Best Free Download Managers
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:23 am
If your Internet connection is slow or prone to interruption, using a download manager can save you a lot of time and trouble. The best download managers can pause and resume downloads, download multiple files at once and download files using alternate protocols such as FTP and BitTorrent.
They also support downloading of Flash video files from sites like YouTube and Google Videos. The following download managers are among the best there are, and all of them are totally free.
Free Download Manager
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Create and Use Basic Formulas in MS Excel 2010
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 6:08 am
Oftentimes people avoid using certain programs because they figure the learning curve might be too long or the amount of time invested won’t be worth the eventual payoff. Nowhere is this more apparent than Microsoft Excel, the spreadsheet program that comes with the Office suite of applications.
Millions of people the world over have this application on their computer, but only a fraction of those ever take the time to learn how to use it, mostly due to its reputation as being hard to use. This article serves to do debunk that myth by showing just how easy it is to create spreadsheets that make use of formulas, the underlying powerhouse of Excel.
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Find and Download Music for Free
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 5:26 am
Finding free, downloadable music is becoming harder and harder as the record companies continue to attack our favorite sharing software. However, we have little need for file sharing software as most MP3s are readily available throughout the Web. Downloading them just requires a bit of creativity.
RipTune.org is one such Web site using their creative abilities to make music on the Web easy to find, listen to and download.
Using the search bar on the left of the page, enter an artist name or song title.
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Create Basic Charts in MS Excel 2010 the Easy Way
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 6:47 am
Let’s face it, a lot of people are still intimidated by Excel; all those numbers and it has that grid and it just seems like it would take quite an investment of time to even get started. The problem with that line of thinking though, is it just isn’t true, not anymore; take creating charts from your data for example. Maybe in the old days you had to sit down with a bunch of manuals to figure out how to do it, nowadays, things are different. Take a look at the simple sheet below:
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Share Image Files – No Size Restrictions
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 5:03 am
If you have a digital camera with more than 8 MP, chances are that you spend most of your time resizing photos before you can upload them to services like Flickr. Some of photo-sharing services resize the photos for you, resulting in image quality loss. Facebook is notorious for this.
We use a Canon Digital SLR camera that takes photos at 12 MP, which is about average for a prosumer-grade camera. Emailing more than one photo at a time is impossible. Recently, we found a no-frills sharing service called eHost that has no size restrictions—seriously.
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Store and Purchase Songs with Google Music
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 6:33 am
When Apple announced iCloud would be able to store and backup music files from iOS devices, the iPhone and iPad-loving community inhaled gleefully—imagine, all of our music, with no computer connection! It seemed too good to be true. However, in all honesty, our iPhone 4s arrived in the mail more than a month ago, and we have yet to sync our music with iCloud.
Google recently released their own version of cloud-based music hosting, simply called Google Music. While it does not stream with iOS devices, it does offer playback on any computer or mobile phone. User can also purchase songs or download one of the thousands of free songs.
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