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HelloFax Releases HelloSign Android App For On The Go Digital Document Signing

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If you often find yourself in the need to sign important documents on the go and have them delivered to the recipient without wasting much time, there are popular online fax services that will help you do that. However, with the advent of increasingly powerful smartphones, lesser people carry a netbook or a laptop when on the move, which is why Hellofax - the popular online fax service - is available on both web and mobile platforms. The company has just released HelloSign for Android devices – earlier made available for iOS and the web – to help users add digital signatures and a few more elements to any existing document on the go. Better yet, it lets you scan documents from your phone and sign them! We take a closer look at the app after the jump. Read More

OCR To Word: Extract Text From Scanned Images & Save As MS Word (DOCX) Or TXT File

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Many of us are waiting for technology smart enough to let us download a car, but in the meanwhile, we’ll have to settle with taking pictures and printing them or scanning our old photographs to preserve them beyond their physical existence. For most people who own a scanner, its use is limited to scanning items. Scanners are, however, smarter than that. More specifically, scanning or image reading applications are much smarter. OCR To Word is one such application. The application lets you extract text from a scanned image, subsequently giving you the option to save the extracted text as either a MS Word document or a text file. It does not connect directly with your scanner so you don’t have to worry about your model being supported or not. The utility can communicate with your scanner via the default scanning application and can scan and import an image, which is then converted to text. Read More

Smart Analysis Of Windows Local Services For Malware, Rootkits & More

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Windows default services and those started by other third party applications have Local System privileges. It enables them to perform operations of higher priority that cannot be executed by normal processes. Due to this, malware is sometimes able to keep itself running as services taking advantage of the higher privileges for controlling the target system. Advanced Windows Service Manager is an application for Windows that allows you to monitor and analyze your running Windows Services. The application offers some very good features which are not available in the default Services manager of Windows. Some of the features included are detection of Malicious/ Rootkit services, Automatic threat analysis, Service filter mechanism, Integrated online Virus/ Malware Scan, Color based threat representation and HTML/ XML based service reports. Keep reading to find out more about Advanced Windows Service Manager. Read More

NoVirusThanks Uploader: Upload & Scan Files With Multiple Antiviruses

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There’s a saying that prevention is better than cure. That is the main principle that antivirus programs work on, but there are situations where just having an antivirus is not enough. With thousands of new viruses coming out each day, it is possible that a new viruses slips out of the database of the antivirus you are using. Viruses can effect the computer in a lot of ways - installing malicious software on the system, stealing personal information and exploiting security holes to let hackers in and out without any hindrance, thus making the data saved on our hard disks vulnerable to theft. With everything going digital, even extremely important things like our finances and financial details (online banking, shopping etc), one has to be really careful in keeping the system secure against people with malicious tendencies. NoVirusThanks Uploader is one such application that can be used in addition to your antivirus for helping you take care of your computer security by uploading files to an online scanning server. Keep reading to find out more about the application. Read More

DriverIdentifier: Scan & Update Drivers For All Connected Hardware

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Updating hardware drivers for your PC ensures that your computer works at maximum. You should update your hardware drivers on a regular basis to avoid any compatibility issues, glitches or system crashes. However, locating drivers for each hardware component connected to your computer and searching for updates to the applications installed on your system can be a tedious task. Previously, we have covered an application to check for your outdated hardware drivers called DriverZone, which is a web-based application that scans your PC, informs you about outdated drivers and lets you download the latest drivers for your hardware. Also, an application for automating the process of checking and updating the installed applications to newer versions, called FileREX Update Checker, was reviewed a few days ago. Today, we have another tool, named DriverIdentifier, which scans all the hardware connected to your computer and from its database of drivers, provides you with direct links to update the outdated ones. Read More

Scan Tailor: Perform Batch Editing & Adjustments On Scanned Pages

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Scanning documents is a great way to save them in digital form and ensure that they won't get destroyed or misplaced. The issue with scanning documents is that we have to set everything manually, and if anything goes wrong, we have to scan the page again, which can be quite annoying. Scan Tailor is an post-processing tool for scanned pages to edit them once they are loaded into your computer. It allows you to perform different operations on the scanned page, such as fixing the orientation of the page, splitting the page into two parts, deskewing the page to rotate it left and right, removing extra material from the page by selecting only the required portion, setting the margins and fixing alignment of the page. More on Scan Tailor after the jump. Read More

DiskScanner: Visualize Memory Hogging Folders In Disc Graph [Mac]

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Last year in December, we covered an app called DaisyDisk worth $9.99, which is well beyond the upper price point for paid apps and easily warranted a giveaway. For those who missed our giveaway, or didn’t score a license, here is a free alternative. DiskScanner is a Mac app that does pretty much what DaisyDisk did; it gives you a graphical overview of disk space consumption in a pie-graph, where each folder is represented by a section of the disc. The size of the section corresponds to the amount of memory the file/folder occupies. You can scan all types of folders and mounted disk drives using this app, and easily browse folders. While the app is similar in functionality to DaisyDisk, it does have less appealing visuals, but nothing that you can’t ignore. It also does not support drag & drop folders to scan them. Read More

CleanGenius: Delete Logs, Caches & Unwanted Apps, Monitor Space Usage [Mac]

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MacCleaning is a simple memory monitor and cache cleaner for Mac, reviewed early in December 2011. In the brief period of one month, the app has been upgraded with two major features, and has been renamed CleanGenius Free. Like the previously-reviewed version, it has both a free and a pro version. New features added to CleanGenius Free are, an uninstaller that will allows you to uninstall multiple apps at once, and actively monitor free space on all mounted drives. In addition to the cache and log cleaner, the app monitors space consumption in your downloads, logs and cache folders. The menu bar interface still works, but the main window is where you uninstall apps from. Read More

QR Journal: Scan QR Codes Using Your Webcam [Mac]

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QR code readers are more of an Android thing. Sure, you can scan them on an iPhone, but they made their mark on Android long before debuting on anything from Apple. Regardless of the ‘whose idea was it first’ debate, QR codes are now widely used. QR Journal is an app for Mac, allowing you to scan QR codes directly from a web page via your webcam, and store them. The app lets you export your library of codes and scan them by simply dragging & dropping them from a webpage or file onto the app’s interface. Read More

SkinScan For WP7: Scan Skin Aberrations To Check For Malignancy/Cancer

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The ozone layer is getting thinner with each passing day, which means we have to be more wary of the sun and chances of contracting skin cancer than ever before. It's not possible to visit a dermatologist every week. SkinScan  for Windows Phone 7 can scan the moles on your skin, and see if they have any chance of being malignant. You can also send the changes in your mole to a skin specialist for a second opinion, or just store the info in your Microsoft HealthVault for a later referral. Read More

Automatically Organize Your Documents After Scanning With FlashJetScan

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FlashJetScan is a a utility to scan and automatically organize documents in selected source directories according to pre-defined name and date stamps. It automatically detects all connected scanning devices, and manages documents in a logical order to help users easily find them afterwards. You can create multiple categories and label them to automatically sort and save scanned documents. For example, a category by the name of 'bills' can be created, and all scanned bills can be saved using this category to automatically save them to the "Bills" folder. Read More

Create Digital Copies Of Your Receipts With Lemon For iPhone

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No matter how careless you are with your stuff, some things are just too important to lose. Receipts of your purchases can save you from some serious troubles and are helpful in keeping track of your buying habits. However, in today’s almost paper-free world, it is becoming increasingly difficult to preserve and maintain these small slips of paper which are prone to getting lost or damaged. That’s what Lemon is for. Using this handy little iOS app, you can digitize all your receipts and keep them organized within your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Read More

Norton Bootable Recovery Tool: Recover PC When It Becomes Unbootable

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Sometimes, when any malware infects a critical system file such as boot.ini, your PC can become unbootable. The infection can occur on a random or gradual basis, and reach a high threshold, after which it becomes practically impossible to boot your system due to infected operating system files. In such a case, a wipe of your Windows OS followed by a re-installation may appear to be the only choice, resulting in data loss. Norton Bootable Recovery Tool is an application that has been designed to help your recover your PC, in case of such an infection. It allows you to create a CD, DVD or USB flash drive containing stand-alone Norton antivirus tools for recovering your PC by removing malware agents, specifically when your PC becomes unbootable. Read More

Magican: Comprehensive Tool To Clean, Optimize & Monitor Your Mac

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Magican is a massive system optimization and cleaning utility for Mac OS X that includes a host of system information tools, cleaning features and system optimization options to keep your Mac stable and free from superfluous data, obsolete PowerPC apps and scripts, uninstalled applications’ log files. Since Mac OS X, like any other OS, doesn’t remove useless data, system logs and caches, unused languages, etc., you may need an application like Magican to perform in-depth scan of system for removing the system logs, caches, and applications’ left over data. Apart from cleaning the system, you can check current status of major system components such as Disk read and write speed, CPU, Battery, GPU and Disk temperature, Battery health, RAM statistics, Network usage, and number of processes and threads being handled by CPU. Read More

Make Pictures Look Like Scanned Documents With Cam To Scan

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What happens when you need to send a scanned copy of an important document on a short notice, and find yourself without a scanner? You probably be pulling out your hair, but on a serious note, an option is to attach a captured image of the document, but then again not only would that look unprofessional, it might also be unacceptable for your recipient. If you ever find yourself caught in this situation, then Cam to Scan might be just what you need. This cross-platform application has the ability to optimize captured document images by improving their brightness, contrast and detecting outlines to make a photograph of your document look like a scanned copy. Read More

Delete Startup Items Which Are Added By Programs Without Your Permission

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Many a times when we install an application, it registers itself to start at system startup without asking us. This results in slow down of the Windows startup time. It can be quite a hassle to individually locate the advanced options of each application to prevent them from starting at Windows startup. In such as case one may require using Msconfig to disable them. If you are tired of continuously changing your start up settings to stop newly installed applications from running in Windows startup, then you need to have a look at StartupEye. It is a lightweight system tray app that will monitor software which may try to register themselves to run at system startup. It gives an alert if a newly installed program tries to automatically enable the option to run at Windows start up and provides the option to prevent  such entries from being written to the Windows registry. With StartupEye, you can also instantly scan the software using VirusTotal to make sure it is clean. StartupEye is not a resource intensive application and has a memory stamp of merely 3MB (on average) with little or no CPU usage. Read More

PermissionDog For Android Rates App Threat Levels Based On Permissions

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Android is a fast-flourishing mobile operating system, but, on the other hand, it is also among one of the most vulnerable ones out there. The open source nature of the platform means plenty of opportunities for developers to contribute towards making Android a dynamic OS. That having said, this liberty also bears with it various threats that your device could face in the form of permissions that an app may require in order to work effectively. Nowadays, you can’t blindly trust each and every application that you install from the Android Market. Though there are several anti-malware apps on the Market that can provide continuous and seamless protection for your system, said genre seldom includes the option to view detailed info on each and every installed app. PermissionDog for Android is a free, handy security app that lets you view the permissions of all user (installed) apps and indicates the threat level of each according to its permissions. Additionally, the app runs an on-access scanning service in the background, displaying within the notifications bar the permissions and threat level of apps as they are launched. Read More

JottiQ – Virus Scanner That Uses Jotti Malware Scan, Alternative to VirusTotal

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We all know about VirusTotal which is an online service that scans files from multiple antivirus applications. JottiQ is another freeware, developed by one of the coder named worseje who participated in DonationCoder's NANY2011 (New Apps for the New Year) challenge, that uses Jotti's malware scan service to verify the integrity of selected files and currently running executables from the best antivirus services. This can be particularly useful for checking suspicious files and to verify if an installed program has been infected. JottiQ is available with an installer package and in portable format. Read More

WinScan2PDF: Scan Documents To PDF File Without Using PDF Printer

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PDF printers, such as Bullzip PDF Printer and PDF24, have become popular tools used for converting text documents into PDF files. But the process of using a PDF printer to convert a scanned image to PDF file format is rather long and tiresome. It generally requires you to first scan the document to image format, then access the image, give Print command, select PDF Printer from the list of available printers, and hit Print button. Kind of headache, isn’t it? A better alternative is to use WinScan2PDF, a simple application that converts scanned documents directly into PDF format, without the need for a PDF printer. Read More

Norton Power Eraser: Last Resort Against Malwares And Viruses

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Viruses can be a nuisance, especially if you've tried every measure but still find them lurking in some software or hardware piece and significantly affecting your work. And after having tried several antivirus applications, if you still don't get the desired results, then you're just left with one final resort--to perform a full PC reinstall. But before you take this drastic measure, there is one more option you should execute. Run a Norton Power Eraser aggressive virus removal scan. However, keep in mind that this program is only to be tried as a last resort, if everything else fails! Read More