Archive for April, 2007
The latest version of Picasa is now ready for download. It’s been a couple of months since we’ve seen an update, with the last major version in February including a big update with support for Windows Vista and updated icons.
This time, you’ll notice major speed improvements in comparison to the previous versions, and better RAW support. Other […]
April 27th, 2007 | Posted in Google | No Comments
Linux Kernel 2.6.21 has been announced. Linus writes: “So the big change during 2.6.21 is all the timer changes to support a tickless system (and even with ticks, more varied time sources). Thanks (when it no longer broke for lots of people go to Thomas Gleixner and Ingo Molnar and a cadre of testers […]
April 26th, 2007 | Posted in Software | No Comments
Wireshark is a free protocal analyzer, also called a packet sniffer that is used for network troubleshooting, analysis and protocol development. The tool allows the user to see all traffic being passed over a network when putting a network card into what is known as “promiscuous mode”.
Some versions now have the capability to run independently […]
April 26th, 2007 | Posted in Software | No Comments
Primer: files who’s names begin with a period are sort of invisible unless you do an ls -a in the shell, or turn off the hiding-dot-files option in your FTP or SCP client.When email comes in for anybody@yourdomain.com, qmail checks your home directory for any “dot-qmail” files like the one above that match the domain […]
April 26th, 2007 | Posted in Tips | No Comments
This morning I receive an email from eefoof which told me that eefoof Launches 2.0.
Here are some of the features you can expect. A user blogging platform, a faster/higher-quality transcoder for video/audio, a sleek AJAX upload interface, and many more additions to the site to make everything accessible and convenient. No matter what kind of […]
April 26th, 2007 | Posted in Fun | No Comments
dvdSanta is an All-in-One software that helps you copy, convert and create DVD movies. It can convert video files (include DVD videos) into DVD format, can turn your digital photos into DVD movies with motions and background music, can transfer your digital camcorder tapes directly into DVD video, can burn DVD videos onto DVD-R, DVD-RW, […]
April 25th, 2007 | Posted in Software | No Comments
Google outstripped Microsoft in March to become the world’s most visited Web site. The new ranking from Comscore comes in the same week that a British marketing firm named Google the #1 brand, beating out Coca-Cola for the top spot.
Google had 528 million unique visitors in March, up 5 percent from February, according to comScore. […]
April 25th, 2007 | Posted in Google | No Comments
When you Ctrl+K to the Google search box in Firefox, type your terms and hit Enter, the results appear in your current tab - but it’s easy to make ‘em open a whole new tab so you don’t lose your current page. The How-To Geek explains:
Type about:config into the address bar, and then put the […]
April 25th, 2007 | Posted in Software | No Comments
Skype is the next phenomenon from the people who brought you KaZaA. Just like KaZaA, Skype uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you to other users – not to share files this time, but to talk and chat with your friends.The technology is extremely advanced – but super simple to use… You’ll be making free […]
April 25th, 2007 | Posted in Software | No Comments
This Open Play, which happens on Saturday, April 14th, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., we’re introducing a new way to keep both the spirit of Open Play’s free play going while still having a bit of competition going.
How? Well, we’re introducing Spot•Light, w
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here every Open Play we will feature a […]
April 24th, 2007 | Posted in Open Play | 1 Comment