Windows only PDFs are a great file format to send to someone because almost everyone is able to view the document, but that also means the ability to make changes are heavily restricted. Sometimes that is what the author wanted, but as the recipient it can be annoying if there is a small change you want to make.

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about.

Windows only In the past I've had people ask me how they can extract the audio from a video they have on their computer. Most of the time it's because they have a video of a live concert performance (one that's professionally recorded) and they want a way to put it on their iPod without needing to throw the whole video on there.

Windows only All of my television watching flows through a central Media Center computer that I have in our house, and from there it is distributed to a few Xbox's that serve as extenders.

A couple of weeks ago I covered a great find/replace feature that most users aren't aware is in Notepad++, and today we want to go through my favorite TextFX features that you've probably got installed but haven't played around with. When going through the setup process Notepad++ by default will install some plugins, one of which is labeled as NPPTextFX.

I'm sure we've all come across some text we had to work with where you had to sit there removing extra line-breaks, removing duplicate lines, and other mundane tasks.

I'm definitely a big fan of using Google Chrome, and last week I came across what has quickly become my favorite extension. The one I'm talking about is called Chromey Calculator, and with an average 5-star rating from 800+ reviews you know this has got to be good.

WolframAlpha is a site that I absolutely love despite not using it nearly enough. When I do use it, however, the information and details it provides are incredible.

There have been quite a few video conversion utilities giving away their software for Halloween this year, but to be honest a lot of them aren't that great. I tried one of them today, however, called Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate (retail value of $66) and it is the obvious exception. You can apply for a free license code today only (expires 23:59:59 PM EDT on October 31, 2010).

I've never been a huge fan of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) applications because of how they have a hard time reproducing the original document that is being used as the source. Sometimes, however, the formatting may not be as important as just trying to avoid retyping a few dozen pages that you only have in a printed form.

Over at Lifehacker last week I saw an article about an online service called WizardRSS that could take a partial/truncated RSS feed and turn it into the full thing. When you read news on a mobile device like I typically do having a full RSS feed can make reading news that much more enjoyable.

I've been working with some AppleScript lately to help with my video conversions, and I've come up with something that saves me quite a bit of hassle. It uses the free command-line interface of Handbrake called HandbrakeCLI, and is able to convert all videos from specified extensions (ex. avi and mkv) to something that is a bit more widely supported (ex. MP4).

Ever want to post a PDF document online for people to read without making someone download it first? There are some excellent zero-effort sites for doing just that, such as Scribd, but not everyone likes to use third-party services for that kind of stuff.

The other day I was looking for a way to take a large CSV file worth of data and convert it into corresponding XML nodes. I wanted the first line of the CSV file to serve as each individual node name so that it could be easily parsed, and most of all I wanted an online solution because I knew I shouldn't need a full-fledged application to do something this mundane.

I use Google as my calculator and conversion utility all of the time, and I'm sure most of you are the same way. The Google Search box can handle everything from simple math, to unit conversions, and even currency conversions. Examples of what Google can calculate include:

When was the last time you thought to yourself "I wonder how many acetabulas it takes to equal one gallon?" Well, if you had the free (and portable) ESBUnitConv app you wouldn't have to wonder any longer, and instead you'd be able to spend more time pondering why you can't get a date.

I have used a lot of video converters in the past, but it wasn't until recently that I had a bunch of AVI videos that I needed to convert to MP4 so that they would play on my iPad. I looked into a lot of different apps, and Miro Video Converter has been one of my favorites due to how easy it is.

Over the last few years I've written about several video converters, but I always felt that none of them offered the simplicity that they I know they should.

Have you ever tried to open a file just to find out that you don't have something installed that is able to handle it? That's where the Universal File Viewer comes in. This free portable app is able to open most filetypes, and prevents you from having to hunt down the right app for the job. It supports most text, images, videos, documents, and many more.

I'm always on the look out for awesome text and code editors, but the percentage that turn out to be good versus the number I actually test is fairly low. RJ TextEd ranks pretty high in that list though. It's free, portable, and has a very extensive list of features.