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Wiki for Free/Open Source Games

Wiki for Free/Open Source Games

If you don’t like paying for games, you are going to love this. Someone has created a neat wiki with a list of all Free games on the Libregamewiki. In the List of Games page, you will find an alphabetical list of games with a link to their home page, version and date last released. […]

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Google Image Labeler – Cool time waster

Google Image Labeler – Cool time waster

I just noticed a small link in Google Image search called Google Image Labeler! My curiosity won me over and clicked over to find out that it is an interesting game. Google actually wants us to help them index images better. So, instead of just asking people to label images randomly, they have made an […]

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Google Reader finally gets Search

Google Reader finally gets Search

Google Reader is one of the popular online feed readers around. With the release of the new Bloglines beta, Google Reader is going to have to innovate to retain or improve their market share. One of the features missed by Google Reader users is the ‘Search’ feature which is in a way funny for an […]

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PassPack – Online Privacy Manager Reviewed

PassPack – Online Privacy Manager Reviewed

I talked earlier about how to manage your passwords in my Guide to managing your non-essential passwords. I subsequently showed how you can use an excellent free online tool, Clipperz to store your passwords, registration keys and much more online securely and in an easy to access manner. PassPack Tara Kelly of PassPack since invited […]

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How to Run Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 Simultaneously

How to Run Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 Simultaneously

Updated: June 20, 2008 With Firefox 3 finally released, it is time to upgrade and enjoy the new features and the performance increase it offers. But, the truth is we have learnt to trust our current profile in Firefox 2 and naturally you’d be leery of upgrading to Firefox 3. For good reasons. There are […]

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BuiltWith.com – Web Page Technology Profiler

BuiltWith.com – Web Page Technology Profiler

That’s a crafty domain name for a site that let’s you find out what a site is built with.  BuiltWith is a web page technology profiler that analyzes a website and gives a detailed listing of technologies that it finds on a web page. In their words, BuiltWith’s goal is to help developers, researchers and […]

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5 Ways to Find Free Music Using Google

5 Ways to Find Free Music Using Google

Google hacking is uncovering information indexed on the web that weren’t supposed to be indexed. Sometimes, it is because of the ignorance of webmaster or sometimes people just don’t know what they are letting Google index! I have read about Google hacks and lately have been hearing more about people using Google to download music […]

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Launch everything: Launchy

Launch everything: Launchy

The most used part of my Windows XP is the Quick Launch area. I keep shortcuts to all my often used programs in there. Start->Programs menu becomes unusable if you have an addiction for trying new software all the time. I still continuously battle the ever growing list in my Quick Launch bar by weeding […]

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How to Safely Try New Firefox Extensions?

How to Safely Try New Firefox Extensions?

A friend emailed me last week saying that he liked my weekly Picks of the Week Firefox Extensions posts but he doesn’t actually try new ones, even if they sound interesting, for fear of breaking his perfectly working Firefox. That’s when it dawned on me that some of my readers might be thinking the same […]

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Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week July 25 2007

I can’t stop noticing new Firefox extensions coming out every now and then. And I can’t stop myself from trying it out if I find it interesting. The ‘Picks of the Week’ posts will give you an idea of what I am trying currently and may be help you find some useful extensions. Let’s see […]

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Get private beta invites – InviteShare

Get private beta invites – InviteShare

I gave out a few beta invites I had for Spock and GrandCentral. Now, I get atleast 1 request everyday for a GrandCentral invite! I don’t mind the requests at all and in fact love the traffic Google is sending my way when people search for a GC invite. As I am wiping my evil […]

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Firefox Extensions: Picks of the week July 18 2007

Does the palm of your hand itch if you don’t try some new Firefox extensions every week? If yes, you have come to the right place. It’s time for another batch of Firefox extensions that have been popping up around the web. I compile a short list of extensions I like every week and a […]

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Remember the Milk integrates with Twitter

I use Remember the Milk (RTM) everyday and I have given my brain a break from trying to remember the long list of stuff that I try to do everyday at work and home. I have said it before and I’ll say it again, it is one of the best online task managers around. I […]

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Get a GrandCentral invite at ShanKri-la

Get a GrandCentral invite at ShanKri-la

We have talked about GrandCentral here and it’s recent acquisition by Google here. However, if  you had tried to get ‘one number for life’ you would have been turned away by the private beta message. I have 10 invites to GrandCentral with me and I would like to give it to the first 10 commenters […]

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Firefox Extensions: Picks of the week July 9 2007

I try to share useful Firefox extensions that I find now and then with my readers here. My Top Firefox Extensions page has some very useful extensions but I need to update it with some of the new extensions I have started using. Secure Login: If you use Firefox’s built-in password manager, this extension will […]

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