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Friday, February 08, 2008

Email Based File Conversion - Supports PDF, DOC, DOCX, MP3, etc.

Source: http://www.labnol.org/internet/email/convert-file-formats-online-email-attachments-pdf-docx-mp3/2236/

Here are five new additions to the list of Most Useful Email Addresses that help you instantly convert popular file formats like Office docs, PDF and music files via email attachments.

To use any of these email based file conversion services, just send your files (like DOCX, PDF, MP3, etc) as email attachments to the address of the conversion service and they’ll send back files in converted formats almost instantly.

1. mp3@koolwire.com - Convert WAV to MP3 format (file limit: 10 MB)

2. iPhone@pdfonline.com - Convert Microsoft Visio (VSD) and Word 2007 (DOCX) to PDF. You can send multiple file formats in the same email and the converted PDF documents will arrive in separate emails. Don’t get confused by the iphone word in the email address, it works just fine for the desktop and other wireless devices.

3. pdf@koolwire.com - Convert DOC, XLS or PPT files to PDF

4. doc@koolwire.com - Convert PDF to Word or RTF

5. wav@koolwire.com - Convert MP3 Songs to WAV files

The PDFOnline service support all Microsoft Office formats including the latest DOCX format but the file has to be less than 1 MB. You can use the Koolwire email conversion service to convert files as large as 10 MB.

These services are especially handy if your mobile phone doesn’t offer file viewer for particular formats - like a BlackBerry cannot read Visio or Docx formats.

Related: Convert DOCX to DOC Format

Email Based File Conversion - Supports PDF, DOC, DOCX, MP3, etc. - Digital Inspiration

Reference Chart: Internet Acquisitions made by Yahoo, Google, etc

Source: http://www.labnol.org/internet/favorites/reference-chart-internet-acquisitions-made-by-yahoo-google-etc/2249/

Acquisitions by Internet companies

Amy Webb is tracking all the acquisitions made by Internet giants like Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft and AOL. No wonder, the red block corresponding to Google occupies the maximum estate.

A high-res version of the "Who Owns What" chart is available for download as a PDF or a JPG image so print and pin it to your cubicle wall - handy if you cover the digital media landscape on your site. Thanks Lee and Steve.

You may also like the Internet World Maps.

Reference Chart: Internet Acquisitions made by Yahoo, Google, etc - Digital Inspiration

Intel sued for Core 2 Duo patent infringement -- by the University of Wisconsin

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/231086680/

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops

Although Intel's mighty proud of the Core 2 Duo, it looks like the chip wasn't all home-grown -- a lawsuit filed today by the University of Wisconsin claims that the processor infringes on patented technology developed by one of its professors. Back in 1998, CS department chair Gurindar Sohi presented some of his developments relating to instruction level parallelism to Intel and offered to license them, but got nowhere -- yet the same tech is in the Core 2 Duo, according to the lawsuit. For its part, Intel says it's been talking to the Badgers for over a year now, and that it hasn't evaluated the complaint -- which it might want to do in short order, since UW's asking for the court to halt shipments of the Core 2 Duo in addition to monetary damages and legal fees.

[Thanks, Matt G.]

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ZAP revives hundred-year-old Detroit Electric brand

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/231099860/

Filed under: Transportation

It's taken a while, but it looks like we could soon be seeing a new batch of Detroit Electrics roaming the roads, as ZAP has just announced that its reviving the hundred-year-old brand for some of its own all-electric vehicles. According to the company, those will be developed in a joint venture with the China Youngman Automotive Group, and will include the Zap Alias (pictured above), which we've seen previously under slightly more mysterious circumstances. Other details are expectedly light at the moment, but ZAP will apparently have plenty more to say about its new retro ways at the NADA 2008 auto show, which gets underway in San Francisco next week.

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ARM demoing Android prototype at Mobile World Congress?

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/231099858/

Filed under: Cellphones

According to Reuters, chipmaker ARM has plans to show off an Android-based "Google Phone" prototype at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The news agency is citing a "source" for this information, and both Google and ARM declined to comment, as if reading from some sort of industry script, though we're seeing and hearing a lot of buzz from MWC on new tech, so this would come as no surprise. Come on guys, we don't mind if the OS is still a little buggy... show us some hardware.

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