Free file hosting and sharing

E-mail, Technology September 1st, 2008

File DropperFile Dropper is a nice online tool, which you can use to share large files with anyone. You can simply email, you may say but most organizations have a limit on attachment size in emails. Similarly web mail services too have some restrictions in attachment size. So what if you want to share a 200MB file with a person who’s in another country? This is where File Dropper comes in.

It lets you upload/host files upto 5GB (yes, GB not MB) to/in their servers. Once you upload, you get a link to that file, which you can share with anyone who you want to download. Its that [Read more...]

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Download FLV files off Google, YouTube etc

Technology August 20th, 2008

There are quite a few video streaming website such as Google Video, YouTube and MetaCafe. All these websites publish videos in FLV or flash video format. You can watch these FLV videos online but they provide no link to download these videos.

This is where www.viloader.net comes in handy. Viloader provide easy to use interface where you can simply paste the URL of the video page. Once you do that and hit enter, it will fetch the video site and grab the FLV video for you. Then it will download the FLV file as you would download a normal file off the Internet. Its that simple! [Read more...]

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Fax over Internet for FREE!

Technology August 8th, 2008

Yesterday I had to fax a document to my insurance company. However I don’t have a fax machine. So the only options were to send it through a communications centre or using a friend’s fax machine. This led me to search a way to send a fax through Internet.

After searching the Internet I found many services. Almost all services were charging a nominal fee or limited to North American continent but one – The Phone Company.

The Phone Company offer faxing over Internet for free. That’s not all. It supports International [Read more...]

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Compare shipping prices online for FREE!

Technology June 24th, 2008

Shiptool beta logoHow many times have you switched from web page to web page on different carriers’ websites to compare shipping prices? If you are like me, you would simply chose the first carrier that comes to your mind. Now there is a tool to compare shipping prices between DHL, FedEx, UPS and USPS from within one website – Shiptool beta!

To compare shipping prices and select the carrier that offers you the lowest price, all you have to do is go to Shiptool website and enter ‘from’ address, ‘to’ address, shipping options like weight and number of packages and date options and click on ‘get rates’. Isn’t that simple or what? [Read more...]

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