VoiceThread is a collaborative online application that enables users to share a multimedia slideshow and make comments, as part of a group conversation. Once a thread is created, contributing users can comment using text, a webcam, a microphone or even by telephone. With VoiceThread, a group discussion can be securely captured and stored in one […]
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Fast and Free Video Conversion
October 5th, 2012
With all of the video formats out there, AVI, WMV, FLV and MP4, to name a few, it can be a challenge to keep track of which video files are compatible with your different systems and devices. With Sothink Video Converter, you can take any video or audio file and convert it to the proper […]
Share Presentations and More with Slideshare
September 7th, 2012
SlideShare is a free Web-based sharing program that allows users to find, create and share presentations online. With SlideShare, anyone can upload slides to the Web from PowerPoint, OpenOffice, Keynote or a variety of other formats, including PDFs, videos and prerecorded webinars. You can easily sync MP3 audio files with your slides to create a […]
Easily Convert to PDF in Office 2010
May 2nd, 2012
As a new feature in Microsoft Office 2010, you can easily convert your document to a PDF from any Office program (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). In previous versions of MS Office, you needed to have additional software installed to create a PDF. Now when you save your document, PDF is among the file types to […]
Dangers of P2P File Sharing and Illegal Downloading
March 20th, 2012
What Is P2P? P2P stands for Peer-to-Peer which means the sharing of files between two or more users on the Internet. The concept behind P2P networking is powered by a peer-to-peer application such as Gnutella, KaZaA, Napster, iMesh, LimeWire, Morpheus, SwapNut, WinMX, AudioGalaxy, Blubster, eDonkey and BearShare. The P2P application takes a piece of allotted […]
Identity Theft
February 10th, 2012
What is identity theft? Identity theft is a crime where a person uses your personal identification information, like your name, Social Security Number, driver’s license number or credit card number, without your permission with an intention to commit fraud. This also allows the criminal to steal money from you by opening up new credit card […]
The ‘Gameover’ ID Theft Malware
January 18th, 2012
What is the Gameover malware? Gameover is an updated Zeus malware attack that goes after bank information. The attack takes place when malicious users send spam email to infect computers with malware, which is designed to collect bank account information from the recipient’s computer. After this malware is on your computer, it is able to […]
Easily Create Visual Tutorials
December 9th, 2011
If you teach, train or support computer users, using screen captures can be an efficient way to provide instructions. Taking multiple screen shots and formatting your images in a word processing program can be time-consuming. Screen Steps is an all-in-one program that allows you to capture images, add text and annotations then export your document […]
Get More Out of your Phone with Google Voice
November 11th, 2011
Google Voice is a unique phone managing and messaging system that allows you to unite all of your phones under a single number. Once you set up an account, you get a Google Voice phone number that you can route all your calls through—home, work, and cell— so that they ring on a single device. […]