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What can Big Analysis tell you?

We have recently updated the “Big Analysis” advanced feature of Stork. We added the option of analyzing middle authors, the option to merge different names of the same hospitals, and merge certain researchers who have various name formats
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Is AI able to write papers?

As researchers, we all have a dream: it would be fantastic if AI could write papers one day! This sounds like a science fiction, but after I used Stork‘s new feature “AI Creative Abstract“, I feel that this day is coming soon. In or
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人工智能已经强大到能写论文了?

作为科研人员,我们都有个梦想,如果有一天AI可以帮我写论文就太好了!这听上去好像是遥远的科幻,不过,当我使用了文献鸟Stork的新高级功能“人工智能创意论文摘要”后,我觉得,这一天马上就要来了。 为了
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Google Password Checkup, find which password is compromised

It’s not uncommon you hear news about data breaches of some big internet companies. If you happen to you use their services, your username/password might be public now. In Google’s password manager, there is a new feature called “Pa
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Oracle VirtualBox, Failed to open a session

I like to play with computers. So Oracle’s VirtualBox is handy to install different operating systems (Linux, Windows, Mac etc) and try them. But recently when I tried to open any virtual machines I got the following error: I searched and tried
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FileMarker, colorize a file on Windows 10

In Mac, you can colorize a folder or file. This is particular useful if you have many files and want to mark important ones for quick access. Unfortunately, Windows does not have such feature natively. Fortunately, FileMarker (free version) allows yo
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TreeSize, find out which folders use most space

When I need to free some spaces on my computer, I need to know which folder(s) take most space so I can prioritize removing files in these folders. TreeSize is a free program to do this. It shows you not only the space each folder takes, but also the
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Create a GIF animation image for free

I need to create a banner ad for Stork’s advanced feature (NIH grant database English/Chinese bilingual version). I wish the ad has two images showing one after the other, and repeat every 3 seconds. In the end, the image is like this: So how t
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Upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 for free

Back in August, 2013 I purchased a Dell computer (OptiPlex 9010 Minitower) which has been working very well. It has Windows 7 installed. Recently I got a notification that Windows 7 will reach End of Life (i.e. Microsoft will no longer support it) so
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