Find Freebies
From Google Blogoscoped: If you want to have companies send you free samples of, well, just about anything (coffee, magazines, shrimp recipe brochures), the Freebie Finder may be for you.
Security Alert: When Bots Attack
From Baseline Magazine: It happens in minutes. Hackers with bot code break into vulnerable computers, turn them into zombies and launch an assault against your computer systems. And while you scramble to secure your network – and the vital data on it – botmasters sell access to your hacked machines for pennies apiece. Here’s the …
Webby Awards hit ripe old age of 10
From TechRepublic: Nominees for the 10th annual Webby Awards were announced Tuesday, and the list of potential honorees reads like a who’s who of well-known Web properties. The awards–which have seen the Internet rise, fall and rise again with the birth of Web 2.0–will be presented June 12 at a ceremony in New York City …
iPod Vending Machines Land at Airports, Hotels
From TechWeb: A San Francisco company specializing in automated retail has plans for 10,000 consumer electronics vending machines installed in high-traffic places like airports and hotels in just a few years. Zoom Systems already has 100 units installed, and Zoom chief executive officer Gower Smith hopes the company’s strategy will increase sales of high-end Apple …
Google Calendar
The oft-rumoured Google Calendar finally made its appearance this week and it looks impressive. The only thing I’m not sure of, is who actually needs a web-based calendar? If you are a business user, you are most likely using Outlook or something else similar. If you are a home user, then you’ve probably found something …
Is The Internet Out Of Room?
From Forbes: The Internet is supposed to be limitless–a boundary-free exchange of digital information and profit. So how can it be running out of real estate? The answer, according to information technology experts, lies in cyberspace’s ever-growing popularity. In theory, each new user who wants to log on needs a new address, as does each …
Read the Manual – Digital Photography Tip of the Week
One of the most basic tips that I can offer is also one that can really yield a lot of results, and one that is often forgotten. Read your manuals. Today’s digital cameras, even the simple point and shoot ones, have a lot of features that you may not even be aware of, let alone …
New, Free, Graphical Partitioning Tool
The latest LangaList newsletter had the following: 2) New, Free, Graphical Partitioning Tool Fred, This just came in Scott Spanbauer’s weekly PCWorld newsletter “Software Report” (give credit where credit is due). http://partitionlogic.org.uk/index.html is the home of J. Andrew (Andy) McLaughlin’s website devoted to “Partition Logic.” Among it’s other features: – FREE! (GNU general public licence) …
eyespot – Video editing in your browser
As I mentioned before, Michael Robertson (of MP3.com fame) is backing development of online software tools using AJAX. He previously had announced ajaxWrite and ajaxSketch. You can get notification of new programs from the ajaxLaunch.com announcement site. The latest title is eyespot: Shoot, Mix, and Share your Video. Use the eyespot Mixer to edit and …
BackLinks Analyzer tool
If you run a web site, then you should definitely check out this web site. The BackLink Analyzer Tool gives you access to sites that link to you, who owns that site, the Google cache of these pages, and more… Information The Backlinks Analyzer gives Number of Links to Domain Number of Links to Homepage …