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General Software Discussion / The BoxShot Depot - Product Comparison
« on: March 27, 2007, 01:22 PM »
Here's a very nice comparison of 3d "Box Shot" software packages

Since many boxshot product descriptions sound very similar with talk of how much it costs to get a boxshot made professionally (that was before the days of BoxShot Depot) and how easy it is to make your own, you will find our summary reviews of each product below. To see complete information from the developer, as well as our detailed review about a product, click on the product's screenshot or info button...


from https://www.donation...?topic=5846.msg55381

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Developer's Corner / Game contest prize increased to $10,000
« on: March 26, 2007, 07:40 PM »
The original notification was at: http://www.garagegam...om/blogs/62635/12479, where you can review the original rules and then the updates in the current post.

Updates:
We've raised the bar with an additional sponsor, and the grand prize is now $10,000.
The contest entry date has also been moved to 4/1/2007. An odd day for a beginning, but it's no April Fool's.
NDAs will be signed by required parties to protect your intellectual property.
"Some people do not suffer fools gladly".
Also, a clarification that the contest will allow games built using (as a base) Torque game engines (TGE, TGB, TGEA, TorqueX) and the use of content packs is allowed, indeed encouraged as they significantly reduce development time. Products like ArcaneFX, Gryphon (previously known as MMO Enhancement Kit)/MMOKIT, and Titas will also greatly reduce the coding burden.
We will be hopefully announcing some new products by Dream Games soon which will also jumpstart your game development in a big big way!...


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Living Room / Sphere: Flash Game of the Day
« on: March 26, 2007, 03:33 PM »
Not having a tower defense game for you today, we are bringing you a Sphere game. Please approach it with the same seriousness. Thank you -the management.


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General Software Discussion / CourseLab - free e-learning authoring tool
« on: March 26, 2007, 03:23 PM »
This is a multifaceted application with many features and applications. If you think you might be able to use it, spend some REAL TIME on the site to learn what the application can do.

WebSoft CourseLab is a powerful, yet easy-to-use, e-learning authoring tool that offers programming-free WYSIWYG environment for creating high-quality interactive e-learning content which can be published on the Internet, Learning Management Systems (LMS), CD-ROMS and other devices....


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General Software Discussion / Zinkmo - IE favorite and Firefox bookmark synchronization and sharing
« on: March 26, 2007, 03:06 PM »
Use this utility to synchronize your info (such as Firefox bookmarks and IE favorites) between your computers or share with others.

Sync
    * Synchronize bookmarks across computers
    * Synchronize unlimited favorites
    * Synchronize across IE and Firefox browsers
Share
    * Publish public or private shared bookmark folders
    * Contribute to shared favorite folders
    * Subscribe to public folders of links


81
Living Room / Multitasking Dangers
« on: March 26, 2007, 02:55 PM »
From food, to cell phones, to computers, what are the consequences and what will be next?

...Several research reports, both recently published and not yet published, provide evidence of the limits of multitasking. The findings, according to neuroscientists, psychologists and management professors, suggest that many people would be wise to curb their multitasking behavior when working in an office, studying or driving a car...


from TinJaw

82
Living Room / Bug Bash - Just for fun!
« on: March 23, 2007, 11:21 AM »
Here's another fun tech web comic. Now have some fun!

One of the fun fringe benefits of working on the technology team at MSNBC.com is the occasional opportunity to submit an article for consideration on the editorial side, which is how this one happened: Long Road to Recovery Ahead for Bears Fans.
Good times. Takes me back to the old days.


from http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/

83
Developer's Corner / Google AdSense: Facts, FAQs and Tools
« on: March 23, 2007, 05:36 AM »
Google AdSense is designed to help you make money from your blog.

Google AdSense is probably one of the most popular revenue generators in the Web. We hear the stories about bloggers-genies, who manage to turn their blogs into cash machines overnight. However, it’s not that simple to find the actual tips, which stick to Google policies, might increase your revenues and don’t try to trick out the readers of your weblog.
We’ve spent several hours, trying to find out, what might increase your Google AdSense income and which tools you can use to observe and track your revenues...


from http://www.veign.com/blog/

84
General Software Discussion / WordFusion Beta: Forms and Document Automation
« on: March 23, 2007, 05:25 AM »
Here are some great templates to help you speed up document creation. Take the one in the image, for example. I'm not sure exactly what, but there's something about that one that I really like :)

WordFusion is a powerful Forms and Document Automation solution. It can be used to deploy electronic forms solutions to gather information efficiently and automate the production of documents or reports.  WordFusion forms can be integrated with Access databases, Excel spreadsheets and most other data sources to make the most of your organization's information.


from http://www.betanews.com/

85
General Software Discussion / LetMeType: Freeware text
« on: March 23, 2007, 05:13 AM »
Here is a freeware program to pop up commonly used words while you type in any program.

Like Microsoft's AutoComplete, LetMeType helps you enter text, but regardless of the program you use. Running in the background, it analyses what you type. After some time it has collected enough information to guess a word after you have typed the first two or three letters. A list of the most probable words is displayed, and you can select one with a single keystroke or just continue typing.


from http://freewaregenius.com/


[Edited by Wordzilla to fix the screenshot link.]

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Developer's Corner / Yet Another Closed Platform - Sound Familiar?
« on: March 23, 2007, 05:04 AM »
Here is an interesting blog post warning programmers not to use Adobe's new Apollo Software Platform

Why would someone want to lock themselves into a proprietary, closed platform - like Apollo?
Unfortunately none of the (so-called) analyst, experts out there plugging Adobe - has brought this up yet. I’m not sure why they think that desktop based apps - connected to the Internet - are so new or different - or why locking yourself into an Adobe platform is smart, but both Scoble, Wilson and Arrington seem to love it.


from http://www.downloadsquad.com/

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General Software Discussion / Portable Freeware Collection
« on: March 23, 2007, 04:54 AM »
This site is all about freeware that runs on a USB drive.

Submit portable freeware that you find here. It helps if you include information like description, extraction instruction, Unicode support, whether it writes to the registry, and so on...
Submit updates of portable freeware that are already listed in the database...


88
General Software Discussion / Better update Firefox!
« on: March 22, 2007, 08:38 PM »
Note: Firefox 1.5.0.x will be maintained with security and stability updates until April 24, 2007. All users are encouraged to upgrade to Firefox 2.

20 March 2007    
Firefox 2.0.0.3 and Firefox 1.5.0.11 Security and Stability Update
...Due to the security fixes, we strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to these latest releases.
Note: Firefox 1.5.0.x will be maintained with security and stability updates until April 24, 2007. All users are encouraged to upgrade to Firefox 2. Firefox 1.5.0.11 is available for download from http://www.mozilla.c...refox/all-older.html...


from Sweet young Wordzilla :)

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Developer's Corner / How to market your web application
« on: March 22, 2007, 08:33 PM »
Got a great program but no idea how to get the word out? Take a look at ...

So after 1 year of fund-raising, planning and development, your shiny new beta web app is finally ready... and now you think it's marketing time. You want to reach thousands of users as quickly as possible. Aha, you think, the cheapest and shortest path is  viral marketing - via blogs and social news sites. So you turn to your favorite sites like...


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Living Room / Tutorlink.com: Find the perfect tutor for you or someone else
« on: March 21, 2007, 07:35 PM »
Now this is the kind of basic information from which many, many people could benefit

Los Angeles based TutorLinker just relaunched with a new design and functionality. They’ve created a marketplace to find tutors based on geography (including a Google maps mashup), subject matter and pricing...


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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / ThinkingRock: Free software for tracking and processing ideas
« on: March 21, 2007, 07:16 PM »
ThinkingRock helps you process information by organizing your thoughts into actions, projects, information or future possibilities.

...Thinking Rock allows you to collect your thoughts and process them into actions, projects, information or future possibilities. Actions can be done by you, delegated to someone else or scheduled for a particular date. Projects can be organised with ordered actions and sub-projects. You can review all of your actions, projects and other information quickly and easily to see what you need to do or to choose what you want to do at a particular time...


from http://www.downloadsquad.com/

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General Software Discussion / Neat Net Tricks Software Reviews
« on: March 20, 2007, 09:06 AM »
This site contains long detailed software reviews in an interesting panel-discussion format.

Periodically we ask our panel of experts to review a few items of software and comment on their observations. We include their comments here, the good and the bad, so that you can make an informed decision whether the software is something you would find useful in your collection. Who are these "experts"? They are volunteers with...


from a Darwin Post

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General Software Discussion / Use SniffPass (free) to get back your passwords
« on: March 19, 2007, 06:45 PM »
What a great idea. I can think of many times I wish I'd had this utility.

SniffPass is small freeware utility that listens to your network, capture the passwords that pass through your network adapter, and display them on the screen instantly. SniffPass can capture the passwords of the following Protocols: POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, FTP, and HTTP (basic authentication passwords).
You can use this utility to recover lost Web/FTP/Email passwords.


from http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld

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Developer's Corner / WordPress launches plugin directory
« on: March 19, 2007, 06:40 PM »
A new plugin directory is good news for developers.

...Thanks to the new, official WordPress Plugin directory, the days of aimlessly googling for a plugin to do this or that are a thing of the past. Granted it has a ways to go before it can be called 'comprehensive,' but this is exactly what WordPress has needed for quite some time now. Three columns on the main directory site tell visitors which plugins are popular, fresh out of the oven or recently updated, with a Featured Plugin area front and center to host the flavor of the day...


from www.downloadsquad.com

95
Living Room / New fees are big trouble for Pandora
« on: March 19, 2007, 06:33 PM »
Here's an interesting article about how a new legal ruling threatens Pandora, a music service discussed a lot in the DonationCoder forum.

A Copyright Royalty Board decision last week chose to adopt a strict new fee structure proposed by a collection body of the RIAA for all web streams, far out of proportion to the fees paid by other media (broadcast, satellite radio) and previous paid by radio streams. Will the higher fees benefit musicians? Not if you ask the streamers; numerous arguments online suggest the cost of the new fees would actually exceed income, from everyone from small streams to enormous ones, and could threaten services like Pandora...


96
General Software Discussion / MoonEdit - A collaborative text editor
« on: March 16, 2007, 05:54 PM »
As you might expect, you're all set if you like MoonEdit, because "MoonEdit Pro" has been announced. Gobby is the other one of these collaborative text editors we have posted about previously.

Program features:
    * Cooperative multi-user text editing over the internet.
      Every co-author can edit the shared document at any time, from any place, and at the same time! There's no need to send files via FTP or to compare documents when multiple users need to make changes to it independently.
    * Multiple text cursors visible on the screen.
      Every user has their own color. Every cursor movement and text changes are simultaneously visible on the screen by all users...


from www.snapfiles.com

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Developer's Corner / UI differences between web and local (installed) apps
« on: March 16, 2007, 11:54 AM »
Here is an interesting and important article about differences between web applications and software you might download and install on your computer.

After spending about a year interacting with µTorrent exclusively through Remote Desktop, I was pleasantly surprised to discover how good the web UI is. It aggressively exploits the latest Ajax techniques to replicate most of the rich GUI functionality of µTorrent in a browser. But the web UI is still a pale shadow of the full-blown Windows UI. There are small but important details missing throughout, and part of the pleasure of using µTorrent was luxuriating in its intense attention to detail, its wealth of well-designed data readouts. Using the web UI is like drinking watered-down beer. It doesn't satisfy.
But does it matter? Despite my nitpicking, I can do everything I need to do remotely through the web UI...


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Living Room / Telling the time is only a small part of what this watch does
« on: March 16, 2007, 10:30 AM »
This watch uses impedance analysis to provide a surprising amount of information about your body.

Using Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) and advanced Strain Gauge Precision Technology, this smart watch provides an instant and accurate gauge of your body’s condition, including body fat, body water, and Body Mass Index (BMI). It even recommends daily water and calorie consumption goals. The Body watch is an excellent tool for athletes, dieters, joggers – anyone who’s serious about staying in great shape...


from http://crave.cnet.com/

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Living Room / Flash Circle TD: Flash Game of the Day
« on: March 16, 2007, 09:02 AM »
Here is another tower defense game. At DC.com, we vow to allow no tower defense game to go unplayed. :)

The aim of the game is to control the number of monsters in the maze at any one time by building towers which can stop them.
To build a tower, simply click on its icon on the right of the screen then place it on the map by clicking again. Towers can only be built on the raised ground around the paths.
All towers can be upgraded to improve their strengths, to do this click on the tower then click on the upgrade button which appears on the right.
You can also sell towers to make back some extra money. How many levels can you last?
Target low health monsters by clicking them as they walk on the path. All towers in range of that creep will focus fire to try and take it out quicker.


from www.jayisgames.com

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Living Room / OnlyWire: One service for all your social bookmarking needs
« on: March 14, 2007, 10:53 AM »
Ok folks, here you are, the ultimate book marking service. Life, as you knew it, has come to an end. :)

Use One "Bookmarklet" for all these services:
    * Backflip
    * Bibsonomy
    * Blinklist
    * Blogmemes
    * Blue Dot
    * de.lirio.us
    * del.icio.us
    * Diigo
    * Furl
    * Jots
    * Linkroll
    * Looklater
    * ma.gnolia
    * Markaboo
    * Rawsugar
    * Shadows
    * Simpy
    * Spurl
    * Wink


from http://www.ghacks.net/

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