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Program without typing

November 11th, 2009 at 10:01 pm » Comments (0)

A while ago I found a post where someone mused about why there weren't any completely visual programming languages. Meaning, why weren't there any programming languages where you just snapped ...more »

Faster Web Pages

June 29th, 2009 at 7:13 am » Comments (0)

Google, those kings of speedy webpages, has let us in on a few of their secrets. Some of this stuff seems obvious if you just sat down and thought about ...more »

Never pay for software again

May 27th, 2009 at 8:20 am » Comments (0)

Open source software has really come of age. Most of the web servers on the planet rely on at least one open source application and many servers are entirely powered ...more »

Help stamp out spam in Thunderbird

May 24th, 2009 at 8:50 am » Comments (0)

Don't just let your spam emails sit in your spam folder or trash. Fight back! KnujOn (think "nudge on") is a Thunderbird extension that takes emails you mark as spam ...more »

Jetpack will rocket Firefox to the top

May 22nd, 2009 at 7:26 am » Comments (0)

Jetpack is still in it's early stages but it holds great promise to revolutionize how we use browsers. Right now, if you have an idea for a Firefox plugin but ...more »

Survive a move to Vista

May 14th, 2009 at 8:10 am » Comments (0)

The sudden meltdown of one of our longest surviving laptops triggered much grief and wringing of hands. What now? We're home to computers running XP, Mac OS X, Linux, and ...more »