Archives for 2009

Canonical Launches DropBox Competitor: Ubuntu One

Canonical, the company behind the popular Linux distro Ubuntu, launched Ubuntu One yesterday, a native ubuntu file synchronization service that works on the desktop and can be managed from the web as well. Sounds similar? Yes, Dropbox does that. Ditto. ... Read More →

Facebook Introduces Stealth Mode, Friend Lists in Chat

We have had an invisible mode in Yahoo Messenger, Live Messenger and Google Talk (the web edition) since long and seems like Facebook wants to join this bandwagon. Yesterday, Facebook pushed some updates to its chat system, commonly called FBChat. A highly demanded feature, people can now go stealth ... Read More →

Google News clusters now with images, videos, local sources, quotes

Google News clusters got better today with categorized content from blogs, local news, quotes, images and videos. When you click on â€œall news articlesâ€ links below each cluster in Google News they will show cluster pages with all the above said sections, each section like blogs, local sources ... Read More →

Sync Flickr Photos with Local Folders

FlickrSync is a free open source app that allows you to sync Flickr photos with local folders on your computer. It displays Flickr photos along with local folders, you can set the rules for synchronizing photos between them. ... Read More →

Appetizer: Open Source Application Launcher for Windows

If you are looking for a free, customizable, light-weight application menu and launcher, check out Appetizer it is a free and open source application launcher. There are many application launchers available for Windows, Appetizer is one of the best in that class, it is open source, easy to use and ... Read More →

Check if you can run Windows 7

Microsoft released an app called Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor beta which tells you whether your system is capable of running Windows 7 or not. The Upgrade advisor examines system processor memory, storage, and graphics card for compatibility with Windows 7 and advises how to resolve if there is any ... Read More →

Customize Firefox New Tab Page with Desktop Firefox addon

Desktop is a experimental Firefox addon that allows you to customize the new tab page of Firefox with your bookmarks or your favorite websites. This feature is missing in Firefox but other browsers like Google Chrome and Opera have it, infact Opera has this from long. ... Read More →

Panda Cloud Antivirus

Panda Security has released a cloud based anti virus to the public. Users interested in testing the application can download for free in the beta period, this application communicates with Panda servers to protect against the malware threats. ... Read More →