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Are you a power-user with 5 minutes to spare? Do you want a faster internet experience? Try out namebench. It hunts down the fastest DNS servers available for your computer to use. namebench runs a fair and thorough benchmark using your web browser history, tcpdump output, or standardized datasets in order to provide an individualized recommendation. namebench is completely free and does not modify your system in any way. This project began as a 20% project at Google. namebench runs on Mac OS X, Windows, and UNIX, and is available with a graphical user interface as well as a command-line interface. - Niklas Pivic

Let’s say you want to work out where you’ve heard the hook from Coldplay’s ‘Talk’ before. A quick search of WhoSampled reveals that it’s a sample from Kraftwerk’s ‘Computer Love’. What’s more, it displays a video for each song so you can compare them and links to buy the tracks from popular online music stores. WhoSampled also keeps track of cover versions, meaning you can easily discover little-known versions of your favourite songs. Submitting a sample or cover version is easy, with a form to fill in giving the details of the two tracks. You need to do your own work searching for a video of each song. Hopefully this will be semi-automated in the future. Fellow London-based service TubeRadioFM integrates Youtube search into its design so I’m sure it’s something WhoSampled could look at. Currently, video search needs to be done in a separate browser tab/window, meaning much switching around as you paste in the embed codes. - Niklas Pivic

"Light you up, but you are topless, la, la, la, la, laa, la, la, la, laa" - brilliant. - Niklas Pivic

CanYouSeeMe.org's open port check tool is a simple but useful web-based utility for figuring out if your ISP or firewall is blocking certain ports you need to get things done on your computer. It's a handy way to determine if connection issues you're having—like difficulty sending email or trouble accessing an instant messaging client—are a problem with your internet connection or the computer itself. - Niklas Pivic

FireFound is an add-on for Firefox and Fennec (mobile Firefox) that helps your find your computer (or mobile phone, in the case of Fennec) if it is lost or stolen. Every time your computer's location changes, FireFound sends a secure message to a central server with its current location. You can then log into the server and see your computer's current location. All of the location data is encrypted, so no one can find out where your computer is without your password. If you lose your computer, you can tell FireFound to clear your personal data (saved passwords, browsing history, etc.) if anyone starts your browser before you can retrieve it. You can even run your own FireFound server; all of the code is open-source. Note: All geolocation data is approximate, and should only be used as a guideline. If your computer has been stolen, do not try to retrieve it yourself - alert the police. - Niklas Pivic

Hardship and honesty. - Niklas Pivic

Windows only: Driver update utility Device Doctor finds outdated drivers on your PC, and helps you download the latest version—without charging you a dime. Using the utility, which can be installed or used as a portable application, is about as easy as it gets—just click the Begin Scan button, wait a couple of seconds, and you will be shown a list of drivers that can be updated. The download button for each driver will take you to their web site, where you can download the drivers for free, without signing up for anything at all. Most of the drivers come with setup programs, but some of them are nothing more than zip files, and would need to be installed manually—hopefully something they can improve on in the future. - Niklas Pivic

If you are ready for an upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7, we can help make the process painless and hassle free. iYogi provides the most comprehensive programs for migrating to Windows 7. From free migration utility to advanced tools for migrating your applications to professional installation by a Microsoft Certified Expert. - Niklas Pivic

Experience your Facebook content in new ways with a trial desktop client application that lets you personalize how you read your newsfeed, update status, comment, like, browse and upload photos. Microsoft's own, based on Silverlight. - Niklas Pivic

My favourite audio player, used for years, now in v1.0 beta. Sweeet. - Niklas Pivic

Yet another good article on why that which is published on TechCrunch is not to ingest with a pinch of salt, but rather a truckful of it. To be rightfully compared with the last.fm incident: http://blog.last.fm/2009... - Niklas Pivic

"I'd say shy definitely based on how many turns you've taken turning up at my DJing sessions damn it! :D" - Niklas Pivic

Brilliant. Illustrated. - Niklas Pivic

The really cool thing about the Google Tasks client is that, since it's merely built on the Google Mobile API, you can actually access any Google app available as a mobile site from Google Tasks. Just scroll to the top and choose your app (or hit "more" for a larger list), and you can access Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and others within the same client, essentially making it an all-around Google Mobile client. If you feel like you have one too many SSBs open at any given time, this is a pretty nice solution. - Niklas Pivic

DVD Knife is a simple tool for extracting DVD clips from your DVD's.The clips will be stored in VOB format only. This is the simplest and fastest tool in its category which has ability to extract long VOB clips in few seconds.Its so simple that only three steps can extract the clip ie "Select start" - "Select end" - "Save". So get your favorite movie or film scenes stored seperately now. # A very fast DVD cutter # Clips down DVD Movie in just three clicks # The clipped part is of same quality as the main movie # DVD video is neither compressed nor decompressed to extract clips # The main player used for viewing is Windows Media Player so even large clips are supported # The only thing you need is the DVD codecs installed # In all it is a great DVD cutter DVD Knife can be used to extract your favorite clips from your movies so that you can make collection of these movie clips to watch in future without any problem. - Niklas Pivic

Real-time Link Tracking Track the performance of your bit.ly links in real time. Complete History Access the complete history of your bit.ly links Saved Preferences Store your Twitter account and other preferences - Niklas Pivic

CacheMyWork is a handy utility that lets you reboot without losing your place in your work. It builds a checklist of currently open applications, and will restart the apps you've selected the next time you logon to the computer. Cache My Work is great for occasions when you need to unexpectedly reboot, such as on "Patch Tuesday", after installing new drivers, or when Windows runs out of Desktop Heap, Handles or GDI Objects (which happens more often than I'd like - even with the fixes described here). If you're like me, you avoid rebooting your computer because it means you'll forget what you were working on. Every time I have to reboot because of some install/uninstall/patch, invariably I forget half of what I was working on because I don't remember all the docs and apps I have to reopen (those 5-15 minutes between "shutdown all apps" and "logged in, Windows quieted down" are huge opportunities for me to be randomized and lose my short-term memory cache). - Niklas Pivic

Some insight into what the future might bring. I like the inclusion of the psychological aspects of trying to get people to use a web browser as a unified application as that's just for browsing to them, not for using desktop applications. - Niklas Pivic

Remove Fake Antivirus 1.39 is used to remove: 1. Cyber Security 2. Alpha Antivirus 3. Braviax 4. Windows Police Pro 5. Antivirus Pro 2010 6. PC Antispyware 2010 7. FraudTool.MalwareProtector.d 8. Winshield2009.com 9. Green AV 10. Windows Protection Suite 11. Total Security 2009 12. Windows System Suite 13. Antivirus BEST 14. System Security 15. Personal Antivirus 16. System Security 2009 17. Malware Doctor 18. Antivirus System Pro 19. WinPC Defender 20. Anti-Virus-1 21. Spyware Guard 2008 22. System Guard 2009 23. Antivirus 2009 24. Antivirus 2010 25. Antivirus Pro 2009 26. Antivirus 360 and 27. MS Antispyware 2009 (all of them are fake antivirus which are viruses or trojans) from your computer. Remove Fake Antivirus is used to remove fake antivirus which are viruses or trojans. - Niklas Pivic

One of the more interesting things to have hit Albarn since Shaun Ryder did "DARE". - Niklas Pivic

Come, do come. - Niklas Pivic

Please, please Google, make it sooner rather than later. - Rasmus Lauridsen

Hope there will be VOIP so we can dump Skype. - Vezquex: God of FF

Mailcheck is a free, automated online test tool which lets users test many different quality-related aspects of their email setup. Mailcheck aims to improve the overall quality of email related services on the Internet by pointing out possible configuration problems, software flaws or standards violations to system administrators and end users. - Niklas Pivic

Windows/Linux: One of the most irritating things about reinstalling your operating system is installing all the non-OS applications you love. Allmyapps lets you select all your favorite apps and roll them into a bulk installer to make rebuilding easy. At Allmyapps you can browse over a hundred of popular applications in a dozen categories to build a master list of applications you want to install. You don't have to install immediately after building your list, you can save your list for later installation. Check out the video below to see how Allmyapps works: - Niklas Pivic

This is small tool that adds Attach and Detach option to contextual (aka right-click) menu of Virtual disk (vhd) files. That enables those operations to be done without trip to Disk Management console. Detach option is available on hard drive contextual menu also. Additionally program can be used as classic utility in order to see various information about virtual disk, even without attaching it. Do notice that this program only works with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Older operating systems are not supported. - Niklas Pivic

Compare My Docs comes from the same folks who created TextFlow, the Adobe AIR-based app that spot differences across multiple copies of a Word document or rich text file. Compare My Docs does many of the same things as TextFlow, including being able to compare up to six versions of the same document to see what's been changed. The big difference though, is that it runs right in your browser and requires no sign-up whatsoever. Just like TextFlow, Compare My Docs color codes any changes it finds between the different revisions of a document and gives you a quick and easy way to accept, reject, or set aside a change. This means you can cruise through a document and keep the changes or revisions you like, while keeping an active log of what you don't. When finished, you'll have a new version that has all of those changes, which can be saved either as a Word doc or rich text file back on your hard drive. - Niklas Pivic

The tiny, portable application launches a dashboard with one-click fixes for 40 common Windows XP problems. Quick Fix makes short work of irksome situations like a disabled task manager, missing Device Manager tab, and the infamous CD/DVD missing/not reading bug. The program is essentially a collection of registry fixes, since that's where most of these problems originate. You might want to create a system restore point prior to running Quick Fix (or backing up your registry) just in case. XP Quick Fix is a free, portable download and - not surprisingly - runs on Windows XP systems. - Niklas Pivic

I'd like to know how can they push out an app store? Is it possible? Is it really needed? - €€€€€€€€ from Bookmarklet

I'd like to know if Seamonkey 2.0 works with Google Wave. - SuezanneC Baskerville

"Ninite runs on Windows XP/Vista/7 and works in the background 100% hands-free. We install apps with default settings and say "no" to browser toolbars and other junk. All we do is install the latest versions of the apps you choose. Not even Ninite is installed." - Jemm from Bookmarklet

Sounds nifty. If I was planning to install Windows Vista, or Windows 7 any time soon, I'd have a look. - Tyson Key

rofoil extends Vista and Windows 7 notebook battery life by: Allowing you to manually disable Aero Glass. Optionally managing Aero Glass user interface. Optionally managing sound muting (NEW!). Optionally managing YOUR chosen power plans (NEW!) Optionally managing Windows Sidebar. Optionally showing a quick hibernate button Changing icon colour to show your power type (NEW!) Benefits over earlier versions and similar software: Much more efficient - Aerofoil is 100% unmanaged C++ (no .Net Framework!). Much smaller memory use (about 25%-30% of the size of similar software). Unlike other apps, Aerofoil doesn't poll battery level continuously allowing the CPU save power by being idle more often. UPX compressed meaning Aerofoil.exe is as small as it can be. No configuration file - everything is customised with the installer. Tried and tested on Windows 7 (thanks to D. Schiferli!) Open source and free - no expiry date, adware, spyware or malware, - Niklas Pivic

Create a perfect sketch of the accident online The accident has happened and there is nothing you can do about it. From now on you are going to be confronted with a variety of questions to clear up the circumstances until your claim for compensation enforces. The simpliest way to demonstrate the actual event is to draw it. This is why almost every insurance company, laywer or even the court, in case of conflict request such a sketch. So start designing the course of events you have seen. AccidentSketch.com offers the necessary tools! - Niklas Pivic