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Archive for November, 2008
Digsby Debuts New Ad-Infused Installer; It’s Not That Bad.
Digsby, the desktop instant messaging application that’s more than just a desktop-IM app, updated their primary installer last week. Following the update, Download Squad hastily tossed up an overly negative review of the new installation process. Many other users followed suit and began complaining as if someone had just thrust...
Save Some Valuable Time Every Week Using SimplyFile for Outlook
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Enjoy iTunes and QuickTime Movies Without Ever Installing QuickTime
I’m not a big Apple fan myself but I’m rather addicted to QuickTime trailers. In addition, I think Apple has done a great job with the iTunes interface but, with the default download from their iTunes site, I’m stuck downloading a combination iTunes/QuickTime package. Either way, I’d typically be stuck having...
Maintain Your Online Photo Galleries with Absolute Ease Using "minishowcase"
We’re all about simplicity here at Fans of Tech. That is to say that anything which can make our everyday, mundane tasks just a little bit easier (or alot easier) is okay by us. In that spirit, I present to you: minishowcase, a PHP/AJAX "Lightbox" photo gallery that is incredibly easy...
Help to Aide Your Forgetfulness with StopWatch and the MP3 Pizza Timer
Remember That Mountain Dew You Put in the Freezer 70 Minutes Ago? Yeah, It’s Frozen Now. Of course, you could have avoided this ghastly scenario by just setting a timer and that’s exactly where the following two, free standalone apps come into play. First up, we have StopWatch. Its beauty lies...
Enhance Your Site’s Design with Minimal Effort Using Typeface.js
A modification, even slight, in the way your site or your blog uses typography can go a long way to increasing its aesthetic appeal. Fortunately, there are a few tools out there that can easily allow you to do just that. Typeface.js, the open-source javascript library, accomplishes the above task...
Keep Tabs on What People Are Saying About You or Your Brand with Yahoo! Pipes
If you’ve ever wanted to know who’s saying what (positive or negative) about you, your blog, your company or even if you want to keep track of other people/companies, the Social Media Firehose is here to help. User "Kingsley" over at Yahoo! Pipes has compiled the aforementioned script to help you...
The Email Standards Project: Ensuring That Your Message Looks the Same on Every Computer
If you’re one of those people that reads their email in multiple locations (say, on the Web with Gmail then on your desktop with Outlook) then I’m sure you’ve noticed that some, nay, alot of messages get butchered in one client but look perfectly fine in another. This is typically a...
This Post Will Self-Destruct…
Have you ever wanted to send a quick message to someone (and/or a group of people) that you may not necessarily want there to be a record of? Privnote could be your answer. There’s no registration required and you can even embed the Privnote functionality on your own blog. In addition,...
It’s Official: Windows 7 Pre-Beta is One Billion Percent More Stable Than Even Vista RC1
I’ve finally managed to install and activate the Windows 7 Pre-Beta (build 6801) inside Virtual PC and, I must say, I’m a bit stunned as to just how stable it is. For the testing phase of Windows Vista, I was able to try out Beta 1, Beta 2 as well...
