15 Abr 07 Workspace Macro 4.6, automate and schedule computer tasks

If you love to automate and schedule any task on your computer to make your life just easier you have here a nice tool to create macros in any Windows application using a simple, intuitive process. You will not need any programming experience but just to record & replay. The tool we talk about is Workspace Macro 4.6, which features unique Smart Macro Technology that gives intelligence to your macros. It senses & automatically adjusts to changes between record and re-play conditions providing users with accurate, reliable & trouble-free macros.

Workspace Macro includes advanced features like password protection, enhanced macro management, many repeat options, accurate high-speed macro replay, IE plug-in, customizable UI, task scheduler and much more. You can also use it to login to websites, automate and schedule routine business processes like checking inventory, importing data into Excel or generating reports. Or use it to perform system maintenance functions, to test applications and web pages, to automate data entry at high-speeds, etc. All with just a single click!

 

13 Abr 07 Selkie Rescue, ready to deal with Vista crashes

The slogan could not be more catchy :-).The well known software Selkie Rescue Data Recovery, a fast and simple tool to recover data, has been tested against Microsoft’s newly released VISTA Operating System, and is fully able to recover date from any crashes of this new O/S, which we believe there will be many in the coming months ;-). Selkie Rescue – formerly known as Lifeboat Data Rescue – came through the latest data recovery tests with a five star report, so it is likely to be the good product their developers claim it is :-). 

The software uses a proprietary secure network file transfer method; rescued, recovered data and files can be safely transferred intact to any appropriate location on an accessible connected network and operates from its own boot CD, circumventing any possibility of corruption by virus, spyware, Trojans and other malware; because the Selkie Data Rescue boot CD is locked, there is no possibility it can be written to or corrupted by any malware

For those among you who wanna try it, a free trial version can be downloaded from Tugboat Enterprises’ website here

10 Abr 07 Eyeris Open Intelligence, analysing huge data

If you have great ideas and a lot of data to analyse in order to complete them, tools like Access and Excel may be just not powerful enough to help you. To solve this, the people at Eyearis, have actually developed a nice solution for you :-).

Their product is called Eyeris Open Intelligence, and it is desktop data analysis software that requires no coding and turns a PC desktop in to a do-it-yourself business intelligence platform. This software allows anyone to analyze any kind of big data that more normal-user applications can not cope with. It allows non-coders to create integrated reporting information from operational data, turning actually your PC into a DIY Business Intelligence platform.

Some of the options included are scaling, to handle jobs of any size, provide an analyst-friendly graphical designer atop a powerful automated execution system, or help to manage metadata issues, like hierarchies and layouts. It also can cleanse/transform/integrate data, as reporting is pretty easy when raw, grainy operational data from multiple sources can be transformed into a single, tidy data set.

In fact, it simplifies your life when trying to complete huge data analysis for new projects or proposals and can be a good support for many companies and enterprises. Check their site for more info and let us know if you try it out.

09 Abr 07 Brainstorm Lite, new brainstorming software

Brainstorm Lite is an application that comes as a part of ConceptDraw Lab project. If you are used to have brainstorming sessions as part of your daily business tasks, this new software may change the way you brainstorm with tools - Brainstorm Lite is a very restrictive brainstorming application that forces users to follow some core brainstorming rules thus achieving better results from the session spending less time.

It works by tracking brainstorming time and prohibiting the user from entering new ideas after the time is up. This is used to inspire creativity because everyone knows how much time is left to generate new ideas and that there remains no extra time. The tool prevents also deleting or even editing any ideas while session is ongoing. This allows even the random ideas pass to analysis stage at which they often appear to be the best. Once the session is finished, the application transforms into simple text editor, meant for spellchecking or simple editing.

Another useful tool to make companies develop ideas, which at the end, can result in new or improved products and services.

05 Abr 07 dhtmlxGrid, new JavaScript Grid Control

I have recently discovered that Scand , a Belarus based company, launched a couple of months ago the version 1.2 of its JavaScript grid control dhtmlxGrid aiming to create feature rich DHTML Tables with Real-Time Performance. Enriched by new powerful features, this version allows easy creation of dynamical tables with draggable columns, multiline headers/footers, per-cell formatting, etc.

The software is AJAX-powered and in the new version it introduces a number of features which extend existing user experience capabilities and provides developers with more control over the grid which is something developers were demanding.

Version 1.2 allows easy reordering of grid columns either through an API script or using drag-n-drop functionality. Besides that, now columns can be inserted/removed with JavaScript on the fly. Also, there is the ability to place complex HTML objects (controls) inside header/footer cells (e.g for filtering functionality or sum total).

dhtmlxGrid 1.2 is available in two editions: Standard and Professional. If you want to try it for free, the Standard edition is licensed under GNU General Public License (GPL) and can be downloaded from dhtmlxGrid Homepage . Enjoy!

 

07 Mar 07 Download Accelerator Plus

If you are suffering from a low-speed internet connection and can’t even think of downloading that photo of 200kbytes from your dog, well, that’s indeed annoying :-). If you have a normal internet connection and still getting problems to download the latest movie from your favorite actor ( yep, be careful with that :-)), that’s also annoying. Isn’t there anything that can optimize and maximize the speed of my downloads whatever my internet bandwidht is?

Yes, there is something, at least is the best tool I have discovered so far and it is called Download Accelerator Plus. The name says it all. It is free, you download it and install it, give it the rights to be used as a download manager and voila! According to their publicity you get up to 400% faster downloads, I have no means to measure that, but it has improve indeed the average time that my internet connection is busy getting things from the net

18 Feb 07 List of Spyware programs

The website Spyware Warrior has compiled a very interesting and useful list of Spyware programs that you better keep out of installing in your computer.

Spyware detectors in the market can be counted for hundreds, but many of them are just more dangerous that the programs they claim they can eliminate.

Many of them just show non-stop messages to the user , sometimes just to scare them off to make them buy the product, or are not powerful enough to detect real spysoft in our systems.

Good to have a look and keep in mind those who seem to be working and useful, for the rest of programs in the list, just check in your control panel if you have, by chance, any of those installed there :-).