April 15, 2010

Freeware / Freewares 15 Apr 2010

Calibre

Calibre can catalog e-books; convert e-books; view e-books; edit the metadata of e-books; download news articles from hundreds of websites or "custom sources" (i.e. feeds from websites that you must input manually) and convert them to e-books; and "talk" to various e-book readers to easily import/export e-books from/to the devices. You can use it to send a document to Kindle and many other ebook devices, like Sony PRS 300/500/505/600/700/900, Barnes & Noble Nook, Cybook Gen 3/Opus. The input formats supported by Calibre include CBZ, CBR, CBC, CHM, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, TCR, TXT. And the output formats provided by Calibre include EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, PDB, PML, RB, PDF, TCR, TXT.

One thing Calibre won't do, however, is read DRM protected e-books. And, though Calibre does not explicitly support the iPad (yet), but it does support the ePub format, the e-book format of iPad. Calibre is cross platform, works on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

Calibre v0.6.47 [09 Apr, 2010] can be downloaded at http://calibre-ebook.com/download

Do note its whopping size, its Windows version is around 28 MB.

StatPlanet

StatPlanet is an interactive data visualization and mapping tool used by a range of international organizations and universities. This browser-based interactive data visualization and mapping tool is used by international organizations such as UNESCO and SACMEQ, NGOs, Fortune 500 companies, government departments, schools and universities for a wide variety of purposes.For example: it can be used to easily and rapidly create interactive thematic maps, interactive graphs, and feature-rich interactive infographics. To create interactive maps, graphs, and charts users have access to uptodate data on a plethora of development indicators/statistics on demography, economy, education, environment & energy, gender and health, for most countries in the world.

StatPlanet Map Maker v2.2 can be dowloaded at http://www.sacmeq.org/statplanet/download.html

Demo at http://www.sacmeq.org/statplanet/mapmaker/StatPlanet.html

FAQ at http://www.sacmeq.org/statplanet/faq.htm

Examples at http://www.sacmeq.org/statplanet/examples.htm

Do It Again

Do It Again can be configured to make your computer automatically perform a task for you, whenever you want, the way you want.You will find this utility useful if you do something on your computer exactly the same way every time, like backing up your pictures, checking web-based email for new messages, etc. Do It Again can perform the task the way you would do yourself otherwsie - will automatically click the buttons and press the keyboard keys in exactly the same way as when you created the task, while you sit back and watch the task being performed. Do It Again is also known as macro or automation software, as it lets you record a macro, then play it back to automate the actions of that macro.

Do It Again can be downloaded at http://www.spacetornado.com/DoItAgain/SetupDoItAgain.msi

Yes, there are other programs to automate the time consuming and repetitive tasks, DoItAgain scores over them by being a free & small application, and effects no strain on the system resources.

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I do not have an anitvirus installed in my computer.
Please suggest where I can download a good antivirus
and install it in the system.

You could try Avira (free version) which can be downloaded at http://www.free-av.com/.

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--George Eliot

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