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Best Freeware, Open Source Software
Technology
Anti-Spam Filters for Windows, Linux and Mac
Jul 11th
If you need a spam filter for your e-mail account, then you can pick one from the following links:
31 Bayesian Spam Filters for Windows
8 Bayesian Spam Filters for Linux
12 Bayesian Spam Filters for Mac
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Top 10 Free Spam Filters for Windows
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L8r – Send reminders to yourself
Jul 5th
Memory problems? Maybe L8r will help you.
L8r is an online app, that lets you send e-mail reminders to yourself and not only.
From L8r.com
- prepare up to five year’s worth of happy birthday emails
- remind your friends one day before the Bloomingdale sale
- remind yourself to buy flowers on your wedding anniversary
- impress your boss by “sending” email at 11 PM (and showing up at 8 AM next day!)
The free user have a maximum of 3 scheduled messages. Paid version has lots more to offer. See L8r Pro.
This app is just what i needed, considering the fact that i forget to do lots of things .
The only worry i have is, what if i forget to use L8r as well to send reminders to myself? :S
Update
Tips from friends – Thanks Dave!
A similar app to L8r is forLater, which is completely free, and no account needed.
Just bookmark it and keep sending reminders to yourself.
That’s it!
Technorati Tags: L8r, Reminders, ToDo, Online apps, Blogging, Freebies, General, Recommended Links, Tech Blogs, Technology
High Xbox 360 failure rates
Jul 3rd
From DailyTech.com :
Nearly one in every three Xbox 360 consoles fail, according to retailer reports. The failure rate is as high as 33%.
How about 4 out of 5 in my case?
By several metrics, the Xbox 360 is the most successful console so far of this generation. Despite the startling pace of the Wii, the Xbox 360 still has the most consoles sold worldwide and the longest list of games and exclusives…….
Read the rest of the article on DailyTech.com – Retailers Estimate Xbox 360 Failure Rate High as 33 Percent
Technorati Tags: Blogging, Gaming, Tech Blogs, Technology, XboxLive, Xbox 360
Clicky analytics – Know your visitors
Jul 3rd
Clicky Web Analytics 2.0 is one of those very impressive real time statistics tracker, with a very simple and clean interface intended for bloggers or owners of small web sites.
There’s a lot that Clicky can do, compared to other online statistics trackers.
- Gives you a very detailed insight about your visitors.
IP address, web browser, operating system, geo-location, language, and
screen resolution, as well as every action they made on your web site
(page views, file downloads, and outbound links).
- Custom Data Tracking
Track custom data on a per session basis for your visitors.(see web site for more)
- Api
Allows you to extract a wide range of data from your web site traffic
to analyze, store, manipulate, or display within your own web site or
application…etc
- Outbound links tracking
- File download tracking
- Stats via RSS
- Spy view
..and so much more.
See here the full features of Clicky.
To see what it really has to offer, hit their front page and scroll down. There’s a comparison chart too.
For the WordPress users, there is also a plugin – Clicky Wordpress plugin.
The Basic account details : Free, up to 3 sites, up to 1,000 average daily page views per site. Limited feature set.
Now, i have an account on Clicky myself, and i am really impressed by it.
If you care to know your visitors and what they want, then i recommend you get a Clicky account.
Enjoy it!
Technorati Tags: Statistics, Blog statistics, Worpress plugins, Stats trackers
Today’s freeware
Jun 24th
Adobe Digital Editions - Read and manage your eBooks and other digital publications.
Fresh Feed Reader - Ajax rss reader running on Adobe AIR. There are lots of other .air apps on the Fresh reader download page.
Vispa – Tweak your Windows Vista for better privacy, security and performance.
Spybot Search and Destroy 1.5 beta- keep the spyware and adware off your system.
iQ-Notes – Sticky notes app for Windows XP and Vista
Vocabula – Improve your vocabulary skills .
A bit help for this software. After installing it, choose a user name to enter,then visit the web site to download the Definition files. Save the file to your disk. Open Vocabula and from File choose Import, and install your definition file.
You’re done!
Final Burner free – Burning software for Windows 2000, XP and Vista.
KompZer - A modified version of NVU html editor.Working on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X
EssentialPIM Free 1.95 – Keep all your data in one place and stay organized. There is also a portable version of EssentialPim free to download.
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