Jun 07

Window Clippings – Free Screenshot Software

Posted in: Freeware, Newly Released, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on July 26, 2007 by CyberNet.

Window ClippingsIt was a big disappointment when the FastStone screenshot application turned to shareware, but there is another free alternative available that has some really nice features (especially for Vista users). It’s called Window Clippings and it is available for Windows XP, Server 2003, and Vista. Using it is a piece of cake since there is only one executable file (weighing it at only 237KB) that doesn’t require any installation.

There are some benefits that you’ll get by registering the software for $10, but overall most people will be more than satisfied with the free version. The best thing about it is that it’s intuitive, and yet offers several options for customizing the application. Here is a list of my favorite features in Window Clippings:

  • As seen in the screenshot to the right, you can include one window in the screenshot or multiple windows. This is done by holding down the control key after Window Clippings has been activated.
  • One of the coolest things is that Window Clippings has full support for capturing and retaining Vista’s transparency and shadow effects.
  • You can have the resulting screenshot automatically saved to a file or copied to the clipboard. Heck, you can have it do both with every screenshot if you really want to. :)

The only thing I wish you could do with the free version is select a certain region of the screen to capture. Having that would reap the full benefits of the application, but I’m sure that the developer will continue to receive support through registrations and will keep adding new features. I’m pretty sure that this can become an amazing screenshot application with a little more work, and I look forward to seeing some new stuff!

Window Clippings Homepage
Source: I Started Something

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Jun 06

Nintendo 3DS system update is live, grab your free copy of Excitebike now

Posted in: 3ds, firmware, firmware update, FirmwareUpdate, gaming, handheld, nintendo, Software, software update, SoftwareUpdate, Today's Chili, web browser, WebBrowser

True to its word, Nintendo has released a system update for anxious 3DS owners. The free update over WiFi delivers an internet browser and the eShop digital store to your multidimensional handheld. As a bonus, Ninty’s offering the 3D-remastered NES game, Excitebike, for free until Tuesday with additional cash-money content coming to the store on Thursdays. We’ll be hearing more from Nintendo, much more we hope, on Tuesday morning where we’ll be bringing you live coverage of its next generation console announcements from E3. Join us, won’t you?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Nintendo 3DS system update is live, grab your free copy of Excitebike now originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 06

Apple’s iOS 5: all the details

Posted in: Apple, ios, ios 5, Ios5, ipad, iPhone, ipod touch, IpodTouch, launch, official, operating system, OperatingSystem, os, Software, Today's Chili, video

Scott Forstall has just taken the WWDC 2011 stage and details about the changes and improvements in iOS 5 are flowing thick and fast. Keep one tab in your browser locked to this post as we update it with all the new features, and throw another one open for our liveblog where you’ll get to see and read the very latest as it happens.

We’ve now put together the full list of highlights from the WWDC presentation, which you’ll find after the break. iOS 5 will be made available this fall, with compatibility promised for the iPhone 4 and 3GS, iPad 1 and 2, and iPod touch 3rd and 4th generation.

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Apple’s iOS 5: all the details originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 06

WWDC 2011 liveblog: Steve Jobs talks iOS 5, OS X Lion, iCloud and more!

Posted in: Apple, cloud, ios, ios 5, Ios5, live, LiveBlog, Mac, Music, operating system, OperatingSystem, os, os x, OsX, Software, steve jobs, SteveJobs, Today's Chili

You’re in the right place! Bookmark this page and return on Monday at the times listed below to see Steve Jobs take the stage at Moscone West. WWDC 2011 promises a peek at iOS 5, OS X Lion, the iCloud music storage offering and who knows what else. The iPhone 5? Don’t count on it, but also, don’t count it out. Your town not listed? Shout your time in comments below!

07:00AM – Hawaii
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11:00AM – Mountain
12:00PM – Central
01:00PM – Eastern
06:00PM – London
07:00PM – Paris
09:00PM – Moscow
02:00AM – Tokyo (June 7th)

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Jun 06

MSI’s Afterburner Android app makes GPU overclocking as easy as Facebooking

Posted in: Android, app, gaming, GraphicsCard, ios, msi, Software, Today's Chili

Back in our day, overclocking one’s PC was akin to a fine art. It took skill. Precision. Effort. Cajones. These days, it’s just about as simple as blinking. Or winking. Or winking while blinking. MSI’s made the simplification of PC overclocking quite the priority over the past few years, with OC Genie and an updated Wind BIOS from last decade putting all sorts of power into the hands of mere mortals. At Computex this week, the outfit took things one step further with the Afterburner Android app. Purportedly, the GPU tool enables users to monitor the temperature, voltage and fan speed of their graphics card via a WiFi connection, and if you’re feeling froggy, you can overclock and overvolt to your heart’s content. Details beyond that are few and far betwixt, but we’re hearing that it’ll soon work with GPUs from other vendors, and that an iOS variant is en route.

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MSI’s Afterburner Android app makes GPU overclocking as easy as Facebooking originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 06

Defraggler 2.0 Beta Offers Boot-Time Defragmenting

Posted in: free, Freeware, performance, Pre-Release, Software, Today's Chili, Windows

This article was written on October 22, 2010 by CyberNet.

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Earlier this week the first Beta release of Defraggler 2.0 was posted, which is a pretty big milestone for the software. This defragmentation utility is freely available, and this update serves as the first major milestone in nearly three years (Defraggler 1.0 Beta debuted back in November 2007). Interestingly enough the list of new features isn’t all that long, but when you’re talking about a Windows defragmenter program a lot of what you’ll want to see are things that happen behind-the-scenes.

The list of new features include:

  • Offering complete offline defrag during the boot process with full OS support
  • UI has been improved with a new Drive Map and customizations
  • Rearchitected the internal defrag processes to make it faster and more efficient

While that list is short the last bullet encompasses a pretty big overhaul, and I see the boot-time defragmenting as a nice feature since it can be set as a one-time thing or at every boot. If you choose to use that option your machine will defrag before you even login to your system, which may mean that it will be able to reorganize some of the files on your system that would have otherwise been unmovable.

I look forward to them polishing this up a bit more, but in my brief tests this Beta worked well. Keep in mind that they don’t have this packaged as a portable release yet like they offer for their latest stable version, which may mean that some of you will want to hold off a bit if you were wanting to throw this on a USB drive.

Defraggler 2.0 Beta Homepage (Windows only; Freeware)

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Jun 05

Google Translate API gets reprieve, servers will accept cash for interpreter duties

Posted in: Google, Software, Today's Chili

Last month, Google said it intended to pull the plug on a variety of APIs, including one rather curious pick — Google Translate, which had actually been getting so much use that it was allegedly causing an “economic burden” for the company. Well, it seems Google got in touch with its capitalistic roots, because the Translate API won’t be depreciated after all. Following a public outcry, Mountain View’s announced that it’ll create a paid version as soon as possible. Hear it from the horse’s Google API Product Manager’s mouth at our source link.

Google Translate API gets reprieve, servers will accept cash for interpreter duties originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 05

Locationbar² Updated for Firefox 3

Posted in: Firefox 3, Firefox Extensions, Freeware, Pre-Release, Screenshots, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on March 19, 2008 by CyberNet.

One of my favorite Firefox extensions, Locationbar², has finally been updated to work with the recently released Firefox 3 Beta 4. It can be used to make the domain that you’re currently viewing stand out more than the rest of the URL, which makes users less susceptible to phishing attacks.

You may recall that midway through last year we saw a feature very similar to this make its way into the nightly builds of Firefox 3, but it has since been removed. I’m not sure if Mozilla intends to reimplement the feature, but at this point it’s not looking very likely. What’s interesting is that the new Internet Explorer 8 Beta went ahead and added in this feature.

One thing that really makes Locationbar² stand out though is its ability to generate breadcrumbs from the URL that you’re currently viewing. To do this just hold down the Control or Shift key, and then hover over the address bar. You’ll notice that you can click on the different segments of the URL, which makes it a little easier to go back to the main domain or up a “directory”.

If you want your address bar to look like mine does in the screenshot you’ll want to add http:// into the Hide protocols box in the Locationbar² settings, and then also check the strong box.

Locationbar² Homepage (look for the 1.0b1 download link)

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Jun 05

Windows Vista 5728 Expected This Week For Testers

Posted in: Software, Today's Chili, Windows

This article was written on September 22, 2006 by CyberNet.

Windows Vista Logo WindowsITPro is reporting that Vista 5728 will be the last version of the operating system that is released to testers before it begins the RTM process. Of course by tester they do not mean the general public, instead they are referring to the Microsoft Connect testers. Just like always I’m sure someone will post a torrent after a few hours of it being released…which Paul Thurrott expects to be sometime this week.

Windows Vista RC1 has the build number 5600 so 5728 seems like a pretty big jump, but they did a little “numbering trick” for preparation of the RC1 release. When they had to branch off and start creating Vista RC1 they decided that they would reserve all numbers up to 5700 for future RC1 builds. That means all post-RC1 builds would have to be greater than 5700…so the difference in build numbers isn’t as large as you may think.

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Jun 05

Camino 1.5 Released for Mac Users

Posted in: Apple, Microsoft, Newly Released, Screenshots, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on June 05, 2007 by CyberNet.

Camino Web Browser 1.5

Camino 1.5, a Web browser for the Mac OS, was just released offering a slew of new features that will undoubtedly appeal to a lot of people. At the core of the browser lies the same rendering engine that Firefox 2 uses, which is good news because as the Firefox browser continues to gain in popularity the number of Firefox-compatible websites keeps increasing.

Here are some of the other things Camino 1.5 brings to the table:

  • In-line spell checking! This is Firefox 2’s most notable feature, but Camino does it a little differently. While it does check text fields for misspellings as you type, it actually uses the Mac OS X dictionary instead of providing an additional dictionary like Firefox does.
  • Session restore – just like Firefox, Camino will now offer to restore your tabs after a crash. It can also be set to automatically restore your tabs after you restart the browser.
  • Keychain compatibility – use the same Keychain entries for both Safari and Camino
  • Feed notifications – Camino recognizes when there is a feed available for a site, and if you want it will use the Mac OS X default feed reader to subscribe to it.
  • Single window mode – prevents sites from opening another window.
  • Improved pop-up blocker – blocks pop-ups and also has Flash blocking capabilities (with the option to whitelist a site).
  • Gecko rendering engine 1.8.1
  • Resizable search field
  • and more…

As I was reading around there were quite a few users reporting constant crashes with the newest version, but it seems to be attributed to the use of CamiScript and CamiTools. I’m guessing that’s because the tools are not supported add-ons for Camino 1.5, and have not been updated to work with the newest version of the browser. Actually, CamiTools isn’t even being developed anymore so they removed the download from their site.

Source: TUAW

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