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Free Software March 5, 2008 posted by
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Popstar – cell phone game gives you control over your own pop star, Tamagotchi style

Popstar is a free Java mobile phone game which lets you live out your fantasies of being Michael Jackson. Or maybe not. Anyway, the idea is that you raise your little star to the heights of fame and success by touring, rehearsing and snorting white…sorry where were we? Oh yes. And buying better equipment. It’s an ad supported game, and needs Internet access on your handset, so you’d better have a flat rate data plan, chum.  The overall idea is…


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Bookmark This! March 5, 2008 posted by
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Kids Web Menu – free children’s web browser protects innocent eyes

Kids Web Menu. Simple and easy to use children’s web browser offers safe customised surfing for tiny tots. You select which sites they can visit from the list of ‘approved’ sites, and the browser presents a simple one click interface which is child friendly. Pop ads are blocked and there’s no address bar so they can only navigate via the icons. I’m not 100% in favour of web nanny programmes (the words trust and arbitrary censorship come to mind), but…


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Awesome March 4, 2008 posted by
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Sun Times – super cool freeware plots climate, aviation and astronomical movements

Sun Times is a very cool freeware program which provides more information than you’re ever going to need on sunrise/sunset times, climate averages and global flight schedules and routes. The data is constantly updated and you can run cool time based animations to view astronomical movements and temperature changes for just about every place on earth. The maps are a little crude, and the interface takes some getting used to, but the lush dataset more than makes up for it. This…


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but is it art? March 3, 2008 posted by
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Pivot Stick Figure Animator – free fun figure animations

Pivot Stick Figure Animator. Fun, free and easy way to create your own stick figure animations like wot all those clever artistic types do. There’s an MSN Group to help you build and show off your creations too. So no excuses.  Pivot makes it easy to create stick-figure animations. You can build your own stick figures and load your own backgrounds. The animations can be saved as animated gifs to be used on web pages. An example animation is included. Tags: pivot+stick+figure+animator,…


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Bookmark This! February 29, 2008 posted by
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Books In My Phone – free e-books you can downlod to your mobile phone

Books In My Phone. A nice selection of e-books embedded in a Java reader for download to your mobile phone, either directly over the air or via your computer. All out of copyright or Creative Commons of course, so no commercial ‘blockbusters’, but it’s a neat idea nonetheless. As someone who read both Lord of the Rings (for the 3rd time) and Harry Potter on a mobile phone, I can vouch that it’s possible.  The books offered here are either…


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Awesome February 27, 2008 posted by
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EA Sims Online goes free of charge – classic multiplayer game gets freeware play mode

Sims Online Free. Ooh, Electronic Arts has released a free version of the classic Sims Online game. If you’ve been living on Mars for a while, The Sims is one of the biggest game franchises on the planet, and the online version, which used to cost $9.99 a month, was notable for some pretty cool visuals and unique gameplay. Well the developers have now re-jigged the code, updated it all and re-released it in both free and pay to play versions. The pay per…


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Bookmark This! February 26, 2008 posted by
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JabpLite – free personal finance manager program for your cell phone

JabpLite is a freeware Java based personal finance manager for mobile phones. You get accounts, currencies, investments and expenses et al, and the Java bit means that it should run on just about every mobile handset out there. Nice little resource, methinks.  A sophisticated free personal finance manager. Includes accounts, categories, standing orders, investments, currencies and much more…Other features in JabpLite: Future Balance prediction, Net Worth calculation, Regular transactions, Quick Start mode. Tags: jabplite, personal+finance+program, mobile+phone, java


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Bookmark This! February 25, 2008 posted by
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SurveillanceSaver – the webcam screensaver now available in a Windows version

SurveillanceSaver. This deliciously subversive piece of freeware accesses over 600 security CCTV cameras around the world and cycles through them via an auto-playing screensaver. Finally we all get a chance at playing Big Brother from the comfort of our homes or cubicle. The original version was Mac only, but now it’s available in a Windows format. Lovely, and a little scary too. (the image above is Bucharest in Romania, by the way)  SurveillanceSaver is an OS X screensaver that shows live images of over 600…


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cool tech February 22, 2008 posted by
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Simple Mail for Firefox – cool embedded email client runs inside the browser

Simple Mail is a cool new Firefox extension which embeds a full function email client inside the browser. Although I can’t see this replacing Thunderbird on my machine, it could be very useful for folks who travel a lot. You could install Firefox and this extension on a USB key and use it as your ‘on the road’ mail and browser. Or even use it as part of a full Mojopac environment install on a USB key. Neato! [via Lifehacker]  Configure…


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Bookmark This! February 21, 2008 posted by
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Lingoes – super impressive dictionary and translation freeware

Lingoes. Lovely freeware dictionary and language translation program. Comes with a bunch of useful features like clipboard translate, right mouse click access for immediate translation/definition of any word or phrase, and the ability to download and install a large number of add-on dictionaries in different languages as well as English. Super nice package all round. Recommended.  # Cross translation over 80 languages # Text translation over 22 languages # Ctrl + Right mouse button key for the cursor translation #…


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Bookmark This! February 20, 2008 posted by
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DoubleTwist – cool way to share, convert and sync your multimedia between devices and the web

DoubleTwist. Heh, DVD Jon is back, and he’s carrying more gifts. This new service is a neat freeware desktop application which you can use to convert, share and manage all of your disparate digital media stuff. You do have disparate digital media stuff, right? Ah good. OK, so the clever thing is the sync between an online storage space of your own, and the desktop app which is the control panel. There’s also a cool conversion system in the background…


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Bookmark This! February 19, 2008 posted by
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Calibrize – cool freeware helps you calibrate your monitor in three easy steps

Calibrize. Nice new piece of freeware lets you calibrate your computer screen for colour and brightness and gamma and stuff. Dead easy to use, 3 minutes tops, and it certainly seems to have improved my viewing pleasure. Hey, it’s free too (advertising supported) so how cool is that? Download and enjoy.  Calibrize is free software that helps you to calibrate the colors of your monitor in three simple steps. Just download the software and follow the procedure to generate a reliable color…


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Bookmark This! February 18, 2008 posted by
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Bit Che – meta BitTorrent search tool

Bit Che. Now here’s an oddity, and not just the name. It’s a free downloadable meta BitTorrent search engine which scans over 60 sites for the files you need. Having it as a downloadable instead of online as in youtorrent probably makes it more resilient, so for that reason alone it’s probably worth a bookmark.  Bit Che makes searching for torrents simple. It quickly searches lots of torrent websites for files and easily organizes the results. Bit Che allows you…


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Bookmark This! February 15, 2008 posted by
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KZTechs Software Suite – free Windows repair tool kit

KZTechs Software Suite. A comprehensive suite of free software tools for monitoring, checking and repairing a Windows installation. The most useful component is the System Repair Engineer, which is a nice thing to have handy if your Windows suddenly starts doing strange things. Apart from the fact that it should highlight any suspicious processes going on, it’s super useful to have all the tools in one place. Tags: kztechs+software+suite, microsoft+windows, repair+utilities, freeware


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Awesome February 14, 2008 posted by
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PDFMeNot – superb tool makes viewing PDF files a snap

PDFMeNot. Super cool online PDF reader which is an absolute blessing for anyone who spends a lot of time researching or just browsing the web. Viewing PDF files online is normally a real pain what with downloading, powering up Acrobat or whatever. Now you have a choice. Either use the online version to read your PDF files without hassle, or better yet use one of the free tools on offer. The best of the best is the Firefox extension which automatically and…


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