Kalamaf Drackonsbane » Software

Text Books On iPad

kalamaf — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:02:38 +0000

Truly amazing ! after I saw the above video – I am in awe! I can imagine the amount of information my kid can get when she reaches high school. I’m all for the iBook 2 – with textbooks for only $14.99 or less – you definitely cannot beat that price. Gone will be the days where children carry heavy text books to school – I loved the idea and so will you. Apple definitely has the world in its fingers – afterall there will always be students around the world.

Microsoft 8 Release Date

kalamaf — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:43:13 +0000

i’m just only getting used to Windows 7 and everyone had been talking about the release date of Windows 8 for a few months now. Scheduled to be released in 2012 – it is said that a beta version had been out for months now and real folks are in the testing mode and will be released once it had all been tested. Windows 8 is said to combined the desktop, laptop and tablet operating system together – so one can use it on your tablet or your tv at home. Boasting also to be used for gaming machines – thus far no other operating system has done that. Check out the preview below to give you a better idea.

Remote Eye By iZon

kalamaf — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:44:10 +0000

We are always on a look out for wireless remote camera to watch the store when we are home – or during the night. One never know when some thief/thieves might decide to bring into your home or store – and it’s not a big discovery – to be able to watch a remote camera from your computer – we have been doing it for ages. But iZon announced its latest gadget – whereby you can use this remote camera to watch over a room or a person – thru’ your iPhone/iPad and even your iPod Touch. I can’t imagine anyone not having an iPod touch – so you are all set – and not worry about leaving your home for a vacation in Jamaica. And this system is so easy – to use – definitely a great investment for just $129. For recording – you can use free you tube for it. I think it’s pretty neat – especially for the home owners.

Office Efficiency

kalamaf — Wed, 25 May 2011 18:10:09 +0000

We recently had an episode with our debit company – about our contract – they insisted that we did sign a 5 years contract – while we don’t remember anything. The spouse therefore recommends that we invest in a scanner software that way – should we need to look up for documents of any kind from a few years ago – we just need to go to our computer and database and lift the document out. 12 years in business – I wished I had heard of this software earlier – but it’s not too late – like the spouse said. And for a few hundred dollars we can keep our business as efficient as it can get.

Websites

kalamaf — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:36:23 +0000

Lately I’ve been turning a lot of the websites I own into blogs. They’re easy to update this way and information can be sorted into categories or by tags, and entire blogs are very easy to search through. Changing the entire look is simply a matter of downloading a new theme and in seconds you can have a fresh new layout.

In some cases though it’s still best to keep a regular website, and for cases like that I keep my skills brushed up by reading web design blogs on a semi-regular basis. A lot has changed over the years when it comes to coding a webpage; javascript, java and flash have largely taken over where basic HTML used to reign supreme.

Stylish Design is a new and growing resource containing useful information on designing web pages, setting up and maintaining server software and much more.

AVG Version 8 now Available

kalamaf — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:41:44 +0000

I’ve been using the free version 7.5 of AVG for quite some time now, it works well and doesn’t get in the way. So many scanners I’ve tested in the past were just horrible. They’d hog resources, slow the computer down and constantly annoy me with popups asking if this or that is ok. I’ll admit though that AVG Free isn’t the best protection available, just a few weeks ago an MSN virus slipped through and infected one of our computers, but 20 minutes later everything was fixed and back to normal.

Yesterday I was trying to help a friend with a particularly nasty virus problem that AVG just couldn’t seem to handle. I saw on the main website that version 8 was now out but only for subscribers and for the trial users. AVG free is still limited to version 7.5. I downloaded the trial for 8.0 and installed it on the guys computer, it found nearly 200 infections/spyware/viruses that AVG, spybot, adaware and a squared hadn’t picked up on. You really do get what you pay for and as soon as I have a few extra bucks I’ll be upgrading to a 2 year paid version for myself.

Free Photoshop Brushes

kalamaf — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:53:19 +0000

I’m an old dog when it comes to graphic editing, I’m still using PSP 4.14 which has gotta be about 12 years old by now. Sooner or later I’ll have to upgrade to something newer and better though, and seeing things like free Photoshop Brushes and patterns is a good incentive. It’s great to get some freebies once in a while to add new functionality to existing software. Check out Brusheezy for some other cool stuff as well.

Fotofix

kalamaf — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:43:51 +0000

Ever notice how great all the models and stars look in pictures, but then if you get a glimpse of them in real life, or in regular pictures they don’t look quite the same? It’s all due to the benefits of photo retouching. Magazines do it, websites do it and it’s even done in the movies these days.

Now everyone can have stunning looking photos thanks to Fotofix. It’s quick, easy and affordable photo enhancements performed by a team of expert photographers and artists. If your pictures are digital you can just upload them directly to the Fotofix guys, explain what you’d like done to the picture, and within a matter of hours they’ll be returned to you all done and ready to go.

Popular touch ups include complexion smoothing, wrinkle removal, teeth whitening and so on. It’s the type of thing you can do with Photoshop but it requires a lot of practice to get it looking just right. Not to mention that Photoshop costs several hundred dollars to buy. It’s easy to mangle a picture, but making it look better and still real requires a professionals touch.

Even if you don’t want the people in the picture touched up, sometimes it’s the background that needs fixing. A background that is too bright or too dark can make the focus of the picture appear dim or washed out and these are problems that can also be Fotofixed.

Netsimplicity

kalamaf — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:20:05 +0000

Managing a business is no easy task. With that in mind, Netsimplicity has created an excellent scheduling software package that will let you keep track of employees, meetings, equipment and nearly everything else business related. Find out instantly who has the conference room booked for next Thursday, which caterer they’ll be using and whether they’re going to be using the projector for a presentation. Managing your business could be a whole lot easier with the help of Netsimplicity.