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Create Archives with File Roller

There are a number of reasons you would need to an archive. You might need to create backup archives of files, or you might want to be able to store project files together. Whatever your reason, the GNOME File Roller tool makes creating archives simple. File Roller is the Winzip of Linux. Of course you [...]

Author: , Thursday February 26, 2009
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Tools, Tutorials Basic

KonoLive Getting Things Done Software

Konolive is a free group collaboration software for the Adobe Air platform. It has many similarities to Instant Messengers at first glance like the IM-like interface or the ability to add and manage contacts in the application. Everything centers around contacts and activities in the Getting Things Done software. Activities are tasks at hand that [...]

Author: , Thursday February 26, 2009
Categories: Software, The Web

Check Firefox Bookmarks

Up until recently there was not a single add-on available for the Mozilla Firefox 3 web browser that would check the bookmarks for invalid or duplicate entries. Several add-ons existed that were able to perform the checks in Firefox 2. The reason for the missing add-ons was a change in the storage location for Firefox [...]

Author: , Thursday February 26, 2009
Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Gazup Multiple File Hosts Uploader

Gazup is another online service that provides its users with the means to upload files to multiple file hosts at once. It works like previously mentioned Rapidspread and UploadJockey by providing an interface that supports the selection of multiple file hosts. The file hosts uploader supports file hosts like Rapidshare, Megaupload and seven additional file [...]

Author: , Thursday February 26, 2009
Categories: The Web

Live Mesh Beta

Live Mesh Beta is a online file synchronization service based on Microsoft’s Live platform. The service is comparable to other file synchronization services like Dropbox. In its current stage only computers running the Windows operating system are supported but Microsoft has announced plans to add Mac and mobile support at a later stage. The other [...]

Author: , Thursday February 26, 2009
Categories: Software, Windows

Simple Webpage Capture

Simple Webpage Capture is a standalone software program for the Windows operating system that provides its users with the means to take snapshots of the websites that they visit. The program acts independently of existing web browsers but utilizes the core engine of Internet Explorer to display the websites. While Firefox users might not even [...]

Author: , Wednesday February 25, 2009
Categories: Software, Windows

How To Reset the Root Password in Linux

I administer a LOT of Linux systems. Most of those systems information are in a file I keep that tells me what their passwords are. I normally either do not forget a root password or do not lose the paperwork for a Linux system. But I have been in situations where a new client had [...]

Author: , Wednesday February 25, 2009
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Advanced, Tutorials Basic

ScanDir Directory Lists Manager

ScanDir is a free directory lists manager for the Windows operating system. At its core stands a GUI powered search engine that performs incredible fast searches in selected directories or partitions of the computer system. Searches are powered by various filters that are divided into various tabs in the main interface. Filterers can make use [...]

Author: , Wednesday February 25, 2009
Categories: Software, Windows

How To Anonymize iTunes Songs

One of our readers pointed out that the application that we reviewed a while back to anonymize iTunes songs had been down for a while. He suggested another method of getting rid of user identifying data in iTunes. The iTunes plus songs contain three obvious fields that can be used to identify the user. The [...]

Author: , Wednesday February 25, 2009
Categories: Security, Software

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