Here is an application that will allow you to grab Hulu videos and watch them offline. There’s very few of these floating around and a previous downloader has just been shut down. The downloaded files will come out in FLV format, which can be opened with VLC media player. Aside from Hulu, it can also grab YouTube and a few other Flash-based videos. Check it out at streamtransport.com
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13
Feb
This is a first: Microsoft is offering a reward of £172,000 to find the mastermind behind the Downadup/Conficker virus.
The Conficker virus is seen as a criminal attack by software giant Microsoft.
The malicious program started circulating in October 2008 and has infected millions of computers worldwide.
“Our message is very clear – whoever wrote this caused significant pain to our customers and we are sending a message that we will do everything we can to help with your arrest,”
The worm is a self-replicating program that takes advantage of networks of computers that have not been updated with the latest Windows security patches.
Once on the computer, it manifests itself and sets up defences, thus making it hard to remove.
As many other viruses do, Conficker slithers through networks by guessing usernames and passwords. Then the worm reports in to its creators by visiting a web domain.
Malware such as Downadup can be triggered to steal data or turn control of infected computers over to malicious hackers which pool them into larger armies of so-called botnets.
14
Apr
Anyone who wants a cheaper / free alternative to Adobe’s Photoshop (I couldn’t imagine life without it though) can give the Gimp a chance.
I’ve only took it for a test run once and for a free / open source (I believe?) application, it is incredible.
There’s also loads of tutorials on the Internet, showing you how to use it and achieve almost exactly the same effects as Photoshop.
Like I said, this is definitely one of the best alternatives. On that note, The Gimp has been updated to 2.5 it’s been announced to today!
Softpedia.com published a first glimpse at what exactly The GIMP 2.5 is capable of… Check it out.
Update: Ok, I’m intrigued once again, I’m going to download it.
2
Apr
Well I guess this is another one of these things that won’t actually be hailed as a fantastic application.
A Tel Aviv University student has apparently developed a software which rates female facial beauty. It uses 98 parameters that showed up in the faces ranked most beautiful by 30 test subjects and actually is completely useless if you ask me.
I haven’t got a clue what this could possibly be used for and I really that this software could in any way determine whether or how beautiful you are.
People are getting too worked up over the whole beauty issue. I wouldn’t even want to try it.
25
Mar
Technorati Tags: gmail,email,google,software,opensource,freeware,free
I openly admit that I love Google’s free webmail service. Although I have seen others, I wouldn’t trade in my Gmail accounts (emphasis on plural ).
Since I’ve come to use Gmail everyday, I’ve also learned a fair bit about the service. Some tips and tricks to make it even more powerful and productive.
One of the best things about Google mail is the POP and IMAP support allowing you to retrieve your email messages in any POP/IMAP client. That’s certainly one option.
I don’t normally check my email every so often, perhaps once – twice a day and I cannot stand clutter on my desktop computer, which is why I usually try to avoid downloading any messages. It works fine.
If you’re not willing to set up Google mail with any email client, but want to be able to continuously check for new messages, the Gmail notifier is a great solution.
The lightweight application features a custom install and notifies you (in your system tray) whenever you receive a new G-mail. If you however have Google Talk installed on your system, the notifier becomes obsolete, since you will receive alerts about new emails from Google Talk anyway.
Single G-mail account? Who are you kidding? I have over 10!
So it is commonly known that people who are really into G-mail have multiple accounts… which is kind of OK…the big BUT rolls in when it comes to managing multiple email accounts. Unless you are using an email client such as Thunderbird or Outlook, juggling multiple addresses is just tiring and fiddly.
Of course Google mail being such a fantastic invention, I may have mentioned this fact before, it’s also possible to combine several G-mail accounts in one.
But that’s going off topic… So here’s another to deal with more than one accounts:
The GmailAssistant or alternatively if you prefer to keep the alerts in your browser, the Gmail Manager Firefox extension.
I haven’t tried the GmailAssistant yet, but I’m more than willing to. GmailAssistant is a free, open source application for multiple accounts and apparently also very customisable.
On the negative side: It doesn’t support Google Apps on your domain