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Pre-emptively save your hard work with Lazarus
Alright, it’s happened to me no less than one trillion times now and I’m sure it’s happened to you: you fill out a contact form or a form for tech support only to lose every carefully-chosen word in some fluke accident like a browser crash or the accidental closing of a tab.
If it has happened, save yourself some trouble in the future by installing the Lazarus add-on for your browser. (Lazarus for Mozilla Firefox | Lazarus for Google Chrome – sorry IE users)
QuickLaunch Replacements for Windows 7
One of the (few) complaints I continually hear about Windows 7 is the lack of the Quick Launch toolbar for the taskbar. Sure, the icon-friendly new taskbar makes it easier to store multiple shortcuts but you still can’t store that many.
Enter 7Stacks and Jumplist Launcher. Both apps enable you to add shortcuts to folders/applications anywhere on your system… shortcuts that will be accessible via a right-click on the app icon in your taskbar. It’s something that I wish was built into Win7 natively but a 3rd-party app will do just nicely.
[Source: FreewareGenius.com]
Follow a Number of Different Microsoft Departments on Twitter
Keeping up with your favorite brands, and if you’re a nerd geek like myself, your favorite tech news are just two of many different ways to utilize the increasingly-popular social network, Twitter.
Weave 0.7: One Step Closer to Extension Sync
We’ve been using Mozilla’s Weave extension/platform for some time now and the team, today, launched Weave version 0.7. Nothing major to report in this release, just some performance and UI improvements. However, Mozilla’s always had plans to enable the synchronization of your many different Firefox add-ons. I suspect that’ll be something that comes with the release of 1.0 but who knows what 0.8 or 0.9 will bring…
ToDo Backup: a Free and Easy Alternative to Acronis TrueImage
We took a gander at their free, aptly-named partition management software when we explored how to Dual-Boot Windows 7 Alongside Windows Vista or Windows XP but it appears as though the software makers EASEUS have another trick up their sleeve: ToDo Backup. While somewhat prone to errors depending on your configuration, ToDo provides a simple way to create a complete image of your system from which you can recover… should your operating system go to pot for any reason.
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CorasWorks Debuts AppEngine, “App Store” for SharePoint
CorasWorks, author of many development tools for Microsoft’s SharePoint platform, recently debuted what they refer to as AppEngine. AppEngine, in their own words, “is an innovative runtime environment for SharePoint that allows users to download and run plug-and-play business apps from CorasWorks and its application publisher partners, or custom built applications from third-party service providers.” Think of Apple’s iPhone/iPod Touch “app store…” but for SharePoint.
In Case You Missed It: Microsoft Debuts 720p HD LifeCam
Microsoft updated their line of LifeCam-series webcams last week with the introduction of the 720p Hi-Def LifeCam Cinema. Available for pre-order tomorrow (8/24) on Amazon.com with a suggested retail price of $74.95, the Cinema is the latest in the long line of the high-quality LifeCam-branded webcams – a quality to which I can attest. In addition, Microsoft also announced the introduction of the LifeChat LX-1000, a “headset with high-quality audio and a noise-canceling microphone.”
Twitter Invades World of Warcraft via TweetCraft
It was inevitable. Twitter has entered the gaming arena. (If it hasn’t already, that is – and I’m sure it has… I just don’t keep up that much with in-gaming Twittering.)
Recently added to the CodePlex (Microsoft’s version of SourceForge.net) is a little app by the name of TweetCraft. As you’d expect from the title, TweetCraft enables you to both read and compose “tweets” while within WoW. The app is currently on a stable release and can be downloaded from tweetcraft.codeplex.com… and it actually looks pretty cool. Plus, like with any above-average Twitter client, you can schedule your tweets and even send screenshots of your current game using the built-in TwitPic integration.
Outlook 2010: Regrettably Underwhelming
I can be a Microsoft fanboy from time to time, I’ll admit that. I’ll also admit that I’ve been looking forward to Outlook 2010 since Outlook 2007 first arrived… mainly because when OL2K7 was released to manufacturers in late 2006, it was STILL missing alot of productivity features; some of which Gmail debuted with almost 3 years prior. I’m talking about conversation view, the ability to quickly move a message to a specific folder, effective keyboard shortcuts, etc.
TrayStatus: aiding those without HD/KB indicator lights
Binary Fortress Software, makers of one of my favorite apps, DisplayFusion, debuted another handy little Windows app by the name of TrayStatus. The app’s purpose is simple: to give those users currently dealing without hard drive or keyboard indicator lights like hard drive activity, scroll/num/caps lock. Essentially, TrayStatus displays a small icon in your system tray. Upon hovering over it, you get the status of the aforementioned items.
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Outlook 2010: Regrettably Underwhelming
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