Archive for the 'software' Category

Into Convert: Youtube videos to MP3 with 2CONV.com

Posted on December 4, 2009 - Filed Under Reviews, software | Leave a Comment

There are some really good videos on the Web that make you wish you could play them over and over. A few tools are already available to download these on your PC, but what if you just want to extract the audio and enjoy it as an MP3 file? Getting the original FLV file then [...]

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A list of my favorite free software

Posted on February 2, 2009 - Filed Under software | Leave a Comment

These are just some of the programs I use everyday. My rule when selecting programs is that they have to be free, stable, and light on resources since I’m using a low-powered laptop. For example, I switched to Paint.NET after I realized that Photoshop is an overkill for the kind of light editing I do [...]

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Windows 7 Beta 1: Installation and musings

Posted on January 22, 2009 - Filed Under software | Leave a Comment

With all the good reviews bloggers have given Windows 7, I couldn’t pass up the chance to have a look at it myself. I downloaded a copy of Windows 7 Beta 1 (Build 7000) for two laptops in order to test the rumor that it works well on netbooks and older systems (unlike the much [...]

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