Is your PC running slow

You download, create, delete, and move around countless files and endless piles of data on your PC every day. While your PC would ideally handle all of this data for you, it doesn't take long before you end up with a disorganized, cluttered computer. Here are two highly recommended Windows maintenance tools that will help reorganise and speed up your PC for FREE.

CCleaner: 

Any application called CCleaner where the first 'C' stands for Crap has to be good, right? Okay, maybe not, but this one is, thoroughly cleaning out your web browser, Recycle Bin and temporary files, registry, unnecessary third-party application trash, and oh so much more. Running CCleaner on your system promises to free up space, keep your computer running smoothly, and protect your privacy. It's also very fast, very easy to use and FREE.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

Auslogics Disk Defrag:

Auslogics Disk Defrag is a fast and effective disk defragmenter intended to replace the Windows default. It's quick and easy to use, and Auslogics DD provides a nicely formatted report of the latest defrag, including a motivating "Defragmentation has increased this computer performance by X%" message. And of course, did we mention its FREE.

http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag

Remote Assistance

GoToAssist has released a BETA version of their remote assistance software called GoToAssist Express. On test, the connection was stable and suffered no beta 'bugs' that have been reported, so first impressions were good. There is a text box for communication with your client on screen and plenty of tools for file transfer and solving client issues. When finished,  you can generate a report of all connections made over a chosen time period. You will need to sign up to use the service and download a small program to access the service at both ends. But this is a small price to pay for the results.

As this is a beta version, don't expect miracles or for it to be completely stable or free forever and don't forget to fill out the feedback form to help the developers.

Share Presentations online

You have probably heard of youtube for sharing videos online but what about sharing presenations?
A handy site called Slideshare allows users to create an account and upload presentations in just about any format. These can then be made available to everyone to view or just those you want to show them to. It is a good way of sharing presentations from events etc, without using space on your own site. A link can easily be created from your site direct through to the presentation, saving your bandwidth and storage.
http://www.slideshare.net

Face recognition in Google Picasa

Picasa Web Albums have introduced a nifty little tool to help organise your photos. Face recognition. Don't expect it to be 100% accurate but it does work pretty well, a little human fine tuning is needed. Its also another kick in the pixels for Microsoft who wanted to introduce it into their Windows Live Gallery but Google pipped them at the post once again.

The end of the internet is here..!!

Just a quicky. 

Have you ever thought of what the end of the internet looks like?

Well here it is!!!!

http://www.w3schools.com/html/lastpage.htm

PDF online

PDF has become an internet standard for documentation downloading. Its light in document size, cross platform compatable using clear simple viewing tools including zoom and search and its free (for the viewer). The only downside to all this is having to download the software from Adobe which can take an age on a slow connection and not much better on 'Big Pipe'. 

If you're stuck for time and/or resources and need a quick solution then a visit here is recommended.

http://view.samurajdata.se/

Whether its an online document or one to upload from your computer, this simple site using 'Open Source' software will convert it and display it in your browser. It is very basic, so expect 'no frills',  but for simple, easy to use navigation, it hits the spot and for ease of use and quick PDF document viewing its a winner.

What ICT services do you want?

Hi - to help us provide the right sort of services in future (our current funding runs out in Dec) please can you fill in this survey.

http://www.pavs.org.uk/support/ict/ICTSurvey2008.htm

Thanks
CVC Project Manager

Adding little surveys..

While browsing the snapsurveys website I came across their new free utility that allows you to create a small poll to pop onto your website or blog...

I did one in a few minutes .... so have a go!

NB You need to be able to copy some code into your webpage but that is the only hard bit.

Poll from Snap Surveys ...

Website of the Day

Have you ever wondered if that website is really down or if it's just you? Well now you can find out:

http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/