One of the reasons for Dropbox’s popularity are the manifold uses that go well beyond the standard file synchronization features that the standard Dropbox client offers. We just recently reviewed the client server application Akira which Dropbox users can install to issue remote commands to another computer system. Maildrop is another application that extends the [...]
Gmail, Google Reader, Wave And Voice Notifier For Google Chrome
The extension development for Google’s web browser Google Chrome seems to be in full swing with new extension being uploaded daily to the official extension repository. Extension support is still limited to Google Chrome 4 which is currently only available as developer releases. Many experts assume that the development of extensions will get another boost [...]
Thumbnail Database Files Thumbs.db Cleaner
Windows stores several file types by default in thumbnail database caches. File types that are included in those databases are image formats such as jpg or bmp but also video files live avi and document formats like pdf or html. The generation of thumbs.db files is enabled by default and it is not as easy [...]
Lower Printing Costs With Print Management Software iPrint
There are several possibilities to lower the printing costs both in a business and home environment. From the most obvious “print less” to reducing the amount of print ink per paper to printing multiple pages on one sheet of paper. Print management software programs like iPrint aid the organization and user in reducing the printing [...]
CD DVD Drive Repair
A missing CD DVD drive letter can – but must not – mean that there is a problem in Windows so that the drive is not recognized by the operating system. It can be by design as well at least in Windows 7 as empty CD DVD drives will not be listed under My Computer [...]
Allow remote connections to your MySQL server
I have covered MySQL in a number of ways so far. You can read how to administer your MySQL database with MySQL Workbench (see my article “Complete database administration package MySQL Workbench“), MySQL Administrator (see my article “Creating a database with MySQL Administrator“), MySQL Navigator (see my article “Manage you MySQL databases with an easy [...]
Access Remote Computers With Akira [Dropbox]
Akira uses the synchronization capabilities of the popular file synchronization service Dropbox to provide basic networking functionality. The core idea of the software is to use shared folders to communicate between clients and servers using the Dropbox service. The program can be used with one Dropbox account that is used on different authorized computer systems [...]
Microsoft Search Engine Optimization Toolkit
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) describes techniques that are used by webmasters to improve their website’s visibility in search engines. SEO is usually divided into onpage and offpage SEO. The former dealing with factors that can be directly be influenced by the webmaster on the domain or website that is optimized (e.g. the title or url) [...]
Monitor Amazon Price Changes With Wootch
Amazon with its vast assortment of items is one of the preferred online shopping locations for Internet users. Buying items at Amazon is comfortable and its excellent return policy has contributed to its popularity. The popularity of Amazon makes it a target of third party software developers. Wootch, a free software program for the Windows [...]