Thursday, November 27, 2008

Frengly : Translate Text Online



 
 

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via MakeUseOf.com by asssa3000 on 11/26/08

Dead-simple online translation website that lets you quickly translate text into and from 24 languages. To translate, enter your text into provided field and then click language button of your interest. The Frengly will then simultaneously translate and give translation.

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Translate text to and from Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Danish, Finnish, English, French, Hindi, Greek, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, and Hebrew.

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Manage & Collaborate Your Projects With OfficeZilla



 
 

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via MakeUseOf.com by Damien Oh on 11/26/08

officezilla-logoFor those of you who are looking for a centralized place to manage your projects or to facilitate collaboration with your co-partners, then OfficeZilla could be what you are looking for.

OfficeZilla is a free project management and collaboration site. It comes with a comprehensive suite of tools and resources that allow you to manage your projects and tasks more efficiently. It is ideal for personal projects or group projects that involve several co-partners. There is no limit to the number of users that you can add, so even if your project involves hundreds or thousands of people, OfficeZilla will still be able to support it.

When you first create an account on the OfficeZilla sign up page, you are automatically assigned the administrator role for your account. Once you are logged in, you can start to invite your colleagues/co-partners into your group (via a custom sign up form) so that they can have access and update to the project resources.

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Within OfficeZilla, there is a comprehensive suite of tools and resources that are available for your use. You can find features such as a calendar, chat rooms, contacts, content library, a directory, POP3 email account, files, forums, knowledge base, private messages, project manager, resources, to do List and many more.

Some of the features that I find it useful include the content library, knowledge base, project manager and resources. The content library is where you upload your content such as articles, presentation slides, multimedia files etc and share them with your co-partner.

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The knowledge base allows you to create a database of the commonly asked questions and answers, or the history and progress of the current project so that any new co-partners that have just joined the group can learn about the progress and then start work immediately.

The project manager is where you can create and assign tasks for the project. This will give you a good overview of the progress of the project and see who is doing the job and who is not.

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When you come across a useful site/article on the Web, you can also make it available by updating the Resources page.

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Under the 'My Account' page, there is a section that allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds for the various components in OfficeZilla. You subscribe to the feed that you want to keep a tab on so you won't be left out of any update by your co-partner.

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Conclusion

OfficeZilla comes with a comprehensive suite of office tools and resources that allows you to manage your work/project efficiently. With a price of free and the ability to add unlimited number of users, there is really nothing to complain about.

One thing that I feel is lacking is the availability of an office suite (word processing, spreadsheet, etc). If they ever include an office suite inside OfficeZilla, it will surely give them an edge over Google Docs or Zoho Office.

What do you think?    Do you use OfficeZilla yourself?   What has been your experience with it?

(By) Damien Oh is an all-out technology geek who loves to tweak and hack various operating systems to make life easier. Check out his blog at MakeTechEasier.com where he shares all the tips, tricks and tutorials.

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Watch Any Site for Certain Stories with Notify.Me



 
 

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via MakeUseOf.com by Sharninder on 11/26/08

notifylogoNotify.Me is a service that informs you of updates to your favorite websites using a variety of different methods. You can even get updates from your Facebook, LinkedIn or Evite account and have them delivered to you over SMS or plain ol' email.

But the best feature of Notify.Me is being updated about specific keyword articles - more on that later though.

To get started with Notify.Me, head on over to the website and click on 'Register'. Give them a username, password and an arm and a leg … oh sorry, your email address. That should do it. You'll get an email from Notify.Me with an embedded link. Click on the link to verify your email address and you're good to go.

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Once you're logged in, you'll have to set up your Notify.Me account. From here on, the process involves following a simple wizard and giving the website some information.

The first screen asks you for your mobile number so that Notify.Me can send you notifications over SMS. I don't know if you'd like to be SMS'ed every time Techcrunch posts a new article but for news and similar stuff, I can definitely see the use.

Did I tell you that you can also configure Notify.Me to send you updates over IM ? The next step in the account setup wizard shows you how to do exactly that. They have instructions for working with Pidgin, Google Talk, Adium and Jabber, so they've got pretty much all operating systems covered, although personally I'd love to see MSN and Yahoo messenger also on that list.

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The next screen asks will let you enter all the feeds that you'd like notify.me to keep a track of.

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The best part is that you can even filter the kind of notifications that you want to be, well, notified about.

For example, suppose you only want to hear about Gmail related articles on MakeUseOf. Just head over here to MakeUseOf. In the search box, type Gmail and press enter. Now, copy the URL from the address bar and paste it in the Notify.Me text box marked 'Feed'. That's it.

Now, every time there is an article mentioning Gmail on Make Use Of, you'll get a notification. You can even filter the source further by specifying keywords in the filter text box. Click on the IM, SMS or email icon to set the method by which you want to get your fix … err, feed.

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This can also obviously be done for any other blogs too where you would like to only be notified about articles on particular subjects.   Just go to that site, enter the subject into the blog's search engine and copy the URL into Notify.Me's text box.

So, you're all set now? What if one day you're surfing your blues away and come across a really interesting site and would like to see that added to your notify list?  Well, Notify.Me has you covered there too. With the bookmarklets that they provide, you can add new sources to your account as fast as you can click the bookmark button.

I can definitely see myself using this service to keep myself abreast of the latest news and blog posts. Are there any other similar services that you guys use ? I'd love to hear about them.

(By) Sharninder is a programmer, blogger and a geek making a living writing software to change the world. He is also passionate about open source and loves to ride around the country on his Royal Enfield motorcycle. Read all about his exploits at his weblog - NomadicRider.

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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

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Resize Images Easily & Quickly With Fotosizer & EasyThumbs



 
 

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via MakeUseOf.com by Karl L. Gechlik on 11/26/08

I was helping a buddy of mine create his artist portfolio on the inter-webs. His digital pictures of his work were very large and would all need to be resized to thumbnails and medium sized images.  So today's article is going to be a two for one. For this article we are working with Windows Only tools. Two great free tools to help us get the job done quickly and efficiently. Ready?

Our artist thought he was going to have to do all the sizing and resizing manually because they needed to be various different sizes, depending on their dimensions.

He was used to using that little check box in PhotoShop that says "Constrain Proportions".

This magic box allows you to approximately resize an image allowing it to retain its original shape.

My artist friend was under the impression that Photoshop had some uber magic that does this and it couldn't be done any other way. Instead of going into Photoshop Actions, I downloaded for him a tiny itty bitty application called FotoSizer. I am going to show you how we can quickly resize a whole bunch of images for the web.

But first I downloaded a second FREE application to create our thumbnails. (Yes all of this can be done in Photoshop but with A LOT more work - and these apps are FREE. Did I mention that they are free??)

I grabbed Easy Thumbs from here and fired her up:

I pointed it at my source folder and quickly checked my settings:

I hit the "Make All" button at the bottom and my thumbnails went into production. What an awesome feeling; like you have thousands of little people inside your computer churning out your images!

Now I opened up FotoSizer and pointed it at the correct folder containing my original HUGE images. The original images were in the area 2600×2200 but there were images in that folder that were already sized, I didn't want these images touched.

I decided I wanted the re-sized images to be close to 1024×768, maintaining aspect ratio (constrain proportions), and the option to not enlarge if smaller.

I chose my output folder and left the file name mask untouched. I hit the Start button and away we go!

In under 10 minutes I had all my images sized properly for the site. And now I could properly spend my time helping him design his site and get it online.

Not only did I get the job done quickly, I showed him two awesome free applications and now he can create the images for his site on his own!

Now all I need to do is show him how to use DreamWeaver…

Wish me luck! Do you have a favorite tool that does both of these jobs quickly? Let us know in the comments!

(By) Karl L. Gechlik is a superhero of the IT industry who wears many hats and changes in telephone booths. Karl mostly uses his powers for good and the occasional hysterical prank. Get your geek on & follow his geeky antics at the NEW AskTheAdmin.com today. Show your support and check us out today! Where all your technology questions are answered for free!

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