Section: Internet
February 08, 2007 by
Jason
You’re already running the essential apps for your business and are ready to try out some of the latest tools so you can really supercharge things. The collection of products in this story can get you started.
Web-based PBX services, VoIP, and Wi-Fi phones can save you bundles on telecom costs. With one of the latest printers you can be your own copy shop, printing glossy flyers, posters, and banners. A blog or a wiki can improve communications with colleagues and clients. Online backup services can safely and inexpensively store your critical data. With a Web-based meeting service, you can get together with colleagues and clients while saving on travel costs. Read More»
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February 07, 2007 by
Jason 
MediaMax provides not only raw file storage that’s accessible from any PC, but also file sharing and hosting, MP3 streaming and backup/sync software. Of course, the real highlight is the amount of storage–five times what you get from services like XDrive. Read More»
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February 07, 2007 by
Jason If you use Skype very much, then have we got a website for you, VOIP News has listed 25 tips to make your Skype experience better, and hopefully easier as well. after you get done, your Skype will be able to podcast, translate French, take conference calls from 15 people, and tutor calculus, among other things!
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February 07, 2007 by
Jason Here’s a brilliant time-waster. It’s called Pictaps, simply pop along to the website, wait for it to load and click the Paint button. You can now use the simple drawing tools to design a character, based on the outline template; add colours and features. When you are happy with it click the OK button, give it a name and your character is transported into a 3D landscape, and starts dancing, along with countless copies and clones of itself.
It’s mesmerising, and highly addictive and when you get a moment have a look at some of the characters created by other visitors to the site. You can share your efforts with others with a link address, or download it to your blog or website, you can see the results of my pathetic drawing skills, called ‘Nukeman’ here, and yes, the resemblance is uncanny…
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February 06, 2007 by
Jason
- Using capitalization can result in better performance when using Search Companion. For instance, Mary Smith may produce better results than mary smith.
- If you didn’t find what you wanted on the first search engine, choose Automatically send your search to other search engines to submit your search to other engines that are appropriate for your query.
- If you like having an animated character, but want to use a different one, choose Change Preferences, then With a different character to choose the helper you like.
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February 06, 2007 by
Jason The ability to geocode, or translate into latitude and longitude, postal codes is a fairly useful hack to have in your programming toolbox. Quick and dirty zip geocoding allows you to do some neat things fairly efficiently and with a minimal amount of code. Though it’s U.S. centric, it allows you to add location-based functionality to your apps without requiring any real personal information to be transfered or stored.
If your application only needs to convert a zip code (or any address) into a lat/lon coordinate, say for simple mapping purposes, the easiest solution is to use the Google Maps Geocoding API. In addition to the client-side javascript functionality, you can directly query the geocoding system from php using an http request like this: Read More»
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February 06, 2007 by
Jason We’ve been hearing rumours of super secret project by Google to create a virtual world based on Google Earth. Presumably it will be along the lines of Second Life, the phenomenally successful online world where between 1 and 3 million (depending who you talk to) players or residents meet and interact with other – well, it keeps them off the streets. Anyway, Google’s interest in this area is not as far-fetched as it sounds, Google Earth has been steadily evolving and recent additions to version 4, like Sketchup 3D graphics, which can be used to create buildings, makes it all sound quite plausible. It would certainly be a very attractive proposition for the search giant and the potential for advertising and cross-linking with its other services must be enormous. Of course, it’s still only a rumour but in the past they’ve had a habit of coming true, we shall see…
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February 06, 2007 by
Jason Vonage the Broadband Phone Company is so confident that you will like their VOIP broadband phone service, that they are now offering everyone one month of free service. When you switch to Vonage Internet phone service, you could pay a lot less to get more from your home phone. Just choose the plan that’s right for you. Sign up for the Premium Unlimited plan and get unlimited local and long distance calling for only $24.99/month. Or, sign up for their Basic 500 plan at only $14.99 a month. Either way, you’re making a smart decision. They also offer great international rates, exceptional sound quality, and a bunch of included features — Voicemail, Caller ID, Call Forwarding, and more! And you can even choose your area code or keep your phone number wherever you go. It is win win for everybody. Signup now with Vonage and get One Month Free!
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February 05, 2007 by
Jason Although I’m trying to not make any major changes to my PC as I’ll be upgrading to Vista soon, I’ve just added a few new Wallpapers from http://wallpaper.dontloveme.com/, who have over 3000 high quality images available for free download. The wallpapers are all nicely categorized, with over 20 categories.
Well, worth checking out if you’re looking for a quick way to spruce up your PC.
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February 05, 2007 by
Jason
BitTorrent is a protocol that enables fast downloading of large files using minimum Internet bandwidth. It costs nothing to use and includes no spyware or pop-up advertising.
BitTorrent maximizes transfer speed by gathering pieces of the file you want and downloading these pieces simultaneously from people who already have them. This process makes popular and very large files, such as videos and television programs, download much faster than is possible with other protocols. Read More»
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