Em Calculator The Useful AIR App

[Windows/Mac/Linux] Em Calculator is a very Useful Adobe AIR app for web designers. It’s an easy to use em calculator and CSS generator on your desktop.

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Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery Review

Have you every deleted  a photo then realized that you deleted the wrong file. Or maybe your memory card got formatted by accident. Being a photographer myself, I understand what it feels like losing your photos.

Thankfully, there are ways to recover lost photo from your hard drive or memory card.  And it’s very easy to recovery photo with the right software. Today, I am going to review a photo recovery software -Stellar Phoenix Photo recovery.

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Namebench finds the Fastest DNS Server

DNS stands for Domain Name System. It translates computer hostnames such as www.example.com into IP addresses like 208.77.188.166. ISPs and many online services offer DNS service for consumers. For example, OpenDNS is one of the services that offers features like phishing filter, domain blocking and typo correction. Just this month, Google released its own DNS service Google Public DNS which claims performance and security advantages.

If you are a geek/power-user, or someone simply want to get a faster internet experience? Setting up a DNS will do it, but depending on your location the Fastest DNS for me may not be fast on your computer.  Namebench is a free open-source benchmark software that will find the Fastest DNS Server for you. [Mac OS X, Windows, and UNIX]

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Measure objects in screen with Pixus

[Win/Mac/Linux] Was there a time when you wanted to measure the size of an object on screen? I found a free app for it. Pixus is a desktop AIR app that measures screen objects. Developed by JPEG Interactive, Pixus has a very intuitive User Interface that you can control precisely with a keyboard or mouse.

I can see this is a great tool for Graphic and Web designers. Find out what other features Pixus offers.

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