Recent Posts Tagged With 'internet'

• Alert Thingy v3 adds support for business apps

  Posted on Tuesday February 10th, 2009 at 11:30 in internet, freeware, windows, Web 2.0, Linux, Macintosh, adobe, social software, windows x64

  Version 2 of Alert Thingy may have just been released last month, but version 3 is here now.V3 has been tweaked to include features that make it an excellent addition to your work desktop, including support for Basecamp, Yammer, and Huddle. Alert Th...

• Google rolls out offline Calendar access

  Posted on Thursday February 5th, 2009 at 11:07 in internet, google, utilities

  Early last year some folks started finding clues that Google was building offline support for Google Calendar. Now it looks like the company is finally rolling out that feature. Mark Mathson of Keenpath noticed an offline access button in his Google ...

• Tip to marketing geniuses: K.I.S.S.

  Posted on Tuesday February 3rd, 2009 at 20:23 in internet

  That is, Keep Internets Serving, Stupid. During the Superbowl VIZIO used an ad to encourage everyone to immediately visit their website and register to win a TV. Guess how that ended? Yeah, for several hours their Flash-laden site wasn't available. ...

• Red Alert! Google warning errors persist in Gmail

  Posted on Sunday February 1st, 2009 at 20:17 in internet, google, blogging

  While the more glaring problem of flagging the entire internet as untrustworthy was quickly resolved yesterday, it appears as though the google bug hasn't been completely crushed underfoot.I was originally tipped off by our own Christina Clark, who a...

• Thwart password-hungry keyloggers with a Greasemonkey script

  Posted on Thursday January 22nd, 2009 at 07:33 in internet, Security, browsers

  If you're not quite ready to use a cloud service like LastPass to manage your passwords, you can still provide yourself some additional protection from keyloggers with a handy GreaseMonkey script.Install Virtual Keyboard Interface and double-click an...

• Is Google working on an official GDrive for cloud storage?

  Posted on Monday January 19th, 2009 at 20:52 in internet, google, Web 2.0, web services, utilities

  Just about everyone with a GMail account likes the sound of apps like GmailDrive and Gspace for Firefox, but some users are hesitant to use them. What if google decides to pull the pin on apps like these? What about my data!? An official GDrive has ...

• Search Twitter with Windows 7's federated search

  Posted on Friday January 16th, 2009 at 22:53 in search, internet, windows, beta, os updates, windows x64

  It wasn't that long ago that you had a chance to look at a gallery of seven different Windows 7 federated search connectors at work. At the time, I'd found .osdx files for sites like Flickr, YouTube, and DeviantArt.As more people play with the beta, ...

• 7 addons and two tweaks for annoyance-free browsing with Firefox

  Posted on Friday January 16th, 2009 at 09:42 in internet, freeware, open source, mozilla, browsers

  firefox is a great browser, even in its unmodified, fresh-from-the-install form. If you're installing it for someone else and are trying to provide the most irritation-free experience you can, you might want to install a few of these addons.AdBlock ...

• Monitor websites in Firefox with Pingdom's Mr. Uptime

  Posted on Thursday January 8th, 2009 at 09:16 in internet, freeware, utilities, mozilla, browsers

  There are plenty of ways to be notified when a site comes back online, like previously mentioned Ding, It's Up and Notify Me. If you're a firefox user, you may as well use an extension that's powered by the granddaddy of monitoring services, Pingdom'...

• Mouseless for Firefox updates with better support for web apps

  Posted on Thursday January 8th, 2009 at 06:44 in internet, freeware, productivity, utilities, mozilla, browsers

  Mouseless has been mentioned on Downloadsquad before, and it's steadily improved since Jordan Running first posted about it.The latest version offers improved support for dynamic web apps like GMail and Facebook. The number of "clickable" links has a...

• "Altruistic" Trojan blocks Piratebay and Mininova access

  Posted on Monday January 5th, 2009 at 12:26 in internet, Security, p2p

  A new trojan once again underscores the importance of exercising caution when downloading. Disguised as a keygen, Troj/Qhost-AC is one of the strangest pieces of malware I've seen.The trojan doesn't appear to be particularly malicious. Its mission: ...

• Internet Explorer share drops to an all-time low (again)

  Posted on Saturday January 3rd, 2009 at 01:24 in internet, Microsoft, browsers

  Despite some excitement generated by Windows 7, things aren't all rosy for microsoft as they continue to lose ground in the browser market. On December 1, NetApplications announced that Firefox had maintained more than a 20% share for the first tim...

• Openfire: cross-platform Jabber server

  Posted on Friday January 2nd, 2009 at 13:51 in internet, freeware, windows, Linux, Macintosh, productivity, text

  Openfire is an open-source Jabber (XMPP) server that provides an easy way to offer and maintain internal instant messaging (including voice and video chat) for your company or organization. There are server plugins available which can add archiving ...

• Net2ftp is a solid web-based FTP client

  Posted on Friday January 2nd, 2009 at 13:51 in internet, web, utilities, beta

  Every now and then I need to ftp something from a computer that doesn't have an FTP client installed. Since it always seems to happen when I forget my flash drive, I like the option of using net2ftp's web-based client.The basic interface is all PHP, ...

• Livedrive provides unlimited online storage

  Posted on Thursday December 25th, 2008 at 10:35 in internet, windows, Security, beta

  Livedrive is an online storage service that offers two advantages over most services in this space: Unlimited file storage Integration with Windows Explorer When you install Livedrive (and reboot your computer), you'll notice an L drive show up in...

• Upload files to 100+ hosts from your Windows desktop

  Posted on Wednesday December 24th, 2008 at 14:06 in internet, freeware, windows, p2p, utilities

  If you're a frequent uploader of files, Zoom's File & Image Uploader is well worth a download.It supports more than 70 file hosting services, including popular options like Mediafire, Megaupload, Rapidshare, Sendspace and 23 image hosts like Imagesh...

• Grab your BFG and play Doom in your browser - Time Waster

  Posted on Wednesday December 24th, 2008 at 14:02 in internet, web, fun, Games, time-wasters

  This one really takes me back. As soon as I saw the opening screen, I could picture a dozen people crammed into my dorm room watching my roommate and I deathmatch over our awesome null modem cable.Yes, Doom 1 has been recompiled in Flash from the ori...

• Meebo adds Facebook, MySpace IM to its web-based chat service

  Posted on Monday December 22nd, 2008 at 11:22 in internet, web

  Meebo is a web-based chat client that lets you keep up with your AIM, Yahoo!, Google Talk, and Windows Live Messenger contacts. Now Meebo has rolled out support for two more chat clients: Facebook and MySpace. The move makes sense, since Meebo's goal...

• Microsoft issues patch for latest IE vulnerability

  Posted on Thursday December 18th, 2008 at 13:48 in internet, Security, Microsoft, browsers

  Microsoft is acting to address concerns regarding the vulnerability that has been widely reported on since it was revealed last week. According to BetaNews there still haven't been any reported incidents involving the exploit.Even though the vulnera...

• OpenItOnline for Firefox opens Office, image files with web apps

  Posted on Tuesday December 16th, 2008 at 09:11 in internet, freeware, web, office, browsers

  By now, many of you are probably using web-based office suites like Zoho, Google Docs, or Thinkfree as your primary office applications. If you do and you're a Firefox user as well, you'll probably love the OpenIT Online addon. I mentioned it previo...

• Raptor manages downloads for Rapidshare Free users

  Posted on Monday December 15th, 2008 at 09:32 in internet, freeware, windows, utilities

  There are plenty of good download managers available for Rapidshare Premium members, but what about those of us without a pair account?Raptor is a good option for handling multiple RS downloads with minimal fuss. Just copy the download URL, click the...

• Limewire 5 Alpha screenshot tour

  Posted on Sunday December 14th, 2008 at 02:55 in internet, freeware, open source, p2p, commercial, beta, social software

  Limewire is one of the oldest filesharing programs around, and it's by far the most popular. The Limewire development team continues to work hard on version 5, which promises to bring some very big changes to the application. After taking a look at W...

• Anti-Malware Toolkit updated, supports loads of new apps

  Posted on Saturday December 13th, 2008 at 08:55 in internet, freeware, windows, Security, utilities

  Lunarsoft, producers of Anti-Malware Toolkit, have been hard at work since I mentioned it on Downloadsquad back in August.The handy updater now supports 37 different downloads in five categories, including: Spyware: Spyware Blaster, CCleaner, RogueR...

• MS Web PI provides an easy way to roll IIS, SQL, .NET

  Posted on Friday December 12th, 2008 at 13:31 in internet, freeware, windows, web, Microsoft, developer

  WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP) installers have been around for ages, and provide an easy way for anyone to quickly set up a platform for developing web apps on their Windows desktop. If, however, you're looking to play in the Microsoft sandbox, t...

• Auditorium is stylish, minimalist physics fun - Time Waster

  Posted on Friday December 12th, 2008 at 13:30 in internet, web, fun, Games, time-wasters

  Auditorium isn't your typical physics-based flash game. It is, however, extremely addictive. The first level presents you with three key elements: a level meter, a moving particle (?) stream, and a circle. Figuring out how the three things interact i...

• VideoCacheView lets you save web videos you've watched

  Posted on Tuesday December 9th, 2008 at 20:34 in internet, freeware, windows, video, utilities

  Nir Sofer writes great Windows apps. His programs are tiny, they're portable, and they're unbelievably useful. VideoCacheView is yet another in the long list of great NirSoft creations.If you watch a lot of web video on sites like YouTube, VideoCache...

• Greasemonkey script goes minimalist on Google Reader

  Posted on Tuesday December 9th, 2008 at 20:27 in internet, mozilla, browsers

  Sure, it's only been a few days since Google rolled out the new look for Reader, but maybe you don't think the collapsible boxes go far enough.Fans of an even more minimalist interface can grab the Greasemonkey script created by Userscripts contribut...

• WordPress 2.7 coming tomorrow

  Posted on Saturday December 6th, 2008 at 08:11 in internet, blogging

  It's a bit behind schedule, but WordPress 2.7 is due out tomorrow evening. Automattic, the company behind the popular blogging platform put out the first release candidate version of WordPress 2.7 just a few days ago, but a beta version has been avai...

• KLS Mail Backup makes email, browser backups a snap

  Posted on Saturday December 6th, 2008 at 08:07 in internet, freeware, windows, utilities

  KLS Mail Backup takes the hassle out of backing up and restoring profile data from seven different programs: IE, Firefox, Thunderbird, Outlook Express, Seamonkey, Live Mail, and Windows Mail. Select the applications and profiles you want to back up, ...

• Backblaze offers truly no-hassle online backups

  Posted on Thursday December 4th, 2008 at 13:12 in internet, windows, Macintosh, web services, utilities, commercial

  Many users have the same problem when it comes to configuring a backup application: they forget to add one important file or folder to the job. Backblaze - a new online backup service - thinks they have a solution to the problem.Unlike most applicat...