The new Outlook.com would not interfere your older hotmail account in anyway, but would present you with a plethora of newer features inspired by the Windows 8 modern user interface. The Outlook.com interface is based on the tiled Metro UI (Modern UI) that you would find in Windows 8. If you want then you can also get a new email address ending in Outlook.com domain while still keeping the older hotmail email address. This is done by creating an outlook.com alias.
Read moreFreeOCR : Extract Text from PDF files and Pictures
FreeOCR is a free optical character recognition software for Windows. It supports scanning from most twain sources like scanners and cameras. It can also open most scanned PDFs and multiple page tiff images as well as other popular image file formats. FreeOCR outputs plain text and can export directly to Microsoft Word document format.
Read moreHow to Clean Download History in Mozilla Firefox
The Download Cleaner add-on gives you option to automatically clean the downloaded files history immediately after the download is finished or when you close the Firefox browser. The option for disabling only the download history does not exist in Firefox. This is why Download Cleaner is a very useful Firefox add-on when you do not want to clean all the browser history, but just the downloaded files history.
Read moreInstant Retro : Add Vintage Effects to Your Pictures
Adding vintage effects to your pictures is increasingly becoming a new trend as it gives you the feeling of nostalgia of the time gone by. You might think that it would take some advanced skills in Adobe Photoshop to apply such vintage effects, but a free web app Instant Retro makes it so easy that even five graders can do it in seconds. The Instant Retro is a web app allows you to add a variety of effects giving your pictures a retro look.
Read moreSendinc : Send Secure Emails for Free
The Sendinc service allows you to send an encrypted email for free. The email message is sent over an encrypted 256-bit SSL connection and further encrypted using military grade encryption. The recipients have to use the instructions sent to them to decode and retrieve the message and attachments.
Read morePhrozen Safe USB : Disable or Enable USB Sticks in Windows
How many times have we encountered infected USB keys. These USB keys start to infect your computer as soon as you insert them in your computer. Phrozen Soft has come up with a safety plan against such infected USB keys – Phrozen Safe USB which is a simple application that helps you to toggle on or off the USB storage devices on your computer.
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Turn off Windows Location Provider in Windows 8
The Windows Location Provider feature in Windows allows applications to find your geographical location. This feature can make use of GPS hardware in your computer directly or it can make use of IP address resolution, Wi-Fi or cellphone tower triangulation methods to locate you geographically. Some people might find it invasion of privacy. If you want, then you can turn off the Windows Location Provider feature in Windows 8.
Read more3Dnator : Turn Any 2D Image into 3D in Google Chrome
The 3Dnator extension is able to create stereoscopic 3D object from any image. Of course, you only need a red-cyan 3D glass for viewing the converted images in the 3D. This extension uses HTML5 to convert the plain images into 3D anaglyphs. You can create 3D from your own images or photos from the internet. Then you will see 3D objects with special color glasses on your screen.
Read moreRouterPassView : Recover Forgotten Router Password
RouterPassView is a small Windows application created by Nir Sofer. It can be used to recover your forgotten router passwords. It support a number of different router models and can save the recovered passwords into plain text, CSV or HTML files.
Read morePanda Cloud Antivirus : Cloud Protection for Windows
Panda Cloud Antivirus is free cloud based antivirus. This means that it scans your files on the cloud, thus reducing the processing power used from your local computer. Because the scanning is done on the cloud, therefore it is considerably faster. The cloud technology also makes sure that scanning is always performed using the latest virus definitions.
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