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		<title>20 Social Sites for Driving Traffic If You Have A Design Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve find these great social bookmarking sites related to graphics and design. Some of them you have already know. The following are my favorites :- Digg.com Stumbleupon.com Delicious.com  Designbump.com Dzone.com WhoFreeLance.com Zabox Dezinews.com Dezineidea DesignFloat.com WebDev5 FaqPal.com Mixx.com TheWebBlend.com WordTaps.com DesignGizer Cypherbox.net Joyoge.com CssDrive.com Abduzeedo]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve find these great social bookmarking sites related to graphics and design. Some of them you have already know. The following are my favorites :-</p>
<ol>
<li><a title="Digg" href="http://www.digg.com" target="_blank"><strong>Digg.com</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="stumbleUpon" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com" target="_blank">Stumbleupon.com</a></li>
<li><a title="stumbleUpon" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com" target="_blank">Delicious.com </a></li>
<li><a title="DesignBump" href="http://www.designbump.com" target="_blank">Designbump.com</a></li>
<li><a title="Dzone.com" href="http://www.dzone.com" target="_blank"><strong>Dzone.com</strong></a></li>
<li><a title="WhoFreeLance" href="http://www.whofreelance.com" target="_blank">WhoFreeLance.com</a></li>
<li><a title="Zabox" href="http://zabox.net/" target="_blank">Zabox</a></li>
<li><a title="Dezinews" href="http://www.dezinews.com/" target="_blank">Dezinews.com</a></li>
<li><a title="DezineIdea" href="http://dezineidea.com/" target="_blank">Dezineidea</a></li>
<li><a title="designFloat" href="http://www.designfloat.com/" target="_blank">DesignFloat.com</a></li>
<li><a title="WebDev5" href="http://www.webdev5.com/" target="_blank">WebDev5</a></li>
<li><a title="faqPal" href="http://www.faqpal.com/" target="_blank">FaqPal.com</a></li>
<li><a title="Mixx" href="http://www.mixx.com/" target="_blank">Mixx.com</a></li>
<li><a title="theWebBlend" href="http://thewebblend.com/" target="_blank">TheWebBlend.com</a></li>
<li><a title="wordTaps" href="http://wordtaps.com/" target="_blank">WordTaps.com</a></li>
<li><a title="designGizer" href="http://designgizer.com/" target="_blank">DesignGizer</a></li>
<li><a title="cypherBox" href="http://cypherbox.net/" target="_blank">Cypherbox.net</a></li>
<li><a title="Joyage" href="http://joyoge.com/" target="_blank">Joyoge.com</a></li>
<li><a title="cssDrive" href="http://cssdrive.com/" target="_blank">CssDrive.com</a></li>
<li><a title="abduZeedo" href="http://abduzeedo.com/" target="_blank">Abduzeedo<br />
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		<title>Free HTML Form Builder – Pform</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ibrahim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cool. pForm is a web-based and free HTML form builder application for creating good looking forms easily. It offers various color schemes to get started and enables you to design your form with an Ajaxed interface.  Click here to go there.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="lightbox" title="Free HTML Form Builder" href="http://www.ebrahimahmad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/phpForm.jpg#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-525" title="phpForm" src="http://www.ebrahimahmad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/phpForm.jpg" alt="phpForm" width="480" height="478" /></a></p>
<p>Cool. pForm is a web-based and free HTML form builder application for creating good looking forms easily. It offers various color schemes to get started and enables you to design your form with an Ajaxed interface.</p>
<p><strong></strong> <a href="http://www.phpform.org" target="_blank">Click here</a> to go there.</p>

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		<title>Financial Freedom – Pay Your Credit Card Debt.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ibrahim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the best decisions you could ever make would be to pay credit card debt &#8211; pay it off and get rid of credit card debt completely. Why? I think the answer is obvious &#8211; the interest rates on most credit cards will eat you alive. Second, if you’re borrowing heavily by using credit [...]]]></description>
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<p>One of the best decisions you could ever make would be to pay credit card debt &#8211; pay it off and get rid of credit card debt completely. Why? I think the answer is obvious &#8211; the interest rates on most credit cards will eat you alive. Second, if you’re borrowing heavily by using credit cards and not paying the balances off each month, you’re living a lifestyle that is way over your head. You must learn to live beneath your means.</p>
<p>In order to get control of your life, you must make a plan to pay off your credit card debt immediately &#8211; if not sooner. Then, as your debt level goes down, your quality of life will go up &#8211; it’s that simple. Now, let’s get started.</p>
<ol>
<li> Stop Spending With Your Credit Cards<br />
This is a simple step &#8211; it’s easier than you think. Except for one basic major credit card (ONLY for emergencies), cut up all of your credit cards and cancel those accounts &#8211; now. If you don’t stop charging on your credit cards and adding balances, you’ll never have a chance to pay off your credit card debt. So, get rid of all credit cards (except the one for emergencies) and cancel those accounts &#8211; after the balance has been paid off.<br />
 </li>
<li>Make Extra Payments On Credit Card Debt.<br />
After you’ve gotten rid of credit cards and determined your budget, the next step is to pay that debt off &#8211; fast!<br />
The easiest way to do this is to make extra payments &#8211; maybe send in two payments per month vs. one, or add a little to the regular monthly payment. You may be surprised how just a little extra monthly payment can reduce the time needed to pay off that debt &#8211; often cutting the time needed for total payoff in half.<br />
 </li>
<li>Snowball Your Debt<br />
 “Snowballing” is a term that loosely means paying off the cards with the highest interest rate first. Then, after those debts are paid off, take the money freed up and apply it to the next highest interest rate debt. Snowballing your debt can quickly help pay it off &#8211; if you pay as much extra as you can, and apply the freed up money to the next debt. But, to make the “snowball” work, you must never give in to temptation and use the extra money for anything else than debt payments.<br />
 </li>
<li> Negotiate With Your Creditors<br />
 One tactic that can pay huge benefits is actually quite simple. Call your credit card company and ask for a lower interest rate. The idea behind this is if you have a decent payment history, the credit card company probably doesn’t want to lose your business. They know that you can easily find a new, introductory rate, and move your balances.</li>
</ol>
<p>It’s surprising how many people skip this simple, but effective tactic. When you call your credit card company and ask for the rate reduction, be firm but pleasant. Never be abusive or anything close &#8211; remember, you’re probably talking with a customer service representative who is talking with many people in a day &#8211; sometimes angry and frustrated debt holders. You’re looking for a “favor,” so be nice!</p>
<p>Paying credit card debt is a tremendous goal &#8211; and is something that can have a very positive effect on your life for years to come. If you’re heavily in debt, remember that it is “always darkest before dawn,” meaning that just when things seem to be at their worst, good things could be just around the corner. Get that debt paid off &#8211; now!</p>

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		<title>Free ScreenCasting Software – Camstudio</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ibrahim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Camstudio an open source  screen video capturing software. If you want to do video online training, video tutorials,  this is the stuff. You can also create video-based information products you can sell and make a whole lot of money. Camstudio also comes with its own codecs. Which makes it much more lighter and much more [...]]]></description>
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Camstudio an open source  screen video capturing software. If you want to do video online training, video tutorials,  this is the stuff. You can also create video-based information products you can sell and make a whole lot of money.</p>
<p>Camstudio also comes with its own codecs. Which makes it much more lighter and much more clear pictures. A good alternative to the pricey USD 299.00 <a href="http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp" target="_blank">Camtasia</a> Studio if you are thinking to use only the video capturing part.</p>
<p>Recording outputs are AVI and SWF. Meanings that you can put it onto the web. Anyway  some (a few) people at the current time have problems viewing SWF files through Firefox. Hope they will fixed it.</p>
<p>Best of all, again, it is FREE. Click it <a href="http://camstudio.org/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>

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		<title>Free Web Photo Album Creator – JAlbum</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ibrahim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kedah]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cool web album creator software and its free. As of today, there is 6 way of web photo presentation or they called it &#8220;skin&#8221;. Boxer  Chameleon Minimal Simplicity Spartan Tiltviewer (My favourite) Each skins comes with its own sets of styles or themes.  Last time I&#8217;ve used tiltviewer (from my previous post)  for my projects. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="http://jalbum.net" rel="lightbox" href="http://www.ebrahimahmad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Jalbum.jpg#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-501" title="Jalbum" src="http://www.ebrahimahmad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Jalbum.jpg" alt="Jalbum" width="480" height="255" /></a></p>
<p>Cool web album creator software and its free. As of today, there is 6 way of web photo presentation or they called it &#8220;skin&#8221;.</p>
<ol>
<li>Boxer </li>
<li>Chameleon</li>
<li>Minimal</li>
<li>Simplicity</li>
<li>Spartan</li>
<li>Tiltviewer (My favourite)</li>
</ol>
<p>Each skins comes with its own sets of styles or themes.  Last time I&#8217;ve used tiltviewer (from my previous post)  for my projects. Had lot of XML coding to do. This one is a lifesaver.  Try it yourself <a title="Jalbum Photo Gallery Generator" href="http://www.jalbum.net" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>

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		<title>173 Best Free Softwares of 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 04:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ibrahim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Circle Dock circledock.wikidot.com Windows Circle Dock brings up a spiraling launcher interface with all the icons you want to click. Rotate it with the wheel on your mouse and change the skin to suit your desktop. 2. ObjectDock www.stardock.com Windows Replace the Windows Taskbar and Quick Launch toolbar with this Mac-like animated toolbar of [...]]]></description>
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<span id="intellitxt"><a href="http://scirodesign.com/up/load/1/blog/pcmag.JPG" rel="lightbox[483]"></a><strong>1. Circle Dock</strong><br />
<a href="http://circledock.wikidot.com/" target="_new">circledock.wikidot.com</a><br />
<span class="highlights_Content">Windows</span><br />
Circle Dock brings up a spiraling launcher interface with all the icons you want to click. Rotate it with the wheel on your mouse and change the skin to suit your desktop.</span></p>
<p><strong>2. ObjectDock</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.stardock.com/" target="_new">www.stardock.com</a><br />
<span class="highlights_Content">Windows</span><br />
Replace the Windows Taskbar and Quick Launch toolbar with this Mac-like animated toolbar of icons for all your programs. It comes with a few “docklets” for displaying info like the time, weather, and a Web search form.</p>
<p><strong>3.	Launchy</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.launchy.net/" target="_new">www.launchy.net</a><br />
<span class="highlights_Content">Windows | Linux</span><br />
“Keystroke launcher” is a fancy way of saying “command line,” but if you like to type rather than click for control—a practice that goes well beyond app launching—Launchy is your best choice.</p>
<p><strong>4.	Quicksilver</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.blacktree.com/" target="_new">www.blacktree.com </a><br />
<span class="highlights_Content"><a title="Apple Mac OS X" href="http://www.pcmag.com/topic/0,2944,t=Apple%20Mac%20OS%20X&amp;s=1579,00.asp">Mac OS</a></span><br />
Quicksilver does more from the keyboard than just launch programs. It can act on any item you can find or drag on your Mac. Quicksilver plug-ins add even more functions.</p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>5. Audacity  <span style="color: red;">[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]</span> </strong><br />
<a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/" target="_new">audacity.sourceforge.net</a><br />
<span class="highlights_Content">Windows | Mac OS | Linux </span><br />
On a par with any commercial audio editor, Audacity is the free sound editor of choice. The latest beta (1.3.6) even supports MPEG-4, Dolby Digital, and Windows Media.</span></p>
<p><strong><span id="more-483"></span>6.	Banshee</strong><br />
<a href="http://banshee-project.org/" target="_new">banshee-project.org</a><br />
<span class="highlights_Content">Linux </span><br />
iTunes is riffed upon again, this time in a Linux-only option that supports audio and video, Android <span style="border-bottom: 0.075em solid #006400 ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; padding-bottom: 1px ! important; color: #006400 ! important; background-color: transparent ! important; background-image: none; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-decoration: underline;">phones</span>, and older iPods (but not iPhones or iPod touch… for now).</p>
<p><strong>7.	EphPod<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.ephpod.com/" target="_new">www.ephpod.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
It does whatever iTunes does in Windows—syncing, playlists, iPod firmware updates, and much more, including moving music from an iPod to your new PC.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>8. foobar2000</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.foobar2000.org/" target="_new">www.foobar2000.org</a><br />
<span class="highlights_Content">Windows</span><br />
Basic playback of just about any audio you can imagine is foobar2000’s calling card, complete with an iTunes-like interface.</p>
<p><strong>9. imeem (formerly Anywhere.FM)</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.imeem.com/" target="_new">www.imeem.com</a><br />
<span class="highlights_Content">Web</span><br />
If iTunes were entirely in the cloud, it would be pretty close to imeem (formerly Anywhere.FM). Upload your music collection and videos to stream from any device. <span style="border-bottom: 0.075em solid darkgreen ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; padding-bottom: 1px ! important; color: darkgreen ! important; background-color: transparent ! important; background-image: none; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-decoration: underline;">Digital photos</span>, too. You can share them with friends you make on the service.</p>
<p><strong>10.	iTunes <span style="color: red;">[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]</span></strong><br />
<a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes" target="_new">www.apple.com/itunes</a><br />
<span class="highlights_Content">Windows | Mac OS</span><br />
Do we have to explain iTunes as the (so far) ultimate media player, coupled with online store and the primary way to get media—from music to video to games to podcasts, which plays most file formats (except, unsurprisingly, Windows Media formats)—and puts them on your iPod or iPhone? Probably not.</p>
<p><strong>11.	Mojo</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.deusty.com/" target="_new">www.deusty.com</a><br />
<span class="highlights_Content">Windows | Mac OS</span><br />
When you and some friends install Mojo, you’re ready for a unique sharing experience. Browsing and downloading MP3s from each other’s iTunes music libraries is suddenly a very easy proposition. If it’s a DRM file from the iTunes store, Mojo highlights them in red so you won’t be bothered trying.</p>
<p><strong>12.	Songbird</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.getsongbird.com/" target="_new">www.getsongbird.com </a><br />
<span class="highlights_Content">Windows | Mac OS | Linux </span><br />
Mozilla’s knockoff of iTunes is free, open-source, and supports just about every kind of music file you can imagine. You can even download embedded MP3s on Web sites to your permanent collection. Extensions add support for iPods and Web services.</p>
<p><strong>13.	Screamer Radio<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.screamer-radio.com/" target="_new">www.screamer-radio.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
You can download an app or run it from the Web, but either way, Screamer Radio accesses and lets you record <span style="border-bottom: 0.075em solid darkgreen ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; padding-bottom: 1px ! important; color: darkgreen ! important; background-color: transparent ! important; background-image: none; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-decoration: underline;">Internet</span> radio in a number of streaming audio formats (Shoutcast, Icecast, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, and AAC).</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>14.	WavePad Sound Editor</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad" target="_new">www.nch.com.au/wavepad</a><br />
<span class="highlights_Content">Windows | Mac OS | Linux</span><br />
WavePad puts all the usual bells and whistles of audio editing and effects at your fingertips.</p>
<p><strong>15.	Winamp <span style="color: red;">[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]<br />
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.winamp.com/" target="_new">www.winamp.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Still a primo MP3 player, Winamp is both customizable (it heralded the age of “skins” on <span style="border-bottom: 0.075em solid darkgreen ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; padding-bottom: 1px ! important; color: darkgreen ! important; background-color: transparent ! important; background-image: none; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-decoration: underline;">software</span>) and comes in multiple versions, including one that works with CDs.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>16.	DriveImage XML<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.runtime.org/" target="_new">www.runtime.or<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Make a replica—an image—of your entire hard drive for easy backup and restore later.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>17.	MozBackup<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/" target="_new">mozbackup.jasnapaka.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
If you’re a big user of Mozilla products—including Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey, as well as Flock and Netscape—use MozBackup to store your hard-earned settings and data like bookmarks and e-mail messages.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>18.	MozyHome Free<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.mozy.com/" target="_new">www.mozy.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS<br />
Don’t even think about backing up: MozyHome will do it for you, in the background, for up to 2GB of data (you can pay to get unlimited space). Perfect for office docs, but you’ll want to pay for more storage to back up pictures, music, or videos. Soon it will sync between PCs, too.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>19.	SpiderOak<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.spideroak.com/" target="_new">www.spideroak.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
It’s another 2GB of free online storage that backs up in the background, but SpiderOak goes Mozy one better by supporting Linux.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>20.	SyncToy v2.0<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads" target="_new">www.microsoft.com/downloads<br />
</a>Windows<br />
This so-called PowerToy from Microsoft has the power to make sure folders across your multiple drives or even your home network stay fully synchronized.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>21.	SyncBack Freeware<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware" target="_new">www.2brightsparks.com/freeware<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Set all the parameters and SyncBack will handle synchronization or backup between folders, FTP sites, or ZIP archives.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>22.	ScribeFire<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.scribefire.com/" target="_new">www.scribefire.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
This add-on for Firefox is a perfect tool for posting entries to just about any blogging software or service in existence.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>23.	TweetDeck<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com/" target="_new">www.tweetdeck.com<br />
</a>Windows  | Mac OS | Linux<br />
Don’t restrict Twitter to just a column when this Adobe Air–based software can spread itself across your desktop with multiple columns. Each column can contain replies, direct messages, or whatever you specify. As with any tweet tool, the columns auto-update as new tweets arrive. TweetDeck stores all tweets that arrive while the app is running so you don’t miss anything overnight.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>24.	Twitteriffic</strong><a href="http://www.iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific" target="_new"><br />
www.iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific</a><span class="highlights_Content"><br />
Mac OS| Mobile</span><br />
A small desktop footprint is the hallmark of this reverse-type Twitter app, great for reading and posting to the popular microblogging service. All the features you expect, and more, are there—even in the free version, which includes advertisements.</p>
<p><strong>25.	Zoundry Raven<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.zoundryraven.com/" target="_new">www.zoundryraven.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Finally, standalone software that gives Windows Live Writer some serious competition for the pro bloggers. It handles full WYSIWYG editing on multiple blogs and can run portably from a USB flash drive to use with any Windows PC.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>26.	twhirl<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.twhirl.org/" target="_new">www.twhirl.org<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS<br />
A desktop interface for Twitter, twhirl requires Adobe AIR to run but makes it infinitely easier to keep up with tweets and/or twits.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>27.	Ustream.tv<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.ustream.tv/" target="_new">www.ustream.tv<br />
</a>Web<br />
Still the best way to broadcast yourself, live, across the Web. All you need is the webcam.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>28.	WordPress.com<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.wordpress.com/" target="_new">www.wordpress.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
You could install WordPress on your servers, or go right to this commercial, hosted site and set up a professional-looking blog in no time.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>29.	Windows Live Writer<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://get.live.com/writer/overview" target="_new">get.live.com/writer/overview<br />
</a>Windows<br />
This desktop software for blog posting is a favorite with the pros who want a WYSIWYG editor that also posts photos, maps, and other content</span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>30.	Camino<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://caminobrowser.org/" target="_new">caminobrowser.org<br />
</a>Mac OS<br />
Love Firefox but wish it was more … Mac-ish? Camino solves that issue, offering “Mozilla power, Mac style.” It has full support of Mac OS’s Keychain, AppleScript, and all the typical Firefox goodies.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>31.	Flock 2<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.flock.com/" target="_new">www.flock.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
Flock 2 stresses the social along with surfing, integrating features like RSS reading and Twitter and media access right into the browser. Since it’s based on Firefox, it can also use many of the same extensions.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>32.	Firefox <span style="color: red;">[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]<br />
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.mozilla.com/" target="_new">www.mozilla.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux | Mobile<br />
Can’t wait for the free update to IE8, which promises an enhanced address bar and upgraded privacy protections? In the meantime use our favorite browser. Firefox is beholden to no one and extensible to the nth degree. Upcoming versions will offer far more security and superfast JavaScript to make the browsing experience even better.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>33.	FoxReplace<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://code.google.com/p/foxreplace" target="_new">code.google.com/p/foxreplace<br />
</a>Windows  | Mac OS | Linux<br />
If you work in a lot of Web forms or Web apps like Google Docs, this Firefox add-on is a must-have. It can search and replace text in Web pages quickly and easily.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>34.	Google Chrome<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.google.com/chrome" target="_new">www.google.com/chrome<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Everyone pays attention to what Google does, and when it made a Web browser, the world noticed. And for good reason: This streamlined, fast, secure <span style="border-bottom: 0.075em solid darkgreen ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; padding-bottom: 1px ! important; color: darkgreen ! important; background-color: transparent ! important; background-image: none; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-decoration: underline;">software</span> has true potential in the browser wars.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>35.	Internet Explorer 8 Beta  <span style="color: red;">[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]<br />
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer" target="_new">www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer<br />
</a>Windows<br />
This is a freebie you’re probably already using in some form, as IE is the most-used Web browser in the world. The latest beta adds fantastic (if overdue) features such as a stealth mode, better performance, and the ability to subscribe to “web slices” that are just parts of a full Web page.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>36.	Opera <span style="color: red;">[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]<br />
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.opera.com/" target="_new">www.opera.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux | Mobile<br />
Opera can claim many “firsts”—tabs, speed dial, and more—and some say the best. It remains a fast browser with a presence available on just about any device in your digital arsenal.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>37.	OperaTor<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://archetwist.com/en/opera/operator" target="_new">archetwist.com/en/opera/operator<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Combine the portable version of Opera with the anonymizing service Tor (The Onion Router) and you get OperaTor, a bundle (including Polipo as a proxy) that keeps your surfing secret.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>38.	Safari<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.apple.com/safari" target="_new">www.apple.com/safari<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS<br />
Fast page load times are a hallmark of this browser, the default for Mac installations and also available for Windows. Safari offered private browsing before it was cool.</span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>39.	30 Boxes<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.30boxes.com/" target="_new">www.30boxes.com<br />
</a>www.30boxes.com<br />
An online calendar that actually looks like a calendar. The buddies feature makes sharing schedules and to-dos a breeze.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>40.	Calgoo Calendar<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.calgoo.com/calendar" target="_new">www.calgoo.com/calendar<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
Think of Calgoo as one calendar app to rule them all: The software provides desktop access to Google Calendar <em>and </em>30 Boxes, and syncs data with Outlook and Apple iCal.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>41.	Doomi<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://doominow.com/" target="_new">doominow.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
This simple to-do list app requires Adobe Air to run, and floats on your screen or rests in the system tray—the very model of an unobtrusive application. Future plans include syncing with an online to-do list.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>42.	Google Calendar<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.google.com/calendar" target="_new">www.google.com/calendar<br />
</a>Web | Mobile<br />
With multiple views, simple sharing, and seamless integration with other Google products, Google’s calendar, like most of its Web apps, stands a notch above the rest.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>43.	Lightning<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning" target="_new">www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux | Solaris | OS2<br />
Mozilla’s calendar add-on for Thunderbird gives the e-mail client all it needs to take on all the features of Microsoft Outlook.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>44.	Chandler<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://chandlerproject.org/" target="_new">chandlerproject.org<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
An open-source, sharable desktop to-do master, Chandler looks vaguely Outlook-esque, but it doesn’t worry about communications—just tasks for those embracing the “getting things done” lifestyle.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>45.	Remember The Milk<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.rememberthemilk.com/" target="_new">www.rememberthemilk.com<br />
</a>Web | Mobile<br />
This power to-do list site gives you many ways to get reminders (e-mail, SMS, IM) and even more ways to create them, from Google widgets to phone <span style="border-bottom: 0.075em solid darkgreen ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; padding-bottom: 1px ! important; color: darkgreen ! important; background-color: transparent ! important; background-image: none; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-decoration: underline;">calls</span> to IM bots.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>46.	Remember The Task<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.jashsayani.com/my-softwares" target="_new">www.jashsayani.com/my-softwares<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
This Adobe Air–based app puts a small window on your desktop with one fantastic purpose: full-time access to your Remember The Milk task list.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>47.	TaskFive<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.taskfive.com/" target="_new">www.taskfive.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
Just five tasks a day? Take it as a challenge, not a limitation. TaskFive sports an elegant calendar interface, and you can enter tasks via Web, e-mail, or text message. Team to-dos will cost you, however.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>48.	Yahoo Calendar<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://calendar.yahoo.com/" target="_new">calendar.yahoo.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
An old-timer compared with many, Yahoo Calendar doesn’t innovate a lot but provides solid features, shareable calendars, and synchronization with Outlook.</span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>49.	eM Client<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.emclient.com/" target="_new">www.emclient.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Anyone familiar with Outlook or Thunderbird can master the basics of using eM Client freeware in no time. It already syncs with Google Calendar, and future developments will integrate social networks and IMs with your e-mail.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>50.	Gmail<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.gmail.com/" target="_new">www.gmail.com<br />
</a>Web | Mobile<br />
The current bellwether in Web-based e-mail is <em>still</em> in perennial beta, but Google continues to innovate with additions via the Gmail Labs. The searchable and ever-increasing storage (up to 7GB now, up from 5.5GB last year) doesn’t hurt. New themes make it pretty. And you can use it to IM or even send SMS text messages to friends’ phones.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>51.	gAttach<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.gattach.net/" target="_new">www.gattach.net<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Usually with webmail, you have to put attachments on a message after the fact. gAttach does it automatically when you select a file, or from within other apps like MS Word, all from the desktop. If you prefer Yahoo Mail, <a href="http://www.yattach.net/" target="_blank">check out yAttach</a>.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>52.	Google Contacts<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://hogi.a.orn.jp/en/gmcont.html" target="_new">hogi.a.orn.jp/en/gmcont.html<br />
</a>Windows<br />
This extension for Thunderbird does one thing you need: It synchronizes contacts between Thunderbird and Google’s Gmail.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>53.	iContact<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.dataload.com/icontact" target="_new">www.dataload.com/icontact<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Accessing your Gmail contacts is all the easier with iContact; it displays the normally browser-accessible-only list on your desktop and integrates those contacts into other communications <span style="border-bottom: 0.075em solid darkgreen ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; padding-bottom: 1px ! important; color: darkgreen ! important; background-color: transparent ! important; background-image: none; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-decoration: underline;">software</span>, like Skype.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>54.	Simple Mail<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.userlogos.org/extensions/simplemail" target="_new">www.userlogos.org/extensions/simplemail<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
If you already have Firefox open all the time, why not have one of those tabs just for mail? The Simple Mail add-on puts a POP3/IMAP client right inside the browser.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>55.	Thunderbird <span style="color: red;">[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]<br />
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird" target="_new">www.mozilla.com/thunderbird<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
The Internet’s top e-mail client from Mozilla is (of course) extensible, but even without add-ons Thunderbird is simple-to-master software for anyone with a POP3 or IMAP e-mail account.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>56.	Windows Live Mail<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://get.live.com/" target="_new">get.live.co<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Outlook Express has morphed into the modern-day Live Mail, ready to check POP3, IMAP, and webmail accounts when you’re not using it to read RSS feeds or plan your calendar.</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>57.	Yahoo Mail<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://mail.yahoo.com/" target="_new">mail.yahoo.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
Our webmail Editors’ Choice embeds the Yahoo Messenger IM and RSS reader, works on the Web with any browser or operating system, and has more features than anyone could hope to master.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>58.	Zenbe<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.zenbe.com/" target="_new">www.zenbe.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
Zenbe is a multi-account, Internet-based interface to check Yahoo Mail, Gmail, AOL, Windows Live, and POP3 messages. It throws in a shareable calendar, an address book, and other tools to make it extra-useful.</span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>59.	Dabbleboard<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.dabbleboard.com/" target="_new">www.dabbleboard.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
As simple as any whiteboard in a conference room, Dabbleboard’s online app brings drawing and some real-time <span style="border-bottom: 0.075em solid darkgreen ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; padding-bottom: 1px ! important; color: darkgreen ! important; background-color: transparent ! important; background-image: none; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-decoration: underline;">collaboration</span> to your group.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>60.	SightSpeed<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.sightspeed.com/" target="_new">www.sightspeed.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS<br />
Now owned by Logitech, SightSpeed provides one-on-one video chat with unparalleled video quality, but more than two users at a time will cost you.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>61.	Skype<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.skype.com/" target="_new">www.skype.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
Easy to use for phone calls (free between Skype users, with a minimal charge to call other phones), Skype truly shines when paired with a high-end webcam so you can see your friends and family.</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>62.	Tokbox<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.tokbox.com/" target="_new">www.tokbox.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
The Tokbox service turns your AIM buddy list into a videoconferencing buddy list directly in your browser. Separate apps make it work through Facebook or on your desktop. You provide the camera.</span></strong></p>
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<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>63.	CrossFTP<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.crossftp.com/" target="_new">www.crossftp.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
Built on Java, CrossFTP works and looks the same, no matter which OS you run. It features tabs for each connection, support for archives, and drag-and-drop transfer, and it comes in a free server version, too.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>64.	DownThemAll<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.downthemall.net/" target="_new">www.downthemall.net<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
Don’t download just one item at a time from a Web page. As the name implies, this download manager for Firefox handles them all.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>65.	Filezilla<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.filezilla-project.org/" target="_new">www.filezilla-project.org<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
Slick and simple FTP that does the job, complete with drag-and-drop from local to remote or vice versa.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>66.	FireFTP<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://fireftp.mozdev.org/" target="_new">fireftp.mozdev.org<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
Because it’s a plug-in for Firefox, FireFTP behaves like any other tab in the browser, so you don’t have to launch another application to transfer files.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>67.	Halite<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.binarynotions.com/halite-bittorrent-client" target="_new">www.binarynotions.com/halite-bittorrent-client<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Instead of downloading an entire file, apps using the super-popular BitTorrent protocol break files into chunks and distribute them among several users. Free, open-source application Halite is a BitTorrent client focused on using as small of a memory footprint as possible.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>68.	net2ftp<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.net2ftp.com/" target="_new">www.net2ftp.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
If you sit at a <span style="border-bottom: 0.075em solid darkgreen ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; padding-bottom: 1px ! important; color: darkgreen ! important; background-color: transparent ! important; background-image: none; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-decoration: underline;">computer</span> with no FTP software but need to upload a file, stat, this Web app comes to your rescue quickly as long as you have the server, username, and password information.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>69.	Rightload<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.rightload.org/" target="_new">www.rightload.org<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Send a file to preconfigured FTP servers anytime you want with a simple right click. Rightload adds just a single line to the context menu, with fly-out menus for each FTP server you want</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>70.	uTorrent<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.utorrent.com/" target="_new">www.utorrent.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Still the best—and smallest—BitTorrent client in existence, uTorrent will have you downloading big files in no time.</span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>71.	Adobe Reader <span style="color: red;">[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]<br />
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.adobe.com/reader" target="_new">www.adobe.com/reader<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux | Mobile<br />
Adobe’s PDF reader is far from basic, with a number of extra features including online collaboration tools.</span></span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>72.	Foxit Reader<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.foxitsoftware.com/" target="_new">www.foxitsoftware.com<br />
</a>Windows | Linux | Mobile<br />
Frequently preferred over Adobe’s own reader for PDFs, Foxit has a reputation for speed. What’s more, it can annotate files.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>73.	PeaZip<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://peazip.sourceforge.net/" target="_new">peazip.sourceforge.net<br />
</a>Windows | Linux<br />
It’ll create ZIPs, 7Zs, TARs, ARCs, and more; it’ll open those and many other archives too, including RAR. It can do so with AES encryption of your files, and even split or join extralarge files to make them easier to transport.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>74.	Sumatra PDF<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf" target="_new">blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf<br />
</a>Windows<br />
The perfect PDF reader for the minimalist, with a super-simple interface and fast start-up time. Sumatra is perfect to carry on a USB thumb drive.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>75.	Quick Media Converter (QMC)<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.cocoonsoftware.com/" target="_new">www.cocoonsoftware.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
If you’re frequently converting audio or video files to different formats, keep this tool handy for (as the name suggests) quick media conversion to a number of potential formats.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>76.	WinRAR<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.rarlab.com/" target="_new">www.rarlab.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
We all know about compressing files with ZIP, but RAR is also quite popular; WinRAR will compress or decompress files in both.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>77.	YemuZip<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.yellowmug.com/yemuzip" target="_new">www.yellowmug.com/yemuzip<br />
</a>Mac OS<br />
Sometimes unzipping a compressed file on the Mac makes a mess. YemuZip makes archiving and decompressing a simple drag-and-drop procedure.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>78.	Zamzar<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.zamzar.com/" target="_new">www.zamzar.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
Upload just about any file (under 100MB) and you can convert it to just about any format that makes sense. This tool even grabs online videos from YouTube and turns them into files you can use.</span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>79.	Billeo<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.billeo.com/" target="_new">www.billeo.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Install the Billeo toolbar on your Web browser and add your accounts, and you’ll get fast access to assistance with online shopping, online bill payment, and reports on your spending.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>80.	Buxfer<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.buxfer.com/" target="_new">www.buxfer.com<br />
</a>Web | Mobile<br />
Sign up (or use an existing AOL, Facebook, Google, OpenID, or Yahoo account) to get started with tracking <em>shared expenses,</em> so divvying up the bills at the end of the month becomes a breeze.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>81.	Min<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.mint.com/" target="_new">www.mint.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
Mint manages your money by sucking in data from all your bank, credit card, and other accounts, providing you regular reports on what you’re spending and how to save.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>82.	Wesabe<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.wesabe.com/" target="_new">www.wesabe.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Web<br />
“Part money management tool, part community,” where info—your comments about your spending—is shared (anonymously) with the group so everyone can find value. Of course, Wesabe also helps track your spending and income.</span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>83.	eBay Desktop<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://desktop.ebay.com/" target="_new">desktop.ebay.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS<br />
This app, which requires Adobe Air, looks like eBay replicated on your desktop, but for power buyers it adds special functions, like not needing to refresh the page and a clock synchronized with eBay’s own.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>84.	Geni.com<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.geni.com/" target="_new">www.geni.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
There’s no easier place to plug in your family tree, and being a Web app makes it easy to share with the rest of the family so they can fill in the gaps.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>85.	Google Earth<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://earth.google.com/" target="_new">earth.google.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
If you like Google Maps online, welcome to that same kind of action on steroids. You can traverse the globe on its interlocking satellite images, or reverse it and look skyward, even travel to the past. Third-party add-ons continue to extend Google Earth’s capabilities beyond what our puny terrestrial minds can imagine.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>86.	Home Inventory<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.knowyourstuff.org/" target="_new">www.knowyourstuff.org<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS<br />
Insurance companies ask you to inventory your possessions prior to signing up for a homeowner’s or renter’s policy. Create a home inventory of everything you own on this site, a service of the Insurance Information Institute, and throw in digital pictures or even scanned purchase receipts to make sure what’s yours is yours.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>87.	Penzu<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.penzu.com/" target="_new">www.penzu.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
Hard to believe that in the age of blogging, some people still want journals and diaries they keep to themselves. Penzu is all about making that happen, online, with privacy as the first priority.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>88.	Springpad<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.springpadit.com/" target="_new">www.springpadit.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
Manage your life tasks with online notebooks filled with lists, photos, notes, and maps/directions you can share with the whole family. Perfect for tracking receipts, planning meals or trips, and getting your house organized.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>89.	Timetoast<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.timetoast.com/" target="_new">www.timetoast.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
Ever wanted to create a timeline for your site or a presentation, but couldn’t decide what tool would best display the data? Wonder no more, as Timetoast adds this useful data with an attractive flair.</span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>90.	Artweaver<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.artweaver.de/" target="_new">www.artweaver.de<br />
</a>Windows<br />
If you want the freedom to paint, without the mess and without paying $359 for Corel Painter X, Artweaver is a good starter tool for artists.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>91.	DestroyFlickr<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.destroytoday.com/?p=Project&amp;id=DestroyFlickr%20Windows" target="_new">www.destroytoday.com/?p=Project&amp;id=DestroyFlickr<br />
</a>Windows<br />
This Adobe Air app puts Flickr on your desktop, but with a completely different interface. Why “destroy”? In the words of app creator <a href="http://www.destroytoday.com/?p=About" target="_blank">Jonnie Hallman</a>, “To destroy today is to make the most of the day—destruction as a form of creation.”</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>92.	flauntR<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.flauntr.com/" target="_new">www.flauntr.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
This online photo editor integrates with just about any picture service you can imagine, including Facebook and Flickr, and offers a suite of tools to manipulate images in ways specific to social networks and mobile handsets.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>93.	FastStone Image Viewer<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.faststone.org/" target="_new">www.faststone.org<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Another image browser and converter that handles almost any file type, FastStone also has companion programs like the handy <span style="border-bottom: 0.075em solid darkgreen ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; padding-bottom: 1px ! important; color: darkgreen ! important; background-color: transparent ! important; background-image: none; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-decoration: underline;">Photo</span> Resizer, complete with a fast batch processor.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>94.	GIMP <span style="color: red;">[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]<br />
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.gimp.org/" target="_new">www.gimp.org<br />
</a>GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) has provided Photoshop-like tools at no charge for over a decade.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>95.	Google SketchUp<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://sketchup.google.com/" target="_new">sketchup.google.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS<br />
If you’re new to 3D but want to build worlds anyway, a free tool like SketchUp is a great place to start; the latest version includes “self-aware” 3D models so the app knows, for example, to resize a virtual staircase by adding more stairs and extend a virtual fence by adding more slats.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>96.	IrfanView<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.irfanview.com/" target="_new">www.irfanview.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Perhaps the ultimate image viewer (with some editing tools thrown in), the latest IrfanView (version 4.20) received a nice cosmetic update. It also supports instant video and audio playback.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>97.	Paint.NET<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.getpaint.net/" target="_new">www.getpaint.net<br />
</a>Windows<br />
This student project–turned–freeware masterpiece puts the power of higher-end graphics editors in anyone’s hands.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>98.	Pencil<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.les-stooges.org/pascal/pencil" target="_new">www.les-stooges.org/pascal/pencil<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
For the budding Chuck Jones at home, Pencil is a free way to get started in the world of traditional 2D animation–that is, draw each frame anew.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>99.	Picasa<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/" target="_new">picasa.google.com<br />
</a>Windows  | Linux<br />
Few free programs come close to handling photos with the skill of Picasa. Organize them, do quick edits (including red-eye reduction), and share pics online or e-mail them to friends.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>100.	MobaPhoto<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://mobaphoto-en.mobatek.net/" target="_new">mobaphoto-en.mobatek.net<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Portability is the key here. This lightweight photo editor (only 1.6MB) puts photographs into great-looking photo galleries, and naturally has all the usual tools to fix red-eye, crop, and resize. It’ll even batch-process images.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>101.	Photoshop Express<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.photoshop.com/express" target="_new">www.photoshop.com/express<br />
</a>Web<br />
It’s not the full power of Photoshop on the Web, but it does offer rudimentary editing, basic photo sharing, and 2GB of storage for your photos. Partnerships with sites like Picasa and Facebook make Photoshop Express fun as well as useful.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>102.	Photosynth<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.photosynth.com/" target="_new">www.photosynth.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
Photosynth does so many unique things with photos that we gave it a Technical Excellence award. It takes multiple photos, finds where they overlap, and creates an almost 3D image; it can even make a 3D replica of an object from shots at multiple angles.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>103.	Picnik<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.picnik.com/" target="_new">www.picnik.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
Picnik is the gold standard in online image editing these days: It fixes photos without confusing users and works with a number of photo-sharing sites, and best of all, you don’t have to register to get started using it—unless you want to save images online.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>104.	Pictomio<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.pictomio.com/" target="_new">www.pictomio.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Handling all your photos with a simple but powerful interface, Pictomio browses in many styles—including a carousel mode similar to iTunes’ Coverflow, which benefits from a good 3D video card—organizes shots, and creates instant slideshows. It will even handle audio and video.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>105.	Splashup<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.splashup.com/" target="_new">www.splashup.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
You don’t even need to sign up to get instant access to this Flash-based image editor with all the features (and more) that you’d find in a downloadable app.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>106.	SUMO Paint<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.sumo.fi/web" target="_new">www.sumo.fi/web<br />
</a>Web<br />
Not every Web-based image editor can claim to be high-end, but SUMO can by carefully mimicking the look and feel of Photoshop, maybe a little too well. Try it before this free Flash app gets sued out of existence by Adobe.</span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>107.	AIM  <span style="color: red;">[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]<br />
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.aim.com/" target="_new">www.aim.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux | Web | Mobile<br />
AOL’s Instant Messenger is the most-used network in the U.S., and the software—only the Windows version gets regular updates these days—packs in as much as possible. You can access the AIM network with just about any multi-protocol IM software.</span></span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>108.	Dexrex<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.dexrex.com/" target="_new">www.dexrex.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Mobile<br />
This add-on records your IM conversation transcripts and stores them online for later reading and analysis. It works with AIM,Digsby, Yahoo Messenger, and many others.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>109.	Digsby<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.digsby.com/" target="_new">www.digsby.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Brand new this year, Digsby may be the ultimate way to stay in real-time touch with friends. It incorporates multiple IM networks, social networks (including Twitter), and <span style="border-bottom: 0.075em solid darkgreen ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; padding-bottom: 1px ! important; color: darkgreen ! important; background-color: transparent ! important; background-image: none; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-decoration: underline;">e-mail</span> and Web-mail notifications. You can even send mail through Digsby. Mac OS and Linux versions are promised soon.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>110.	Meebo<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.meebo.com/" target="_new">www.meebo.com<br />
</a>Web | Mobile<br />
When you want to avoid installing software but still want to chat on all the major IM networks, Meebo is your site of choice. Sign up for a Meebo account to access multiple IM networks all at once and log all conversations.</span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>111.	AccelMan File Manager<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.flexigensoft.com/accelman" target="_new">www.flexigensoft.com/accelman<br />
</a>Windows<br />
As much a file viewer as a file manager, AccelMan’s multiple windows offer up info galore on each file and its contents. The app can even play back media files when you don’t want to launch another player.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>112.	Desktops<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881.aspx" target="_new">technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881.aspx<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Desktops is a virtual desktop manager in a small package; the app is only a 62K download. Personalize hotkeys for quick switches between desktops.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>113.	DExposE2<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://devrexster.googlepages.com/dexpose2" target="_new">devrexster.googlepages.com/dexpose2<br />
</a>Windows<br />
This app is a Windows clone of the Mac interface treat Exposé, which makes opening and closing apps and getting to the <span style="border-bottom: 0.075em solid darkgreen ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; padding-bottom: 1px ! important; color: darkgreen ! important; background-color: transparent ! important; background-image: none; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-decoration: underline;">desktop</span> a fast process. Windows XP and Vista users can also set up DExposE2  to work on multiple monitors.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>114.	Emerge Desktop<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://emergedesktop.org/" target="_new">emergedesktop.org<br />
</a>Windows<br />
You think the Windows desktop looks too busy with that system tray, Taskbar, and Start button? EmergeDesktop does away with them all, replacing the Windows shell (the interface, that is) with the minuscule emergeTray. Launch apps with a right click, or couple Emerge Desktop with a launcher like ObjectDock.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>115.	GreenPrint<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.printgreener.com/" target="_new">www.printgreener.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS<br />
Stop printing that extra blank page when you need a hard copy of a Web page, or for any printout. GreenPrint saves the paper, even letting you output a PDF sans the blank sheets. A tree somewhere will thank you.<br />
</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>116.	muCommander<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.mucommander.com/" target="_new">www.mucommander.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux | Mobile<br />
muCommander is unique: It’s a file manager that looks the same on all operating systems. A standard dual-pane, it also has support for archived files, FTPs, and previews files.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>117.	PlacesBar Tweaker<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.ioisland.com/placesbar" target="_new">www.ioisland.com/placesbar<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Every time you open or save a file in Windows XP, the dialog box gives you a few select options, like Desktop or My Documents, to choose from in the Places bar. You can personalize that list with this tweaker, putting your most-used folders in the lineup.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>118.	RBTray<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://moitah.net/" target="_new">moitah.net<br />
</a>Windows<br />
RBTray does one thing and does it well: It makes it possible to minimize any application you like to the system tray as an icon, rather than as a taskbar button, without even doing a full install (RBTray can run from a thumb drive).</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>119.	StandaloneStack<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.chrisnsoft.com/standalonestack" target="_new">www.chrisnsoft.com/standalonestack<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Mac OS X Leopard introduced cool towers of icons to the interface, with shortcuts to frequently accessed folders, called stacks. Now you can put stacks in Windows as well. There’s even an add-on to put stacks on the RocketDock launcher.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>120.	Start++<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.brandontools.com/content/StartPlusPlus.aspx" target="_new">www.brandontools.com/content/StartPlusPlus.aspx<br />
</a>Windows<br />
A nice addition in Vista to the Windows environment was the Start Menu’s search box. Start++ turbocharges it with extras like online searches with results in the menu, and its own set of widgets and plug-ins (for example, displaying the weather is an option).</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>121.	TrayEverything<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.winapizone.net/software/trayeverything" target="_new">www.winapizone.net/software/trayeverything<br />
</a>Windows<br />
You’ve got a lot of applications open, but only so much space in your Taskbar… so why not minimize them directly to the system tray on the lower right-hand side of your screen? TrayEverything will do it for you.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>122.	UltraExplorer<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.mustangpeak.net/ultraexplorer.html" target="_new">www.mustangpeak.net/ultraexplorer.html<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Another replacement for Windows Explorer, this one sports a command-line interface to go with the dual-pane view of files, plus a preview window so you can quickly check the contents of a file before opening it.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>123.	Yahoo Widgets<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://widgets.yahoo.com/" target="_new">widgets.yahoo.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS<br />
The world’s biggest collection of widgets—over 5,000 of the things—is yours through Yahoo. Some are more useful than others, but with the right combo your desktop can be an information powerhouse.</span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>124.	Google Desktop<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://desktop.google.com/" target="_new">desktop.google.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
Put the power of Google’s search engine to work on finding your own files. The software indexes in the background, while in the foreground you get to put all the Google Gadgets (widgets) you like on your desktop.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>125.	Everything<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.voidtools.com/" target="_new">www.voidtools.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Don’t need the extras? Everything really does just one thing in its small package: It indexes your PC in real time for lightning-fast search.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>126.	Locate32<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.locate32.net/" target="_new">www.locate32.net<br />
</a>Windows<br />
The Locate32 project is all about indexing the contents of your hard drives and other storage to run fast finds on local data.</span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>127.	Adobe Buzzword<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.buzzword.com/" target="_new">www.buzzword.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
This online-only word processor has one of the best-looking minimalist interfaces going, since it was built entirely with Adobe Flash, and each page looks as good as any formatted in Word.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>128.	blist<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.blist.com/" target="_new">www.blist.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
Web lists (aka “blists”) are little databases for all your data needs. The Flash interface makes this fast for newbies and powerful enough for everyone else. You can even put your blists on your blog or social network pages.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>129.	EtherPad<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://etherpad.com/" target="_new">etherpad.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
You don’t even have to sign up to create a new pad, a shareable text document stored online for you by EtherPad. Don’t expect fancy formatting, but do expect real-time, color-coded editing between all collaborators.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>130.	Evernote<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.evernote.com/" target="_new">www.evernote.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Mobile | Web<br />
Take a clipping of anything you see—online or off—for later reference. Built-in OCR makes text <em>inside </em>images searchable.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>131.	GMDesk<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.robertnyman.com/gmdesk/" target="_new">www.robertnyman.com/gmdesk/<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Bring Google’s Web apps to the desktop with this site-specific browser interface that requires Adobe Air. You’ll have access to Gmail, Google Reader, and Google Docs just as you would in a browser, but GMDesk stays alive when your browser crashes.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>132.	Google Docs<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://docs.google.com/" target="_new">docs.google.com<br />
</a>Web | Mobile<br />
If you’re ready to move your work life to the cloud, Google’s word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation suite is ready for you, complete with storage for all docs. It also comes with forms you can fill out to gather data from outside.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>133.	 Incollector<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.incollector.devnull.pl/" target="_new">www.incollector.devnull.pl<br />
</a>Windows | Linux<br />
Note-taking doesn’t have to hog the whole desktop, or even the whole browser window. Incollector runs in the background, letting you call up a new note page from the system tray when you want, tag it, and easily find it later.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>134.	Jarte<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.jarte.com/" target="_new">www.jarte.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
No one loves the Notepad included in Windows, and there are many replacements. Jarte goes most of them one better, being completely self-contained and portable (you can run it from a thumb drive!).</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>135.	KompoZer<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.kompozer.net/" target="_new">www.kompozer.net<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
This free WYSIWYG Web page authoring package builds on the abandoned Nvu project. It supports CSS, file management (including FTP), and tabs for multiple pages.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>136.	Lotus Symphony<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://symphony.lotus.com/" target="_new">symphony.lotus.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
IBM’s entry into the world of office suites is based on OpenOffice, and is currently in beta for Mac and Linux. It covers the three big suite tools: word processing, presentations, and spreadsheets.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>137.	LucidChart<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.lucidchart.com/" target="_new">www.lucidchart.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
Why make flowcharts complicated? This Web app goes back to basics with simple, black-and-white charts that anyone can make—and better yet, anyone else can easily understand.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>138.	NeoOffice<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.neooffice.com/" target="_new">www.neooffice.com<br />
</a>Mac OS<br />
NeoOffice comes with most of the same tools as the Mac version of OpenOffice but carries a more Apple-friendly look and feel.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>139.	Notepad++ <span style="color: red;">[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]<br />
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/" target="_new">notepad-plus.sourceforge.net<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Notepad++ is the standard by which all replacements for Notepad—that weak little app that comes with Windows—are measured. It sports full text styles, tabs, drag-and-drop, and super-speed and is suitable for any coding or writing you can throw at it.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>140.	OpenOffice <span style="color: red;">[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]<br />
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/" target="_new">www.openoffice.org<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux | Solaris<br />
Version 3 of the freebie office suite ups the ante against Microsoft’s hegemony, becoming fast and polished enough to warrant serious consideration by all, especially small businesses. It looks like MS Office 2003 (for those not in love with the Ribbon interface in Office 2007) and has all the tools—except e-mail—you’ll ever need.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>141.	SlideRocket<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.sliderocket.com/" target="_new">www.sliderocket.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
Promising more than PowerPoint and Keynote is bold, but this Web-only presentation tool seems to deliver the goods with amazing animations, support for embedded video, and 3D transitions between slides.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>142.	SoftMaker Office 2006<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.softmakeroffice.com/" target="_new">www.softmakeroffice.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
This free version is meant to entice you to upgrade to the 2008 version, but if all you need is basic text editing and a spreadsheet, you’re set.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>143.	Springnote<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.springnote.com/" target="_new">www.springnote.com<br />
</a>Web | Mobile<br />
Whether you want a personal notebook or a shareable group notebook, this wiki-based note-taking site could give Microsoft’s OneNote a run for its money.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>144.	Widgenie<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.widgenie.com/" target="_new">www.widgenie.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
Sick of making <em>meh-</em>looking graphs in Excel? Visualize the same data through Widgenie and create a beautiful graph widget, even one with animation, that you can share online. Text clouds, artful presentations of the most popular words on a page, are always a favorite with bloggers.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>145. Zoho<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.zoho.com/" target="_new">www.zoho.com<br />
</a>Web | Mobile<br />
If there’s a tool in the arsenal of office suites that Zoho doesn’t include, we can’t think of it. Not all the Web apps are free, but those that are—word processor, spreadsheet tool, presentation app, mail, wiki, and many more—all bring the goods.</span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>146.	gOS 3.0 Gadgets<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.thinkgos.com/" target="_new">www.thinkgos.com<br />
</a>Linux<br />
With its emphasis on easy access to tools from Google, it’s easy to see why some think of this lightweight Linux—renowned for powering cheap PCs from Wal-Mart—as the Google OS.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>147.	pure:dyne<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://code.goto10.org/projects/puredyne" target="_new">code.goto10.org/projects/puredyne<br />
</a>Linux<br />
Consider this the creative Linux distro: Boot just about any Intel PC (even MacBooks) from a Live CD with pure:dyne, and you’ll get instant access to free tools for editing audio, video, and images (many already in this story).</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>148.	Ubuntu <span style="color: red;">[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]<br />
<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/" target="_new">www.ubuntu.com<br />
</a>Linux<br />
The easiest Linux to install, now in version 8.10 (aka “Intrepid Ibex”), not only is suitable for (somewhat knowledgeable) consumers, but also comes with all the software you need to be productive.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>149.	AirSnare<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://home.comcast.net/%7Ejay.deboer/airsnare" target="_new">home.comcast.net/~jay.deboer/airsnare<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Turn your Wi-Fi–equipped laptop into an info sniffer. AirSnare pulls down info on computers and game consoles and just about any device on the network, even delivering devices’ MAC addresses.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>150.	AirRadar<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.koingosw.com/products/airradar.php" target="_new">www.koingosw.com/products/airradar.php<br />
</a>Mac OS<br />
AirRadar goes beyond what the Wi-Fi utility in Mac OS X can do by showing extras like signal strength and the 802.11 network’s channel.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>151.	Axence NetTools<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.axencesoftware.com/" target="_new">www.axencesoftware.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Want a quick look at everything happening on your home network? NetTools scans the network, and reports back on what ports are in use and the inbound and outbound connections. You can use it to test your networking connections over TCP or UDP protocols.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>152.	GBridge<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.gbridge.com/" target="_new">www.gbridge.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Set up a relatively painless VPN between computers for sharing and syncing files and folders, using your Google account as the connection point (though Gbridge is not affiliated with Google).</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>153.	InSSIDer<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider" target="_new">www.metageek.net/products/inssider<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Taking up where the venerable NetStumbler left off, InSSIDer is a Wi-Fi network scanner that runs under Vista and XP— even the 64-bit versions. You can use it to find out what’s wrong with local 802.11 networks.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>154.	LogMeIn Hamachi<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://secure.logmein.com/" target="_new">secure.logmein.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
Set up a secure tunnel between two PCs using a virtual private network (VPN), just like the ones the pros use to access the server at work. Only this one is free.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>155.	NetSetMan<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.netsetman.com/" target="_new">www.netsetman.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Stop using Vista’s convoluted interface to change network settings. NetSetMan takes over and creates profiles for different networks you might connect with, changing your need for static or dynamic IPs, or hostnames or workgroups, on the fly. If you’ve got multiple network cards, NetSetMan is a huge help.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>156.	Network Notepad<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.networknotepad.com/" target="_new">www.networknotepad.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
It’s more than a notepad: This software is specific to creating flowcharts of your network layout. Put in the IP address for each device and you can use the interface to quickly ping devices to confirm they’re online.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>157.	PrinterAnywhere<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.printeranywhere.com/" target="_new">www.printeranywhere.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
Why print just to your printer? This utility lets you print to any printer on the Internet (through another PC with PrinterAnywhere installed), or you can open your printer to others.</span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>158.	Google Reader<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://reader.google.com/" target="_new">reader.google.com<br />
</a>Web | Mobile<br />
After three years, Google’s RSS feed reader is tops, not only mimicking the best of what desktop readers can do but also mashing up nicely with other Google services, like the iGoogle home page.<br />
</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>159.	Netvibes<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.netvibes.com/" target="_new">www.netvibes.com<br />
</a>Web<br />
A personalized start page with an emphasis on widgets and feed readers, Netvibes also aggregates podcasts for you.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>160.	FeedDemon<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FeedDemon" target="_new">www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FeedDemon<br />
</a>Windows<br />
The preeminent desktop newsreader for Windows was recently overhauled to be faster and easier, while remaining extremely customizable to suit how you read feeds.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>161.	NetNewsWire<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.newsgator.com/individuals/netnewswire" target="_new">www.newsgator.com/individuals/netnewswire<br />
</a>Mac OS | Mobile<br />
FeedDemon’s sibling on the Macintosh platform has updated its interface and more, and now integrates with several other Mac apps like iCal and iPhoto to help you share as well as read.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>162.	RSS Bandit<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://rssbandit.org/" target="_new">rssbandit.org<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Directly sync this reader with your online feeds at Google Reader or NewsGator Online. You’ll get fast browsing on the desktop, but still have access to your feeds over the Web using other PCs.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>163.	Snarfer<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.snarfware.com/" target="_new">www.snarfware.com<br />
</a>Windows<br />
It won’t win awards for visual innovation, but Snarfer does provide simplicity. It’s arguably the best way to handle straight-up RSS info gathering and reading, and it’s available in over 20 languages.</span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>164.	Dropbox<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.getdropbox.com/" target="_new">www.getdropbox.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux | Web<br />
One of the few sync/backup tools to support Linux (Fedora and Ubuntu), Dropbox always gets kudos for its design and simple setup. Online backup space is free for up to 2GB.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>165.	Windows Live Sync<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://sync.live.com/" target="_new">sync.live.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Web<br />
The replacement for FolderShare continues to do one thing and do it well: sync folders (up to 20) across multiple PCs over the Internet.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>166.	Windows Live Mesh<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.mesh.com/" target="_new">www.mesh.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Mobile | Web<br />
<span style="border-bottom: 0.075em solid darkgreen ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; padding-bottom: 1px ! important; color: darkgreen ! important; background-color: transparent ! important; background-image: none; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-decoration: underline;">Microsoft’s</span> latest method for syncing folders on different PCs does FolderShare one better by including 5GB of online storage accessible from any PC, plus the ability to mesh special collaborative applications (like a group crossword puzzle!).</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>167.	Syncplicity<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.syncplicity.com/" target="_new">www.syncplicity.com<br />
</a>Windows  | Mobile | Web<br />
Synchronize up to 10,000 files (or 2GB, whichever comes first) on up to two computers free. Sign up friends and you can add another 1GB per new user recruited.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>168.	Mozilla Weave<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://services.mozilla.com/" target="_new">services.mozilla.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
A product of Mozilla Labs, Weave is meant to synchronize anything and everything related to Firefox among all the computers you use, plus extend some features to others for sharing. Registration is closed as of this writing, but should be back soon.</span></strong></p>
<p><span id="intellitxt"><strong>169.	CamStudio<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.camstudio.org/" target="_new">www.camstudio.org<br />
</a>Windows<br />
This open-source program for capturing videos of your screen turns what you do on your desktop, as well as the audio to go with it, into a movie, suitable for future demonstrations.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>170.	HandBrake<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.handbrake.fr/" target="_new">www.handbrake.fr<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
Want to back up all those DVDs you own before they get scratched? This open-source tool does full DVD-to-MPEG-4 conversion, which you can play back later on media centers, even the Apple TV.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>171.	Miro<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.getmiro.com/" target="_new">www.getmiro.com<br />
</a>Windows | Mac OS | Linux<br />
Miro’s a video player that promises to play back just about any video media file, organize files in playlists, and incorporate BitTorrent downloading to become a de facto PC-based TiVo.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>172.	TipCam<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.utipu.com/app" target="_new">www.utipu.com/app<br />
</a>Windows<br />
Another tool for capturing videos of your desktop, TipCam lets you take big, beautiful videos (up to 800 by 600 pixels)—you can even zoom in on specifics—and upload them direct to YouTube. Frequent users can get an account to store and display up to 250MB of video.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>173.	VLC media player</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc" target="_new">www.videolan.org/vlc</a><br />
<span class="highlights_Content">Windows | Mac OS | Linux </span><br />
VideoLAN’s open-source software plays back, well, just about everything. It can also serve up streaming video and music to other PCs on your network.</p>

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SOME 250 investors from the three of the biggest cities in Europe are planning on investing RM5 billion in several sectors of the country in the near future. Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Mustapa Mohamed said investors from Frankfurt, Milan and London have indicated their wish to invest in Malaysia during a meeting with the Malaysian trade delegation led by him last week.</p>
<p>Following a briefing on the progress of Kulim Hitech Park (KHTP) in Kulim today, Mustapa said the investors from Frankfurt were looking at an investment of RM2.2 billion in the manufacturing and chemical sectors while investors from Milan planned to invest RM1.77 billion in the engineering sector. Investors from London meanwhile are planning to invest RM1.1 billion in the services sector.</p>
<p>Mustapa also disclosed that in June several trade missions were being lined up to attract investors from China, Korea and Japan, while a trade delegation will be also visiting Australia in August. He also hoped these trade delegations overseas will be able to bring in more investors to the country and achieve a higher investment amount than the RM62.8 billion registered last year.</p>
<p>On the Kulim Hitech Park meanwhile, he said its progress was commendable having become a premier industrial zone in the country and attracting 21 foreign investors as well as local investors. He said there were plans to get more investors particularly foreign investors to invest in the park as it offered the best facilities for various sectors.</p>

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		<title>Another 1.7 Billion Expansion Plan For Infineon of Kulim Hitech</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Infineon Technologies (Kulim) Sdn Bhd plans to spend another RM1.7bil for its facility in Kulim Hi-Tech Park (KHTP) once the economic crisis is over. The investment would be for the expansion of high volume production and research and development (R&#38;D) activities, vice-president and managing director Tan Soo Hee. “The R&#38;D work will be expanded to [...]]]></description>
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<p>Infineon Technologies (Kulim) Sdn Bhd plans to spend another RM1.7bil for its facility in Kulim Hi-Tech Park (KHTP) once the economic crisis is over.</p>
<p>The investment would be for the expansion of high volume production and research and development (R&amp;D) activities, vice-president and managing director Tan Soo Hee.</p>
<p><a rel="lightbox[chic]" title=" managing director Tan Soo Hee" href="http://www.ebrahimahmad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/infineon.jpg#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-467" title="infineon" src="http://www.ebrahimahmad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/infineon.jpg" alt="infineon" width="380" height="232" /></a></p>
<p>“The R&amp;D work will be expanded to include improving production processes, enhancing our automation technology, developing new modes of analysis on the defects and weaknesses of our products, and creating new materials for use in the production processes,” he said. However, the company could not predict when the economic crisis will end.</p>
<p>About 30% of the floor space in the Kulim facility had installed equipment so there was still 70% for expansion, Tan said.</p>
<p>The group had so far spent RM2.1bil for the Kulim plant, he added.</p>
<p>“One aspect of our R&amp;D work is to improve production processes to reduce wastage.</p>
<p>“The Kulim plant is one of the many Infineon Technologies facilities involved in a worldwide programme to help the group save 600 million euros through cost management and increased productivity.</p>
<p>“Another aspect of the R&amp;D work is creating value with our existing equipment,” he said.</p>
<p>Tan said there were no plans to downsize the staff strength at the Kulim plant.</p>
<p>“We have spent RM110mil to train some 600 of our staff. If we were to retrench, our training efforts would go to waste,” he said.</p>
<p>Instead of downsizing or implementing pay cuts, Tan said 300 to 400 of Infineon Technologies Kulim’s senior management, executives and engineers were supporting the group’s unpaid leave programme by taking three to five days of unpaid leave a month for three months.</p>
<p>Infineon Technologies produces power and logic chips used in the security, industrial and automotive sectors.</p>
<p>Source: theStar Online</p>
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		<title>Kamen Rider Decade – Kamen Rider 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have uploaded something on Youtube. Once in a while I would like to put something fun on this web page. Actually I have a passion for Kamen Riders since I was a Kid. This Kamen Rider Decade is a Kamen Rider which can change to previous year Kamen Rider started with Kamen Rider Kuuga. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have uploaded something on Youtube. Once in a while I would like to put something fun on this web page. Actually I have a passion for Kamen Riders since I was a Kid. </p>
<p>This Kamen Rider Decade is a Kamen Rider which can change to previous year Kamen Rider started with Kamen Rider Kuuga. </p>
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<a href="http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/decade/">http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/decade/</a></p>
<p>Anyway there is some techniques that you can deploy to get fast income from your youtube videos. Combination of Youtube, ClickBank and Pay per click programs. That will be another story for  another day.</p>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ibrahim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does your business need a blog? A blog is a Web log, an online journal. Blogs started out as online diaries, in which diarists shared their everyday lives with the world. From their beginnings in 1998, blogs have moved on, and are well on the way to becoming a standard business tool. Why? Because in February 2003 Google.com [...]]]></description>
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<strong> Does your business need a blog?</strong></p>
<p>A blog is a Web log, an online journal. Blogs started out as online diaries, in which diarists shared their everyday lives with the world. From their beginnings in 1998, blogs have moved on, and are well on the way to becoming a standard business tool.</p>
<p>Why? Because in February 2003 Google.com bought Pyra Labs, the company which owns the Blogger weblogging tool. Blogger.com, one of the main sites providing blog software and hosting, boasted a million hosted web logs in early 2003. </p>
<p>Google.com&#8217;s interest in blogs indicates that blogs are mainstream. A blog help your business in many ways, depending on whether you create a private or a public blog. Blogs are so useful that you&#8217;ll want to create both.</p>
<p><strong>Your business&#8217;s private, internal blog</strong></p>
<p>These days, no one works alone. Even if you&#8217;re a solo business<br />
operator, you have colleagues, partners, contractors, and<br />
suppliers with whom you communicate daily. A private blog makes<br />
working with a group easier, because you can streamline your<br />
interactions, saving time and energy.</p>
<p>A private blog can contain notes to yourself, or to colleagues. It&#8217;s a place to store information and tips that might not warrant a special email message. You can post information like meeting notes, project tasks and summaries, and updated price lists. You<br />
can also post links to large files. No need to email, fax, or mail them to and fro.</p>
<p>Your blog is more useful than email, because blog postings are dated, and easily searchable. You can post a message you want everyone to read, and the message stays on the blog. With email, you read and delete, or read and forget.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve worked on a project with someone in another state or on the other side of the world, you&#8217;ve blessed email, because it makes sharing information so easy. Using a blog to share information is even easier than using email. </p>
<p><strong>Your business&#8217;s public blog</strong></p>
<p>A business blog is a marketing tool. A blog can add value to your Web site, or it can take the place of a Web site. Look on it as a combination &#8220;What&#8217;s New&#8221; Web site page, and an online journal. Because of a blog&#8217;s freewheeling nature, it&#8217;s friendly and relaxed.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t have a site, your blog&#8217;s a place to put your online CV, portfolio and client list. You can, and should, use your blog to express your personality and expertise. </p>
<p>If you have a Web site, your blog page builds loyalty, because if you provide interesting content, your visitors will return to your site. And because it&#8217;s a Web page, your blog will appear on search engines, attracting new clients.</p>
<p>Google has been treating blogs differently from other Web pages for a couple of years. Whereas it takes a standard Web page/ site a month to be indexed by Google, blogs are indexed daily. This means that your blog is mega-cheap advertising. You can post<br />
something on your blog and have it indexed by Google within a day. </p>
<p>Will creating a blog help your business? As I suggested in the article: &#8220;Get Googled And Build Credibility&#8221;, because Google.com is so popular and indexes so comprehensively, if you focus some of your marketing and promotion time on getting your name out on the Web, you&#8217;re building your credibility, both online and offline.</p>
<p>So go ahead, blog your business!</p>

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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Select the right keyword for web SEO Optimization. You must choose your keywords carefully. This is the most important step of the SEO. Wrong or ineffective keywords mean invalid keyword optimization. You should find popular keywords and phrases related to your business, then know search popularity and competition number of every keywords. The keywords with [...]]]></description>
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">You must choose your keywords carefully. This is the most important step of the SEO. Wrong or ineffective keywords mean invalid keyword optimization. You should find popular keywords and phrases related to your business, then know search popularity and competition number of every keywords. The keywords with more popularity and less competition will be your targeted keyword phrases.</p>
<p></span><a href="https://adwords.google.com/select/main?cmd=KeywordSandbox " target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">https://adwords.google.com/select/main?cmd=KeywordSandbox<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></a><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Once you have finished keyword analysis and selected specified keywords, you should optimize your web site to improve search engine position. The important ranking factors including website title tags, description tags, meta keyword tags, heading text, link url, link text, image alt, comment and web page body text.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>Every keyword frequency, weight, size, prominence<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
and proximity all affect the ranking. You should optimize all these factors carefully. The top 10 ranking website content and ranking factors will give your more help.<br />
<a href="http://www.softwarekey.com/products/info.asp?A=31147 " target="_blank">http://www.webposition.com/</a></p>
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Link popularity is the total number of websites that link to your web site, and is an extremely important method of improving your site&#8217;s relevancy and position as many engines are using this information as a ranking criterion. Both the quantity and quality of link popularity is important. The best links are &#8220;relevant&#8221; links from web pages related to your keyword or topic.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"></p>
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Often checking your website search engine position of your targeted keywords, if not satisfied with optimization ranking results, you should do more SEO to achieve higher search engines ranking position.</p>
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		<title>Getting Approved by Adsense</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ibrahim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of my friends have been asking for this. How to get approved for Adsense. Some of them think that they will spend months developing the web site for approval. To be honest, I have spend less than a day or at most a week for my client. Google is not that picky as [...]]]></description>
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A lot of my friends have been asking for this. How to get approved for Adsense. Some of them think that they will spend months developing the web site for approval. To be honest, I have spend less than a day or at most a week for my client.</p>
<p>Google is not that picky as they sound to be. The trick is to make your web site in such a way that you are just providing content. Do not put any selling items just yet. Once approved, heck, if you have the whole supermarket items to put online. Be my guest.</p>
<p>But first, for the purpose of getting approved, try to limit your web pages for content. Content and lots of content. The following is my experience. I&#8217;ve got approved  everytime by making sure we focus to these 3 elements.</p>
<ol>
<li> <strong>Site look and feel</strong>. Not that Google wants a $20000 professionally designed website, they also don&#8217;t want to choose a piece of junk either. At least a presentable website with a few layers or tables with some solid background color would be in order. Avoid using unprofessional colored backgrounds or wallpapers.<br />
 </li>
<li><strong>Content</strong>. Most important element. Google believe highly in content. Please try to go preferably at least 15-20 pages of articles or resources. If you are not sure what kind of article you want to put maybe you can read some from here <a href="http://www.goarticles.com/" target="_blank">http://www.goarticles.com<br />
 </a></li>
<li><strong>Traffic</strong>. Some says, Google will not approve new web sites with no traffics. To be safe and not to waste your time, try to get your web site some traffic. Post at some forums with your website&#8217;s link in the signature file.  Register yourself at some social networking website like <a href="http://www.mybloglog.com" target="_blank">http://www.mybloglog.com</a> , <a href="http://www.mybloglog.com" target="_blank">http://www.myblogcatalog</a> or even the in famous <a href="http://www.twitter.com" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com</a>. Hundreds  of them actually in existance.</li>
</ol>
<p>Well, my friend to whom just starting to create a website for getting some income. Adsense is a great source of income.</p>

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		<title>New Project: Fotokami.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ibrahim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been two weeks I&#8217;ve not updated this blog. I&#8217;m currently on another project. Fotokami.com, a photo blog web site. This project I&#8217;ve joint venture with a known name in photography Jali@Azlan. The site will more to focusing on the weddings photo of Malaysians. Of course, there will be other photos. We have big [...]]]></description>
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<p>It has been two weeks I&#8217;ve not updated this blog. I&#8217;m currently on another project. <a title="Fotokami.com" href="http://www.fotokami.com" target="_blank">Fotokami.com</a>, a photo blog web site. This project I&#8217;ve joint venture with a known name in photography Jali@Azlan. The site will more to focusing on the weddings photo of Malaysians. Of course, there will be other photos. We have big plans for this web site. Hope this will be a successful site.</p>
<blockquote><p>Was thinking to use pixelpost &#8211; a photoblog  CMS. Then again WordPress is more flexible.</p></blockquote>

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		<title>7 Reasons Why You Need To Join An Affiliate Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ibrahim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are thousands of business opportunities on the internet. Most of them need some capital to start of. But not with affiliate programs. Anyway, here are 7 reasons why you should consider to join an affiliate program as your home based business. To start joining an affiliate program, you do not need the capital or [...]]]></description>
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<p>There are thousands of business opportunities on the internet. Most of them need some capital to start of. But not with affiliate programs. Anyway, here are 7 reasons why you should consider to join an affiliate program as your home based business.</p>
<ol>
<li>To start joining an affiliate program, you do not need the capital or money. You can join it for free and start promoting the product immediately.</li>
<li>The internet marketing tools are already been given to you.  A top notch affiliate program will supply you with lots of affiliate marketing tools that are &#8220;ready to go&#8221;. You just copy and paste and put your affiliate code or ID in. Then you start selling.</li>
<li>You don&#8217;t need to built your own product. It takes a lot of time to develop your own product to sell online. the product is already there for affiliate program. Someone else will spend the time to develop it.</li>
<li>Affiliate statistic are already provided as part of joining an affiliate program. You don&#8217;t need to buy expensive softwares to track down your sales. The product owner is doing that for you. You don&#8217;t have to pay for it. It&#8217;s free of charge.</li>
<li>There is no start up phase or &#8220;time lag&#8221;  like with most businesses. There is no such things with affiliate programs. You can start selling right away once you join.</li>
<li>You don&#8217;t have to worry on technical support and sales administration. The product owner will take care of the sales process and all after sales services. All you have to worry about is receiving your affiliate check!</li>
<li>You don&#8217;t have to worry about on direct communication with the customer. You are a reseller in an affiliate program. so if a customer complains, they will only contact the product owner, not you.</li>
</ol>
<p>It is so simple to join an affiliate programs and it is easy to start promoting. Best of all, they have no downside. If one affiliate program does not work, you can leave and join a different one.</p>

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		<title>Cool Photo Album For Your Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ibrahim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just want to share with you guys out there  a site that gives some cool photo viewer or photo album for free. This sites belongs to Airtight Interactive. The type of viewers are as follows:  Simple Viewer Free, customizable Flash image viewing apps. Tilt Viewer Free, customaizable 3D Flash image viewer. Images can be flipped [...]]]></description>
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<p>Just want to share with you guys out there  a site that gives some cool photo viewer or photo album for free. This sites belongs to Airtight Interactive. The type of viewers are as follows: </p>
<ol>
<li>Simple Viewer<br />
Free, customizable Flash image viewing apps.</li>
<li>Tilt Viewer<br />
Free, customaizable 3D Flash image viewer. Images can be flipped to show a description text and optional link.</li>
<li>AutoViewer<br />
Free, customizable flash image viewer to display a linear sequence of images and captions.</li>
<li>PostcardViewer<br />
Free, customizable Flash image viewer in postcards shuffled style. </li>
</ol>
<p>Once downloaded, there are one <strong>gallery.XML </strong>and one <strong>index.html</strong> that you need to edit. Don&#8217;t worry. No need have to any programming language skill. All the instructions is already in the XML files. You need just to rename the image files to the path of your images collections. One more important thing, you need to specify the largest size of your image inside the index.html.   <em><strong>fo.addVariable(&#8220;maxJPGSize&#8221;,&#8221;1200&#8243;);</strong></em><em> </em> This means my largest files can be up to 1200&#215;1200.</p>
<p> Enough said, <a href="http://www.ebrahimahmad.com/content/viewer.php#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed">click here</a> to get it. If you have any other photo viewer or photo album for a web page or blog, maybe you can share it with us all here.</p>

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