software-rec deals with all questions referring to recommendations for software or applications for particular purposes that will run on the local computer. How to write a good software-rec question? Software recommendations should be specific. "What is the best …" is usually not a good starting ...
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Are there any programs like Deskpins for Windows 7?
I'm looking for a program that lets me keep a specific window of top of all other windows. I use to use this when I had XP: http://download.cnet.com/DeskPins/3000-2072_4-52361.html but it doesn't work ...
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Simplifying Tightly Packing Multiple Images
I’m trying to place several images in a blog entry and am finding it a challenge to determine the correct order and CSS alignments to pack them tightly so that there is minimal space. I tried simply ...
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Looking for change management software
I'm looking for a change management solution for our IT department. If you Google for change management software, you will get everything about source control (programming). Nice, but not looking for ...
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sharing resources across a small team
I'm looking for a free tool (ideally open source and web based) that allows sharing of resources across a small team (approx. 10 members) across different locations.
I'd like to be able to share ...
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A portable utility to access SMBus data?
Is there a free utility that could display System Management Bus data (such as cpu temperature) and does not require install?
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How to extract clear voice from a noisy audio file?
I have some noisy audio files, which are voice recordings or lectures. There is no music, but the recordings are noisy.
Sometimes, the voice is not clear. Is there any software that can extract the ...
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Reading Ruler for Mac OS X
I'm looking for a reading ruler for Mac OS X.
To be precise: I don't want to measure something. I have to read long texts, which can be very exhausting. A line or marker which is easy to move would ...
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Software which takes inventory of a system [closed]
I want to take inventory of my office systems. Right now I am using belarc advisor but it takes inventory of network connections also but I want inventory of system except network. Is their any tool ...
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OS X alternatives to iTunes for playing FLAC
I am new to OS X and their player iTunes doesn't seem to like FLAC (they support only ALAC). I am looking for a player to play FLACs.
I know VLC does the job, but is there any player that can:
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A program to remove audio segments from a movie
I have a video file, and want to remove the audio from one segment of the movie.
Do you know a free software, preferably for Windows, that can do that?
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Compute Sunlight or Shade
I have a 3D building (Google SketchUp, displayed in Google Earth (or Maps)).
Google earth has a feature to "show sunlight across a landscape". How do I show the building's shadow throughout the day? ...
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Any free alternatives to missing sync on OS X (for Palm OS HotSync)?
I have a device (Alphasmart Dana) that requires Palm OS HotSync manager, but it's no longer supported by 10.6.
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How to get a simple Javascript console and output [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to run JavaScript in Textmate?
I'm learning javascript at Codecademy
They have a website with a js console and an editor.
But I can't find anything that ...
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Google Earth Sun Path [closed]
I'm looking for a plugin or addon to Google Earth that would allow me to view the path the sun takes as it rises and sets. This would vary based on location, and season, so finding a simple chart ...
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Are there software enabling translation when seeing a video?
I have videos , flv format, the language spoken is american-english and I don't understand most of what is said. So I need that there is a translation below the screen when I see the video. So are ...
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Is there any Spotify CLI client that works on OS X?
I dislike the Spotify client for OS X. I'm looking for a CLI client. Any recommendation?
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Windows network share on linux server without samba
I want to mount shared folders from my linux server on the network to appear like normal drives in Windows.
The server has a private network on one side and a public network (which happens to give me ...
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How to share and play music in my office
I would like to use my old MacBook (hooked to a stereo equipment) as a media server to allow everybody in my office to play or upload music, in a Jukebox style.
The best case would be a web interface ...
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Show slideshow with pictures and videos
I'm mostly a Linux guy but I don't think the software I'm looking for is available in Linux so I ask this presumable easy question for those of you that knows Windows.
The thing I want to do is to ...
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Does apache + nginx and sphinx provide benefits when deploying Magento
Can any provide a method where I can establish which of the following configurations would provide the best performance for a Magento based site:
apache + mod_php
apache + mod_php + nginx (as proxy ...
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Living outside the cloud [closed]
[EDIT - to simplify and focus the question]
I want to reduce dependencies on cloud solutions for email, feed reading, backup, file sharing, etc. What desktop apps (or locally-hosted web apps) can ...
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Software needed: overlap documents [closed]
Is there any way I can overlap 2 Documents (with different revisions, for example) and it shows their difference ??
To better explain, for example
Document1: ''Hello ! My name is John''
Document1 ...
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What software could help me manage my moving boxes?
I'm planning to move from an apartment into a house later this year. Given all the tricky steps involved in the move, I am thinking that perhaps some software could be helpful at various stages of the ...
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Add timer/stopwatch overlay to video - is there any free or cheap software?
I'd like to add stopwatch overlay with seconds counter to video file (in the middle, also insert some additional captions). What is the best free or cheap software for such task?
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Keeping track of my softball team's stats [closed]
My softball team is a rag-tag collection of physicists, and although we're not the most unskilled bunch of scientists, what we lack in brute strength we make up for in clear thinking and an obsession ...
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Alternative to the Windows Service Manager (services.msc) which supports filtering out signed Microsoft executables?
Is there a Service Manager for Windows which allows me to easily filter out all the Microsoft services with verified signatures?
I've looked at Turbo Services Manager but it doesn't have this ...
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In need of a movie library application
I'm looking for a (hopefully) open-source movie library/database application to be able to navigate my 2000+ movie collection (all in digital files, ripped from owned DVDs). My platform is Linux (so ...
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Which program to use for making infographics?
Question may be not really specific, but I really would like to know what programms there are to make different types of infographics easily. Photoshop sometimes looks like overkill and working with ...
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Can I do this scenario with liferay? [closed]
Looking for a portal engine to do the scenario below?
Looking at Liferay but failing to get the right answers elsewhere. Can someone help with advice (or other portal suggestion)
I have a set of ...
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Software to manage quotes, invoices, customer, communication [closed]
(I'm not sure whether this is the right place to ask this question, but I don't know a better one.)
I work in a very small software company. We sell our applications using resellers (which provide ...
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What program can I use to paste a new face over another person? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
What is a good and free image editor? (Alternative to Photoshop)
I'm trying to paste the picture of a face over another person's face with a free program (i.e. not ...
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Setting up an old windows computer [closed]
I just got an old desktop computer from a friend and I was wondering what could I do to make it work faster. These are the specifications:
Inter Pentium Dual Core
2GB RAM
150 GB HDD
DVD Drive ...
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Simple replacement for MS Paint?
Is there a simple, lightweight replacement for MS Paint that someone non-tech-savvy (e.g. a grandma) could use on an old laptop with Windows XP on it for basic photo manipulation?
I'm looking for ...
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Small app to automatically download podcasts
Is there a small utility/app that will download podcasts automatically for me? I don't want to run iTunes all the time, since it takes up a lot of memory and I have an old laptop.
I just tried Juice ...
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Does there exist a windows based program that will check how correctly you sing?
I need a program that will ask you to sing some song, and then check notes one by one and tell you where you got it wrong, so that I can finally learn to sing properly.
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Simple dropbox client for windows
I am looking for a client for dropbox that doesn't have so much windows integration.
Doesn't run in the background.
Portable executable.
Looks like an ftp client.
I would just use the web ...
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Windows software to redirect console output to the cursor
It's not uncommon for me to have to run a command line program that gives me a unique code (kind of like an RSA SecurID token, but entirely software), and then paste that code into a web page or ssh ...
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How can I find an replace multiple lines at once? [closed]
Suppose I have the following lines inside a file that I wish to replace. I don't want to remove each line individually.
<ul id="actionsid" class="action_id">
<li><a ...
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Alternative to SSH on Linux
What software can I use to provide the same features as SSH (openssh-server)? I have a busy server that I am losing all SSH connectivity once in a while. I can't find a solution to yet, we are ...
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Realtime Twitter streaming on Linux
Tweetdeck has the ability to show messages in real time. I have not been able to find this capability in any other client that I've tried. The latest versions of Tweetdeck don't run on Linux. Is there ...
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Application to maintain a list of contacts with reminders and notes
What I am looking for is a computer application, preferably one which would sync with Thunderbird (but not required), that will maintain a list of my contacts (email, address, phones, spouse's name, ...
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Which program can open a .DJVU file?
I received a folder with a bunch of PDF files and one DJVU file. The PDF's open in PDF Complete but the DJVU does not. How do I open this type of file?
Windows 7 64-bit.
IE 8.
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Advanced Voice Command (From A Distance)
I've just bought a new wireless headset and found out, to my surprise, the signal is perfect even from upstairs in my bedroom. I figure, it has several hours of battery life, why not utilize it for ...
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Camera+ or Instagram Effects on Mac [closed]
Any photo editing software for Mac that has effects similar to those on Camera+ or Instagram on iOS?
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An application to easily pick a color in Mac OS X and get the hex value
I'm looking for a way to easily pick a color from anywhere on the screen in Mac OS X and get the value as a hex code (like #ACC782 ).
OS X has a built in system "color picker" and I found a ...
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Alternative to Dropbox, Sugarsync, Spideroak, Wuala that only sync to my devices, and not “the cloud?”
Is there anything out there that can keep files in sync between computers without keeping a copy of the data on a remote host?
I love dropbox and Wuala but don't feel the need to sync my things ...
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Program for creating language syntax/grammar “railroad” diagrams?
I'm looking for the program that JSON, SQLite and other projects are using to create the diagrams used for their language syntax, if there is a particular program. All of the diagrams have a similar ...
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How to list and copy all images that a webpage uses automatically?
I have used the Photoshop slicing tool to create some HTML pages, but it has generated dozens of images, many of which are not used by the final pages. To delete all useless files, I need an utility ...
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I can not turn on the system configuration in Advanced option of Text Services and Input languages?
I cannot turn on the System Configuration in Advanced option of Text Services and Input languages.
When I turn off this option, and apply it, then I close it and get back. That System configuration ...
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Indexed image search with advanced image dimensions selection in Linux
I am looking for an indexed search utility for Linux that can query images by their dimensions (width and height).
I think nepomuk and tracker can do what I want, but I wasn't able to find any useful ...
