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Figure Out How Much An Item Will Cost You If Purchased Through Credit Card
You might have people warning against using credit cards. While the option to get things now and paying for them later might be seemingly beneficial, the conditions associated with such a transactions end up costing you a lot more than you would be willing to pay. Credit cards not only charge you interest on the amount of purchase but also on the amount you owe. This interest keeps on compounding and results in a massive credit card bill.
Most people are not able to figure out how much something will end up costing them if purchased through a credit card. Thankfully “The Real Damage” is there to help.
The Real Damage is a must-bookmark website for credit card owners or anybody planning to get a credit card. Using the site you can calculate an estimate of how much your credit card company will actually charge you for a particular purchase.
You can add up to 5 cards. For each card you can enter its APR, current balance, and the minimum payment formula. The site will also let you add a fixed monthly payment amount.
You can opt to add a fixed monthly payment if there is one.
With all the options set up, you enter the original purchase amount, click on the “What’s the damage?” button and see what you will actually end up paying.
A highly useful website, The Real Damage plays a useful role on the web.
The 7 Useful (And Unknown) Web Browsers That Are Worth A Try
This is one of the very best list of its kind where you can find out of the box web browsers that you probably never heard of and these would be great enough to bookmark or just for knowledge. I hope everyone of you will like this list, you can try these whether you are an office worker, a manager, a supervisor, a student, a home user, etc. These are really amazing in respect to their features. This is the list of The 7 Useful (And Unknown) Web Browsers That Are Worth A Try. Just take a look at them and share your thought’s here.
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Lunascape is the world’s only triple engine browser. With Lunascape, you can choose the right engine at the right time, realizing a dramatic decrease in web-browser compatibility issues, long loading times, and messed up websites display. You need only 2 clicks to change your engine. Lunascape is 20 times faster than IE7, 6.5 times faster than IE8. And it stays up! We have gone head to head with well-known “fast” browsers, and have achieved one of the fastest JavaScript speed.
Browzar is based on the Internet Explorer engine, which means it’s such a small file that it only takes seconds to download. We’ve made it disposable; so you have the choice of keeping Browzar on your PC, or downloading it each time you need to protect your privacy. You don’t even need to install it. You can just click ‘run’ and go.
SlimBrowser is a fast and secure tabbed internet browser for Windows fully loaded with powerful features. It saves you the burden of completing web forms with intelligent form filler. The built-in popup killer and AD filter eliminates annoying advertisement effectively. The quick-search box provides you instant access to all kinds of search engines and allows you to easily define your own. The auto-login function enables you to log into your favorite internet accounts with a single click.
Camino is an open source web browser developed with a focus on providing the best possible experience for Mac OS X users. With innovative features like Tab Overview alongside security features like phishing and malware protection, Camino 2 is the safest, cleanest Camino yet.
K-Meleon is an extremely fast, customizable, lightweight web browser based on the Gecko layout engine developed by Mozilla which is also used by Firefox. K-Meleon is free, open source software released under the GNU General Public License and is designed specifically for Microsoft Windows operating systems.
xB Browser is the most popular free and open-source anonymous web browser in the world. With xB Browser you can securely and anonymously surf the internet, and bypass firewalls and website censorship. xB Browser also has advanced features such as SSL MD5 RSA certificate vulnerability detection, DOM object and flash cookie protection, cross-site scripting attack prevention, user-agent cloaking, and java proxy control. xB Browser also detects and disables malicious browser addons that are hidden in the windows registry.
Flock is faster, simpler, and more friendly. Literally. It’s the only sleek, modern web browser with the built-in ability to keep you up-to-date with your Facebook and Twitter friends. You can share web pages, photos, and video. It can update your status and make comments—from anywhere on the web!
Now Find Available Parking Or Bus Timings Online With Roadify
In many areas of NYC over half of all the traffic is caused by people looking for parking. With so many cars around parking spots are rare and hard to find. Another transportation problem are buses that are seldom exactly on time; their published times are not always accurate and leave the passengers waiting at the stop at times. These two problems can easily be solved through Roadify.
Roadify is a free to use website that helps you find parking spots and bus times. The site has intelligently formed a community of users who are rewarded when they let each other know of available parking or bus timings.
People use Roadify via text messages. For example, after you have created your account online and specified your cellphone number, you can provide information on a parking spot the following way:
1. Start your text with the word “GIVE”
2. Add the location of the spot.
3. Add the number of minutes until the spot will be open. If it’s open now, say “now”.
“Give 322 7th St in 5 minutes”
“Give 4th St between 5th-6th Ave now”
People can also notify each other of bus timings in real time. As you give all this information to the Roadify users and help them out, you get StreetCARma Points. Give your parking spot before you go to get 5 StreetCARma points, an open parking spot to get 3 StreetCARma point and give a bus location to get 1 StreetCARma point. With enough points earned you can get free stuff from Roadify’s business partners. This stuff can include coffee, pizza, or any other deal that is available. The offers depend on the team you join on the site.
This service is a great concept and will surely be beneficial to residents of NYC.
WobZIP Offers Hassle-free Online File Uncompression
ZIP archives do a wonderful job of compressing files into a single package. In Windows, you can easily create a ZIP file by selecting some files, right-clicking and going to Send To -> Compressed.
But when you open the ZIP file through Windows, you do not get the option of individually extracting files; Windows automatically extracts the archive. To get more option you need to have a 3rd party compression program installed. If a lack of installation privileges or any other reason does not let you allow such a program, WobZIP is there to solve your problem.
WobZIP is a free web service created to unzip ZIP archives. All you do is upload your archive on the site and get the list of files it contains. If the archive is password protected, simply provide the password.
You can then view the list of files and download the one you need.
If you are about to download a large ZIP from the web that contains many files that you do not need, you can pass it through WobZIP and obtain only the files you do need. This can be done through WobZIP’s “Uncompress from a URL” feature. You provide the ZIP file’s URL and its password, in case it is protected by one.
Again, the list of files is displayed from where you can choose the files you need.
WobZIP is highly useful because in addition to regular ZIP files, the service can also work with 7z, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZHCHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB, and NSIS archive formats. 100 MB is the maximum archive size you can upload to WobZIP.
Check out WobZIP
The 9 Insanely Cool Google Chrome Extensions You May Need To Know About
You might have been using Chrome for a quite some time now but there is a good chance you are not taking its full advantage. Chrome’s maximum potential lies in the power of its extensions. Below We have gathered 9 Insanely Cool Google Chrome Extensions You May Need to Know About. You will not find these extensions in similar lists on other websites; I hope you find them to be useful to your computer usage.
Give the list a thorough reading, try out any extension you are interested in, and let me know in the comments how they worked out for you. You are welcome to share if you know more useful chrome extension which our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter.
As you’re reading content (eg: nytimes.com articles) around the web, Readness.com will suggest additional content that you’ll enjoy – based on what your friends have recently read, and also what articles are popular that you have yet to read. It uses Facebook Connect to import your friends – but does not write to your wall / spam your friends.
Apture Highlights is a free tool, built from the ground up to let you take the power of Google search, and the richness YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, and Wikipedia with you to any site. Just highlight a phrase on any site to reveal the web’s best content without ever leaving the page. Fast, powerful, and fun.
It will automatically previews pdfs, powerpoint presentations, and other documents in Google Docs Viewer.
With this extension you can easily reopen previously closed tabs. There is no limit on how many tabs can be remembered. It is kind of a mix of the “recently closed” bar on the New Tab page and the History page. It currently supports only the very basic functionality.
With this ext, you can make notes on any web page, any position. when you open that page again, the notes get loaded automatically.
PanicButton makes it easier for you to hide all of your tabs at once just by clicking on a button. They are then saved as bookmarks in a separate folder. After that the PanicButton turns green and shows you how many tabs are currently hidden. Another click on the PanicButton restores all of the tabs you have hidden earlier.
With Session Manager you can quickly save your current browser state and reload it whenever necessary. You can manage multiple sessions, rename or remove them from the session library. Each session remembers the state of the browser at its creation time, i.e the opened tabs and windows. Once a session is opened, the browser is restored to its state.
Convert any website to PDF document with this incredible Web to PDF online converter. It Allows you to view the converted PDF using Google Docs and of course you can download it to your computer.
Whenever you need a quick check or a second opinion, such as before logging into your favorite game, when using your bank account or buying something online, use QuickScan, directly from your browser. BitDefender QuickScan takes full advantage of the “in-the-cloud” scanning service and is capable to detect active malware in less than a minute, taking just a fraction of the system resources needed by a regular virus scan. It’s not a virus cleaning tool.
h this extension you can easily reopen previously closed tabs. There is no limit on how many tabs can be remembered. It is kind of a mix of the "recently closed" bar on the New Tab page and the History page.
Now Résumé & Portfolio Management Made Simple With Jobrary
In today’s competitive environment, when applying for a job you have to ensure that your résumé leaves a good impression. If you are going to apply to different positions you might vary the template used to create your CV. The same goes for your portfolio. Handling all those changes and sending out your different CVs to companies can become a tedious task. With Jobrary you can easily manage your CVs and portfolios.
Jobrary is a free web service that lets you create and manage a complete CV online. Before you start out you will need to sign up for an account. This process will include specifying your domain name which will appear as http://DOMAINname.jobrary.com/. This is the URL that employers can visit to view your résumé.
Before you finalize your CV you can choose to keep the URL private and inaccessible to employers. Switching from PUBLIC to PRIVATE is a one click action. Simply click on the button located on the top right of the CV editing page.
When it comes to your CV, numerous fields are offered by Jobrary. Fields are distributed categorically amongst Objective, Education, Experience, Skills, Certification, Reference, and any other custom category you would like to add. All categories have fields that allow you to share the complete information. Here is how a field in the Education category looks like:
And here is how a field in the Experience category looks like:
The Portfolio section lets you add pictures, videos, and PDFs to your CV.
These can be viewed and downloaded by the visitor to your CV’s URL. To obtain a physical copy of your CV, you can download its PDF version and print it out.
In conclusion, if you are looking for a good CV manager Jobrary is an option worth exploring.
Turn Your Web Browser Into An Online Computer With icloud
You can install anti-malware programs on your computer to keep your data safe from malware, but that still does not entirely secure your date. What if your there was physical damage to your computer? All your backups would be on your hard drive an in the case it got damaged, all data would be lost. The best solution to secure your data therefore is by storing a backup online.
icloud lets you do just that. icloud is a web service that provides its users with a virtual desktop. After creating an account and signing in to it, you virtual desktop loads up.
This desktop operates within your web browser and similar to the desktop screen of regular computers. You can store files in your icloud account and use the desktop interface to browse through files and use them.
As you can see from the image above, the files are organized and shown much like you are operating a physical computer. With the interface’s built-in apps you can play videos and music, view pictures, and browse files all within the web browser.
Emailing has also been the focus of icloud. The mail options can be accessed to add your email addresses other than the one assigned to your icloud.
A number of other email providers are supported; you can add your own as well.
Currently icloud offers 3GB storage to its free users and 100GB storage to users who pay the $40 fee. The web service is neat service to try and a great way to secure your important data.
Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder Giveaway
Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder is running a contest, where winners will get 10 Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder licenses (worth $24.95 each). Well, you guys know what Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder is. Lets say it once again for n00bs.
Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder will find fast all similar and duplicate pictures and photos in a folder and its sub folders. Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder uses advanced algorithms to find duplicate photos in a way that a human does. Due to that fact it can find duplicate images even if they are in different image formats, different bit depth and image sizes. You can specify a percent of image similarity that will be used during the scan. Using the similarity percentage level you can broaden your results or you can specify exact match varying only in image format and/or size.
When the scan process is finished the program shows you all the duplicate images in groups and can automatically mark the smaller resolution and/or smaller file size images for deletion. With a couple of mouse clicks you can get rid of all duplicate images and save valuable disk space. It supports most popular image formats, has an intuitive user interface and is well documented.
Due to its innovative and optimised algorithms it is the fastest and the most precise product of this type on the market. It allows you to process huge amount of images in less time.
This contest will run from August 11, 2010 to August 20, 2010 and we will select the winners randomly by running MySQL query. Result can be announced any day before August 22, 2010 so keep visiting here or subscribe to our rss feed to get the latest updates. To participate in the contest and win free license of Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder, All you have to do is just :
1. Just leave a comment.
2. Use valid email ID in the email box.
3. Not necessary, but you can subscribe to our rss feed and follow us on twitter as well. (To track this contest and for future updates)
4. And thats it!
So what are you waiting for now? Let’s participate in the contest and good luck!
Easily Create Online Survey Polls With Flisti
Are you thinking of holding up a vote on your website or blog? Holding an online poll is perhaps the easiest way to do this. And thanks to Flisti, creating online polls had never been easier.
Flisti is a free and user friendly website that assists visitors in poll creation. There is nothing to download or install – everything happens within your web browser. Moreover no registrations or account creations are required. You can jump right into the poll creation process.
The entire poll creation interface is located on the site’s homepage. You start by entering the question your poll will ask. Then you enter the answers. By default you can enter two answers; using the little “Add” button in the bottom right, you can add fields for more answers.
You can also allow or disable choosing multiple answers. When you have entered your questions and answers, click on the “Create New Poll” button. This will create a simple poll with a unique URL.
You can invite people to cast their vote by sharing the poll’s URL or by sharing it directly on the supported social networks. If you want to put the poll up on your own website or blog, you can copy the generated HTML code and paste it on your website.
In these easy steps, you would have created your online poll. Visit Flisti.
GoGoPlot Helps You Create Graphs To Keep Track On Almost Anything You Do
Have you ever made use of simple point-to-point graphs? You will be surprised with how useful they can be. Imagine yourself at the doctor’s. You are there because of your backache. The doctor asks you about how severe the backache has been the past week. You show him a graph on which you have plotted the pain degree of every day. It can be immensely helpful to your doctor.
Such point-to-point graphs can be easily made using GoGoPlot.
GoGoPlot is a free to use website that helps create graphs. The graphs have very basic plotting options. You select one point for each day; the value of each point ranges between 0 and 10. The points are joined by straight lines. This simple procedure can help express a number of things graphically.
Suppose you want to record how your mood was through the entire week. All you need to do is create a new graph, name it, and start recording. While creating a plot you can either record a point a day or enter all the values in simultaneously.
After setting your options you can record each value.
Through this way you can obtain graphs of anything you want and review them. You can view multiple graphs simultaneously; they are differentiated by separate colors.
Apple device owners can get GoGoPlot’s app from the App Store and record their plots on the go.
Overall, the service is quite an interesting concept and will surely benefit a good number of people.
