From Lifehacker:
”Tired of fiddling with scanned pages to remove borders, correct alignment, and otherwise prettify them before storing or emailing them? Then Scan Tailor could be right up your alley.

This free app splits two-page scans into single documents, converts text to black and white without disturbing images, and cleans stray specks off pages.  Scan Tailor [...]

From ARS Technica:
”When times get tough and belts get tight, one of the first things many companies do is begin casting about for ways increase efficiency and raise per-worker productivity. Many businesses turn to free and open-source tools to meet these needs, and at some point in such discussions someone invariably suggests a wiki for [...]

From Gizmodo:
”Holiday season air travel just got a little less crappy—freebie access starts today, and runs through to January 15. Read on for the full list of airports, and info on free Wi-Fi promos from Yahoo and Microsoft, too.

You may also remember that Google already said it would foot the bill for Virgin America Wi-Fi [...]

From windows7center.com:
BitLocker to Go is a new feature of Windows 7 that allows you to encrypts your USB devices with a passwords. This feature is very useful if you want to ensure that your sensitive/private information will not get into the  wrong hand should you were ever lose one of these devices.
Now before we begin if [...]

A post on “Interoperability @ Microsoft” last week by Paul Lorimer revealed that Microsoft intends to release documentation for Outlook’s .pst file format.

”In order to facilitate interoperability and enable customers and vendors to access the data in .pst files on a variety of platforms, we will be releasing documentation for the .pst file format. This [...]

From ARS Technica:
”The Arizona state Supreme Court has ruled that the metadata attached to public records is itself public, and cannot be withheld in response to a public records request. Such a ruling on file metadata may not seem like a huge win for open government advocates, but it definitely is, given that metadata has [...]

From Maximum PC:
”Picture this: It’s late at night, you’re sitting at your computer playing a game or working on a project when, suddenly, Windows freezes completely. All your work is gone, and you find a blue screen full of gibberish staring back at you. Windows is dead, Jim, at least until you reboot it. You [...]