Technology Weblog

Palringo

sonalk — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:59:24 +0000

Palringo is a free multi-network instant messenging application for the iPhone

It supports:

AIM and iChat
Google Talk
Yahoo! Messenger
Gadu Gadu
ICQ
Jabber
Windows Live Messenger

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Dell Studio Hybrid desktop

sonalk — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:26:52 +0000

This is the a new desktop from Dell that is aimed to compete against the Mac Mini, both in terms of looks and specs.

Specs are:

Mobile Penryn T8100 processor
Slot-loading DVD burner (optional Blu-ray drive)
2GB RAM
Intel Mobile 965 integrated graphics with HDMI port
250GB or 320GB hard drive
Firewire
Digital audio-out
8-in-1 media card reader

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Character Pal

sonalk — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:04:05 +0000

A small widget that will display the ANSI and html codes of different ‘special’ characters

PDF + PDF

sonalk — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:56:44 +0000

A widget that will combine 2-4 pdfs together, in any order you specify. All original formatting will be preserved, including bookmarks. Articles will remain at their original DPI settings and therefore will remain at their same original native quality.

Shredder

sonalk — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:54:48 +0000

Shreds documents efficeintly and quickly according to 3 different algorithims

Chronosync

sonalk — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:49:18 +0000

A great little utility that allows you to back-up, duplicate and synchronise files from ‘left to right’, ‘right to left’ or ‘bi-directionally’. You can also run simulated operations, allowing you to see what will happen before it actually does!

The free version only allows one transaction per session – i.e. you have to close it down and reload it to perform another file transaction. Registering removes this limitation.

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Garage Sale

sonalk — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:40:46 +0000

Good utility for listing items on eBay, Can use pictures from iPhoto or any file, and upload them to eBay or host them from your own URL. A very large number of templates and the ability to set a whole host of options for your auction.

However, MacFormat point out in a recent review of iSale that it has a number of advantages over Garage Sale. They include:

Not telling you an upgrade is available but failing to tell you that it’s a new version that you’ll have to pay for, until after you’ve downloaded and installed it (and deleted the old version)
iSale allows a number of upgrades for free, Garage sale charge for every version

However, there are a few flaws with iSale.

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Carbon Copy Cloner

sonalk — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:36:57 +0000

Free backup utility (works over a network)

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SuperDuper

sonalk — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:04:23 +0000

Allows you to create fully bootable backups, so if your system goes down, you can boot from the backup volume and continue working, instead of needing to re-install the OS and the copy back all your preserved data. Is a free utility, but paying $27.95 allows you to unlock scheduling, Smart Update (which saves a lot Sandboxes, scripting and more! of time),

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Handbrake

sonalk — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:00:08 +0000

A free utility for ripping DVD’s to iPod & Apple TV friendly formats. Has 3 presets built in.

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