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PCMag posted an article pointing out that Microsoft got many things right with Internet Explorer 8, and one of them was the way it made most of IE8′s niftiest features easily accessible. They put together the following tips about features that you may not have noticed. Select text with the keyboard Go back to the future with Compatibility View Hide your tracks with InPrivate Browsing Fine-tune privacy with InPrivate Filtering Add more accelerators Block Ads with InPrivate Filtering and Third-Party Filters Try out Suggested Sites Customize the toolbars Explore the status bar

Read the entire article at PCMag.com

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Mario Forever is a very good remake of the venerable classic game — Super Mario. Once again you strap on your wrench and hardhat and guide the chubby plumber through many skillfully made levels. The diversity of the levels is very impressive. You will have to get through levels ranging from underwater caverns to levels filled with hot lava.

If you were once a Mario fan you should download a free copy of this game.

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Recently eSword, a popular Bible study software, came out with a major upgrade. The demand for the new version was so great that they had to remove the ablity to download it until accomodations could be made to increase the site’s bandwidth because surrounding hospitals were unable to access the net due to a lack of available bandwidth.

I’ve been using eSword for several years now and have always encouraged others to check it out. This event would seem to confirm my claims that it’s the best very best Bible study software available. What’s best, is that it’s free. Of course, donations are certainly encouraged.

Please give them some time to make the appropriate accomodations, then get your copy of e-Sword.

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Bikely is comprehensive resource that lists close to 100,000 bicycle routes across America, Europe and other countries. You can search for bike trails by country, by specific location and filter results by length of the route.

If you like cycling then you should definitely bookmark Bikely. It lists bicycle routes across America, Europe and other countries shared by other cyclists. Currently you can browse close to 100,000 routes, with new bicycle routes added daily. You can search for bike trails by country, by specific location and filter results by length of the route. If you know of any bike trails, you are welcome to share them on the site by signing up.

Features:

• Discover good cycle routes in Europe, USA, and other countries.
• Lists near to 100,000 bike trails and routes from over 40 countries.
• Search for bike trails by country or by specific location.
• Filter bicycle routes by length of the route.
• New routes added daily.
• Sign up to add and share your own routes.

Map out your next bike trip on Bikely.

Source: makeuseof.com

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Do you want to be part of a church whose ONLY resource is the Bible? If so, then Dardenne Prarie Bible Church is the place for you.

Learn more at dpbc.org.

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Amazon’s new Kindle DX boasts a newspaper-friendly screen that’s 2.5x bigger than the standard Kindle, but it’s also got a couple features that the standard Kindle does not have, such as native PDF support and automatic landscape/portrait text rotation and 4GB of storage space.

Available this summer, there’s no denying it—the Kindle DX looks fantastic, especially with that surprise landscape/portrait rotational sensitivity.

Learn more about the Kindle DX.

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Internet Explorer Collection contains multiple IE versions — from IE 1.0 to 8.0 — which are standalone so they can be used at the same time. Internet Explorer Collection also includes the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar 1.00.2188.0. This Explorer Bar provides a variety of tools which make troubleshooting websites easier. The Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar is compatible with Internet Explorer 5.0 and higher when using Windows 2000 or higher.

Download a free copy of Internet Explorer Collection.

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ScreenStream lets others ‘watch’ your screen on their computers over the network or the internet. It is the modern equivalent of the overhead projector. When you turn on screen sharing others on your network (or even the internet) can view what is on your screen by typing the link (and optional access code) into their internet browser. They can continue to watch your screen until you turn off screen sharing.

One of the main advantages of ScreenStream is that the viewers do not need to install any special software to view your screen. They just open it directly with their normal internet browser. It is also supports optional streaming audio so others can hear what you are saying.

This desktop screen sharing program is free.

Typical Applications

• In boardroom presentation (if everyone has a laptop it will replace the projector).
• In university lectures where people take their laptops.
• In the computer lab or classroom where students are sitting in front of computers.
• For remote power point and other presentations.
• To assist remote computer support so the helpdesk staff can see what the user is doing or vice versa.
• As a white board equivalent during telephone or video conferences.
• Perfect for use with tablet PCs so others can see as you draw directly on your tablet screen.

Features

• Runs in the background and captures your screen while in any other program
• The image can be viewed by anyone with using an ordinary web browser (from any type of computer).
• The screen can be viewed by users with Windows, Mac or Linux computers.
• Optional access code can be set to secure the connection.
• Optional audio streaming lets others listen as you speak.
• Perfect for desktop screen sharing or application sharing.
• The number of viewers is almost unlimited (the only limit is the size of your bandwidth).
• Installs and runs in just minutes.
• Very simple user interface.

Download your copy of ScreenStream.

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NPR posted the following in an article that outlined Google’s patented technology for scanning books.

Before Google came on the scene, book scanning was a tedious process that sometimes resulted in the death of a book. The software used to scan books, called Optical Character Recognition software or OCR for short, required each page of the book to be flat. Now anyone who’s ever opened a book knows it’s next to impossible for a book to lie flat without some sort of device. One solution to the problem was to use glass plates that individually flattened each page, but this method wasn’t very efficient. The other solution was to chop off the book’s binding, but that method destroyed the book. How was one to go about scanning a book quickly and efficiently without destroying it? It was a problem that vexed book scanners for years until Google came up with this solution

Google created some seriously nifty infrared camera technology that detects the three-dimensional shape and angle of book pages when the book is placed in the scanner. This information is transmitted to the OCR software, which adjusts for the distortions and allows the OCR software to read text more accurately. No more broken bindings, no more inefficient glass plates. Google has finally figured out a way to digitize books en masse. For all those who’ve pondered “How’d They Do That?” you finally have an answer.

Image of Google’s infrared camera technology United States Patent and Trademark Office

Source: NPR

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