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Posts about downloadable desktop software and mobile apps. For web applications, see the Websites category.

March 29, 2014 at 1:00 pmDecember 22, 2015
Geoffrey Liu

Software review: Able2Extract 8.0 PDF converter

There are many times when you might find yourself looking at a PDF document and thinking, “I need this in a different format”. While there are some decent PDF converters online, all seem to fail when it comes to processing more complicated documents. Not to worry though, there is a better solution. Meet Able2Extract PDF converter, by Investintech PDF solutions. …

December 9, 2013 at 7:48 pmJuly 9, 2015
Geoffrey Liu

Where has my hard disk space gone? Handy utilities to answer that question.

Picture this scenario: You’ve run low on storage space on your computer, and you don’t want buy a USB drive or external disk. For once, you tell yourself, “I’m finally going to delete some of the clutter from my hard drive.” But after you look at how cluttered your folder is, you throw in the towel. Chances are that at …

September 25, 2013 at 9:36 pmDecember 22, 2015
Geoffrey Liu

Navigating application menus with the keyboard alone

Let’s say your mouse fails all of a sudden and the nearest batteries are at a convenience store a mile from your house. Well now you’re screwed right? No, if you know some handy keyboard shortcuts. Most applications like your web browser will have a menu bar of some sort. It may not be a bar so to speak, but …

September 15, 2013 at 12:00 pmNovember 21, 2013
Geoffrey Liu

Super User tip: Change Windows Command Prompt colors

Use the Command Prompt a lot? You don’t have to settle for Light-grey on black. In fact, you can color up your Command Prompt screen, like this! Or how about this? Fortunately this is very easy to do. In fact, there are two ways of doing so.

August 12, 2013 at 9:55 pmDecember 1, 2013
Geoffrey Liu

My mouse traveled 140 miles this year.

A year ago, I started tracking the mileage on my computer mouse with a handy software called Mousotron. It was very handy to use; just tell it your screen size and it cumulatively tracks how far your mouse pointer moves. Now, exactly a year later, the total is out: my mouse pointer traveled 140 miles and then some:

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