Ubuntu Linux users are well acquainted with Ubuntu One cloud storage service from Canonical. Ubuntu One used to be available only for Ubuntu Linux users, but now they have released a Windows desktop client making it accessible to all the Microsoft Windows users. Ubuntu One offers 5 gigabytes of free storage space. You can pay for an upgrade to 20 gigabytes if you think 5 gigabytes does not meet your requirements. Ubuntu One offers clients for Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu Linux, Android and iPhone.
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Free OCR to Word : Convert Scanned Images into Word Documents
Free OCR to Word is a free software for Windows that enables you to extract the text from a scanned document or image into an MS Word file. It can convert your already scanned image files into a Word document but it can also work with your scanner and directly export the scanned documents into a Word document. It boasts of around 98% OCR conversion accuracy. It supports almost all kinds of image formats like JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, and many more.
Read moreAmazon Cloud Drive App for Windows : Manage Your Files from Windows Desktop
Amazon started its cloud storage service almost a year ago and offers a free storage 5 gigabytes for all the Amazon account holders. Until now you could access your files on the Amazon cloud storage using only a web browser. Amazon has also come up with a desktop application for Windows and Mac. This desktop app for Amazon Cloud Drive integrates with Windows Explorer and makes it easy to upload, download and manage your files on the cloud storage.
Read moreRemove Security Certificate Exceptions in Mozilla Firefox
Although you can add security certificate exceptions in Firefox to access some websites, it is not usually advised. The untrusted connection warning in Firefox is there for a reason. If you continue with adding the exception, the data transfer to and from that website is not encrypted making you vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. If you have already added such an exception, then you should remove it as soon as possible
Read moreTiny Uploader : Upload Images to Imageshack or Imgur from Windows Desktop
Tiny Uploader is a Windows application that allows you to upload any picture to Imageshack and Imgur image sharing services. Tiny Uploader turns the tedious task of uploading images to image sharing websites into a very simple process. It integrates itself into the right-click context menu of Windows Explorer enabling you to upload your images just by right-clicking on them. You can also take screenshots of your desktop and other windows and automatically upload them.
Read moreMetascan Online : Scan Files for Virus with 30+ Antivirus Engines
Metascan is an online service similar to VirusTotal that helps you scan a file using multiple antivirus engines. According to Metascan – no single antivirus solution is perfect and may omit detection of some of the malware. The same malware can be detected by some other antivirus which itself may overlook another kind of virus. But when you scan a file with multiple antivirus engines, the probability of detection failures or false detection is reduced drastically.
Read moreXleaner : Effectively Clean Up Junk Files from Hard Disk
Xleaner is a free Windows application developed by MoreThanACleaner.de. It can help you clear garbage files from your hard disk as well as the tracks of your activity resulting from your browsing the web, such as cookies, browsing history, cache, passwords, computer memory etc. and Windows recent files, run history, open/save documents and more. It is available for all the versions of Windows starting from Windows 98 to Windows 7.
Read moreZamzar : Convert Document, Image and Video Formats Online
Earlier it used to be that you had to download one or more tools and install them on your computer to convert file formats and some of them did not even work. Now you can quickly convert your files into a different format using the free Zamzar online service. It allows you to convert all kinds of documents, images, videos and audio files easily and quickly.
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Check Your Hard Disk Health with CrystalDiskInfo
CrystalDiskInfo is a free, open source and portable Windows application that can help you determine the health status of your hard disks. It supports not only the traditional hard disks but also modern SSDs (solid state disks). It can monitor the health status of your hard disks using various parameters. It also displays your hard disk’s S.M.A.R.T data and its current temperature. It can also send you alerts through e-mail.
Read moreDisable HTML5 Media in Mozilla Firefox
If you are a Youtube addict like myself, then you must have noticed that some videos start playing in the HTML5 video format on their own. This happens even if you have opted out of the HTML5 video experiment in your Youtube account. This is very annoying because the HTML 5 videos do not play that smoothly on my computer. If you want to force Firefox to play all videos on Youtube in the Adobe Flash plugin only, then you can do so making simple changes in the Firefox configuration.
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