Neo Downloader Lite is an image download software for the Windows operating system. The software program works with all web browsers unlike the Firefox add-on Image Host Grabber which we reviewed earlier today. Using Neo Downloader is a very simple process. The program will display an always on top icon on the desktop that can be used to add urls into the application. The easiest way to do that is by dragging and dropping those urls on the icon.

The image downloader will then display a project wizard that allows the user to configure the image download. It is here for example possible to set the local download directory, the internal and external scan depth and image filters so that images below a certain size or resolution are ignored in the downloads.

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Tags: download-images, image download, image downloader, neo downloader, windows software
Categories: Windows, software

You might have read in our announcement post about the latest Firefox 3.6 beta that the Mozilla developer’s have changed the add-on compatibility parameter in the Firefox web browser. This article will therefor describe three different ways to force add-on compatibility in the upcoming Firefox 3.6 browser. It has to be noted that forcing compatibility might not always yield the desired result. It will work fine if the developer has not yet updated the add-on to be compatible with the latest version of Firefox. It will however not work – or cause errors – if the add-on is using functions that have changed in the latest version of Firefox.

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Tags: add-on compatibility, firefox, firefox add-on compatibility, firefox add-ons, firefox compatibility, nightly tester tools
Categories: Browsing, firefox

Imagehosts like Imagefap, Fapomatic or Photobucket are popular places to host photos and images on. Many blogs, forums and other websites make use of these image hosts to avoid huge bandwidth and server costs as the majority of traffic is shouldered by these services. Users on the other hand do not like image hosts that much as it can be quite strenuous and unnerving to download multiple images from them as most of these hosts want to generate pageviews for advertising reasons. This makes them place images on individual pages on their website. A user wanting to download ten images would therefor need to open ten pages to do so.

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Tags: firefox-add on, image grabber, image host, image host downloader, photo downloader
Categories: Browsing, firefox

Windows 7 Professional is the second Windows 7 edition that we take a closer look at (after Windows 7 Home Premium yesterday). This edition is actually the equivalent to Windows Vista Business but Microsoft decided to rename it in this operating system. Some say they did so to make it easier for Windows XP Pro users to switch to Windows 7.

The pricing between Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional is steep. You can currently get a so called Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack that contains three licenses for roughly $200 whereas a single Windows 7 Professional license puts you down $299 (some rebates are currently available dropping that figure to $260). Still, users would expect value for that price difference. As outlined yesterday there are only a few additional features in Windows 7 Professional that are not available in Home Premium.

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Tags: microsoft-windows, operating system, windows 7, windows 7 home premium, windows 7 professional, windows 7 ultimate
Categories: Windows

This is the continuation of the last post that rounds up the latest on the popular smartphones of the moment. Of course, their smartness is highly relative – like whether your last phone had a color display or not and whether the rock that was over you was volcanic in origin. There’s a lot happening still, so you better catch up now. Get over to the other side and get started.

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Tags: android, att, dell, GT540, lg, Mini 3i, sony ericsson, Spotiy, symbian, XPERIA X10
Categories: Gadgets, Google, Google Android, Mobiles, Nokia

The first release candidate of Thunderbird 3 has just been released by the Mozilla developers after four beta releases. This marks a new milestone in the development of the desktop email client. The changes in this release are unfortunately not made clear in the release notes as they are being used to list the new features that have been implemented into Thunderbird 3 so far. These new features include a new search engine with advanced filtering tools. Especially the global search option should come in very handy for users who have configured Thunderbird to access multiple email accounts.

Other new features include a tabbed interface to open multiple messages and mailboxes at once (Double-clicking or hitting enter on a mail message will now open that message in a New Tab window. Middle-clicking on messages or folders will open them in a Tab in the background), a smart folder mode which combines mailboxes from several email accounts into one mailbox (think of one inbox that contains mails from multiple accounts), improved add-ons manager, address book and Gmail integration among other new features.

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Tags: Email, email client, mozilla, thunderbird, thunderbird 3
Categories: Email

With so much going on in the mobile phone industry, I have decided to do a bit of a comprehensive round up. This is an essential update of all the intriguing new phones that you have had your eyes on. Like the X6, the N900, the HD2, etc. This is a strictly non-Apple/iPhone update, mainly because that needs a separate post. ;) There’s a second part coming in a bit.

Get over to the other side and get updated in the mean time.

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Tags: HD2, HTC, Kurara, n900, Nokia, Satio, skype, sony ericsson, uk, X6
Categories: Gadgets, Google, Google Android, Linux, Mobiles, Nokia