Say goodbye to commercial download accelerators. Here comes open source application – wxDownload Fast. As my system got crashed few days ago due to power fluctuations, I had to repair the system and install the OS and lot of applications freshly. I have become open source applications fan and have been trying alternatives to the commercial [...]
FREE digital magazine subscriptions – Over 200 titles
You might have received emails and snail mails from banks to opt for email statements rather than physical printed statements. Few banks even offered cash prizes and free goodies to the customers who have opted for email statements as part of their echo-friendly initiatives. There are lot of organizations that are working towards echo-friendly things. [...]
Revolution WordPress themes – Open Source ????
Today, I was thinking to develop two WordPress sites for the upcoming projects of mine. While searching for the good themes, I recalled that Revolution themes have become open source. So went to http://www.revolutiontheme.com/ and it redirected me the http://www.revolutiontwo.com/. Site was looking nice. I browsed through the site, but unable to see any download [...]
Backup and sync Firefox environment with one click
My system has been giving problems lately with the hardware and at anytime, it can crash. So, I have purchased a WD Elements Portable 160GB USB hard drive and uploaded all the data onto it. Whenever I download a software, I keep a copy on my hard disk, so now I am having all the [...]
Free and reliable PHP and MySQL web hosting
I have tried a lot of free web hosts when I was learning WordPress and other open source CMS applications. From year 2005 to till date I have tested more than 15 free web hosts. Free web hosts normally put their advertisements on top of the site to cover the costs they incur on free [...]
You might be downloading adware and spyware with torrents !
If you are downloading cracked versions of software or pirated music from torrents, be careful. You might be installing adware and spyware with the cracked/patched software. Recently while going through the webmaster forums, I have noticed a black hat method to make money from torrents, binding pay-per-install software with the cracked software or pirated music [...]
Google SMS Channels – Create free SMS-based communities
Google SMS Channels is a new product out from the Google India Labs available to only Indians. It lets you create SMS-based communities for free. SMS Channels allows you to create your own channel(s) to publish content that other users can subscribe to. You can also create groups over SMS to communicate with your friends, [...]
Happy birthday Google!
Today is Google’s 10th birthday. Google has grown to the point where without using a Google app, our Internet browsing is not complete. Everybody knowingly or unknowingly will be using a Google product. We may be using Gmail for our mail needs, Blogger for a blog, Picasa for editing and sharing photos, SketchUp for building [...]