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Screen Capture Tools: 40+ Free Tools and Techniques | Tools Screen capture, or print screen is perhaps the most efficient way to share whatever appears on your desktop. They help tech users like us to share and communicate better with friends and peers. Major operating systems today comes with basic screen capture and print screen function, but if these can’t fulfill what you need from a screen capture then you are probably looking for a screen capturing tool. Screen capturing tools do what the basic tool don’t. Cross Platform We love cross platform tools. Jing ProjectA project of Techsmith, Jing has the ability to do instance image and video capturing. Windows Only By default, you can only do a full page and active window print screen on Windows. ZScreenOpen-source screen capture program that allows for region/window/full-screen screenshots. Mac Only Here are some of the most commonly used screen capturing tools for the Mac enthusiast. Linux Screen capturing tools for Linux users. Web Tools These web tools go beyond screen capturing of your desktop.

zenhabits Multimedia Sources for Info Literacy / FrontPage 40 websites that will make you cleverer right now The indexed web contains an incredible 14 billion pages. But only a tiny fraction help you improve your brain power. Here are 40 of the best. whizzpast.com – Learn about our awe inspiring past all in one wonderful place. khanacademy.org – Watch thousands of micro-lectures on topics ranging from history and medicine to chemistry and computer science. freerice.com – Help end world hunger by correctly answering multiple-choice quizzes on a wide variety of subjects. artofmanliness.com – Blog/site dedicated to all things manly, great for learning life skills and good insights. unplugthetv.com – Randomly selects an educational video for you to watch. coursera.org – An educational site that works with universities to get their courses on the Internet, free for you to use. mentalfloss.com – Interesting articles guaranteed to make you smile and get you thinking. feelgoodwardrobe.com – Find out how the world of fashion really works and what you can do to combat it. lifehacker.com – Learn to hack life!

Conversion Central: 101 Tools to Convert Video, Music, Images, PDF and More Posted by nitzan on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 Mega Tools There are lots of specialized tools out there, but sometimes you just need one good tool to get the job done. These mega tools are great for general conversions. Zamzar: Zamzar does all sorts of conversions, ranging from documents and images to music and video. Media If you use an MP3 player, download movies, or even just rip CDs, there’s a good chance you’ve had to deal with the frustration of having a format that’s incompatible with your device or software. Audio Audacity: Audacity is a great tool that can be used to convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs. Video Koyote: This tool can covert FLV, DIVX, AVI and other formats to an iPod video format. Images Graphic designers, professional photographers, and point and shoot enthusiasts can all benefit from using these easy image conversion tools. Documents Adobe Online PDF creator: For quick PDF conversions, check out the official Adobe online PDF Creator. Excel

Free Conference Calling: Conference Call Free with Basement Ventures - How it works From beginner to professional in 3 easy steps... Know the timeof the call For your convenience, calls occur whenever you organize them but be sure to join in at your call time. Call your conference dial-in You will receive a dedicated dial-in number with your account to be used for all your conference calls. Enter your conferences codes Your account is assigned a six digit conference code and four digit host code for access anytime. ...Congratulations - you're a Free Conference Calling pro! Easy conference calls for everyone Organizing your conference call is simple. You'll provide each caller with the date and time of your call, the conference call dial-in number and conference code. Free Conference Calling is a reservationless conference call service that requires no advanced scheduling with us. Reliable conference call services Our free conference call service is run on carrier-grade telecom equipment and digital fiber optic telephone lines from the same network you use every day.

ConferenciasInstantaneas - Un Servicio de Conferencias Telefónicas Gratis Five Best Antivirus Applications I was a big fan of AVG7 because of it's real-time protection that ClamWin doesn't provide. Unfortunately, AVG8 has a feature, called Link Scanner, that drastically slows down browsing and slows google searches to a crawl(because they have to determine the maliciousness of each link). I don't really need the Link Scanner feature because I already use OpenDNS, [lifehacker.com] to protect me from phishing websites. Unfortunately, when you turn off that feature, your AVG systray icon gets an exclamation point over it. So I'll probably stop using AVG in the near future and moving on to a new product.

5 Great Alternative To Photoshop Adobe Photoshop is a great product. I have been using it since 2003 and I simply love its functionality and ease of use. If there is anything to complaint about, then it has to be the high cost (US$649) involved in buying the software. For those who can’t afford Photoshop, here is a list of the 5 great free alternative to Photoshop. There is no doubt that GIMP is the closest alternative to Photoshop. Using GIMP as the backend, GIMPshop added an extra interface to make it looks and functions more like Photoshop. Krita is a painting and image editing application for Koffice and is part of the KDE package. Paint.NET is more than the default Paint application in Windows. CinePaint is a deep paint image retouching tool that supports higher color fidelity than ordinary painting tools.

2-Step DVD-to-PC or iPod Video Conversion using Free Software I’ve spent a lot of time over the past years figuring out how to get my DVD collection onto my PC so I can use my Home Theater PC (HTPC) to play my library on my TV. The following is the two step process I’ve come up with to do this; all other programs I’ve used either are not free, install spyware, or desync the audio. Step 1: Install and use DVDFab HD Decrypter. The settings here are pretty straightforward. Select “Full Disk” and where you want to save the file. Step 2: Install and Launch Handbrake. Handbrake is a cross-platform (Win, Mac, Linux) program which is a collection of command line utilities that are used to convert DVD files to media files for use on your PC or iPod. Handbrake really can’t make things too much simpler. You can then select your options manually, or use some of the pre-built presets available on the right to automatically convert your DVD for several devices. Finally, select the “Destination” and file name for your converted file. Bonus: With Dr.

Free Web Tools Audio / MP3 Software Audacity is free, cross-platform open source software for recording and editing sounds. download page CDex is a CD-Ripper, extracting digital audio data from an Audio CD. download page Mp3Splt is a cross-platform utility to split mp3 and ogg files selecting a begin and an end time position. download page Mixxx is an cross-platform, open source DJ tool designed for both professional and amateur DJs alike. download page Audiobook Cutter is an easy-to-use tool which splits large MP3 audiobook files into smaller ones without re-encoding. MP3Gain is open source cross-platform software to analyze MP3 files so that they have the same perceived volume. download page Tactile12000 is a 3-D, interactive simulation of a DJ setup - two turntables and a mixer. BonkEnc is a CD ripper, audio encoder and converter for various formats. CD-DA X-Tractor is a CD ripper for 32-bit Windows platforms. other

Rapid E-Learning 101 Rapid elearning can mean many things. For some it means easy tools that let you build elearning courses without special programming skills. For others, it means being empowered to quickly share your expertise with others. Ultimately, it’s usually about getting the right information to people at the right time while operating at the speed of business. Rapid E-Learning 101 If you’re just getting started with elearning, this series brings you up-to-speed. How to Get Started with E-Learning I get a lot of emails asking how to get started with elearning. But the real tip is to practice what you’re learning, even if it’s simple in the beginning.

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