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Enable Flash in Firefox Portable [How To]
via Lifehacker by Jason Fitzpatrick on June 03, 2008
Windows only: You're in Internet Explorer-only IT lockdown, so of course you're using portable Firefox—but you don't have rights to run the Flash installation program to hook up flashy web pages in the 'fox. Luckily, when you're on a computer that already has Flash installed, you can enjoy Flash on the go with a simple trick that enables Flash in Firefox Portable.Copy...
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Improve Your Note-Taking Skills with Listen and Write
via Digital Inspiration by Amit Agarwal on June 02, 2008
Listen and Write is an interesting online application where you listen to audio clips on the web and type the spoken words at the same time. The audio clips are syndicated from a news website and are always about current events. There’s a difference between your regular typing software and Listen & Write – here you have to type what you hear not what you see on the screen. You can create an...
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WipeDisk Securely and Completely Erases Disks [Featured Windows Download]
via Lifehacker by Jason Fitzpatrick on June 03, 2008
Windows only: Portable freeware utility WipeDisk securely erases hard disks, USB drives, camera memory cards, and other removable media. Select from 14 erasure methods that make recovering files impossible after WipeDisk is through, including multiple random data passes, USAF, DOD, and NATO standards. A word of caution: WipeDisk sanitizes the entire disk without exception. For erasing portions...
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Flock 1.2 Bakes Social Networking into Everyday Browsing [Screenshot Tour]
via Lifehacker by Jason Fitzpatrick on June 04, 2008
All platforms: Based on the open source Firefox code base, social web browser Flock adds heavy integration into popular social and media web sites to your regular web surfing. We haven't mentioned Flock in ages, but the recent 1.2 release is worth another look. Much like Digsby bakes social networking into your instant messenger, Flock offers easy access to your favorite social services built...
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Browser Plug-in Allows PayPal Payments at Any Site [Featured Windows Download]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on June 05, 2008
Windows only: Online payment service PayPal rolled out a service a few months back that lets you generate and use single-use credit cards in order to make PayPal payments at sites you might not want to give your credit card information to. The PayPal Plug-In, for Internet Explorer 7 and (at the moment) Firefox 2, makes using "Secure Cards" much easier. When you're at a site you want to pay...
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This 20 Volume Print Edition of Oxford English Dictionary Is The Last
via Digital Inspiration by (author unknown) on May 28, 2008
Shared by Rick Klau I don't think he meant to cite Wikipedia ironically, but in this context, it sure seems ironic (the real kind, not the Alanis Morisette kind).Call it the end of an era. The NYT says that Oxford University Press has no official plans to publish a new print edition of the multi-volume Oxford English Dictionary often considered as the authority on the usage and meaning of...
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Track Visitors To Google Docs; Know When People Open & Read Your Documents
via Digital Inspiration by Amit Agarwal on May 25, 2008
How do you know if the Word document you wrote in Google Docs has been read by the boss or not ? Or how do you track the number of people who opened your Google Docs document that you published a public web page. Where did the traffic come from? How long the visitors stayed? Such data is easy to track with Google Analytics but unfortunately, Google won’t let you insert JavaScript code into...
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Download Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 - Public Beta
via Digital Inspiration by Amit Agarwal on May 26, 2008
Adobe today released the first public beta of Dreamweaver CS4, the popular WYSIWYG editor from Macromedia that later replaced Adobe’s own GoLive software. To download Dreamweaver CS4, you need a serial number of either Dreamweaver CS3 or any of the Adobe Creative Suite editions. If you don’t have a licensed copy, you only get a 2-day free trial.This is an intelligent strategy from Adobe....
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Browse Images From Google Face Search Using Cover Flow Interface
via Digital Inspiration by Amit Agarwal on May 29, 2008
You may remember using the beautiful Cover Flow interface in iTunes or the iPod touch that helps you quickly browse through your music and video collection - now a similar interface is available for viewing faces on Google Images.Go to facesaerch.com (not facesearch.com), type the name / surname of a person and start flipping the facial images served from Google Images. You can either drag the...
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Adobe Acrobat.com Is Good But There Are Many Limitations
via Digital Inspiration by Amit Agarwal on June 01, 2008
The world is so excited about the launch of acrobat.com - a web based suite with a word processor, a screen sharing application, a PDF converter and online file hosting.Like everything else from Adobe, it is a real pleasure working with every single component of Acrobat online. The interface is very well designed, the various features work just as expected and those visual effects make this suite...
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