repair it with the free MPEG Header Corrector, available at
http://www.vcdhelp.us/html/tutmpegheadercorrector.html
although this typically only works on true .mpg files.
3 best online document sharing sites
Posted on July 1, 2009 - Filed Under Cool Websites | 3 Comments
Looking for a place to share your documents online? Previously, I’ve written about services like Show Document, a free online document collaboration tool. However, I’ve not yet gone into detail about document sharing websites.
Firstly, there are a bunch of them! If you simply want to upload a file and share it with your friends, family, book club, college organization, company team, etc, it’s a piece of cake nowadays.
Convert image to text using free online OCR software
Posted on June 28, 2009 - Filed Under Cool Websites | 5 Comments
Have a PDF document or an image that you would like to convert to text? Now will everything being digital, you might end up getting a document from someone that is in TIFF or PDF format, but that you would have preferred in Word or Text format so you can edit it.
Of course, you could always purchase OCR software, but here at OTT, we always try to find ways to do everything for free! That’s where a free online OCR service comes in handy.
How to get Twitter stats using TwitterFriends
Posted on June 19, 2009 - Filed Under Cool Websites | 1 Comment
Do you want to know who replies to someone the most in Twitter? Or you want to know how conversational you are in Twitter? Enter TwitterFriends, a website where you can type in your own Twitter account’s name or anyone else’s and get measurements containing statistical data about their tweeting behavior.
To get started with the tool, just go to their main page: http://twitter-friends.com/ then enter the username of the person’s twitter account. For example, if you want to study John Mayer’s twitting stats enter his Twitter account name on the textbox then click the Go button:
How to search for similar images in Google
Posted on June 14, 2009 - Filed Under Cool Websites | Leave a Comment
Traditionally you will search for an image in Google using the Google Image search. The search results are based on tags or search strings associated with the images – it doesn’t really compare or process the image itself to determine if the image you want matches similarly to the one you want. Google is fixing that problem via a new development from Google Labs: the Similar Images service.
