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Archive for October, 2006
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Search and bookmark with the click of a button using FlipNsearch meta search engine, resize browser form fields, develop with Orcas, read about the 10 biggest computer flops of all time, watch YouTube on your iPod, and enjoy your Halloween.
Software and Services
The meta search engine FlipNsearch is specifically designed for social bookmarkering. Users can bookmark Read more …
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
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Monday, October 30th, 2006
Send an Halloween card, update your Boot Camp, get the iTune cheat sheet, optimize your HTML pages and more in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.
Software and Services
It’s not too late to get these Halloween cards you’ve been meaning to send. If not that, you can choose one of the handmade designed cards for any Read more …
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Monday, October 30th, 2006
I’ve been looking for a simple solution to a simple problem; How to avoid getting my phone’s headphones entangled in itself? Simple, right? I still can’t find the simple, comfortable yet compact solution.
Any ideas?
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Sunday, October 29th, 2006
Become a YouTube power user, update your Wine to 0.9.24, guess what’s coming after Multi-Core, push Firefox to the limit, get a lifetime supply of new fonts, download the Addams Family TV show from iTunes and more on today’s edition of the Daily Friction.
Software and Services
The Amazing YouTube Tools Collection - A collection of several Read more …
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Saturday, October 28th, 2006
View parkour videos, try the new WinZip 11.0 beta, design your workflow with NetFxLive, diagnose your connectivity, Listen to a specific port on your machine, search your desktop, build a solar iPod charger and more in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.
Software and Services
parkour videos features collections of parkour, free running, urban tricks and Read more …
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Thursday, October 26th, 2006
Test Adobe’s Soundbooth, read the LLC Guidebook to learn about incorporating your business, learn how to interview recruitment prospects, get a little edge when using Vim and more in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.
Software and Services
Adobe releases public beta of Soundbooth audio app.
Hardware
The First Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros Arrive (with Photos) - The Read more …
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Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
Review and tweak your Firefox 2.0 browser, check the Abit vs. GIGABYTE showdown, Serve friendlier RSS and Atom feeds, fold a shirt in 3 swift movements, discover the hidden costs of Vista upgrade coupon, and much more in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.
Software and Services
Review: Firefox 2.0 is a solid improvement.
Hardware
Intel P965 Showdown - Read more …
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Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
Protect your PC with Windows Defender, recover data from a dead hard drive with ddrescue, download Computer Gaming World’s first 100 Issues for free, learn how good the Playstation 3 games look and more in today’s edition of the daily friction.
Software and Services
Windows Defender is a free Microsoft application that should protect your computer against Read more …
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Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the most talked about and anticipated game expansion ever made. The releaseddate was set to be end of 2006 with no other details about an exact date, thats how it’s been for a long while. For some reason, I’m not very surprised to hear the following statement:
Blizzard Read more …
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Monday, October 23rd, 2006
Even though the official lunch is not here yet, you can already download Firefox 2.0 Final version now from Mozilla’s FTP site.
Here are a few of the available releases:
For Windows:
Firefox 2.0 for Windows (English).
Firefox 2.0 for Windows (French).
Firefox 2.0 for Windows (German).
Firefox 2.0 for Windows (Italian).
For Mac:
Firefox 2.0 for Mac (English).
Firefox 2.0 for Mac Read more …
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Monday, October 23rd, 2006
Choose the best BitTorrent client, unlock your iPod, discover people’s true feelings, create 3D images out of 2D pictures and learn of 5 ways to optimize your design
Software and Services
The 5 best BitTorrent clients - Haven’t we discussed it before already?
Hardware
Unlocking the iPod - Jon Johansen became a geek hero by breaking the DVD code. Read more …
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Monday, October 23rd, 2006
We all know that the social network market is booming. This is simply the place to be. And this is exactly the reason I haven’t decided if I should be shocked or amazed by the emerging of YoungFeds.org. Yes, the Feds have their own MySpace clone. Launched today, the new federal social network features profiles, Read more …
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Monday, October 23rd, 2006
I just noticed this:
on Go Nintendo. Who needs credit cards when you have this? Way to go Target.
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Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Listen to Pandora without a browser, mod you fan to look fun and edgy, get a 1GB flash drive for $5, read the Simple English Wikipedia, download 111 free Photoshop plugins and more in today’s edition of the daily friction.
Software and Services
PandoraBrowse resides in your Windows systray and gets off your taskbar while still playing Read more …
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Saturday, October 21st, 2006
Keep your home network in order with Network Magic, chat with your friends with the new Gaim 2 Beta, manipulate images using Gimp, Burning CDs and DVDs with ISO Recorder V3, search for cool wallpapers on Flickr, build a pumpkin computer, monitor your site’s traffic using crazy egg and more on today’s edition of the Read more …
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Friday, October 20th, 2006
Work your MySQL with new administration tools, get in Orkut without an invitation, put the flying toasters back on your screen, read the Zune’s hands on review and much more in today’s daily friction.
Software and Services
Open Tools for MySQL Administrators.
Google Opens ORKUT To the public - Orkut, Google’s social networking site. Until now people could Read more …
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Thursday, October 19th, 2006
I’ve been browsing around SoapBox for a while and found it interesting, though lacking at one of the crucial features it claims to do better. Just in case you are not familir with SoapBox, it’s Microsoft’s answer to YouTube.
Microsoft says its viewing experience will be better with a support for tagging, RSS, higher quality video Read more …
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Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
Check out Yahoo’s Internet Explorer 7 release, read about Opera’s new real-time fraud protection, use free geocoding, host your project at Assembla, view an amazing computer-based sketching environment, find out how much of your favorite energy drink or soda would it take to kill you, learn a few photoshop secrets and more in today’s edition Read more …
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
When a file is deleted from your computer, its contents aren’t immediately destroyed. Its hard drive space is made available for use, but until that space is overwritten, your old data is usually intact. Restoration by Brian Kato recovers such files on either FAT or NTFS partitions.
Restoration is a freeware program that restores deleted files Read more …
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