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LastPass Is Pretty Cool

Helphand — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:26:03 +0000

I’ve been using LastPass for months now and have to say that I really like this product. Keeping track of a gazillion passwords across multiple browsers and multiple PC’s was impossible before LastPass. Now it’s a breeze, my laptop, home PC and work PC are all synchronized automatically and the underlying storage of the data is fully encrypted.

You’ll note from the menus displayed to the left that there are lots of options, making this a fairly rich tool.

I highly recommend LastPass.

Easy Way to Convert a PDF to a Word Doc

Helphand — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:52:32 +0000

Here’s one of those free services that can come in handy when you need to convert a PDF file to a Word Doc and don’t have any tools around to do so.

PDF To Word is just the solution. Online, available anywhere you can get to a web browser, free, and simple to use. Just upload the PDF file, fill in your email address, and five minutes later you will receive the converted file in your mailbox.

I’ve found reasons to use this handy tool several times and have been happy with the results each time. It also supports RTF output for those with word processors other than Word.

File Shredder

Helphand — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:50:06 +0000

File Shredder is a handy and free utility you can use to both wipe the free portions of your drive and permanently wipe individual files. Comes in real handy when you are cleaning up a computer to give to someone else (gets rid of any personally identifying information or sensitive things like passwords and logins).

Check Out Xmarks

Helphand — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:33:49 +0000

Cool browser add-in that comes in really really handy, particularly in keeping bookmarks sync’d between multiple computers, like your desktop and laptop.

Xmarks is free and works with IE, Safari, and Firefox. No reason not to give it a try, you’ll like it.

Favorite Palm Software

Helphand — Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:43:26 +0000

Favorite Palm Freeware

Handyshopper is one of our
favorite applications. It’s by Christopher Antos and we consider it a must have tool for your Palm.

Showtimes is an awesome piece of software that uses
Yahoo’s movie listings to update your Palm with a complete list of local movies,
theaters and show times.

BigClock helps keep track of timezones
and alarms for us.

Tipsy helps calculate those
pesky tips at restaurants.

Spade Lovers Spades this little
app has consumed hours and hours of our time. Both Alice and I love
it!

Must Have Palm Utilities

BackupBuddy should be a required
purchase for every Palm owner. It’s worth every penny and more!

dbScan
by Pimlico makers of Datebk3 checks your datebook for data integrity
and cleans up duplicate shortcuts that can be caused by a bug in the
PalmOS.

Z’Catalog gives
you access to the file system on your Palm.

Software We Liked so Much we Registered It

FlashPro get almost 1 meg
additional memory from your Palm III

Action Names was our
final choice for a better view of our calendar and todo’s. We
must admit though, Datebk3 was our second choice and the decision
was very very difficult. You should try both and decide for yourself.

SmartDoc was our final choice
on Doc readers. Cspotrun, which is freeware, would have won but we
really wanted the ability to edit the docs on the Palm.

HanDBase serves all of our
database needs. Very well done and easy to use.

Pilot MiniCalc ended up
being our choice for a spreadsheet program. It works well with Excel
and meets our modest needs.