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Cloud Antivirus – cloud based antivirus software

Panda Security, those helpful people with the online virus scanner have gone one better with the Cloud Antivirus. Now instead of having a virus scanner running on your machine, clogging up your runtime and slowing everything down, you can use the thin-client model and let Panda’s machines do all the work. By doing it this way, you escape the continual update drudge of conventional antivirus and everything including software updates is maintained on the server side. You’ll need an active…


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software June 2, 2009 posted by
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Touchdrive – access your iPhone directly from Windows Explorer

Touchdrive is a new software program which lets you access your iPhone or iPod Touch folders and files directly from Windows Explorer, no fuss, no muss, no jailbreaking. Copy, edit, delete, move to and from the handset. Yowser! $19.99.  Now, finally, you can view, edit, copy, delete or add files and folders on your iPhone. All within the standard Windows Explorer environment! Open Windows Explorer and your iPhone is shown in the “My Computer” window – just like any other…


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Awesome May 12, 2009 posted by
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Xandros Presto – hands on with a real Microsoft Windows killer

Xandros Presto is one of those products which, provocative headlines aside, actually could be a game changer in the computing world. The software is basically Linux bundled as a Windows application, which means it’s fast and easy to install, and provides a bunch of cool benefits to Joe Public computer user. Point One: Yes of course you need Windows to run this, but the 5 minute installation is super simple and after that you need never see your Windows installation…


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Zmeil – recover lost or deleted emails in a disaster scenario

The Zmeil email recovery program is not freeware, but it’s one of those packages that will pay for itself several times over if you need to use it in anger. The software will recover corrupt and deleted messages from most mainstream email clients including Outlook, Outlook Express and Thunderbird, as well as Eudora and The Bat! The program scans your hard disk for message bases and extracts data from any corrupt files it finds. Simple Simon. Priced at $39.95 and…


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Mobile Tech May 1, 2009 posted by
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Ghost Pigeon – untraceable calls and texts on your mobile phone

Ghost Pigeon is a piece of cloaking software that masks all incoming and outgoing calls and text messages on your handset so people can’t examine your phone and discover who you’ve been in contact with or when. It’s probably useful for employees searching or interviewing for a new job on their company phone, or for CEOs negotiating a golden handshake and stuff. Of course it could also be used for cocaine smugglers, but we’re not going there. The software itself is apparently…


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Awesome April 23, 2009 posted by
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iPhone Credit Card Terminal – now you can accept orders from anywhere

This new iPhone Credit Card Terminal software turns your groovy handset into a portable full blown credit card processor. No more ties to the landlines, or having to buy expensive swipe equipment. Install the app, sign up to authorize.net and you’re good to go, grabbing payments over WiFi or 3G. Instant approvals and declines over the air, a transaction history log and email receipts. What’s not to love? Unless it’s the $25.00 a month service charge and 2.09% transaction fee? But…


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cool tech April 16, 2009 posted by
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ProPrompter for iPhone – the ultimate mobile teleprompter

Turn your iPhone into a super convenient portable teleprompter with the ProPrompter for iPhone software. You’ll probably need to buy the ‘Wing’ bracket to hold your phone, unless you’ve got a friend handy, but just think of the cred as you come across all anchor person in the video. “And now a special report from our foreign desk…”  Use your iPhone or iPod touch as a professional teleprompter for ultimate mobility! For field reporting, corporate video, commercials, video podcasting and…


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Hasta La Vista, Baby – Texans attempting to run Windows Vista outta town?

More Windows Vista woes. So the Texas Senate is trying to insert a budget clause which would make it difficult for state agencies to purchase Windows Vista? Yeah well, it couldn’t happen to a more awful piece of code. Yee-haw…  Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, added the provision in committee and said it’s meant to block purchases of the technology, which has been targeted by criticism: “Don’t buy it, because it’s not worth it.” Hinojosa, Senate Finance Committee vice chairman, said,…


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software March 19, 2009 posted by
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Totally Rad Action Mix – changes your photos from drab to fab

Photoshop Actions are like macros for Adobe Photoshop. They allow you to create scripts replicating tasks to take the drudge out of photo retouching. You can make your own of course or download/purchase other people’s actions. The Totally Rad Action Mix is a range of actions published by Boutwell Studios. The actions are geared more towards portrait and wedding photography but you can use them for whatever you wish. It’s far simpler to see what they do by using them…


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software March 9, 2009 posted by
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Credit Card Knight – remove credit card numbers from your Windows computer

Credit Card Knight lets you find and delete any trace of credit card numbers lurking in your Windows PC web browser. It’s designed to vaporise the stuff from your Internet Explorer auto-complete function, and yes you can do it via the browser delete history button, but this is for those who want an easier method. It costs $19.95 but there’s a try before you buy free version available for download.  Credit Card Knight (formerly known as Secure Credit Card) is effective…


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Cool Web Apps & Sites January 28, 2009 posted by
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The Red Ferret Product of the Year 2008 – Software – Artisteer

Last year was the year of the CMS. By that I mean, it was the year WordPress came out of its shell and proved to the world that it could become as much of a mainstay of the Web as say, Paypal or Google. It’s for this reason that we’ve awarded Artisteer the software product of the year. This program, which lets you instantly create great looking CMS site themes, is not freeware, but the utility of the program is such…


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Free Software December 23, 2008 posted by
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MozBackup fail – file size limit cripples large messagebase backups

I hate to do this to a cool Open Source product like MozBackup, but it really let me down the other day when I needed to transfer my email message base across from one machine to another. The backup file was fine, but contained only a small part of my data. Apparently the program can only cope with messagebases up to 4 GB in size. My messagebase is around 12 GB, hence the problem with only getting a portion of my…


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Bookmark This! December 16, 2008 posted by
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Windows Vista Woes – tip of the day

Another quickie Windows Vista tip. The other day I suddenly started getting ‘Windows Explorer has stopped Working’ errors on boot up, which were a mystery and annoying. After digging a bit discovered it was Adobe Shockwave causing the problem. Uninstalled Shockwave, problem went away. I seriously cannot remember having this much trouble with Windows 95 even.  From what I have seen so far we believe shockwave player software is causing windows defender to be removed which in turn is causing…


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Bookmark This! November 27, 2008 posted by
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Laptop Alarm – protect your laptop in public places

Laptop Alarm. Software emits a piercing alarm if the power cable is unplugged, the laptop is shut-down or the mouse removed. Clearly designed for those times when you’re sitting in a public place (e.g. a library or local coffee shop) and need to use the restroom. Personally I’d take the laptop with me, as I somehow get the feeling that a loud alarm is not going to stop your machine disappearing out the door if it’s a Macbook Air. Know…


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Free Software October 28, 2008 posted by
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Codeweavers Crossover for free – 24 hr giveaway of virtual machine software to all-comers

As part of the company’s Lame Duck Presidential Challenge Codeweavers will be giving away free copies of their CrossOver virtual machine software for download for 24 hours today (28th Oct). Just head over to their site and get the code. Each copy (worth around $50.00 or so) comes with full support. Mac and Linux heads will now be able to run Windows games or applications on their computers while watching the financial meltdown unfolding through the slatted blinds on their basement gratings….


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