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A short Daily Friction for the last day of a long month. Enjoy and write you next month… (Corny ooh so corny) …

Software

Dead Disk Doctor 1.2b Beta - Designed to easy copy files from damaged, scratched or partly unreadable disks or other media.
Wridea Never forget your ideas again. Save it when you have it. Create
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This is a fun week (almost, if Wells Fargo customer service were more diligent but that’s not for now…). Let’s see what we have today; Processes explorer for Windows, a new firefox alpha release, a power supplies repair howto, cheap HP LCD monitors and many more informative and fun articles. Enjoy.

Software

What’s Running 2.2 - Explore
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This very slow news weekend doesn’t mean the friction isn’t here. A lot of new and amusing stuff before we continue with this lazy weekend.

Software

Backup your MySQL databases automatically with AutoMySQLBackup.

Hardware

How to build a Linux router.

Information

Why Redmond feels so threatened by ODF

Web Development

Afraid of “the Digg” effect? DuggMirror is for you.

Development

Multi-line commenting in Perl.

Fun

Fox Confirms
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Only 48 hours after eEye Digital Security reported a “gaping hole” in Symantec’s enterprise products, Symantec has patched the flaw. The flaw was described as a stack overflow affecting the Symantec Client Security and Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition, two enterprise level products.
It seems like Symantec patched the hole it refused to acknowledge. Flaws in software
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There is always something to keep our hands full, no matter what day of the week it is. Today’s Daily Friction have some nice stuff for web developers.

Software

Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor Beta - Find out if your computer is ready for Vista.
NewsFox 0.5.1 - A similar to usual three-pane email clients or Thunderbird’s way of
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Remember the AllofMp3.com controversy? Well now it seems that AllofMP3.com has been declared illegal by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
Anyone surprised?

Find some good software and info on today’s Dasily Friction. Learn how to videoblog, download the first available Windows Vista Book from Microsoft and manage your PC better with some of today’s fine utilities. And don’t forget you can now Picasa on Linux as well.

Software

Reaper 0.955 is a powerful but sensible Windows application that lets
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When deciding to install the Last.fm player manually by downloading Windows Zip version (”for the office PC” - What does that mean?) and extracting it, there is one important procedure that is not performed. That is, associating the lastfm protocol with the lastfm player.
Basically every time you will try to click a Last.fm station (for
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Last Thursday Microsoft published the minimum hardware requirements for Windows Vista. I was getting the feeling Vista’s specs skyrocketed out of proportion. Previous system requirements for Microsoft systems were usually above market level, and this was the base for the Wintel alliance, but this time it seems a little too much. I went
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It’s big 90 and the end of the day. A lot of stuff today, many useful application, a new BitTorrent beta, image organizer, tweaking utilities, a totally free anti-virus and so much more.

Software

BitTorrent 4.9.6 Beta is out.
Feedreader is a free lightweight aggregator that supports RSS and ATOM formats.
FastStone Image Viewer is a free image browser,
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Dan Saffer writes about the importance of documentation to the development process. A lot of time
I’ve seen good and wholesome designs go to waste simply because they were never documented properly and when it came down to execution, the developers where left cold on their own. When puzzling several big pieces together trusting
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The weekend has come and it’s time for this short and sweet friction, no applications, just reads. Enjoy…

Hardware

Top 10 Strangest DIY Gadgets - I don’t know if I agree, but it’s still a nice list.
High-Performance PC for Military Manpack Applications.
Dell’s Spyware Response - Dell employees respond to the recent article claiming they charge $49 to
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I’m so tired the last few days, the friction is killing me. Enjoy…

Software & Services

Advanced Spyware Remover 1.88.24636 is designed as an advanced but easy-to-use software that protect your computer against stealthy spyware, aggressive adware, system hijackers, Malware, tracking cookies, keyloggers, dialers, as well as other malware. It does not only scan/remove those infections
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Well, this didn’t come as a shock, it was in the air for a while, but still as with everything Apple does we managed to be a bit surprised. Apple has just launched their Intel MacBooks Pro. This all-white (which also comes in sleek black, yes really), 2GHz Core Duo machine has 802.11g, FireWire, FrontRow,
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Comment spam messages are becoming more and more sophisticated. In an attempt to look like a legitimate comment, spammers use various techniques to make their comments legitimate both to spam blocker mechanisms and the human eye.
Look at this message my blocker put in the moderation queue this morning:
I have a Linksys Model BEFW11S4. In the
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AllofMp3.com, a growing favorite of music buyers, has been closed for several days now. The official website notice is “We are sorry but the server is closed for maintenance.” but much more than maintenance stirs under the surface.
Allofmp3.com has been operating for several years, asking consumers to pay just 2 cents per megabyte of
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Google launched the Gmail picture feature just a few days ago. It seems like some people are having a hard time understanding how to add their own photo to Gmail or finding the answer on Gmail’s FAQ. So here are the three most important answers for these issues:
1. What are Gmail pictures?
2. How do
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E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E is writing about the new Google Notebook. I will not add to the clutter. Now with Google mail, calendar, Contacts ((sort of) part of gmail) and Notepad, the only element Google have to add is Google Tasks and the ability to synchronize all these services with PDAs, cellphones and other mobile devices. With that
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A lot of friction today, a lot of news and a lot of work which leads to a minimalistic Daily Friction. More good stuff tomorrow. Enjoy.

Software & Services

Sandboxie requires neither the disabling nor blocking of functions available to Web sites through the browser. Instead, Sandboxie isolates and quarantines the outcome of whatever the Web
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The ChannelChooser website lets you watch various commercial TV channels on your computer screen. You can choose one of 70 currently available channels, more are being added or removed depending on their availability.
Some channels require Internet Explorer only an do not work on any of the Mozilla family of browsers, while it’s pretty
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Lets see what we have here today; A free disk encryption software, free TV shows (I don’t know how long that’s going to last), 2 PocketPC applications (well, one is a game really), some iPod mobile phone news, and a few magnificent games. Get ready to have some fun. Enjoy.

Software & Services

Cryptainer LE, a
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This server was just upgraded to PHP 4.4.2. After several scary moments (very long moments I have to say) things seem to be working properly again. If you couldn’t reach Techmount in the last couple of hours, this was it. We are back and ready to rumble.