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In the war among various software and hardware companies, we are left with different file formats that open on certain devices and not on others.Unfortunately, it is the user who ultimately suffers. This make it important to have your files in the right file formats; otherwise you may not be able to view or work with them.This is where file conversion can be so useful. Some common and popular file conversions are of your favourite songs, videos, documents and eBooks from one format to another. All these file conversions and many more can be done in a matter of the free website Zamzar(www.zamzar.com) . No downloads or file installs are required. Open your browser to www.zamzar.com  and, in the Step 1 box, select the file that you wish to convert. You can either upload a file from your computer or you can select a web URL where the file is located. Now you need to select the format into which you want to convert the selected file. In this example, I am going to use ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced it was joining the   Eclipse Foundation   as a solutions member. Membership will enable the company to collaborate more closely with the Eclipse community, which has more than 240 members. It also provides an outlet for delivering tools and services for all development teams. Microsoft will be able to improve its cloud services, SDKs and tools, according to Shanku Niyogi, general manager of the Visual Studio team. "It is clear that Microsoft is a changed company and is now willing to engage developers in their existing communities," said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation. "I do not see any immediate change at Eclipse or the open source community as a whole resulting from this," he told LinuxInsider. History With Eclipse Microsoft already delivers a number of Eclipse-based tools, including the Azure Toolkit for Eclipse and Java  SDK  for Azure, which enables Eclipse users to build cloud applic...

By All Tricks CES 2016, the first and debatably most important consumer technology show of the year, is over. We’ve already gone over some of the  weirdest  technology from the show (and there was plenty to choose from), but now we’re going to list off the stuff from CES that actually got us excited about the future. There are some mainstays of the show such as the Oculus Rift, the HTC Vive, and new ultra super definition massive televisions—but also a lot of new stuff that was a complete surprise. These are the 10 gadgets and pieces of new technology that stood out from the bunch for us: 10. Segway Advanced Personal Robot Segways were already a little ridiculous, but now they have a robotic face on them—but hey, no CES is complete without some old fashioned robotics. This new product from Segway is somewhere between a personal assistant and a mode of transportation, which isn’t the craziest thing in the world when you think about it. Much of the potential be...