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Recover Lost ZIP File Passwords–Free Tool

Written on September 26, 2010 by

Forgot your ZIP file password? happens. There are some good tools out there to help bruteforce the toughest passwords and do a simple and quick dictionary attack if you think the password’s fairly easy. The best free tool I’ve seen is Zip Password Recovery Continue Reading →

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Fixing Shockwave/Flash crashes on Google Chrome

Written on September 8, 2010 by

This is annoying. On some of the latest Google Chrome versions, Shock wave and flash applications tend to crash the browser or result in “unresponsive script” errors. This is especially for the versions of Google Chrome that already come with the Flash and Continue Reading →

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Reduce/Disable Annoying Windows Taskbar Icon Flashing

Written on September 7, 2010 by

Don’t you hate it when windows start flashing in the background while you’re working? it could be due to popups pop-unders and the likes, but those are slowly becoming extinct. But, this type of annoying user interface behavior is still very much prevalent Continue Reading →

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BitKinex – Best SFTP/FTP/Webdav client software

Written on May 20, 2010 by

I’ve tried’em all, and was disappointed every time. Till I started using BitKinex. The other popular free FTP clients out there are just not good enough, as they’re all lacking in one important feature or another. But after a few weeks with BitKinex I can Continue Reading →

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Removing Adobe Acrobat Copy & Paste Line Breaks

Written on April 18, 2010 by

How do you copy & paste from Adobe Acrobat (Reader, Standard, Pro, etc.)? I’ve seen it a million times, people copy & paste from PDFs and then spend long minutes removing line breaks so the text will appear as in the original solid paragraphs. There are Continue Reading →

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Opening PDFs outside the browser (Firefox / Chrome)

Written on March 10, 2010 by

Browser embedded PDFs should not be a built-in default option. To disable that, and have the PDFs open with the defaulted installed application, as they should, there are a few settings.   When I was using Firefox, this usually took care of that in terms of Continue Reading →

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Excel’s date string parsing to fix dates & time for SPSS

Written on February 18, 2010 by

SPSS only reads strict date & time input formats, but surveying applications don’t always output dates that way. Qualtrics, for example, outputs dates in the following way - “2009-11-03 16:39:47” which can then only be used as a string. To make use of Continue Reading →

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Faster Firefox : Controlling Memory & Leakage

Written on January 19, 2010 by

I use Firefox, most of those I know use Firefox, but the problem with Firefox speed and memory consumption is well documented and debated. It’s very frustrating how heavy and slow Firefox gets with a few small plugins and a couple of tabs and windows opened. Continue Reading →

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Best of Twitter – TwitterFeed on FeedDemon tags, TwitThat and Seesmic

Written on September 20, 2009 by

Some, or most, of what’s interesting about Twitter is the collection of links that people tweet with others. Few quick ways I use to share links with others on Twitter: I use FeedDemon as my RSS reader, recently being made to sync to Google Reader instead Continue Reading →

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Plaxo Outlook sync alternatives : Unyk and Google Calendar

Written on August 23, 2009 by

Plaxo recently started charging 48US$ for their Outlook sync services. I've being using their Outlook sync services for years now and have found them very valuable, though the price tag of 48US$ a month seems almost outrageous for such a simple service. After Continue Reading →

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