OCR software can save you a lot of typing when you only have a physical copy of a document. OCR stands for optical character recognition and such software can take an image such a scan of a document and provide an editable version of the text. Unless you are a particularly fast typist or only have a few pages that you need digitized, OCR software can be a lifesaver. Popular … [Read more...]
Mozilla testing ads in Firefox beta New Tab page
Mozilla made an announcement yesterday for a new feature under testing in the Firefox Beta channel. The company has introduced "Suggested Tiles" for the New Tab page. The Suggested Tiles provide advertisement slots for Mozilla to fill based on your browsing history. If you have visited a page on a certain topic more than 5 times, the Suggested Tile may be populated with a … [Read more...]
Setting up True Key by Intel Security
Intel Security (formerly McAfee) has been promoting their coming service to "remove the hassle of passwords" for a while. Earlier, I received my invitation to download the software and create a profile in its preview state. A little context I use KeePass to manage my passwords. It's an open-source product which creates a secure database for tracking your accounts and related … [Read more...]
Microsoft Hyperlapse now available in beta
Android and Windows Phone users will be able to check out Microsoft's Hyperlapse Mobile product. It gives you the ability to speed up your videos to change storytelling. You can see the demo in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twncW4PLdsY It is available in beta on Google Play, available for Windows Phone, as a preview on Windows, and with a free trial on … [Read more...]
Firefox 38 and DRM options
Yesterday's Patch Tuesday brought Windows Updates and updates to Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Reader/Acrobat 10 and 11. In addition, Mozilla updated Firefox to version 38. Firefox 38 is the base for the next Extended Support Release and provided security and feature improvements including introducing HTML5 DRM support. Supporting DRM in HTML5 is not without controversy. Many … [Read more...]