Spotify has rolled out a new update for its iPhone and iPad apps that bring a variety of changes, some of them being fixes for known bugs and others being new features, with some improvement scattered betwixt the two. Perhaps the most notable change with the update is the addition of Browse in place of […]
This article was written on March 22, 2011 by CyberNet.
There are all kinds of PDF printers out there, but one I’ve been using for a while is Bullzip PDF Printer. It’s nice because of its simplicity, and at the same time offers various configuration options that will let you tweak it to meet your needs. My favorite feature is that this supports more than just PDF as a “save to” format, and the other types include BMP, EPS, JPEG, PCX, PNG, PS, and TIFF.
Bullzip also has printing profiles, called Option Sets, that can be created so that you can quickly switch between various print settings. As you can imagine the usefulness of this will vary from user to user, but I know a lot of people who like to put watermarks on some documents but not on others. This becomes a lot easier when you can switch between the profiles in a few clicks.
Here are some of the developer-specified features of Bullzip:
This is a free app for both personal and commercial use as long as there are less than 10 users. Personally I’m using the Beta version of Bullzip that they have available for download on their site, which was just recently released.
Bullzip PDF Printer (Windows only; Freeware)
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Today on what very well may be one of the best days of the year to stay at home and play video games, Sony has disabled a collection of PlayStation Network abilities. This disabling of features for the PSN has to do with the network being a bit overloaded – imagine that, today of all […]
Jolla’s self-titled and first smartphone launched in partnership with Finnish carrier DNA this week, with a few hundred handsets finding their way to early pre-orderers. Today, a couple of familiar faces from the company stopped off in London to let us play with the final hardware and get to grips with Jolla’s Sailfish OS, which is based somewhat on Nokia’s old MeeGo platform. If you caught our tour of the Jolla prototype earlier this year then you’ve got a good idea of what the handset looks like. In fact, the only differences we can see aesthetically are slightly smaller bezels above and below the screen, and that the rear camera has moved from right flank to center stage. Internally, the core specs are: A 1.4GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 (MSM8930), 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage space (expandable), a 4.5-inch, 960×540 (qHD) IPS LCD display, an 8-megapixel rear camera and 2-megapixel shooter on the front. We only had a few hours to probe Jolla’s first device, but head past the break for our initial impressions.%Gallery-slideshow124244%
Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Mobile
Ever want to test a Chrome Web Store app without installing it? You may get your chance if a new Chromium feature find its way into Google’s commercial browser. Mountain View is experimenting with support for “ephemeral” apps that launch like regular Web Store titles, but don’t leave a footprint in Chrome or Chrome OS. Users wouldn’t even have to visit the Web Store in the first place — a recent Chromium build lets surfers launch an app directly from a Google search result page. There’s no certainty that the new try before you buy (or at least, try before you glorified bookmark) capability will actually land in Chrome’s stable channel, but it certainly wouldn’t surprise us.
Filed under: Internet, Software, Google
Via: The Next Web
Source: Francois Beaufort (1), (2)
This article was written on January 13, 2007 by CyberNet.
One of my favorite features in Opera is having the ability to cascade or tile your tabs, which is something that many browsers don’t support. That’s because Opera is built using a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) that allows for these operations to take place. Having this feature always allowed me to view to different websites side-by-side which I find to be extremely useful.
Now there is a new extension for Firefox that almost simulates being able to tile your tabs. It is called Split Browser and allows you to continuously split an open window into multiple frames until your heart is content. It’s kinda hard to explain but take a look at this screenshot (click on it to get the fullsize version that I took):
Hopefully that picture explains a lot. I started with the window in the bottom-right corner (it still uses the primary address bar and back/forward buttons at the top of the screen) and started to divide that up into different sections. You can manually resize each frame by dragging the divider in between the different sites. If you want access to the address bar or any of the forward/back buttons for the new frames just click on the bar above that website and it will switch from just having the title to offering you a little more control. This is what the red arrow is pointing to in the screenshot above.
To actually split a window you can do one of two things. The first option is to right-click in the window and select where you want the new frame to appear:
If that seems like too much of a hassle you can always hover your mouse near one of the sides of the window and a button will magically appear:
It’s really that easy. You can even go as far as to drag links toward one of the sides and drop it on one of the buttons that appears. Then the link will open in a new split frame.
This is still not as good as what Opera has to offer with the MDI functionality, but at least it is something. It is a brand new extension so don’t go expecting it to be all perfect quite yet. I didn’t experience any bugs in the few hours that I have been using it but I have a strong feeling that some extensions will conflict with this.
Get the Split Browser Firefox Extension
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Now that Kim Dotcom’s cloud storage service Mega is available to the public, it’s finally found time to launch the iOS app it’s been promising. The new app includes many of the same features as its Android counterpart, which has been available on Android for more than four months, including file previews and easy sharing. It currently lacks automatic camera syncing but that will come, along with iPad support, in a future update. What’s next for Mega? It’s on course to launch its Sync tool for Windows, Mac and Linux in the coming weeks, giving it time to concentrate on adding new security and messaging features to the cloud service in the new year.
Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Mobile, Apple
Source: Mega (App Store)
It took a while, but Virgin Media has finally brought its TV Anywhere service to Android. Already available on the iPhone and iPad for more than a year, the app comes to Android smartphones and tablets with nine new UK TV channels including Alibi, Dave, Drama, Good Food, Home, Really, Watch, Yesterday and CBS Reality. That takes the total number of mobile channels up to 67, with up to 90 available online. Virgin Media boasts it now offers more choice than rival service Sky Go, but like it’s competitor, some might be frustrated by the patchy support for Android devices. Although you’ll find support for Samsung’s Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note, HTC One, Sony Xperia Tablet Z and Google’s Nexus tablets, you might experience issues if your device is running Android 4.4 KitKat. While you won’t be able to install it on your Nexus 5 just yet, Virgin says more Android devices will join the line-up “in the very near future.”
Filed under: Cellphones, Home Entertainment, Software, HD, Mobile
Via: Virgin Media
Source: TV Anywhere (Google Play)
If you’re still rocking a Nexus One, but are jealous of all the new devices running KitKat, you’re in luck. The folks on the XDA Developer‘s forums have hacked together a custom Android 4.4 ROM for the three year-old device. Unsurprisingly, the patched-up build has some issues; namely, it’s susceptible to a known bootloop error and lacks screenshot functionality. The camera doesn’t work quite right either, but hey — it’s KitKat! On your Nexus One! In your face, Ice Cream Sandwich!
Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Mobile, Google
This article was written on July 27, 2010 by CyberNet.
We recently wrote about Any Video Converter, which is one of the best tools I’ve come across for batch converting those videos you have laying around. Last week I found a new app called XMedia Recode (English translation) for Windows, which is both free and portable. What makes this app so unique is the extensive number of built-in profiles that are included.
What benefits do these profiles offer? They mean you can convert videos to use on your mobile device without having to think about the optimal screen resolution or supported video format. You can just select your device, optionally review/tweak the recommended settings, and kick off the encoding. Does this app have a profile for your device? Probably. It includes profiles for about 35 manufacturers including popular ones like Apple (~35 devices/profiles), Motorola (~25 devices/profiles), HTC (~35 devices/profiles), and many others.
Here’s how simple the process is:
If you want you can dive through the additional tabs to configure advanced video and audio settings, or even specify a specific portion of the video to convert.
The only downside? Like most other video converters this one can take some time to process a file. In my experience it is about 1.5 times the length of the video, but that also depends on the starting/ending formats as well as how powerful your machine is. It’s a portable and free app… so there’s no harm in giving it a whirl for yourself.
XMedia Recode Homepage (Windows only; Freeware)
Supported video formats include: 3GP, 3GPP, 3GPP2, AAC, AC3, AMR, ASF, AVI, AVISynth, DVD, FLAC, FLV, H.261, H.263, H.264, M4A , M1V, M2V, M4V, Matroska (MKV), MMF, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, TS, TRP, MP2, MP3, MP4, MP4V, MOV, QT, OGG, PSP, (S) VCD , SWF, VOB, WAV, WMA and WMV.
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