We highlighted a powerful mobile app that allows you to convert to and from PDF files yesterday. However, if you’re sitting on a desktop you might want the flexibility to easily convert and share files. This is where the revamped Cometdocs comes into the picture. The new version of Cometdocs is an all-in-one document management service of the highest order. Using the new Cometdocs, users can now convert, store, transfer and share their files online easily and free of charge. Key features: File conversion: Cometdocs support file conversion to and from PDF. Check out the full list of conversion types….

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Last month, Gmail rolled out the new compose interface. Today the Gmail team released a new feature to compliment this. If you’re using the new compose window, within the next few days, you should be able to see a new button that lets you quickly link to files stored in your Google Drive. The current limits are around 25MB, so this will allow you to send files up to 400 times the size! Your recipients will always have access to the latest file since this is stored in your Google Drive. The interface is smart enough to check for permissions…

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For a brief period of time I had an account with Amazon S3, which I mainly used as a test for a project I was working on. The biggest problem I faced then and which is still prevalent is the ability to easily use the interface to move files to and fro your computer. DragonDisk makes file management simple if you’re using Amazon S3® or Google Cloud Storage®, or any other S3 API compatible service. DragonDisk allows you to backup, share and organize your data thanks to an intuitive interface similar to Windows Explorer or Finder.  Key features: Full fledged file…

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If you have been using your USB drive for a while, you’ll soon notice that there are quite a few “junk” folders and files created. In fact this is true for most of the folders on your system. One solution is to manually sit and clean all the files. Another alternative is to use a software designed for this purpose. USBDriveFresher will keep your USB drive clean by removing unwanted files automatically and according to rules you specify. You can start off by downloading the software and installing it. The download is a bit big weighing in at ~7.4MB. You’ll…

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I often come across files that I have problems to open. Sometimes it is because Windows won’t recognize it on its own and give options with limited software that might be able to open the file. I have found one of the most unique and innovative ways, to not only find out about obscure file types that lie on your harddisk, but also to find open source software in a natural yet remarkable manner. OpenWith.org prides itself on being the only website to boast the above mentioned ability. The theory they follow is that if you have a file on…

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Just confronted a very cool web service that allows you to convert scanned documents to text. OCRTerminal is an online Optical Character Recognition scan to text converter which basically tried to preserve the original formatting of the documents. Currently this service allows you to scan up to 30 scanned images per day and allows you to convert from JPG, GIF, BMP, TIF image formats into TXT, DOC, RTF text documents. The service is free and you can sign up for a free account here. Once you’re registered with the website do the following Upload an image file and click Yes…

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PDF is a popular document exchange format which is mostly used for representing two-dimensional documents in a manner independent of the application software, hardware, and operating system. If you’re a sort of person who has to come across these files often and  looking for an easy way to create PDF files without needing to download any software then check out PrimoOnline. PrimoOnline is a web-based tool for creating PDF files. It provides a much faster way to create these files without the need to installed any PDF software. Currently PrimoOnline can create PDF files from 300+ file types. The most…

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Sometime back I made a post on Three Tools to Recover your Deleted Items. Today I’ll cover five more free software that you could use to recover data. DiskDigger DiskDigger can recover files from any type of media that your computer can read. This includes USB flash drives, memory cards (SD, CompactFlash, Memory Stick, etc), and of course your hard drive. The types of files that it recovers includes photos, videos, music, documents, and other formats. DiskDigger works by thoroughly scanning each sector of your media for traces of files. DataRecovery DataRecovery is freeware to undelete accidentally deleted files even…

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Anybody who uses a USB drive be it a pen drive or a hard disk knows how painful it can be when you run into the stupid “USB drive is in use” error everytime you try to eject the same. In such a situation, I normally rely on Unlocker to do the needful. However, that isn’t always solve the problem at one go. So, when I stumbled upon EjectUSB (Via: The Windows Fix) I decided to give it a shot. Weighing it at only 254KB, all you need to do is load EjectUSB on the USB device that you want…

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Are you constantly sharing files with your friends, site visitors etc? If so, then you already familiar with Rapidshare, Mediafire, DivShare and other file sharing sites. However, uploading to a single file sharing service has its negative points. For one, the site may be blocked on certain internet connections. Visitors from the same IP cannot download together across many services and lastly, users may not like the site you are using! Lastly, you may not make some money on the side. This is where Gazup comes in. Gazup! is the leading website for social file mirroring online. You’ll be able…

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