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This looks very useful. I’ve been using DropBox for at least a year, but I just now installed it on my Blackberry. I like it!
Got a tip, thought I’d share it here. Add the following to your HOSTS file:
Then from a command prompt, run:
ipconfig /flushdns
For those old gadgets you’d just as soon get rid of:
And for a quick online scan against malware:
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/kb/articles/news101004/
And here’s another one, an online spellcheck of your website. It’s useful for those areas of the website where there’s text but no spellcheck functionality on the back-end:
Keep an eye on who’s keeping an eye on you, here:
Cuil.com (pronounced “cool”). And here’s a good reason to use it (or StartPage) instead of Google: http://newstrust.net/stories/2685319/toolbar?ref=hp
This could come in VERY handy! I very reluctantly plug anything Microsoft does, but this is a great service. It’s called SkyDrive. Free 25 gigabytes worth of storage. The only thing required is that you create an account. You don’t even have to create a Hotmail or MSN account. I used my gmail account. It’s not the same or as good as online backup, but, hey, 25 gig! And if this is all you have as a backup, you’ll thank me if/when your hard drive crashes. The only question is, do you trust Microsoft with your personal documents?
Here’s the link: http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive
Hopefully yours is listed here, anyway. :)
A couple of useful sites here for downloading videos for later viewing. I know I often want to watch a video later, not right then and there. Anyway, here are a couple of links:
There are probably a hundred others. :)
In a similar vein, here are a couple of online graphics editing sites:
http://friendsnews.com/wordpress/online-editing-sites
