Thursday, January 26, 2006

How to use BitTorrent to transfer files

This is a short animated tutorial on how to use BitTorrent (in particular the uTorrent client) to send files to your friends instead of using an IM client or email.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

1-Click DVD to iPod (or anything) Application

Handbrake is an open-source application which rips and encodes any DVD's (even encrypted) to any format you want. Stable versions available for Mac OS X, an alpha is out for Windows, and Linux compiles can be made.

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Thursday, January 19, 2006

Play hundreds of classic Commodore 64 games online

Commando, Giana Sisters, Bubble Bobble, Boulder Dash and most of the other classic C64 titles playable directly in the browser without download. Gotta digg this!

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Best (most useful) list of windows utilities I have ever seen

This is bar none the best list of windows utilities I have ever seen. OK, I already knew about approximately half of them and the list is from 2005 but the ones I was not aware of are golden. I know people are tired of these lists but just check it out and see. My apologies if this is not news to you.

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Monday, January 16, 2006

Free Software Magazine, issue 10 is out!

Issue 10 of Free Software Magazine is out! FSM is the leading magazine about free software. This issue is particularly juicy: Eddy Macnaghten helps to make X a little less unknown and "MC" Brown browses the browsers for Mac OS X. David Sugar talks about how free software is freeing Venezuela. And more...

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42 Quality Google Videos

Need to kill some time? 42 popular videos from "The Best of Google Video" Project.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2006

50 Best Firefox Extensions for Power Surfing

*Constantly* updated list of most powerful extensions for Firefox. All of them grouped into categories: Firefox Tabs, Website Links, File Downloads, Web-page Behavior & Navigation, Privacy / Security, Web Searches, Your Music / Video, Your Email, Your Bookmarks, Other Popular Services.

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Monday, January 09, 2006

MythTV, Ubuntu, Athlon64, PVR-250, Comcast Digital Cable, and a pcHDTV

There are few guides to getting mythtv running on a 64-bit system with multiple cards. Here is one that will get you a system running broadcast HDTV, digital cable HDTV, and analog cable all in one on a 64-bit linux system!

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Sunday, January 08, 2006

Painless way to convert .flv (Flash Video) to .avi or .mpg

Some sites have flash video�s online that play in your browser, if you have the correct plugins. You can download them, convert them, and put it on your Video iPod, or whatever.

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Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Forgot your Windows password? No problem! : Password resetting techniques

A lot of people think that after having lost their Windows admin password, they absolutely have to reinstall their OS. Let me tell you something: They are wrong! This article provides you with needed techniques to get back in your system.

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Monday, January 02, 2006

Top 10 Free Time Wasting Sites on the Net

Some would say that the personal computer and the Internet have revolutionized how much we can accomplish in a day. That may be true, but they have also revolutionized how much time can be wasted in a day. See for yourself, but don't blame me if you get nothing done for the next week.

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Sunday, January 01, 2006

Free online file storage and sending

This is an extensive list of online file storage services and/or large file size email sending services. Includes any known restrictions, etc. All are free.

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Top 10 Web Moments of 2005

At Download Squad we've posted our Top 10 Web Moments of 2005, the year's most interesting, momentous, outrageous, and hilarious events. Numa Numa Dance? Check. Sony rootkit? Check. Chronic--WHAT!--cles of Narnia? Check. Check it out.

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Top 20 Webmaster Bookmarks of 2005

Javascript, AJAX, CSS, Design, Search Engines, Web App, Blog, etc. Must read for webmasters.

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