Jan 8, 2008 by Cristi
Got an e-mail in my inbox this morning from Pandora with the thing all UK-based users of this service have feared: Pandora will stop streaming to the UK as of January 15th. They have been forced to isolate everyone except the UK for a while, in hopes they might still be able to work out a deal. I guess it did not work out.
Oh well, there's always Last.fm ...
Dec 28, 2007 by gary
Following our post on how the Free AVG Anti-Virus Pro Download Swamps Server we are pleased to announce that we have found another mirror. Computeract!ve reported that they were "experiencing severe disruption" to their downloads server after this offer was leaked to other internet users.
If you are looking for an alternative download mirror try here, it worked for us!
Dec 28, 2007 by gary
Following a post on downloadsquad that Computeract!ve is giving away free licensed copies of AVG Anti-Virus Pro through Jan 17, 2008, Computeract!ve are now reporting that they are experiencing severe server download problems.
"We are experiencing severe disruption to our downloads server after this offer was leaked to other internet users. We're working to fix the problem - if you can't access the file, please try again later."
CyberNet ...
Nov 27, 2007 by Cristi
TechSmith is giving away two of their most popular screen capture and screencasting programs: SnagIt and Camtasia Studio.
Along with snapping screenshots, SnagIt can capture scrolling long web pages, extract text from windows, annotate images and so on: quite a way from a regular Windows Print Screen.
While there is a catch (both apps are not the latest version but a decent version nonetheless), you can download them, and after ...
Nov 16, 2007 by Cristi
Less than a month away from its launch, Apple's Leopard switches version to 10.5.1 with a fresh update that works out some of the annoying bugs and problems, including password management, nat issues and the annoying (to some developers, including me) file uploads via flash.
Apple has also launched the newest version of Final Cut Express, namely version 4. Final Cut Express 4 lets you edit footage captured in ...
Sep 19, 2007 by gary
IBM have announced that their suite of office applications called Lotus Symphony will be offered for download free of charge.
Symphony is made up of 3 applications: Lotus Symphony Documents, Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets and Lotus Symphony Presentations. Available in Linux and on Windows, Lotus Symphony supports multiple file formats including Microsoft Office and Open Document Format (ODF), and also can output content in PDF format.
This annoucement follows IBM recently ...
Sep 13, 2007 by gary
The Free OpenSource Software Mac User Group (FreeSMUG for short) have released their September 07 CD. 14 months after their previous release, the September CD brings a latest collection of the most useful free software applications packaged for Mac OSX.
This release include both PPC and Intel CD. There are some new entries like Bean, Skim, Komposer, Paintbrush, Seashore, Play, Miro, TimeTracker, TheUnarchiver, Burn, MagicNumberMachine, Books, Krank and VDrift. ...
Sep 12, 2007 by Cristi
I am not usually interested in offline news reader software. I know there are so many of them, and you'd think: who needs a reader when Google's web-based Reader has got (almost) everything you need, without ever installing anything, and accessible from anywhere?Well, for one, Google did not include a search for the feeds until this week. I mean, come on, they're Google, right? Plus, although they have ...
Sep 3, 2007 by saxxonian
In the latest release (Beta version 4.1.7076.4458) of Google-earth there is a fine add-on for those who like virtualisation: the Flightsimulator. If you have dedicated hardware, like Joystick, Steering-wheel, Flightyoke, etc. you will enjoy a better experience.
Just it the special keyboard shortcut: CTRL-ALT-A (Command+Option+A on the Mac) and you get a requestor allowing you to choose from two types of aircraft - an F-16 or a ...
Aug 30, 2007 by saxxonian
That "Bong" is nice to hear if you first boot up a Mac. After several times it might happen you wish it wasn't there, for some people after the first time. Get rid of it! Use StartupSoundPrefPane, a nice piece of software that comes under the FREEWARE licence and is currently at version 1.0.4. System requirements are Mac with PowerPC processors and Mac OS X 10.2 or later. ...
