Archive for category web
The day the music dies
The day the music dies: Lala flips the off switch May 31 (Updated). I am very unhappy about this. Lala was a great way to check out an album before you bought it. And a great way to support an artist that you kind of like. If I didn’t like an album very much, but wanted to be able to listen to it every once in a while, I’d just pay $1 to be able to listen to the web version. That was a great feature…
Apple is giving me iTunes credit, but I’ll be selling that credit to William so he can buy games for his iPod Touch. I’m certainly not going to be giving Apple my music business. There’s lots of other, non-Apple apps for that…
MOST AWESOMEST THING EVER
MOST AWESOMEST THING EVER. Just in case you were wondering, the Internets are here to help.
Backupify backs up your cloud data
Backupify drops paywall; backs up your data from Twitter, Facebook, and Gmail | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com. Accounts are free through January. So sign up now, even if you don’t use your account right away.
CompareMyDocs
Web App of the Week: CompareMyDocs. This looks like it could be extremely useful for those having to collaborate a lot.
Memory Fox
Posted by thak in hack, open source, tools, web on December 16, 2009
Memory Fox Helps Tame Memory Usage in Firefox. Definitely could be useful on machines–like the one I’m typing on–that don’t have a lot of RAM.
Of course, this may only be a problem if you’re a freak like me that opens 38 tabs at once. Every morning. 
Google Real-Time Search
This Hack Lets You Use Google for Real-Time Search | Maximum PC. This is an extremely cool hack.
Hybir Backup Solutions
Hybir. This should be on your short list if you’re looking for a backup solution for a small business. This is some incredible technology–and quite honestly, it’s incredibly obvious. But they actually did it.
VirusTotal
VirusTotal – Free Online Virus and Malware Scan. This is a seriously cool service.
Word in the wiki world
The prospects of Microsoft Word in the wiki-based world – Ars Technica. I couldn’t agree more.
Opera Unite
Taking the Web into our own hands, one computer at a time. This is some seriously crazy stuff. It’ll be very interesting to see if anything worthwhile comes out of this. But it’s a cool idea, regardless.