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If you're a fan of the free OS X software offered at MacHeist, you'll want to scoot over there to grab some free software before their software giveaway expires.MacHeist is offering a bundle of six applications: ShoveBox, WriteRoom, Twitterific, Tinygrab, Hordes of Orcs, and Mariner Write. The first five are free right from (Read More)
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows:
Windows Mobile 6.5 isn't as bad as the naysayers claim. In the first part of my review, I examine the features Microsoft added to this new system. (Read More)
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Windows only: The biggest annoyance that comes with a reboot isn't the time wasted rebooting—it's the time wasted getting your workspace back up and running how you had it before you restarted. Free application Cache My Work fixes this problem.Once installed, you can set up Cache My Work to monitor all "cacheable programs". (Read More)
Mozilla Developer News:
As part of Mozilla’s ongoing stability and security update process, Firefox 3.5.5 is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux as a free download from http://firefox.com/.We strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest release. If you already have Firefox 3.5, you will receive an automated update notific (Read More)
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Firefox only: Since the dawn of the Like button on Facebook, people have rallied for it's counterpart, the Dislike button. Although Facebook hasn't stepped up to the plate with their own Dislike button, French developer Thomas Moquet has made it possible for Firefox users.If your Facebook feed is anything like ours, a Disl (Read More)
Paul Thurrott's newly used software on Wakoopa:
Gears, formerly Google Gears, is software offered by Google that "enables more powerful web applications, by adding new features to your web browser." There are several major API components to Gears: a Database module (powered by SQLite) that can store data locally, a WorkerPool module that provides parallel execution of Ja (Read More)
Live Search Webmaster Center Blog:
We've already covered in past blog articles some of the basics about how webmasters can use a file called robots.txt to control how search engine crawlers (aka bots) crawl their websites. But there is so much more to talk about with bots. So let's take a bit of a deeper dive into the subject.Topic 1: Using the proper text f (Read More)
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Windows only: The latest version of the popular Rainmeter desktop adds an excellent new tool that makes it easy to manage your library of skins, with previews, detailed setup instructions, and more.... (Read More)
Software area:
Spb software has posted an update for their award winning application, Mobile Shell in beta 1. The update contains some bugs fixes listed below:SPB Pocket Plus close button makes Shell unresponsive Set Ringtone doesn’t work for Contacts 6.5: Theme shows incorrectly for Carousel and Tiles views Added current condi (Read More)
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Windows 7 only: Love Windows 7's new and improved taskbar (we know you do) but wish you could fine-tune a few aspects of its functionality—like middle-click to close and other mouse behavior? Small utility 7 Taskbar Tweaker does just that.Back in June we highlighted a small utility called Taskbar Overlord that does some sol (Read More)
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Windows/Mac only: Free application Orb lets you access music, video, and other media stored on your computer from virtually any device (Wii, PS3, cell phone, etc.). It's been around a while on Windows, but today it's also available on the Mac.We've been fans of Orb for years now, having used it to stream music to any PC and (Read More)
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Windows/Mac/Linux: XBMC media center has dropped a 9.11 alpha release for all platforms, with quality fixes on all three computer platforms and more powerful skinning abilities. If you're not afraid of a bug or two, it's yours to grab.From the outset, not a whole lot looks new, but XBMC has made some real improvements under (Read More)
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Windows/Linux: One of the most irritating things about reinstalling your operating system is installing all the non-OS applications you love. Allmyapps lets you select all your favorite apps and roll them into a bulk installer to make rebuilding easy. At Allmyapps you can browse over a hundred of popular applications in a d (Read More)
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows:
In Part 2 of my OS Deathmatch series, I examine the pricing of both Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard," and arrive at some bad news for Windows fans. (Read More)
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“X”. It’s a common variable used in many a code base. It’s one of the most common variables of any code base. It’s what counts. That’s what Paypal wants to become in the hands of developers, as they stated in their kickoff Keynotes this morning at the Paypal X Innovate developers conference in San Francisco this morning. (Read More)