Bell Labs also developed a package called Writer’s Workbench that could help researchers, clerks and other people developing documentation to write effectively. It could even detect sexist phrases. The Writer’s Workbench is long gone, but you can assemble your own toolkit by using some Linux tools. Some come with most distributions and other you’ll have to install by yourself, but you can have a more flexible solution than a word processor like LibreOffice....

Evernote will be closing Skitch on Windows, Windows Touch, iOS and Android, but the Mac version will stay for an officially unknown reason. Just like me, there will be many other Skitch users who will be looking for an alternative. That is why I have compiled a list of good Skitch alternatives which I have found while searching for the best Skitch alternative. 1. PicPick – Skitch Alternative for Windows PicPick might be the best alternative to Skitch for Windows users....

1. Desktop by Default Addon Desktop by Default is a small addon for the mobile Firefox (works only on Android) that checks the “Request Desktop Site” option whenever a new tab is opened. This will ensure that all the websites are rendered in desktop mode. 2. Manually setting the user agent If you are not a fan of addon, another way is to set a string to override the user agent of mobile Firefox....

The Pacman package manager provides users with a simple way of managing packages. Packages can be managed from either official repositories or from a user’s own builds with Pacman. Follow this guide to master Pacman for Arch Linux. Updating the System To update the system and all installed software, use the command: To force a full refresh of the package database and update the system: Searching for Packages If you want to install a package but can’t quite remember the package name, then you can do a keyword search directly from the terminal....

What is AirPrint? AirPrint is a service available on iOS devices. It makes it possible to print via WiFi through many of the apps, whether it’s in Photos, Safari, or Mail. It’s available on all iPads, iPhones 3GS and later, and third generation iPod Touches and later. Unlike with computers, there are no drivers to install or configuring of a printer queue. The option is embedded in all these apps....

If you use Safari, Google Chrome, or another browser, however, you may want to consider using Firefox in the future. An upcoming update for the browser will reduce power consumption for macOS users up to three times. Firefox Update This has always been a problem for Firefox users, especially with the Firefox Quantum release, the version of Firefox focused on performance. While the page-loading speeds may be great, it just sucks so much power out of your battery....

The good thing about Nitro is that it makes tasks management super easy and awesome. It can work with and without Internet connection and it is able to sync with Dropbox and Ubuntu One, making your to-do list available almost everywhere. It also comes with plenty of useful features like: Magic Sort Smart Lists Search Themes Translations Retina Support Keyboard Shortcuts and more! Installation Nitro is available in the Ubuntu Software Center, so you can easily install it by clicking this link....

1. Zoho Writer While the whole Zoho Collaboration Suite is a great competitor to Microsoft Office, Zoho Writer is special in the sense that it allows multiple people to work simultaneously on the same document. And that is called the real collaboration where people work together without interrupting each other. Zoho Writer also gives offline access to the documents. If you don’t have an active Internet connection, you are still able to edit your documents offline....

Please note that all the instructions and examples used in this article are tested on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. SimpleScreenRecorder SimpleScreenRecorder was created by developer Maarten Baert who wanted to have a better alternative for existing screencasting tools. He says on the tool’s official website: Download and Install To download SimpleScreenRecorder on your Ubuntu box, run the following commands on terminal: If you want to record 32-bit OpenGL applications on a 64-bit system, install simplescreenrecorder-lib:i386:...

Having your contact list be the central social hub for your Android phone is what Phonebook 2.0 is all about. You will be able to see things like social network updates, birthdays, how many times you call contacts and even recent activity with people in your contact list. Phonebook 2.0 is a replacement for your contacts application. Your contacts and other information will automatically be imported into Phonebook 2.0. You will be able to initiate an email, SMS, see contact call history, contact groups, social network updates, birthdays and a lot more....

What is Blackberry Music Gateway? Previously, we had to connect our devices to a speaker through a cord to hear the music. This, many times, prevented us from being able to charge said device, go in the other room to answer an email with it, or do other things with the device being used. Cords were a way that tied down that device, forcing you to interrupt the music session when needed....

Just as KDE 3.5 was intended to be a stabilizing, long-term release, the primary goal of KDE 4.5 is to fix outstanding bugs and increase stability. Users will not be blown away by the new features, but there are a few worth noting. Last week I installed the release candidate for KDE 4.5 from the Kubuntu repositories and took it for a spin. New Notification Area KDE 4.5 continues to improve upon the desktop’s notification system, creating a new D-Bus-based protocol that provides notifications for KDE and Gnome applications in a uniform fashion....

However, if you need to re-install Ubuntu, for whatever reason, like getting new hardware or replacing a failed disk etc., then having to re-install all your favorite applications can be a pain. Thankfully there is a solution and it is called Aptik. Aptik is a tool that simplifies the re-installation of packages after doing a new Ubuntu installation. It has two main modes – Backup and Restore. Various information about the packages currently installed on your Ubuntu machine, along with information about the sources of those packages (i....

All of us normal people will have to wait until Thursday, March 14, to see what features are being packed into the Samsung Galaxy S IV. Rumors have the S IV with a 1.9GHz Snapdragon 600 processor in the US, and a Samsung Exynos 5 Octa in other areas. There is also reportedly a full-HD display just under five inches, 2GB RAM, 16/32 GB storage, a 13-megapixel rear camera with 1080p video, 2....

If you rely on a database for your business, losing that data could be catastrophic. Regular backups are important, but sometimes things happen that we can’t plan on. If your database becomes corrupted, you need to be able to fix it. The folks at Recovery Toolbox specialize in exactly this sort of thing. Not only does the company provide recovery software for Microsoft Office and other productivity tools, but database recovery software as all....

Both EasyShutdown and ComplexShutdown are simple Python scripts with a graphical frontend that allow you to schedule your computer to shut down at a specified time. Both apps are from the same developer and have not been updated for the past 2 years, but at the time of this article, they still work in Ubuntu 13.04, and probably any other Ubuntu-based distro as well. EasyShutdown There is no PPA for EasyShutdown, but you can download the deb file from its launchpad site....

Key Features of Accupix: Picks Color from Any Webpage Easy-to-use Shortcuts Improves Color Schemes Facilitates Web Editing Are Color Arrangements Really That Important? It doesn’t take a lot of research to realize that colors play a crucial role in just about every aspect of life. In the commercial sector, companies often denote the quality of their products with colors. A good example of this is the editions of Microsoft Windows 7 (see the image below)....

What some mobile browsers, including Chrome and Firefox, do is they load up the mobile version of the site and unless you select the “Request desktop site” settings, you won’t be able to reach the desktop version of that particular site. So, how do you go about fixing that and enabling your browsers to always open sites in desktop mode? Well, there’s a way. Set Chrome to Always Open Sites in Desktop Mode If you’re using Google Chrome on your Android device, you have a way to permanently enable the desktop mode so that whatever websites you visit, you get the full version instead of the mobile optimized version....

Setting up Windows Backup From the Start screen, search for “file recovery” and open it. Click “Set up backup.” This will take a couple of minutes to start up as Windows File Recovery runs for the first time. Windows never updated the title window in File Recovery, so it may seem odd to see Windows 7 File Recovery at first. Choose your location. You cannot choose the primary drive of your computer....

But is this the way it should be? Should we be trying to limit the amount of time that children spend on devices? Or should we just let it happen more organically and let them be exposed at the pace that technology advances? Should children be exposed to technology at an early age? Our Opinion Ryan feels that “access to tech without supervision or oversight is just flat out wrong....