Tag Archives: Software

Skype Beta – Testing nearly 18 Months of Work

Posted on August 28, 2009 by stanner

Today I got an email from a mailing list I am currently subscribed to and someone pointed out that a new version of Skype for Linux was released. The last release of Skype for Linux (2.0.x) was indeed plauged with … Continue reading →

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Mozilla Prism – Blurring the web, desktop, and mobile apps

Posted on August 27, 2009 by stanner

When visiting my friend Mark, he introduced me to a simple app called fluid. This OS X application captures web apps and lets you run them as embedded in a window like a native application. Then he showed me why … Continue reading →

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Tweaking Firefox

Posted on March 12, 2009 by stanner

Firefox has grown a lot over the last few years. It’s US market share is currently greater than 21%. With so many of us on line every day, that means a huge chunk of people are using Firefox. By no … Continue reading →

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Smart-Torrent

Posted on March 9, 2009 by stanner

BitTorrent has helped change the way we get files on the Internet. No longer do we depend solely on a single servers maxing out their allotted bandwidth on a first come first served basis.  No, that is the distribution method … Continue reading →

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Favorite Apps for Fresh Systems

Posted on December 26, 2008 by stanner

Around the holiday’s there are lot’s and lots of new computers. If your frugal like me however, you just spend time reformatting and cleaning up instead of buying a whole new computer. After setting up my fair share of new … Continue reading →

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