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Free and opensource PDF editors and PDF readers

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 The popularity of the PDF format is continuously increasing. Even if it remains difficult to use on some devices (if the displays are small or the computing power is low), the PDF format offers unique facilities, such as the fact that the elements are not repagined and are preserved wherever and however they are accessed.  Likewise, PDF's ability to render pages as if they were printed, with text and image together (plus, in some versions, video and multimedia), makes it unmatched. At the same time, the possibility of being signed electronically and secured opens another direction of uses in which it has no competition. In addition, even if it works hard with links, it still has the ability to work with them.  Last but not least, it allows documents to be printed correctly (if the resolution allows it), which is a big deal. The increasing popularity of the format and its unique and unmatched capabilities have recently led to the emergence of a large number of commercial ...

Free download: Silverlight Microsoft Browser Plugin

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Direct Download Links  Install for Windows  Install for Macintosh For Windows Internet Explorer users: The browser will prompt you to either run or save the installation file (Silverlight.exe). Click Run to start the download. When the download is finished, the browser prompts you again to run the installer. Click Run to start the installation. Note that you must have sufficient administrative privileges to install Silverlight. For Mozilla Firefox users: Save Silverlight.exe to your hard disk. Once the download is finished, click Open. The installation starts. Install Silverlight If you are running the Windows Vista operating system, you will be prompted for security permissions. To continue, you need to approve. Click 'Install now' after reviewing the license agreement and privacy statement. If you have had a previous version of Silverlight installed, or are using Mozilla Firefox, you will need to restart your browser. You can now use Silverlight. Verify Verify your instal...

List: some of best translation software for Android

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 Tested and granted by Web Tech Plaza Blog Software Translation software has become more and more powerful in recent years, but the real jump in quality took place starting in 2023, when AI-based technologies became more widely used and deep-learning versions of translation engines were released. Still, most important translation software is represented by programs and applications launched before AI (and improved with AI). Google Translate: This is one of the most popular and reliable translation apps. It supports over 100 languages and can translate text, speech, and even images. Microsoft Translator: This app also supports a wide range of languages and offers features like offline translation, real-time conversation translation, and text-to-speech conversion. Video: using Microsoft Translator in Office iTranslate: This app offers voice-to-voice translation in over 100 languages. It also has a dictionary feature and can translate full websites. TripLingo: This is a great ap...

API and Tools for DeepL - one of the best translation software

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 DeepL Translator is a neural machine translation service that was launched in August 2017 and is owned by Cologne-based DeepL SE. DeepL offers a wide range of software products that integrate its services. The software can be used as a stand alone (installed on Windows devices), in-browser app, or API for third-party sites and applications. There is a free version and a paid version, accessible according to the needs of each user. The software include now AI improved functionalities. API: Glossaries Using our glossary feature on the API means you specify translations for specific words or phrases— allowing you to customize at scale . Users will always see the specified translations you set. Glossaries are perfect for standardizing brand-, industry-, or product-specific terminology.   Document translation The API translates more than just text—it also supports PDF, Word, PPT, HTML, and TXT documents. The translated documents  retain their original formattin...

Ashampoo Zip - Big sale

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  Ashampoo® ZIP Pro 4 is no mere ZIP application but a complete, feature-packed suite to compress, extract, send and encrypt your files! ZIP Pro 4 handles a total of 60 archive types. Creating and encrypting archives takes just seconds, thanks to full multi-core support and 256-bit encryption keeps your archives safe. The built-in file explorer supports a classic split-pane view as well as cloud and FTP support—on top of all major ZIP functions, naturally! Version 4 is fully Windows 11 compatible and accessible directly in Windows Explorer thanks to native shell integration. More than 60 formats supported Fully Windows 11 compatible Possibly the world's fastest ZIP engine Nifty Excel and Word add-ins to compress, send and encrypt documents 30 – 70% better compression than WinRAR, WinZIP and 7zip for various file formats Full multi-core support for blazing speed Powerful, split-view Explorer - go beyond compression and encryption FIPS 140-2 256-bit AES encryption for maximum securit...

Multi-Ping-Services

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Pingomatic Pingoat Ipings

Major Search Engines in the World - after Page Rank and Alexa Rank

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video   Search Engine Page Rank Alexa Rank Google 9/10 1 Baidu 9/10 5 Bing 8/10 16 Soso 7/10 56 Seznam 7/10 378 Exalead 7/10 29,067 Scrub The Web 6/10 3,627 Jayde 6/10 7,316 Entireweb 6/10 8,143 Active Search Results 5/10 ...

Shared hosting 4 Blogs

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Dreamhost - Offers a lot for a very small amount of money. CirtexHosting - Hosting plans starting at as little as $2. BlueHost - Another affordable hosting solution. HostGator - Cheap shared personal hosting. Media Temple - Grid based hosting; known to be able to sustain lots of traffic.

RSS readers - web based

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Google Reader – In addition to tracking your feeds, Google’s popular RSS reader allows you to star items (like in Gmail), view trends in your feeds and reading habits, and recently added an option to read feeds offline. iGoogle – Formerly known as Google Personalized Home, iGoogle allows you to include RSS feeds as part of your custom start page. Netvibes - This personal homepage provider includes hundreds of “modules” you can add to your page from Hotmail to your Flickr photos, but also lets you create your own modules by simply entering an RSS feed URL. Pageflakes – Another personalized homepage provider, Pageflakes functions similar to Netvibes, letting you select from pre-made modules or create your own by adding an RSS feed. My Yahoo! – Still the most widely used custom homepage on the Web, My Yahoo now allows you to add RSS feeds alongside your weather, stock quotes, and news. Similar to Netvibes and Pageflakes, My Yahoo allows you to re-arrange your feeds with drag and drop f...

RSS mixers

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Yahoo! Pipes - an advanced RSS mixer with a graphical user interface; supports simple operators, filters, and many advanced functions Feedbite - a combination of an online RSS reader and an RSS mixer, with the possibility to vote for RSS “bundles” Feedblendr - a very simple RSS mixer that doesn’t require registration Blogsieve - full featured RSS mixer that lets you blend up to 5 feeds and do some advanced filtering on the results Feedcombine - RSS mixer that lets you blend feeds from a list of predefined sources Feedshake - RSS mixing and some basic filtering xFruits - a set of very neat tools for RSS blending, filtering and conversion, including an RSS to PDF tool BlastFeed - an RSS mixer that lets you combine and filter feeds and get them delivered via e-mail, IM or RSS FeedRinse - an advanced RSS filter that enables you to get rid of the “spam” in your RSS feeds FeedDigest - RSS mixer that lets you mix and sort feeds and then republish them on a website Popfly - Microsoft’s ve...

Major Search Engine Directory Manual Submission Links

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1. Yahoo! Search - Bing powered 2. Google 3. Live Search  -  Bing powered 4. Wikia Search - inactive 5. Open Directory - bad request 6. Cuil - inactive 7. Exalead - 404 8. MavicaNet 9. GigaBlast 10. ScrubTheWeb 11. What U Seek - 404 12. World Site Index 13. BusinessSeek 14. ExactSeek 15. EntireWeb 16. SearchMe - 404 17. IllumiRate 18. 01WebDirectory-404 19. Amfibi - delayed 20. Wikidweb 21. SearchSight 22. AMRAY 23. Info Listings 24. Domaining 25. Amidalla 26. WebbieWorld 27. Arakne Links - 404 28. Link Centre 29. Pedsters Planet 30. SonicRun 31. Anaximander 32. Info Tiger 33. Comerciant 34. Zeezo 35. Thales Directory 36. Directory Storm 37. A1 Web Directory 38. Burf 39. NetInsert 40. Web Linker 41. Finest 4 42. Cipinet 43. Klottra 44. My Directory Live 45. FreshTV 46. ABD 47. SEagency 48. Nonar 49. The Living Link 50. Clickey

Free Blog Hosting Services

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WordPress - WordPress allows you to create and host a blog on their own servers and you can display it to the world. You don’t get as much customization and functionality as if you have it hosted on your own server (for example, advertising is not allowed), but it is still a very good way to blog without paying money. Blogger - A service owned by Google, Blogger is a way to have your blogs hosted for free and you can post as much as you want. It allows Google’s AdSense to be used. Xanga - iXanga is a lively community of online diaries and journals. Users create their own profiles and there are many opportunities to interact with other users. LiveJournal - LiveJournal is excellent if you wish to blog on a personal level and join a community and share your blogs among friends. Vox - A new contender to the arena but Vox is a very nice and powerful blogging tool; not to mention free!; You receive many social experiences with this option as Vox is based heavily on community based blogg...

RSS feeds submission

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RSS Network - submit RSS feeds & select category RSS Locator - submit RSS feeds Syndic8 - submit RSS feeds DayPop - post your RSS feed or blog Feedster - submit your RSS feed Rocket News - post your RSS feed Technorati - submit your RSS feed to be pinged Userland - submit rss feeds Postami - submit rss feeds Finance Investing Feeds - Only submit finance or investment related feeds. Security Protection Feeds - Submit only security or protection related feeds RSS feeds select appropriate category. Realty Feeds - Submit only home related RSS feeds. Be sure to select the appropriate category. Medical Feeds - Submit feeds related to medical care or health. Religious Podcasts - Submit only podcasts that relate to religion, ...

RSS Ping Tools

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Pingoat – On Pingoat, you enter your blog URL and select the services you would like to ping. Doing so will make sure that the selected sites crawl and index your site. The site has nearly 50 different services you can ping. Ping-o-matic – Enter your blog or feed URL and select from a variety of blog search engines and Ping-o-matic will send them a ping. The site has about 20 services to choose from. Blog Flux – In addition to a variety of other tools for bloggers, Blog Flux offers Pinger, which includes more than 30 sites you can automatically ping, including several language specific indexes. ping service – This site is mostly in Dutch and automatically pings a few of the larger services such as Technorati and Weblogs.com

Specialized directories 4 blogs

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Blog Burst (adds your blog post to major media website) Blogdir - (Spanish blog community) Blog Street (India Directory) BritBlog (British Directory) Boing Boing (submit blog posts for review) iBlogBusiness (adds business blogs only)

Major freeware - Free Download Soft and Apps

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