Archive for August, 2008

Help Desk Solutions HEAT

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

The software tool I use frequently is Heat Plus Knowledge, by Front Range.

The software helpdesk side of the tool is simply HEAT. The Plus Knowledge component is a user friendly search database to find answers to their own questions. Knowledge databases are searchable databases in which users can search for the resolution to own problems. […]

WordWeb Dictionary

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

The WordWeb Dictionary is the most widely used dictionary software on the PCs.

It not only brings the user the meaning of the entered word and its audio pronunciation but also it shows nearest words, synonyms, type of, and part of words associated with the word entered by the user. This handy application software termed as […]

Assistive Technology

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Until the computer revolution, equipment for people with disabilities was expensive and clunky.

Now, computers are bundled with some options for people who have visual, physical, hearing, and learning disabilities. Off-the-shelf personal computers can use visual signals, read text aloud, and adjust how the mouse works. Additionally, there is a group of people who are creating […]

Enjoy Your Wine

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Wine is not an Emulator! If you are remotely interested in Linux as an OS you probably have some things holding you back from switching.

Namely that piece of software that you love so much. Be it Microsoft Office or World of War Craft, every one it seems, has that one app they can’t live without. […]

Slackware Linux

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Slackware Linux is a packaged distribution of the Linux operating system, which is free and open source.

With Ubuntu getting all the headlines in open source world, you kind of have to see Slackware as the “anti-Ubuntu”. There is no package management system, the installer is text-only, and you’ll be doing lots of command-line work. It […]

PicLens Review

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Among the plethora of add-ons available for the Firefox browser, Piclens is one of the most impressive - mainly because it appears to offer much of the ‘wow’ of Vista or Leopard’s smooth graphical wizardry, but through a browser, and with none of the high RAM requirements of the operating systems. If you haven’t tried […]