Posted by Samer on October 11, 2011 in Browser Extensions, Chrome, Internet, The Cloud, Web2.0 | Tagged Chrome |
More of us are increasingly opting to store our files in the cloud. This is not just to use our files on our home and our work computers, but increasingly to access our photos/videos/music and files on smartphones and tablets as well. And (let’s face it) one day most, if not all of our files will be in the cloud anyway.
Therefore, why not bypass your hard drive altogether and download files and media straight into your cloud storage accounts? That, in a nutshell, is what this free Chrome extension is designed to do. It will let you right click any link or object and download it straight into several possible cloud storage services, including Dropbox, Google Docs, Box.Net, Flickr, Windows Live Skydrive, Sugarsync, Facebook, and others. Continue reading ..
Posted by Samer on October 5, 2011 in Launchers, System, Utilities, Virtualization |
This is a free program that will appeal to those who frequently use Virtualbox to run and manage multiple virtual machines. Simply, VBoxLaunch will let you pin your individual virtual machines to the Windows 7 start menu. See the attached screenshot to see what I mean.
Ok, I know it’s geeky to the max, but that’s what we’re all about at Freewaregenius (admit it, it’s pretty cool!). Continue reading ..
Posted by Will on October 5, 2011 in Email, Internet, Task Management / to-do, The Cloud | Tagged Cloud Computing, eMail Server, eMail Suite, Zimbra |
When I first spotted this email suite it inspired a resounding yawn. Even though it doesn’t have a world-changing new design, it is a well put together package of email, calendar and task management features. After playing with it for a while and then exploring their website, it was obvious this package and its big brothers have a lot more to offer than the run-of-the-mill email client.
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Posted by Samer on October 4, 2011 in Geo & Mapping, Internet, System, Utilities |
IP addresses. Everyone on the internet has them, and everyone leaves them behind, whether its someone leaving a comment on a blog like this one, or someone leaving a few dozen SPAM comments, etc.
If you have someone’s IP address and would like to find out where it originates, Locate IP is a small, free program that can show you. It will place a location flag on a Google map and provides the typical Google map interactivity, such as zooming in and out, etc. Continue reading ..
Posted by Samer on October 4, 2011 in Anti-malware, Boost performance, System, Utilities |
Tired of programs adding themselves to your Windows startup, or making changes to your system’s registry? Then check out StartupEye, a program that lives in the background and alerts you whenever other programs try to add (or remove) entries to the startup folder and/or registry, and optionally upload and scan these programs using VirusTotal.
StartupEye is a free small program that takes only about 10 megs in memory. Continue reading ..
More of us are increasingly opting to store our files in the cloud. This is not just to use our files on our home and our work computers, but increasingly to access our photos/videos/music and files on smartphones and tablets as well. And (let’s face it) one day most, if not all of our files will be in the cloud anyway.
