Compare The Text And Appearance Of Two PDF Files With DiffPDF

Since PDF format is one of the most commonly used file type use for sending read-only documents such as contracts, agreements and etc. It would also be wise if you can track the versions of the same PDF documents that are being sent to you and vice versa. To compare the difference between PDF docs, you can use DiffPDF, an application specially designed for such purpose. DiffPDF has two comparison modes, Text and Appearance. In Text mode, all texts inside the two documents will be compared and the difference will be highlighted. You can also switch to Appearance mode, where graphics/images, number of pages and etc are compared. For example, it can detect the size difference between images of both PDF document. DiffPDF's usage is simple, just select two different documents via File 1 / File 2 and click Compare. After comparison process, the app will highlight any differences that are present in the documents.

Erase Internet Activity With Browser Cleaner

If you value your privacy much then you should watch what you browse in the internet. Although internet is a valuable resource of every information you need it is also a swamp full of crocodiles so if your not careful, your online data could end up in someone's computer. Browsers have built-in privacy protection features, for example Chrome has incognito mode while Firefox has a private mode. If you think these features are not enough then use Browser Cleaner to wipe all you information from being traced. Browser Cleaner is a portable tool designed to securely delete all traces of your online and offline activity and free up space on your hard drive by removing thousands of unnecessary files. It can erase history of visited websites, clears browser temporary files and eliminates all other records of your Internet activity. It usage is simple, just launch the app, and select the browser(s) that you wish to clean up, then hit the Clean Now button.

Password Protect Your PDF With iSafePDF

PDF documents is more suitable over other document types when it comes to sharing them online simply because it is a read-only copy of the document and free pdf readers are plenty. To secure PDF files, you can password protect them online with PDFProtect. Another similar tool which is desktop based is the iSafePDF. It is a free open source PDF protection software that allows you to encrypt PDF document by adding password protection, disabling pdf specific features like printing, making modifications or copying. On its main interface, just select the source file and the target file under Document tab.

ASP.NET: Vertical Text in Web Pages

We have a new web project that requires a lot of table designing. One of the requirement is to display a cell with a vertical text on it. My initial idea is to just create an image for each text that are already in vertical format but this prevent us from adding new texts on the fly. After searching for a sample code, I found one and I feel sharing it to you in case you may need it in the future. The sample code is hosted at codeproject.com so you need an account to download it. One trick you would see in the code is the use of Response.ContentType = "image/png";. Instead of returning HTML content, it returns a picture. The VerticalText.aspx accepts the following parameters:

Text - the text to be displayed in vertical position.
Font - (font-face|font-size|font attributes).
BgColor - the background color.
FrColor - the fore color of the text.
Padding - the padding between letters of the text.

Video: How To Stabilize Videos With YouTube

Although most of cellphones today already have built-in camcorder, it has a limited quality and feature such as stabilizer for shaky hands. If your to upload the video on YouTube, you can fix the video using YouTube video editor. Just start from uploading your video and then hit the Effects button from the video editor. Check the Stabilize video option and YouTube will provide preview of how the video might look after the stabilization as you move the slider. Save it when your done. Take not that it may take a while to process your video depending on its size. To show you the steps, this short video can guide you through.

Video: Splashtop Free Operating System Built For Web Browsing

Most of us have an old computer inside our stock room. Upgrading of OS on these desktop/notebook may not possible due to limited hardware specs so we opt out buying a new one. You can still make use of these gadgets for web browsing and all you need is a free operating system that was built for the web. Splashtop OS is a Chromium-based OS that is lightweight, with Chrome built-in, and is darn fast. The only drawback I see is it needs Windows to install because the installer runs only on windows. Although after installation, you can always choose Splashtop OS as the OS to be use instead of Windows. Here is a short video to showcase its features.

Automatically Use HTTPS Connection If Available For A Website With HTTPS Finder

Websites uses HTTPS (HTTP over SSL) to encrypt and decrypt webpage requests which ensures user more secured sessions. This is most commonly used in bank websites and other privacy critical sites such as Facebook. Most often websites allows user to choose over the regular HTTP and HTTPS, but if the user is unaware of the latter, user will end up using the default HTTP. To help you identify or detect if an HTTPS is available for a website, you can install a Firefox extension called HTTPS Finder. When this extension/add-on is installed, it automatically prompt you if you would like to switch to the secure version if it is available.