One of the best solutions to this problem is to store important notes online. While such applications do exist, many tend to be too fancy and bandwidth-hogging. Note-taking is meant to help you, not slow you down. Today I came across basic note-taking online service SimpleText.ws

It is a web tool designed to store ‘human sized’ text i.e. text which you write as notes, and not as lengthy thesis papers. While the site is secure, the author suggests people not to store any sensitive information (such as credit card numbers) on the site – better safe than sorry.

To get started, create an account by clicking the ‘Sign In’ button on the homepage. If you have a Google account, you can use it to sign in. Here’s how the note panel looks like:

As you can see, the entire panel has a very simple text storage interface, much similar to Notepad. You can type your notes and not worry about losing them. Unlike manual syncing, SimpleText.ws merges your changes so you’ll never lose data.

Features:

• Take notes and store them digitally.
• Simple and clutter free design.
• For basic writing and notes. No for huge files.
• Light Security. Not for sensitive information, credit cards, etc.
• Open source, suitable for self hosting, a public API.

Check out Simple Text @ www.SimpleText.ws

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• TextSave: Quickly Save & Share Text Online
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• HeyPasteIt: Simplest App For Sharing Text
• Ayenotes: Free & Quick Note Taker

Making voice presentations is easy. Just upload your file and then record your voice by calling a phone number provided by MyBrainshark. This tool has support for several video, audio, and document formats, so you won’t have a problem dealing with file conversions to make this service work for you.

MyBrainshark’s core functions are catered to businesses. The app is useful for corporate trainings, business presentations, product demos, proposals, and lectures. But if you are a blogger looking for a personal show-and-tell tool, Brainshark will also work well for your needs. You can also view other presentations from MyBrainshark’s rich content library.

You can register an individual account for free or you can view their small business and enterprise accounts if you are looking to integrate this tool to your business.

Features:

• Add voice narration to your presentations, documents, images, and videos.
• Support for several video, audio, and document formats.
• Add your voice by calling a Brainshark phone number.
• Useful for business presentations, lectures, product demos, training videos and more.
• Supports free individual and premium business accounts.

Check out myBrainshark @ my.brainshark.com

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• ZohoShow

The application has a spreadsheet like interface where projects are organized in rows, with individual project parts and tasks hierarchically listed in between.

This makes managing and editing any part of your project very easy. You can edit project tasks in-line, delete tasks, mark tasks as complete, view task history and copy tasks.

Other general features such as setting milestones, scheduling email reminders, adding comments and linking to web content are present as well.

All files related to your projects are nicely stored in one place for quick access. There is also a “my tasks” section where you can view all your personal tasks across multiple projects, and “dashboard” section that shows project progress and upcoming tasks.

Moreover, VeoProject lets you connect and collaborate on your projects using popular online services like Google Calendar, Twitter, Salesforce.com and Microsoft Outlook.

Feature overview:

• Easily build and manage projects online.
• Collaborate and share projects with others.
• Provides intuitive spreadsheet like interface with tasks hieararchy.
• Supports configurable cross-project reporting.
• Email, Google Calendar, Twitter, Salesforce.com and Microsoft Outlook integration.
• Options to set email notifications and reminders.
• All project related files are nicely stored and organized in one place.
• Ability to Import/Export projects.
• Advanced inline tasks editing.
• Set project milestones and add notes to your tasks.
• Provides a personal task section for each user.
• Free (basic) account allows you to store upto 10 project documents and limited to 20MB of storage space.
• For additional details take a video tour.

Check out VeoProject @ www.veoproject.com

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• Taskbarn: Collaborate & Manage Projects Online
• Wrike
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• Taskado : Group Project Manager

When all changes are made, CompareMyDocs provides a download link to a final version of document that incorporates all changes. You can download and save the document back to your computer as a Word document or RichText file. The site is completely free and doesn’t require sign up.

Demo video:

Features:

• Compare, recombine and merge documents online.
• Supported document formats: .doc, .docx and .rtf.
• Compare upto 6 versions of the same document.
• Save finalized version of document as a Word or RichText file.
• Quick, simple to use, free, and no registration.
• Similar tool: CompareMyFiles.

Check out CompareMyDocs @ www.secure2.textflow.com/comparemydocs (via Webware)

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• YourDraft: Create and Share Drafts Online
• XY WriteIt : Collaborate on Text Documents with Others
• WriteBoard: A Collaborative Text Editor
• WikiMatrix: Compare Wiki Platforms

You can easily typeset projects, manage and delete your resources, documents and images. There is also latex-creation output log, where you can quickly look up errors in LaTex code if a problem occurs during the generation of PDF.

Features:

• Create and manage LaTex files online.
• Preview and save documents as PDF.
• Toolbar options: add image, table, itemize, description, footnote and cite.
• Free version can be used for two small projects (limited to two documents, images and resources per project).
• Includes latex-creation output log where you can quickly look to find the error in your latex-code.
• Similar tool: MonkeyTex.

Check out Verbosus @ www.verbosus.com

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• Writer : Distraction-free Internet Typewriter

To add it to your browser drag the provided bookmarklet onto your browser toolbar. When you come across a PDF file link, first click on the bookmarklet and then the link pointing to a PDF document. Almost simultaneously the PDF file will be loaded in Google’s online PDF viewer. The viewer can also open PowerPoint files (PPT and TIFF).

Features:

• View PDF files in Google’s online PDF viewer.
• Also supports PowerPoint files in PPT and TIFF formats.
• Simple and really easy to use.
• Similar tools: Issuu, PDFMeNot and Vuzit.

Get Google Docs Viewer Bookmarklet @ www.noscope.com/journal/view-pdfs-with-google-docs-viewer-bookmarklet via (blogoscoped)

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The site has an extensive library of user added documents, organized by categories (Finance, Business, Presentations, Legal Forms & Agreements), popularity, tags and the time added. While most of the documents require payment some of the documents are given away for free.

The registration is required for both selling and buying documents. Gazhoo charges 30% fee on any document sold.

Features:

• Online marketplace marketplace for legal, financial, business and other professional document templates.
• Sell all sorts of document in any file format.
• Gazhoo charges 30% fee on the gross sales.
• Search, browse and buy documents uploaded by others.
• Make and receive payments via credit card or PayPal.
• All documents are organized in categories (legal, financial, business, professional… etc), popularity and the time added.
• The registration is required for both selling and buying documents.

Check out Gazhoo @ www.gazhoo.com

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• LetterWiz: Free Sample Letter Templates
• Gazhoo: Find Legal and Business Documents
• Collection of Free Business Forms and Templates
• Tagito: Sell Documents and Digital Content Online

As a guest, you can upload files with up to 1 MB in size and 5 pages per hour. Registered users on the other hand can upload files up to 20 MB in size, store docs online, convert files in zip archives and more. The restriction for them is that only the first 5 documents are free to convert. Additional pages will cost you 0.1$ for every page.

Features:

• Convert scanned images into editable format.
• Recognizes documents in 28 languages.
• Handles documents in following formats:  PDF (files including multi-page PDFs), TIF/TIFF (Multipage TIFFs supported), JPEG/JPG, BMP, PCX, PNG, GIF and ZIP.
• Output formats: PDF, MS Word (2003/XP, MS Excel (2003/XP), HTML, RTF and TXT.
• Free, no registration required. Conver files up to 1 MB in size and 5 pages per hour.
• Register to upload files up to 20MB in size, convert zip archives, multipage PDF files, choose recognition languages and output format.
• Similar tools: FineReaderOnline, Free-ORC and OCRTerminal.

Check out OnlineOCR @ www.onlineocr.net

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• NewOCR: Recognizes Text From Images
• Free-ORC: Extract Text From Image Files
• FineReaderOnline: Web Based Image Text Extractor
• WebMarkers : Print Documents To Web

Apart from filling your own forms the tool allows anyone publish blank PDF forms online and then invite others to fill them online.

In addition to PDF files the site also allows you to upload and edit JPG, GIF and PNG images. Completed forms can be shared with others. You can either let everyone edit shared forms or keep them on view only mode.

The site offers a free account which is limited to 1 user and currently allows to save and share up to 5 blank and 50 filled forms (premium accounts with more options are available as well).

Features:

• Fill in and share PDF forms online.
• Type, write, sign, redact, whiteout, highlight and print PDFs.
• Upload and make edits on image files.
• Supported file formats: .jpg, .gif and .png.
• Share forms by forwarding a link or embedding on your site.
• Let everyone edit shared forms or keep them on view only mode.
• Free account lets you save and share up to 5 blank and 50 filled forms.
• Similar tools: PDFescape, PDFHammer and PDFVue.

Check out FillAnyPDF @ www.fillanypdf.com

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• Verbosus: Web Based LaTex Editor

Features:

• Remove restrictions and limits from PDFs online.
• Unlock as many files as you like.
• Free and no sign up.
• Also check out a PDF Crack another online PDF unlocker.

Check out PDF Pirate @ www.pdfpirate.net

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• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• Verbosus: Web Based LaTex Editor
• SplitMergePDF : Online PDF Splitting and Merging Tool

The way it works, first you select a PDF file that you want to watermark. Specify watermark options and hit the “Watermark PDF” button. When the file is ready you will be able to download it onto your computer.

Features:

• Add watermark to PDF online.
• Customize your watermark (font color, watermark size, position etc).
• Use it as many times as you please.
• Max file size: 10 MB
• For more apps to work with PDF files, see pdf section.

Check out PDF-Watermark @ http://watermark-images.com/pdf-watermark

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• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online

Features:

• Quickly draw and save diagrams online.
• Create as many diagrams as you like.
• Draw free-hand or straight lines.
• Add shapes such as Rectangle and Ellipse.
• Enter text and customize color and size.
• Save created diagrams online or export as JPEG, PNG or SVG images.
• Some more similar apps were mentioned in 6 Great Brainstorming and Mindmapping Sites.

Check out Depicter @ www.depicter.com

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You can also check out presentations shared by other users, search and browse them by popularity, rate and leave comments.

Features:

• Upload and share PowerPoint presentations online.
• Share and embed your presentations online.
• Browse presentations shared by other users sorted by popularity, tags and categories.
• Download the software plug-in to upload presentations directly from the PowerPoint.
• Sign up to upload and comment on presentations.
• Similar websites: SlideSix.

Check out SlideServe @ www.slideserve.com

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• SlideSix: Upload, Enhance And Share Presentations Online
• Empressr : Create Flash Presentations Online
• ZohoShow
• ThumbStacks

Some spreadsheets also carry a Commercial Use license (paid) for use in business purposes. You can also find a large stock of additional spreadsheet calculators, calenders and templates under the section “What’s New at Vertex42.”

Features:

• Free free spreadsheet templates, calculators and calenders.
• Helpful in better management of time and finances and increase productivity.
• Large variety of such spreadsheets available.
• Commercial Use license(paid) available for business use.
• Similar websites: Check out websites offering free document templates.

Go to Vertex42 @ www.vertex42.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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As you can see in the above screenshot, our site is being translated from English to Hindi.

Google’s document translator can translate variety of document types including HTML, Microsoft Word, Rich Text, OpenDocument Text and Plain Text.

Features :

• Translate any article or document to nearly 50 languages.
• Very simple and easy to use.
• Translated article can be edited as well as saved and shared.
• Supports a large number of document formats.
• You can also enter the URL for a file on the web or input a direct link to a Wikipedia article or Knol entry.
• Can be helpful in learning other languages.

Check out Translate Toolkit @translate.google.com/toolkit/list (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Mobile Translator : Free Online Dictionary for your Mobile Phone

Adobe PDF – pdf, ps.
Microsoft Word Document – doc, docx.
Microsoft ExcelSpreadsheet – xls, xlxs.
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation – ppt, pptx, pps.
Open Office- odt, odp, sxw, sxi.

Works easy, simply go to the site, select the document you want to open and click on the “View Document”. Your document will be uploaded and opened online. You can also share your documents with others by forwarding a URL or embedding on your website or personal page.

See ViewDocsOnline in action:

Features:

• View documents online without having to install any software.
• Supported document formats: pdf, ps, doc, docx, xls, xlxs, ppt, pptx, pps, odt, odp, sxw, sxi.
• Open documents from your computer or the web.
• Share documents in many different ways (email, social networks, forums, etc.).
• Embedding supported.
• Convert your documents into PDF format.
• Similar tools: OpenItOnline and Samurajdata.se.

Check out ViewDocsOnline @ www.viewdocsonline.com

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• Samurajdata.se: Online Viewer For PDF, PostScript and Word
• Peepel: Online Word and Spreadsheet
• PDF Generator: Convert Word, Excel and PowerPoint docs to PDF

You can also contribute to the site by uploading the forms. So if you a got a free business form or a template that is not available on the site yet then share it with others by uploading it.

Features:

• Download free business forms and templates.
• Search and browse templates by categories.
• Check out most popular and newly added forms.
• Contribute by uploading your templates.
• Free and doesn’t require any registration.
• Similar websites: DocStoc and som other in earlier published article about websites offering free document templates.

Check out FreeBusinessFormsAndTemplates @www.freebusinessformsandtemplates.com

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• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• Peepel: Online Word and Spreadsheet
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You can access the text anytime online or share it with others by forwarding the URL.

Features:

• Share text snippets online.
• Free, instant, no sign up.
• Paste your text and access it online.
• Share the text with others by forwarding its URL.

Check out HeyPasteIT @ www.heypasteit.com

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• Txtb.in: Save & Share Short Text Notes Online
• TextSave: Quickly Save & Share Text Online
• J.otDown: Simple Web Based Notepad
• Yanobs : Web-based Notepad
• SimpleText: Take Notes & Store Them Online

The website provides both free and premium accounts, free account are limited to 2 free faxes per day and 3 pages per fax.

Features:

• Send free fax to Canada, US (48 states) & Hawaii.
• Type text to fax or upload a PDF or DOC file to fax.
• Free account has a limit of 2 free fax per day and 3 pages per fax.

Other websites that allow somene to send a fax from a computer for free are TPC, FaxZero and eFaxFree.

Check out GotFreeFax @ www.gotfreefax.com

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• Qipit : Capture and Share Docs Using Mobile
• MyFax: Send Free Fax via Internet
• K7 : Get Fax and Voicemail Messages in Your email
• FaxZero

The cool part, documents can not be copied, print-screened without the owner’s permission. Additional security measures such as screen curtain and document background watermarks are provided as well. Go ahead and check out a sample here.

How does it work?

• Enter recipient’s email, select documents on your hard drive, set permissions, expiration dates etc.
• Upload your documents, add additional notes to the files and send them.
• The recipients will receive an email with a link to view those documents. They do not need to install anything to be able to view the documents.

Feature overview:

• Secure document sharing over the net.
• All documents are kept on secure WatchDox server.
• Control who can view, copy-paste, print or forward documents.
• Track who and when opened the document and where they were opened.
• Supported document formats: doc, docx  ppt, pptx, pps  xls, xlsx, pdf, odt, odp, ods txt, rtf.
• The documents can not be copied or print-screened without your permission.
• Additional security measures like curtain and watermark are also available.
• Personal account to keep track of shared documents in one place.
• Upload up to two documents and up to 15 MBs each time.
• Storage limit is restricted to 50 MBs.
• Microsoft Outlook plug-in to send protected documents directly from Outlook available.
• Set document expiration period to anytime up to 30 days.
• Note: The application is free during beta testing period.

Check out WatchDox @ www.watchdox.com

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• WooFiles

The site has a clean and uncluttered interface. Users may browse templates by category (Abstract, General, Nature, Finance etc), by tags, by popularity or search with keywords. Download any template with one click in ZIP archive format.

Features:

• Free PowerPoint templates and backgrounds.
• Browse template by category, by popularity, by tags etc.
• Easily download desired template with a single click.
• Similar website: PresentationsETC.

Check out TemplateWise @ www.templateswise.com

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There are additional options that allow customization of printouts, you can easily remove text or images you do not want to print. For more info watch demo video below:

Features:

• Helps to save on ink and paper.
• Optimizes web pages for print by removing ads and junk.
• Browser bookmarklet provided.
• Customize your prints by removing unnecessary text and images.
• Add print friendly button to your site or webpage.
• Free and no registration.
• Also see How To Save Printer Ink & Make It Last Longer.

Check out PrintFriendly @ www.printfriendly.com

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• PrintWhatYouLike: Convert Webpages to Printer Friendly Format
• Printable Paper : Free Paper Templates
• PDF Notes Generator: Print Sheets for Note Taking

To unlock, simply upload the Excel file from your computer, click “Submit” and save the unlocked version to your computer.

Features:

• Unlock password-protected unlock Excel spreadsheet online.
• Unlock as many files as you like.
• Free, no registration.

Check out XLS Crack @ www.ensode.net/ensode/xls-crack

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• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
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• SmartSheet: Powerful Web Spreadsheet Editor for Groups
• Sheetster : Online Spreadsheet Editor
• Peepel: Online Word and Spreadsheet

Just upload a document from your computer and click “Submit”. The unlocked version of your document will be will be automatically opened in a new browser window. Click to save it to your computer.

Features:

• Unlock PDF files online.
• Unlock PDF documents that come with copy/paste and print restrictions.
• Free. No registration needed.

Check out PDF-Crack @ www.ensode.net/pdf-crack

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• Vuzit : Online PDF Document Viewer
• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• Verbosus: Web Based LaTex Editor

You can access and edit your text later at the permanent link provided in the address bar of your browser (ex: http://j.otdown.com/23Apr09/cfg4xf/zb) or share the read-only version of the text with others by clicking the “Share” button.

Features:

• Simple Internet notepad.
• Start typing, your text is saved automatically when you take a break.
• Access and edit your text from the permanent link you see in your browser’s address bar.
• Share the read-only version with other people.
• Other web-based notepad apps: JottIt, Npad and Luminotes.

Check out J.otDown @ http://j.otdown.com

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• Txtb.in: Save & Share Short Text Notes Online
• TextSave: Quickly Save & Share Text Online
• HeyPasteIt: Simplest App For Sharing Text
• Yanobs : Web-based Notepad
• SimpleText: Take Notes & Store Them Online

View files from your computer or from the web. You can navigate through pages one-by-one, rotate them left or right and zoom in/out with one click.

Click to view the larger or smaller sizes

Features:

• Online PDF, Word and PostScript viewer.
• No need for additional software or plugins.
• Preview PDF and PostScript files as browsable images.
• Preview Word documents as webpages.
• Upload files from your computer or fetch from another URL.
• Free and lightweight.
• Similar websites: OpenItOnline.

Check out Samurajdata @ http://view.samurajdata.se

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• PDFtoWord: Accurate PDF To Word Converter
• DocuFarm: Online Document Search and Viewer
• DocStoc: Free Online Document Templates
• ConvertPdfToWord: PDF to Word Doc Converter

You can either download slides one by one or download them as ready made PowerPoint Templates and Keynote themes.

PowerPoint Templates – Have both the traditional title and content slides and color schemes.

Keynote themes – Each theme offers 10–20 slides, plus variety of designs with transparent cut-outs.

A friendly license allows teachers and students to use up to 50 items in a single, non-commercial project without further permission.

Features:

• Collection of presentation backgrounds and keynote themes.
• Download as many wallpapers as you like.
• Choose between several themes and templates.
• Currently lists more than 20,000 backgrounds to choose from.

Check out Presentations ETC @ www.etc.usf.edu/presentations (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut)

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The site also provides you with inbuilt editor that lets you customize sign according to your needs. Using editor you can add and align text, create vertical or horizontal mirror, toggle between signs, print them out and save onto you computer.

Note: Site works only on Internet Explorer7 and above, If you want to use it on Firefox get IE Tab Add-on.

Features:

• Hundreds of printable warning signs.
• Search and browse them by category (warning, prohibition, mandatory, safe condition, fire evacuation, fire exit banners , public information, hazard warning panels, OSHA signs…. etc.)
• Customize signs by adding your own text.
• Create vertical or horizontal mirror of any sign.
• Save signs on to your computer.
• All sign are free.
• The site works on IE only, to use it on Firefox get IE Tab Add-on.
• Similar sites: WarningSignGenerator and Sign Builder 2.0.

Watch demo video below:

Check out Online-Sign @ www.online-sign.com

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• Sign Builder 2.0 : ‘Safety’ Sign Maker
• Printable Paper : Free Paper Templates
• Pocketmod : Design and Print Pocket-sized Booklets
• PDFpad
• OnlineCrosswords: Free Printable Crossword Puzzles

Edited PDF files can be saved to your computer or shared with others by forwarding a link. There is also browser add-on which can automatically open any PDF link you come across on PDFVue.

Features:

• Edit and annotate PDF files online.
• Edit as many files as you want, no limit on size and number of pages.
• Upload and fill out PDF forms online.
• Browser add-on that automatically opens files on PDFVue.
• Open PDF files from your computer or any web address.
• Download and save edited PDF files to your computer.
• Share file with others by forwarding a link.
• Similar websites: PDFescape and PDFHammer.

Check out  PDFVue @ www.pdfvue.com (via Webware)

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• FillAnyPDF: Free PDF Form Fill In Tool
• WebMarkers : Print Documents To Web
• Vuzit : Online PDF Document Viewer
• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• Verbosus: Web Based LaTex Editor

• Gamma checker: lets you check gamma level of your monitor, if gamma levels are poor you could be missing some details on images and games you play.
• Phasing checker: Lets you view how bad phasing has got on your monitor. The test will show you an simple image, if this image appears phase (blured) then you may have poor clock settings.
• Brightness checker: Lets you check the brightness levels on your monitor. If you have incorrect brightness on your monitor it could be showing you the wrong colors.
• Flicker fixer: This test helps you fix flickering screen, it will show you a simple pattern and if it is flickering use auto-config button on your monitor. It shoul fix the problem.
• Dead pixel fixer: This test lets you fix stuck and dead pixels on your screen. Just start the test on full screen mode and leave it for about a hour.

Check out ScreenFix @ www.screenfix.net

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• TvCalculator: TV Screen Size Comparison Tool
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• UGOlog: Monitor Your Home Over The Internet With a Webcam

Works really simple, all you have to do is routinely enter times when you went to bed and the time you woke up next morning along with how well you slept and few words. That is it!

There is also a social side to the website, users canshare their sleeping experiences with other YawnLog users.

Features:

• Track your sleep online.
• Add additional notes.
• Share your sleeping experiences with others or keep them private.
• Data presented with easy to understand graphs.

Check out YawnLog @ beta.yawnlog.com

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• iSleepDiary: Track Your Sleep Patterns
• SugarStats: Track Blood Sugar Online
• SleepEducation: Guide to Sleeping Disorders & Treatments
• Skimble: Track & Plan Your Active Life And Sports
• Qwitter : Helps you Quit Smoking

Blist which looks like a spreadsheet can help you to create comprehensive lists, be it a simple personal list or an advanced database. You could embed things like images, pdf files, word documents right beside a name in a spreadsheet and that too by simply dragging and dropping stuff into it.

There are many other features of this tool which makes it a wonderful tool to collaborate on projects. It also has lenses and widgets which help you to filter the database and add more functionality to it.

For more info watch demo video below:

Check out Blist @ www.blist.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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• ThinkFree: Web Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• SmartSheet: Powerful Web Spreadsheet Editor for Groups
• Peepel: Online Word and Spreadsheet
• Google Docs: Online Word, Spreadsheet and Powerpoint
• eXpresso: Create and Share Spreadsheets Online

Features:

• Quick document search on Google.
• Search for Word (.doc), PowerPoint (.ppt), Excel (.xls) and PDF (.pdf) docs online.
• Free and easy to use.

If you’re looking for some kind of document template (i.e. housing contract, NDA agreement) then make sure to read previously published article on 3 Excellent Sites to Get Free Document Templates.

Check out Brupt @ www.brupt.com

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• Google Document Search Utility
• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• GuardarComoPDF: Convert doc, txt, rtf, jpeg, xls, ppt to PDF online
• DocuFarm: Online Document Search and Viewer
• DocStoc: Free Online Document Templates

Users can add up to 10 PDF documents with a maximum of 5 MB per file. After adding the files, click on on the “Merge PDF!” button to upload and merge all the documents. The resulting file can be then downloaded and opened in the any PDF reader.

Features:

• Online PDF joiner for merging PDF documents.
• Combine up to 10 PDF files per session.
• Individual file size limit is 5MB.
• All uploaded files are removed after the merge process is finished.

MergePDF is by no means an only tool to merge PDFs other sites include PDFHammer, SplitMergePDF, PDF SplitandMerge and PDFtk.

Check out MergePDF @ www.mergepdf.net

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• Vuzit : Online PDF Document Viewer
• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• SplitMergePDF : Online PDF Splitting and Merging Tool
• Samurajdata.se: Online Viewer For PDF, PostScript and Word

By using AyeNotes’ shorthand to longhand text expansion, users can jot down commonly used phrases, templates, or strings quickly and in a standardized way online. The ability to make these expansions on the fly can also be customized to help users create documents in simple markup or assist the user in avoiding common typos that they are prone to. The possibilities are limitless.

AyeNotes uses a highly optimized interface that consists of only two main windows and virtually no images. Users can organize clips by context and also categorize notes by tags. When a user begins authoring a note in a particular context the clips available for that context along with the appropriate shorthand is displayed as the user starts typing the note. AyeNotes is not a rich-text note taking editor, but a fast, simple and universally accessible note taking platform.

Features:

• Fast note taking tool for taking and storing notes online.
• Expands pre-configured shorthand strings into longhand clips.
• Configurable auto-save features prevents lost data.
• Organize and find notes quickly using tags.
• Download notes in Multi-Markdown format.
• E-mail notes to other users.
• Keystrokes (ctrl-s for save, ctrl-e for email, etc) for common tasks supported.
• Unlimited note and clip storage.
• Hover over clip and note titles to preview contents.
• iPhone application coming soon.
• Free and no limitations.
• Similar Sites: Webnote and txtb.in.

Check out Ayenotes @ www.ayenotes.com

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• Txtb.in: Save & Share Short Text Notes Online
• TextSave: Quickly Save & Share Text Online
• SimpleText: Take Notes & Store Them Online
• MyTextFile: Minimalist Online Text Editor
• J.otDown: Simple Web Based Notepad

To compare printing prices simply select the item you want to print, set preferred size, quantity, delivery option and then click on the “Search” button. PrintingChoice compares all available options and lists printing service providers from cheapest to more expensive ones.

The site also provides you with the articles about printing to help you make the best decisions. Moreover, there is a section for current deals offered by various vendors.

Features:

• Printing price guide for comparing printing service providers.
• Compare prices for printing brochures, flyers, business cards, door hangers, postcards, posters and tickers.
• Supported printing sites: VistaPrint.com, PSPrint.com, PrintPlace.com, UPrinting.com, PrintRunner.com, BravePrinting.com, OvernightPrints.com, iPrint.com, 48HourPrint.com and PrintingForLess.com.
• Customizable search lets you refine items by size, quantity and delivery options.
• Articles and guides section for reading articles about printing.
• Check out latest deals and discounts.

Check out PrintingChoice @ www.printingchoice.com

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• WoW-Coupons : Search, Find and Print Free Coupons
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• WikiMatrix: Compare Wiki Platforms
• WebMarkers : Print Documents To Web

The site also gives you an option to check out presentations uploaded by others. You can view newest, most viewed and most ranked presentations, add comments and rate presentations you like or dislike.  Embedding of presentations on to your site or personal webpage also supported.

Furthermore users can create a group or become a member of an existing group to upload and share presentations of a particular category and affiliate themselves.

Feature overview:

• Upload, enhance presentation and share them online.
• Supported formats:

PPTX (PowerPoint 2007)
PPT/PPS (PowerPoint 97/2000/XP)
PDF (Adobe Acrobat)
ODP/SXI (OpenOffice)
MOV (QuickTime)

• Your SlideSix presentations can be public or made private and shared only with friends.
• Add multimedia (audio, video) to your slides online.
• Search and browse presentations of other users.
• Check out newest, most viewed and most ranked presentations.
• Add comments and rate presentations.
• Presentations can be embedded anywhere.

For more info view demo presentations below:

Check out Slidesix @ www.slidesix.com (via TechCrunch)   (Contributed by Venkatesh Varalu)

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• Zoho : Feature-rich Web-based Office Software
• SlideServe: Upload and Share PowerPoint Presentations
• Empressr : Create Flash Presentations Online
• ZohoShow
• ThumbStacks

Features:

• Save and share short text notes online.
• No restrictions on the number of text characters.
• No registration  needed.
• For more similar websites see MakeUseOf clipboard section.

Check out Txtb.in @ www.txtb.in

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• TextSave: Quickly Save & Share Text Online
• J.otDown: Simple Web Based Notepad
• HeyPasteIt: Simplest App For Sharing Text
• Yanobs : Web-based Notepad
• SimpleText: Take Notes & Store Them Online

Features:

• Split and merge PDF documents online.
• Maximum file size limit is 200 KB .
• No signup or registration needed

As mentioned above, SplitMergePDF works only for files that are less than 200 KB in size. If you’re looking for a comprehensive PDF splitter/merger then check out previously reviewed PDFtk and PDF Split & Merge. Both of these tools need to be installed on your computer before you can use them.

Check out SplitMergePDF @ www5.rptea.com/pdf/

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• Vuzit : Online PDF Document Viewer
• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• Samurajdata.se: Online Viewer For PDF, PostScript and Word
• Rst2a: Create Plain Text Documents

Features:

• Online PDF to Word document converter.
• Convert as many files as you like. No signup needed.
• You won’t be able to convert password protected PDF and OCR docs.
• For more online tools to work with PDFs go here.

Checkout PDFUndoOnline @ www.pdfundo.net (via Lifehacker)

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• PDF Generator: Convert Word, Excel and PowerPoint docs to PDF
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• Acrobat : 5 in 1 Online Office Suite from Adobe