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Nifty little PDF to Word converter software (Windows)

Being a Mac user myself, the ability to “print to PDF” has been built-in for many years, so I make a lot of PDF files actually, just because it’s a lot easier to send a PDF file to somebody than a Word document that you never know how the recipient is going to interpret, depending on what kind of Word processor they are using. With PDF, you pretty much get what you see – on all computer systems.

But sometimes, you might need to go the other way back, that is, convert pdf to word. And that’s where this little nifty app comes in handy, if you’re a Windows user, that is. The app is conveniently called PDF to Word Converter and is made by Quick-PDF software. A single-user personal license is currently on discount at $29.95 and a business single user license is $49.95. 

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Apple: Mac OS X Mountain Lion – coming this Summer!

Apple has updated their website with a sneak peak of some of the stuff in the next release of OS X, which will be OS X 10.8, or also known as “Mountain Lion”, pretty cool name. Here are some of the highlights: Inspired by iPad (iOS) Messages Notification Center Reminders Notes Game Center Twitter AirPlay … Read more →

The Nokia Lumia 900 squares up to its predecessor, the Lumia 800

There is nothing like an upgrade to allow smartphone users to consider how far their favourite manufacturer has come along. The Nokia Lumia 800 was a definite watershed for Nokia. Its first Windows Phone device, representing a shedding of its in-house Symbian technology, the device combined a good build and design with an impressive operating … Read more →

Steve Jobs tried to buy Dropbox in 2009

According to Forbes, Steve Jobs invited Dropbox founders Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowski on a visit back in 2009, where Steve surprised them with a very generous offer to purchase Dropbox. It is rumored that Steve Jobs was willing to pay a nine digit-digit price. At that time, Dropbox had only existed for two years … Read more →

Forget the Five?

Our hopes were high. Everyone was ready to bust down the doors of Apple and purchase a shiny new iPhone 5. We were chomping at the bit for information from the exclusive “Let’s Talk iPhone” event. We settled for reading about what was happening at the event instead of watching it. Then, after talking about everything Apple but … Read more →

World of Tab meets photographer Fatsarazzi – Samsung Galaxy Tab

The Samsung Galaxy Tab has arrived and will be launched in stores all across the UK this month.  With this, Samsung has launched the “World of Tab” at www.youtube.com/samsunguk where you can find videos on unboxing, reviews, and personal stories.  You can also view their Facebook account at www.facebook.com/samsunguk In one of the videos (view … Read more →

Microsoft warns against using Gmail from Google

In a weird advertisement from Microsoft (for their new Office 365), they warn users against using Google’s free e-mail solution, Gmail. Probably all Gmail users have noticed ads when you’re using the free web-based version of Gmail, but not all might know that the ads are actually based on the content of your e-mails. Google … Read more →

How the iPad helped saved a relationship

I recently met up with a friend who told me something that I wanted to share with you iPad lovers and haters out there – how the iPad helped save his relationship with his girlfriend… First, a quick introduction as to how I came to know about this. I’m not ashamed to admit that I … Read more →

MPAA to block Newzbin 2 access with Cleanfeed content blocking system?

Newzbin is an indexing site, kinda like Google, where you can download so-called “NZB” files that contains information about which files your newsreader client must download from the binary usenet groups, in order to magically make data appear understandable, be it a movie, tv show, a linux distribution – whatever it might be, legal or … Read more →

Apple to unveil iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion and iCloud at WWDC

Apple just announced in a press release that it will be unveiling iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion and iCloud at the next WWDC to begin on Monday June 6th. Steve Jobs himself will, as usual, take the stage at the opening keynote address to make the announcements. Usually Apple doesn’t release such information before … Read more →

“Streamago” – new free interactive live broadcasting by Tiscali

Have you ever wondered what would it be like to share an unforgettable or interesting event you’ve experienced while outside? How nice it would be to be able to easily and instantly share it the minute you catch it on video! Introducing Streamago, powered by Tiscali, the latest free interactive social networking iPhone application that … Read more →