When you download a software these days, they come just with the software binary and perhaps a readme file. But back in the day, there was a standard practice of supplying a DIZ and NFO file along with the software package – all packed together inside a ZIP archive. As you can probably guess, the Read More …
CherryTree is a note taking application with all the desired features. It can also be used to write a book. In fact, it is perhaps one of the best programs to write a book whether you are a professional writer or an amateur. You can clearly divide all the parts of a book into chapters, Read More …
Every now and then, when we are creating a new Word document, replying to someone over social networks or writing a blog post, we have to insert special characters in the text. For example, if you are asking someone to send their résumé and do not use the e with acute accent (é) then people Read More …
Focusky is a presentation software that can make interactive, media rich presentations based on HTML5. It is free for use and is available on three platforms – online on the web, for Windows and for macOS. With an impressive set of tools and features, this software can easily replace Microsoft PowerPoint for many users. It Read More …
One of the few things that we have do time and time again is the searching and replacing of the words and phrases when editing text documents. Most of the text editors provide search and replace functions. For example, the popular versatile editor Notepad++ offers a very impressive search and replace feature. But if you Read More …
In high school the first computer language that we all have to learn is perhaps HTML. Using this markup language, we can create small and large websites. You can use HTML to create small websites using the old fashioned manual coding but when the sites become large you have to either switch to one of Read More …
Even though Windows comes with a text editor of its own – Windows Notepad which is good enough for basic text editing, it has its limitations and after some time Windows users tend to look for alternatives. There are so many powerful text editors such as EmEditor. EmEditor is a professional text editor designed for Read More …
Microsoft has been busy taking all the classic programs from Windows and turning them into apps that can be downloaded from Microsoft Store. The classic set of card games (Hearts, Solitaire etc) and the games that were introduced in Windows XP (Checkers, Backgammon etc) have been subjected to this treatment. Does it really help the Read More …
A zero-day vulnerability has been found in Windows Notepad. The security expert who found the vulnerability showed a screenshot on Twitter indicating that by using this vulnerability a potential attacker can launch programs or commands from Notepad. Using a small trick, the attacker can bring up command line or cmd.exe. This in turn can be Read More …
When we have to edit a plain text file, we often think of Windows Notepad or Notepad++, but there are many other great alternatives too. EverEdit is one of those alternative text editors that offers many features for programmers or web designers. This advanced text editor is very small in file size, but is very Read More …