Archive for July, 2007

LyX

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

LyX is, quite simply, the single finest piece of document-editing software to be found anywhere, at any price.

Not only is it free, Open-Source software, it produces the highest-quality PDF output available anywhere, and includes excellent support for mathematics, indices, and bibliographies, not to mention the support for tables, floats, and high-quality images in a number […]

Microsoft’s OneNote

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Microsoft’s OneNote application - part of the Office suite - is often thought of only in conjunction with tablet PCs, but there are a variety of uses for this software, and you don’t need a tablet PC to get a lot of value from the program.

OneNote has wonderful organization. You can create any number of […]

SlingBox

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Most people have shows on TV that they can’t miss, and thanks to TiVo and other PVR devices you don’t have to worry about that much. SlingBox is a nice addition to a TV and any PVR device.

It’s a box you buy that hooks up to a TV or a PVR and puts it on […]

What Is IPSec

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

What is IPSec? IPSec is a short form for Internet Protocol Security - A framework of protocols to ensure secure private communication over public networks like Internet.

With the increase of Internet usage, the threat of information leakage to wrong hands have also increased due to lack of secure ways of communication over the public networks. […]

XML Publisher

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

XML Publisher is a Java-based tool to develop the Oracle Reports in printable aesthetic formats like Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Word.

The tool is very effective and can easily be integrated with the Oracle database. The report development using XML is a three step process. Step-1: Develop the reports using Reports Builder. All the query is […]

Emeditor

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Emeditor has 3 versions, free, standard and professional (only $39.99).

The free version is good enough for average users, but for serious programmers I suggest an upgrade to the professional version because the of the features designed for coders. Emeditor has built in syntax highlighting for PHP, C, Java and other popular scripts and programming languages, […]