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- Monitor your Websites with Are My Sites UpToday
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Are My Sites Up as the name indicates, will keep a close watch on your websites and informs you in case it is not accessible or if its down. The service will notify you in case your site is not accessible. Once you create an account, you can add you websites for check and the checks are performed every 15 minutes. Are My Sites Up is a completely free service and you can add up to 50 sites for monitoring. Many of the free websites monitoring services have a limit to the number of websites to be checked, so in case you are the webmaster of large number of websites, you can try this service.
The service loads your website and checks for the HTTP status and in case of any error code, it triggers the email and SMS service. You can configure the email and phone number in the settings menu. The service sends an email when the website is down and also as soon as the website comes up.
One of the good things about this service is that its completely free of cost and allows to add up to 50 sites for monit
- Convert PDF to Text with Zilla PDF to TXT ConverterYesterday
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Zilla PDF to TXT converter is a free utility to convert PDF files into text format. It convert PDF files to plain text format files in batch mode. Zilla PDF to TXT Converter also support convert specific pages range to txt files. The Interface is very simple and easy to use. You can add PDF files individually or add a folder and the application will search for all the PDF files and add it into the application. The output format is always text.
In the options, you can select the pages to be converted also specify the page breaks required if any. Once you have specified, just click the Start converting Now button and text files are generated quickly. The quality of conversion was pretty good in our tests although there were some characters added to the file.
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Crenk - Startups, Reviews and Indepth Technology Analysis - Track time on Computer with FruitfulTime Productivity MeterYesterday
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FruitfulTime Productivity Meter is a free utility which can keep a track of the time spend on your computer without the requirement of having an Internet connection. The utility runs in the background from the system tray and keeps track of the complete activity on your PC. Productivity Meter tracks the active time and informs you how you spend time between the applications. It also tells which applications were used the most, and which websites you browsed and also the time spend.
The application has a dashboard which can be viewed from the browser. One of the useful feature of this utility is that it can separate applications used from websites visited. You can add/remove tags for applications and domains.
You can also select reports for a week, month or even custom period and time.
Features of FruitfulTime Productivity Meter;
- FREE for personal use.
- Check activity reports in real time, anywhere, without requiring an internet connection.
- Your activity data is stored locally, making it 100% private and secure.
- Always availabl
- Microsoft Announces Windows 7 Beta and Windows LiveYesterday
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Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer announced the beta availability of the Windows 7 operating system as well as the availability of the latest version of the Windows Live, a suite of personal communications services and applications at the keynote address at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The beta version is available for download today for MSDN, TechBeta and TechNet customers.
Users who want to test-drive the beta will be able to download it beginning Jan. 9 at Windows 7 home page. Another announcement at the CES 09 was the availability of global availability of Windows Live, a free suite of communications and sharing applications.
There is also Facebook integration with Windows Live, in the coming months, Facebook users can choose to share content they post on Facebook, including photos, directly into Windows Live.
Detailed information on downloading and installing Windows 7 is available on Window 7 blog. Windows 7 Beta will expire on August 1st, 2009. Also Windows 7 Beta will be only available in o
- Launch Multiple Programs with a Single Click- Lacuna LauncherJanuary 7
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If you ever wished to launch all your work application with a single click when you start up Windows, then Lacuna Launcher is the free program you are looking for. Lacuna Launcher will allow you to set a group of files to be opened with a single shortcut by creating a text file with the paths to all the files you wish to open. This list can include applications (.exe), shortcuts (.lnk), Internet shortcuts (.url), images, music, movies, anything that is a file on your system that you wish to open.
The utility does not require any installation. It includes a list.txt file where the list of applications to be launched are written. You have to give the complete path of the file to be launched one application per line. When you want to open the applications, double click the file named II.exe included in the zip file.
The applications or files are launched in the order in which they are listed in the list file. You can set up multiple lists for various tasks, and place shortcuts on your desktop or Quicklaunch or use it from the Run Dialog.
The command line parameters gives you more control over timing of the launches with an initial delay and a pause between each one, and the ability to create multiple lists.
Lacuna Launcher is a useful utility t