Today I came across a situation where I needed to convert a doc file to pdf because Microsoft Office wasn’t installed on the computer I was workind on and wordpad wouldn’t open the file either. I quickly asked a friend and he referred me to an online doc to pdf converter at DOC2PDF. I used the site to convert approximately 20 DOC/DOCX files to PDF format. » Read more: Convert Word DOC and DOCX to PDF Online
One of the things lacking in Windows 7 is a buggy Internet Explorer 8. Windows 7 contains Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 which has seemed very buggy to anyone who has used it for a lengthy period of time. I myself have used it and I can tell you that surfing the web is not fun with it. Not to worry though, Microsoft just recently announced the release of Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 which should improve upon the stability and reliability of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2. » Read more: Download Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1
Kaspersky Antivirus recently announced the release of Kaspersky Antivirus 8.0.0.1015 which will be available for Windows 7. This release is only meant as a technical preview but it will be able to provide sufficient protection against malicious viruses once Windows 7 Public Beta is released. As stated in the Kaspersky Press-Release, the technical preview is a complex solution for securing computers running under Windows 7. The prototype includes not only an antivirus component but an effective and fully functional firewall and anti-spam filter.
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You must have played NES or SEGA games on your pc at one time another. I remember when i used to spend many hours on my pc playing Nintendo 64 games or Gameboy Advance games. And now it is possible to play games for PS2 on pc using emulator called PCSX2. There is a limitation though as Playstation 2 has much better graphics compared to gameboy advance or NES, so your computer needs to be powerful to play games at proper speed with good graphics. Here is a rough indication of the recommended specifications:
Google recently announced the releasing of the beta version of their browser called Google Chrome. Google Chrome is an open-source web browser based on Apple’s Webkit Engine. It has only been released for windows so far but google intends to release the mac and linux versions soon as well. I have personally not used chrome so far, but I intend to try it out for a couple of days to see how it is. This is the very first public beta release so there are bound to be bugs and security holes. Google has however made quite an effort to enhance the security of the browser. You can read more about Google Chromes features and security protection here and here. » Read more: Download Google Chrome Browser