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Create, Share and Print floor plans for bedroom, home office, living room etc.
Create, Share and Print floor plans for bedroom, home office, living room etc.: “
We posted about Floorplanner, which allows you to create floor plans online. Here is another tool Roomful Express.
Roomful Express is a simple online tool, allows you to create floor plans for bedroom, dining room, home office, living room and youth bedroom.
Once you choose the type of room you want to design the floor plan for, you get several tools to customize Furniture, Landscape, Patio, Fixtures etc.
As shown in above image, upper and left panel have tools, the left panel also has some tools which allow you to save (will need an account creation and login), print, and share the created plans.
Roomful Express is simple to use, however if you are a pro in designing floor plans, Floorplanner is definitely a better tool, it has 3D view option and several other tools.
Try Roomful Express
Windows 7 Professional $29.99
Windows 7 Professional $29.99 for students: ”
Unlike the Win741 program, there weren’t any specific details provided as to when this deal would expire. The offer is only available in some countries and prices do vary within the different countries, but are still substantially cheaper than the newsstand price.
Some colleges and universities offer complimentary MSDNAA (Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance) accounts to their students, which will allow you to download Windows 7 for free. You can check here to see if your school is enrolled in the MSDNAA program.
Click here to purchase Windows 7 Professional for $29.99 from theUltimateSteal website
Windows 7 Installs
Windows 7 Installs: No Optical Drive? No Problem!: ”
‘The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7 ISO file on a USB flash drive or a DVD. To create a bootable DVD or USB flash drive, download the ISO file and then run the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool. Once this is done, you can install Windows 7 directly from the USB flash drive or DVD.’
Once upon a time, Personal Computers has their Operating System installed through floppy disks, that is, when they were not run off the floppy disks themselves. You had your choice of the big 5 1/4′ floppies and the more cutting edge 3.5′ floppies. As time went on, the number of floppies you needed increased until you were swapping a stack of 20-30 floppy discs over the course of a few hours! Things are much better now with CDs and DVDs, except lots of PCs are coming without them. So how do you install or upgrade them? With Microsoft’s handy, dandy, super-excellent Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool! Well, it won’t change the world, but it will take the ISO image of a Windows 7 install disc and turn it into a bootable image you can put on a USB flash drive. Handy if you want to upgrade your netbook and don’t have access to an external CD/DVD drive.
iTunes Basics: Sync your Google contacts with your iPhone or iPod touch address book
iTunes Basics: Sync your Google contacts with your iPhone or iPod touch address book: “
Using iTunes 7.7 or greater, users can sync their Google contacts to their iPhone or iPod touch address book using these simple steps. Before syncing, users should organize their contact lists on their Mac, iPhone or iPod touch, and in Google to ensure a smoother transfer. Once you are organized (including having at least iTunes 7.7 installed on your Mac), connect your iPhone or iPod touch and…
Windows 7 ISO to USB/DVD Tool
Windows 7 ISO to USB/DVD Tool: ”
When you download Windows 7 from MSDN or from Microsoft, it might be in ISO format. You will need to burn the ISO file to a DVD and then start installing. Microsoft has released a new tool which will convert your ISO files to USB or DVD. The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7 ISO file on a USB flash drive or a DVD. To create a bootable DVD or USB flash drive, download the ISO file and then run the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool. Once this is done, you can install Windows 7 directly from the USB flash drive or DVD.
The copy of the ISO file that the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool creates is bootable. Bootable media allows you to install Windows 7 without having to first run an existing operating system on your machine. If you change the boot order of drives in your computer’s BIOS, you can run the Windows 7 installation directly from your USB flash drive or DVD when you turn on your computer.
To make a copy of your Windows 7 ISO file:
- Click the Windows Start button, and click Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool in the All Programs list to open the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool.
- In the Source File box, type the name and path of your Windows 7 ISO file, or click Browse and select the file in the Open dialog box.
- Select USB to create a copy on a USB flash drive or DVD to create a copy on a DVD disk, then click Next.
- If you are copying the file to a USB flash drive, select your USB device in the dropdown list and click Begin copying. If you are copying the file up to a DVD, click Begin burning.
Recover Deleted Photos with AnyFound Photo Recovery: ”
AnyFound Photo Recovery is a free and easy to use recovery software which can recover deleted, lost, corrupted digital photos from your hard disk drive or even from your USB drives. You might have lost the photos due to accidental format, software malfunction, file or directory deletion, virus attack, unexpected system shutdown etc. AnyFound Free Photo Recovery Software supports recovery of photos, images, pictures and snap shots photographs by accidentally deleted, lost or missed from Windows hard disk partitions and removable storage devices.
Select the partition from which you want to start the recovery process. All the partitions on your hard disk should be visible by default.
Features of AnyFound Photo Recovery;
- Recovers all lost, missed, deleted pictures from the Windows hard disk drive and USB drives.
- Supports recovery of almost all formats of the images, including BMP, JPEG(JPG), GIFF, PNG, PSD, TIFF, WMF, EMF, ICO etc.
- Provide thumbnail preview of recoverable files before actual data recovery.
- Supports recovery from accidentally formatted or corrupted media.
- Easy and safe to use without requiring any professional technical skills
Note: If you are running this tool on Windows 7 make sure that it is run in administrator mode.
Students Can Download Windows 7 for $29
Students Can Download Windows 7 for $29: ”
College students in the U.S. shouldn’t rush out to buy retail copies of Windows 7. Instead, they can download a full copy of Windows 7 Home Premium for $29. Anyone with a valid .EDU email address can score the deal over at Win741.com. Some students can score free copies of Windows 7 through various programs, but this is still a great deal for others.
Upgrade to Windows 7 with a Clean Install
Upgrade to Windows 7 with a Clean Install: “
‘I was so hoping to have better news to share, but with all the conflicting reports and my own troubles testing this while on the road, it’s been a messy 24 hours. However, after staying up late last night and working through a few different scenarios, I think I do have a (fairly) simple way to clean install Windows 7 with Upgrade media.’
So you bought Microsoft’s pledge and decided that Windows 7 is the answer to all your life’s problems. Paul Thurrott of the SuperSite for Windows has a treat for you. After much work, he has found a way to use the Windows 7 upgrade media to make a clean install. Traditionally, upgrade media requires that you have an existing copy of Windows on your computer, however, upgrades do not always go smoothly. While Microsoft has improved on this process, lots of techies recommend clean installs, meaning you install the OS on an empty hard drive. With Thurrott’s tip, you can now do an ‘upgrade’ without fear! The only suggestion I can make beyond this is that you keep in mind that this is probably not an officially supported method of upgrading your PC, so have that geek friend on speed dial if you want to try this.
With a rebel Dell, Psystar tries more, more, more
With a rebel Dell, Psystar tries more, more, more:
Psystar, that pesky little thorn in Apple’s side, has released Rebel EFI. According to Psystar, the app, available for $49.99 through the company’s site, ‘allows for the easy installation of multiple operating systems,’ including Mac OS X, on a vanilla PC. Besides bypassing EFI requirements, Rebel EFI can also detect for Mac OS X compatible and incompatible hardware, and automatically download appropriate drivers. Skeptical? No worries: the app is free to try (as an ISO download), with a two hour time limit.
To each their own, and if running Mac OS X on non-Apple specified hardware floats your boat, then you should also be aware of the risks involved. In other words, back up your data if you are attempting such a thing. Second, and more importantly, there’s the issue of licensing: Apple prohibits the installation of Mac OS X on non Apple-branded machines.
Psystar giveth and Psystar must also taketh. One wonders how Psystar will react when people illegally use Rebel EFI, just like Psystar is allegedly misusing Mac OS X, as pirated versions inevitably circulate around the Interwebs.
Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
[via The Loop]
Microsoft giving away Windows Server 2008: ”
Well, they’re not just giving it away to everybody. Microsoft is giving away copies of the Server 2008 R2 standard edition as part of their DreamSpark program. DreamSpark is Microsoft’s initiative to give away some of their most powerful tools to students, allowing them to learn how to use the products for free (instead of just pirating a copy off the web).
All you’ll need to do is provide some information that proves your status as a student, and you’ll be able to download an IMG file and install a full working version of Server 2008. Sounds like a pretty good deal. There’s a bunch of other software in the DreamSpark program, so if you’re a student it’s definitely worth your time to check it out. And don’t forget, you can still get a discount on a copy of Windows 7 when it comes out.
[via DealNews]
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