Do you have a hard copy of a document that you need transformed into editable text? Try using Microsoft OneNote 2007's Optical Character Recognition (OCR) feature to save tons of time and effort copying the work yourself. This is also a fantastic way to organize and save your legal documents, bills, and other important information. There are some popular solutions out there now that cost a pretty penny, but you really only need a cheap scanner and this free software from Microsoft to achieve the same effect.
My poor old computer was running slow all the time, and after 3 years of using Windows XP relentlessly, I finally decided to make the transition to Windows 7 on my aging desktop. Things got even worse for me, because even though Microsoft went the extra mile to make sure Windows 7 was as light as possible, it was still more resource intensive than XP. I spent a lot of time trying to configure my Windows 7 installation to run less processes but I just kept running into dead ends. After that I decided to install Xubuntu, and had a great run with it. Of course after a while I became nostalgic about all the fun games I used to play, and knew it was time to go back to Windows, but how could I?
With old hardware and modern needs, I knew I was in a pickle. After expressing my needs to some fellow classmates, a now very good friend suggested that I check out Tiny...
Did you ever wish you had more space on your computer screen? Well have you ever thought about looking deeper? SpaceTop 3D could be setting the new bar for virtual interaction. Your mouse might be going out of style!
What's new about SpaceTop 3D?
The conventional way to control computer devices has always been a 2-dimensional mouse, track pad, or touchscreen. In any case, there have only been 4 directions for input (up, down, left and right). Now Wired reports that SpaceTop 3D from Microsoft is a newly developed technology that allows its users to "reach inside their computer screen" and make use of real 3-dimensional space. The device enables users to work with projected 3D graphics as if they were physical objects. Other virtual...
I've never personally had to wear glasses or contacts to improve my eyesight, but soon I might be looking to grab a pair just for the sheer experience of Google Glass. This new technology takes virtual reality a step further, and overlays computer applications on your actual every-day experience. You can literally be surfing the web and using the power of Google at all waking moments.
This means you can keep tabs on the kids at home, make sure you're recording your favorite shows, take pictures with your eye, visit websites, and do pretty much anything a current smart phone can do without the phone! Paired with an ear piece, this is literally a cyborg level device. Any human wearing one of these would be augmented to a point where they would appear on the surface to have superior intelligence and calculating abilities to anyone without. Of course if they were to become commonplace devices, then we wouldn't have to...
