Download Center The Microsoft Download Center has recently been revised to better serve you as a one-stop shop for products available for purchase, in addition to products and downloads available for free. For your convenience, items available for purchase are linked directly to Microsoft Store. Items available as free downloads are linked to details pages, where you can learn more about them and initiate downloads. If you would like Microsoft to scan your computer and recommend updates, please see the preceding question. If you would like to search for specific downloads, start by using one of these methods. On the Search results page, you may see the following: An Editor's choice listing of products and downloads, which are recommendations based on the search term.A Sort by box on the right side of the page. When you see the item you’re interested in, click the item link to find out more about downloading or purchasing it.
List of social software Social bookmarking websites allow Internet users to organize and store bookmarks to online resources. The sites provide folksonomy-based tagging, sharing features, web feeds, and bookmarklets to easily add entries.[1] Users can access their bookmarks from any computer.[1] Defunct sites[edit] Furl: web page clipping and archiving service, founded in 2003 and acquired by Diggo in 2009.[4]Amplify: web clipping service, bought by Clipboard in 2012.[5] The current website, Amplify.com, runs an education service launched in 2012 by News Corp, which has no relation to the prior bookmark service.Clipmarks: a Delicious-like social bookmarking service, bought by Clipboard in 2012.[5]Faves: as of January 2012, the service is no longer active. [1]Connotea: discontinued service on March 12, 2013. [2]My Web: as of November 2005 - redeveloped social bookmarking website. [3]Simpy (formerly de.lirio.us)Gnolia (formerly Ma.gnolia) See also[edit] Notes and references[edit]
HTML TOOLBOX: 30+ HTML Tools and Tutorials With PHP, CSS, Ruby On Rails and so on, it's easy to forget that HTML is where it all began. Even with its age, HTML is still essential for every wanna-be web developer, so we've gathered 30+ resources for you to learn, code, validate and more. Character Guides Character Reference - Lists 252 usable characters in HTML and shows you their coding via mouse rollover. HTMLPlayground.com - Click on a tag, get an explanation of what it does, how to write the code and how it would appear on a page. Special Characters - A chart for just about every character in HTML and the codes to use them, along with a description of each. W3Schools.com - Offers lots of tutorials, but this page specifically gives you a basic description of the majority of the tags. Webmonkey.com - A great site for general HTML tips, but this page specifically teaches you the special characters such as ♥. Tools Alleycode.com - An HTML editor with a built-in tutorial for beginners, and some features for advanced users. Tutorials
Khan Academy DNStunnel.de - free DNS tunneling service Your Ideal PC - PCWorld It's easy to forget just how good we PC and technology fans have it. Sure, the cryptic acronyms, evolving standards, and boneheaded salespeople can be annoying, but if you think they're bad, try shopping for furniture some time. This sofa's almost perfect, but the color doesn't match your dcor. This other one's the right color, but the style's all wrong. With PCs you can get what you want at any time by upgrading your current PC or by building one from scratch. Choosing the right components is critical to ensuring that you end up with the perfect PC. Build It Yourself If you'd like to assemble your own, our step-by-step guide shows you how to put everything together. A few rules of thumb can help you decide whether it would be more cost-effective to upgrade your existing PC or to acquire a new one by buying it ready-made or by building it from individual components. One drawback of building a PC is that you won't get an overall warranty.
20+ Button & Badge Makers We can't all be great writers, perfect webmasters and fantastic designers. Luckily, this last part can be covered up with automated tools that help you do nice looking graphics with little or no Photoshop knowledge. We've gathered 20+ sites to help you generate buttons and badges. Don’t forget to check out our post where you can suggest future toolbox topics! AdamKalsey.com - Just a quick and easy generator of 80 X 15 buttons for your site. Blogflux.com - A well known blog directory that also offers an 80 X 15/88 X 13 button maker. Buttonator.com - Gives you a number of free button choices; paying members can select from more styles. ButtonBoost.com - Either edit pre-existing button templates, or use their generator with numerous choices. ButtonBrowser.com - ButtonGenerator.com - Generate buttons with different shapes, sizes, colors and more. Cool Archive - Quickly generate pill-shaped buttons using several variables. DynamicDrive.com - Creates buttons in 80 X 15 and 88 X 31 dimensions.
InfoDome (DB) HOWTO bypass Internet Censorship, a tutorial on getting around filters and blocked ports How Blu-ray Discs Work" In 1997, a new technology emerged that brought digital sound and video into homes all over the world. It was called DVD, and it revolutionized the movie industry. The industry is set for yet another revolution with the introduction of Blu-ray Discs (BD) in 2006. With their high storage capacity, Blu-ray discs can hold and play back large quantities of high-definition video and audio, as well as photos, data and other digital content. In this article, HowStuffWorks explains how the Blu-ray disc works and how it was developed, and we'll see how it stacks up against some other new digital video formats on the horizon. A current, single-sided, standard DVD can hold 4.7 GB (gigabytes) of information. Blu-ray is the next-generation digital video disc. Source: White Paper: Blu-ray Disc Format We'll learn more about the differences between Blu-ray discs and DVDs in the next section.
The future of Web Services isn’t the Library website The last three weeks I’ve been thinking a great deal about the role of my department in fulfilling the Libraries mission and where the department needs to go in the next 3 years. Part of getting where we want to go has been this whole site redesign process. But not in the way most of the library thinks. Most of the library sees the redesign process as about “fixing” the current website so that it is more usable, up-to-date, and attractive. For me this isn’t really what the redesign is about. In my mind, the redesign is about defining the types of content the library has to offer its users and getting that content into pieces that can be reused and repurposed elsewhere. Why is this more important to me than the end product of the new site the public sees? We couldn’t possibly begin to do this with our old site because of its static architecture. In the meantime, I’m dealing with fall out from the new site because it doesn’t look exactly the same to everyone.
Notepad++ Plugins What is a portable app? | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives portable - carried or moved with easeapp - a computer program like a web browser or word processor Portable App Definition (permalink) A portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer. When your USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable device is plugged in or your cloud drive is synced, you have access to your software and personal data just as you would on your own PC. And when you unplug the device, none of your personal data is left behind. No Special Hardware - Use any USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod/MP3 player, etc No Additional Software - Just download, run the portable installer and go No Kidding - It's that easy Portable App Guidelines (permalink) Consider the Possibilities... Why PortableApps.com Format and a PortableApps.com Installer?
A brief history of Findory Findory was a personalized news site. The site launched in January 2004 and shut down November 2007. A reader first coming to Findory would see a normal front page of news, the popular and important news stories of the day. Below is a screenshot of an example personalized Findory home page. [Clicking on the screenshot will bring up a full-sized version] Findory's personalization used a type of hybrid collaborative filtering algorithm that recommended articles based on a combination of similarity of content and articles that tended to interested other Findory users with similar tastes. One way to think of this is that, when a person found and read an interesting article on Findory, that article would be shared with any other Findory readers who likely would be interested. Findory's primary product was in news, but the broader goal of Findory was to personalize information. Video, podcast, and feed recommendations worked much like the news recommendations.