A while back, i was looking for a web service where i could put together all my favourite web sites that i visit every day, but i couldn’t find a decent enough one.

See, is so much better when you have them all listed on one page, and you don’t have to look through your bookmarks for them.

Services such as Gmail or YouTube are easy to remember, but when it comes to all the other services i have subscribed to, then is a mess to keep track of them.

And so, Symbaloo is one of those web sites who are saving my day and spare me some minutes of looking for my most important bookmarks.

With a great interface that will resize to your screen’s resolution, Symbaloo offers you the possibility to add lots of bookmarks in blocks and order them in rows and columns by dragging and dropping.

You can choose from a variety of services such as: dictionaries, encyclopedias, news, translations, movies, images, books, currency and so much more- or you can add your chosen ones such as Gmail, gDocs, Veoh, FaceBook, Zooomr and so on- or….just add your links by typing in the URL and you’re set.

If you have lots of stuff you want to see in one place, then you can add more rows and more columns to the page

Have a look at this screenshot and you’ll see what i mean.

You can start testing by filling the blocks and if you decide that you want to use Symbaloo as your startup page, then you can create an account and keep the newly created blocks.

To add links to the blocks, move your mouse over an empty one and then click add. You will then be taken to another view from where you can pick up bookmarks, search modules, news feeds, widgets and radio.

The only thing that i would love to see soon in Symbaloo is the option to import my own bookmarks.

Apparently they are working on that feature as we speak.

Of course, the service is still in beta, so there are lots of goodies to come and make Symbaloo much more useful than it is at the moment.

From Frantic Industries - 5 Things Every Geek Must Do Before Going to a Vacation.

Need for speed? CyberNotes has an article on how to speed up file transfers.

If you are new to WordPress, or simply you don’t know what plugins to use, visit the 300 Tools For Running Your WordPress Blog.

These guys are just amazing!

Ccleaner 2.0 beta – New interface, faster analyzing and cleaning, loads of tweaks, and Portable.

Vista compatible

Glary Utilities – a all-in-one utility

• Optimize, clean and boost the speed of your Windows.
• Protect your privacy and security.
• Block spyware, trojans, adware, etc.

Vista compatible

Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 3 beta – use Outlook 2003 and 2007 to access and manage your Windows Live Hotmail or Office Live Mail accounts, including e-mail messages and contacts.

Vista compatible

Google Pack – Star office – Google is offering StarOffice for free.

Choose custom installation and pick StarOffice.

Mc ScreenCapture – Screen capture utility

Capture the screen and documents, record video fragments of software in-process

and use screenshots to create report for the support service.

Vista compatible

PidGin Portable – multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to use all of your IM accounts at once.Supports gTalk, AOL/ICQ, IRC, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo and more .

Technorati Tags: Freeware, Today’s freeware, Vista Freeware, Windows Freeware, Free StarOffice, ScreenCapture utility, Google Pack, All-in-one utility, Ccleaner, Office outlook connector

Wikia Xbox 360 - everything you need to know about the Xbox 360 gaming console .

Need more online storage for photos, documents, music and videos, ? Mashable can help you with a list of 80 file hosting and sharing sites.

And if you are a blogger using WordPress, then Mashable helps you again with a list of 50 plugins for Multimedia.

Digital Inspiration has 2 very cool tips – How to copy videos from YouTube to Google videos directly, (or vice-versa) and How to copy your pictures from Flickr to your Picasa Google web album (or vice-versa).

Classified as cools stuff – 8apps.com- a suite of online applications and social network for better productivity.

If you haven’t got an account there yet and you want to join, then I have 49 invites left.

Mail me (using the contact form) and i will send you one.

On the same subject.. I’ve got 6 more Pownce invites. If you need one, let me know.

2 portable e-mail clients for portable apps lovers, both freeware :

Thunderbird – We all know it, so it doesn’t needs an introduction.

It works just the same way as the full exe version.

Reach-a-mail - A very simple e-mail client that doesn’t require much configuration.

Platform : XP ,Vista

Technorati Tags: Freeware, Vista, Windows, Portable apps, Portable e-mail, E-mail clients

Download link – Ashampoo Photo Commander 4 – Multimedia viewer

• Capable of viewing, managing and editing your photos.
• Screenshot capture tool
• Play your your video files, create video playlists, and extract screenshots from any of them.
• Play and organize your audio tracks and create playlists

How to get the key:

Install the software and follow the instructions.

Mark “get full version key”. The key will be sent to your e-mail address.

When installation is done, open the software and check on your toolbar “Internet” and click on “Switch to full version for free. On the following screen you’ll be able to enter the code you received.

Platform: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista

Technorati Tags: Vista software, Image editors, Image organizers, Software

I love this guy! If is a girl who’s blogging there, I love her too!

Who ever is blogging , has done an amazing job on putting a sweet 45 Freeware Design Programs list together with some of the nicest freeware and open source apps.

Included in the list : Image editing freeware, Illustration, Authoring tools, Animation , 3D Modeling, Flash tools and other useful apps you might need if you are into design.

While you are there, check out the list: 85+ Killer resources every designer should know.

Great lists!

Found via Lifehacker .

Technorati Tags: Lists, Web Design, Freeware design, Design tools

Firestats 1.3.0 Beta – This is one of the loveliest statistics plugin there is, for WordPress and other CMS platforms.

The new version includes lots of new and great features, and these are my two most favorites:

• Compact old data – Basically, this feature will help you reduce your database size and improve performance.
• The search terms – This is something I’ve been asking Omry a while back about and he included it in this version.

You can now see the exact keywords that people are using to and reach your web site with. Very helpful feature.

Thanks for including this feature, Omry!

There are few more features, so visit Firestats Blog for more info and screenshots , or…see the Firestats Demo.

As you can see, this is a beta version, so be careful. I don’t have a problem testing it, but if you do mind using betas, use the current stable version or wait for the next stable one.

Technorati Tags: Blogging, Freebies, Statistics, Tech Blogs, Technology, Wordpress tools, Statistics tools, Web stats, WordPress plugins

Pando – Really great software to share files from your desktop.

Send your files by IM, e-mail or via your IE browser.

Subscribe to lots of channels – Tech, Tv, Comedy…and so on.

File size allowed to be send : 1 GB

Windows 2000, XP, Vista

Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later

YousendIt application with resumable upload. In case you get disconnected, you won’t have to re-upload your files.

Maximum file size : 100 MB

Windows XP and Vista

Pownce is still in Alfa stage and you can only get it at the moment through an invitation.

It also runs on Adobe AIR.

With Pownce you can send messages, files, links, and events to your friends. You’ll create a network of the people you know and then you can share stuff with all of them, just a few of them, or even just one other person really fast.

Maximum file size : 10 MB

Very sweet app if you ask me.

Windows XP, Vista and Mac OS

OnShare- Share files with your friends in total privacy.

I’ve only tested Onshare on my Xp few months back and i have to say that is worth having.

Windows 2000 and XP

If you want a all-in-one file transfer, photo sharing, music streaming and universal messenger, then give a try to qNext – See full qNext features and screenshots.

The thing that i love about qNext is the ability to send e-mails. Simple and clean.

I’ve installed it on Vista and is working perfect.

Windows 2000, 2003, Xp and Vista.

Linux and Mac OS

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