- EymBarcodeReader.ocx Decode Bar Code — Barcodes (the approach to encoding data in black-and-white bars) are widely used since their invention in the middle of the XXth century. They have proven themselves to be a universal and reliable mean in cases when a small amount of uniform significant data is to be associated with multiple things and then processed automatically. Though in last years the usage of barcodes has gradually yielded to distant…
- Country Codes 2.7, Data at Fingertips — In today’s vague times of «common» unlimited broadband Internet connection (which is not so common, really) and «modern cool» web-services it is thought that one doesn’t have to store on one’s computer information one can find on web. People with such thoughts typically don’t take into account the amount of time they waste when to find a byte of frequently-used data…
- SpeedBit Video Accelerator 2.1, Speed-Up The Progress — Many huge technological changes are loud, but the real Progress, when those changes are accepted by the society, is quiet. Video streaming technologies, allowing (theoretically) to watch video online, are old enough. But when have they become the mainstream? When have millions of Internet users become video-viewers? Seems, it was not long time ago, and even this change is still in progress. The main requirement for video to become a real online media…
- Web Form Anti-Spam 1.00, Don't Let 'em Any Chance! — Spam and other automated and unwanted messages are a pain. The most painful aspect of the problem is that there is no 100% reliable method to fight the spam completely. But the progress is moving on, and today there are some hope-giving approaches; one of them is «do not let spammers know your contacts». But, if spammers can’t know them, how can others contact you? The trick is: professional spammers…
- Image Sizer 1.04, Change Your Pictures! — Since computers became personal and obtained ability to process images there is a huge bunch of image-related software written and solved. One may think you can easily find the best software for any image processing task. But it is not the plain truth. There is a common lack of one type of image processing software: something which does the most frequent tasks in the most easy and effective way. The typical needs for images…
- HtmlCapture ActiveX Control, Web Snapshot In A Few Lines Of Code — Taking shots (images) of web-pages is an often and highly usable programming task. There are scores of possible usages, from large web-archiving suits to small one-time testing scripts; but the general purpose snapshot tools (either PrintScreen or specialized software) aren’t very good for the task. If you want one powerful yet compact solution for the problem which can be used virtually with any programming language, take a look…
- Remote Files Server - an affordable alternative to expensive and cumbersome file sharing systems — As your corporate or community network grows in size, you may eventually bring some order to it and get rid of hundreds of randomly named folders clogged with thousands of file with equally indecipherable names. This would be a relatively easy task for an experienced network administrator using a server operation system. But what if you are not that advanced and just need to configure proper access to shared files for…
- Easy Web Page Watcher – a simple way to be a Mr.Know-It-All! — If you have been an Internet user for more than a day, you know how quickly things are changing on the Web. Checking for updates on dozens of sites where the necessary information may eventually be posted is a hard job that may require a good deal of time and efforts. Luckily, there is an alternative route that will help you concentrate on your work and will keep you posted about updates of the pages you are specifically…
- Server Control Tower. PA Server Monitor — “How’s my server doing?” “What’s going on with it now?” “Hope, I haven’t missed anything important.” — These are the most typical things server administrators are concerned with. In order to not miss anything important, some of them never leave their seats. (Or, if there are many servers, they run around them to make sure everything is o’kay.) Others pick the…
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