November 20, 2005
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Posted by Mike
Get a head start on playing with the new version of Firefox in portable form. This Portable Firefox is a fully functional package of Firefox optimized for use on a USB stick. Get it [here]
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November 19, 2005
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Posted by Mike
Podcast: [Mirror]
(45 minutes)
Show #38 notes:
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GoToMeeting is the easiest and most affordable way to conduct online meetings with coworkers and clients without ever leaving your desk. Give on-the-fly or scheduled presentations, conduct product demos, collaborate on projects and more in real time with just a PC and an Internet connection. Best of all, you can meet as much as you want for as long as you want for one low flat rate. To receive your special FREE TRIAL, just visit www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable
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November 18, 2005
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Posted by Mike
Publisher’s Description –
Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Server 2003. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. Get it [here]
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November 16, 2005
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Posted by Mike
This new version was released a couple of days ago. I use this program all the time to mount ISO images as a virtual drive. Their servers are getting crushed since they released the new version. You can download it [here]
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November 15, 2005
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Posted by Mike
The Security Toolkit is a powerful freeware utility that allows you to create encrypted hard drives, encrypt your removable drives (USB, CD/DVD’s, Firewire etc) and securely delete files, including Internet History. You can also encrypt files and send them by email. Get it [here]
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November 14, 2005
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Posted by Mike
Found this from Make –
Record everything from your soundcard. Get it [here]
A link to the original Silent Bob, here 🙂
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November 12, 2005
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Posted by Mike
Podcast: [Mirror]
(29 minutes)
Show #37 notes:
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You’ve got to check out GoToMeeting. Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net — from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. Try it free for 30 days. No, you don’t need a credit card to get started. Just visit gotomeeting.com/techroundtable. That’s gotomeeting.com/techroundtable to get your free trial now.
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November 11, 2005
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Posted by Mike
Here is a video produced by Fellow FiT member, Kevin Devin, on how to record a Skype conversation. Get it [here]
Reminder: My next podcast will be posted tomorrow later in the evening.
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November 9, 2005
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Posted by Mike
This looks interesting –
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VMware Player is free software that enables PC users to easily run any virtual machine on a Windows or Linux PC. VMware Player runs virtual machines created by VMware Workstation, GSX Server or ESX Server and also supports Microsoft virtual machines and Symantec LiveState Recovery disk formats.
VMware Player is ideal for safely evaluating pre-built application environments, beta software, or other software distributed in virtual machines. With VMware Player, anyone can easily experience the benefits of preconfigured products rapidly without any installation or configuration hassles. Get it [here]
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November 8, 2005
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Posted by Mike
Thanks to Chris, today I saw Ubuntu run perfectly on an IBM Thinkpad. This distribution seems very complete and is easy to install on a laptop. It has great driver support. Here is a good site to help with Ubuntu, Ubuntu 5.04 Starter Guide.
From Christiaan, of Home Networking Help, SuSE has a live CD version that runs purely in RAM. It is a pretty full featured and can be used to install a small partition too on the system for perm files but still run off the CD.
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