Unfortunately, any trip to a restaurant has to end on a bad note – paying the bill. If there’s a big group of you the process of splitting the cost can be a painstaking one, which can even lead to arguments.

Tipper is designed to make it easier for you to divide the bill at the end of a meal. The program allows you to quickly calculate the total amount that each person in the group need to pay based on a customizable tip percentage.

There really isn’t too much to Tipper and it couldn’t be simpler to use. You just need to enter the number of payers, the total check amount of the meal, and the tip percentage you wish to pay. Hit ‘Calculate’ and the program shows you the tip amount, total amount, and, most importantly, the amount per payer. It would’ve been nice if the program displayed the adjusted amount as you change the values of the variables (i.e. without having to hit ‘Calculate’ every time).

There are no extra tools or features in Tipper, other than an update checker, so this really us a bare-bones app.

But if you always find yourself struggling with the bill mathematics, Tipper provides a quick and reliable solution.

Download Tipper 1.12 (SP) in Softonic

A few days ago I noticed that funny things were happening on my computer. Gmail displayed the dreaded ’still working’ message and Facebook photos went crazy. I checked my Internet connection, logged out and logged in. I even restarted my computer, the fail-safe to solution to everything! Nothing worked and, for the first time ever, I had a sneaking suspicion that my beloved Firefox was at fault. It was time to find out what you can do when Firefox 3.5 goes bad…

Clear your history

Not a revolutionary idea, but once it was mentioned, I realized I hadn’t done it (or checked the settings) since upgrading to 3.5. Go to Tools > Clear Recent History and choose ‘Everything’ from the drop down menu.

Erase the cache

When you clear the history, make sure you’re including the cache: in the ‘Clear Recent History’ option, click on ‘Details’ and make sure ‘Cache’ is marked.

Update to the latest version

Make sure you have updated Firefox 3.5 to 3.5.1. Technically this patch was security related, but it also included a fix for “an issue that was making Firefox take a long time to load on some Windows systems“. (more…)

Unfortunately, any trip to a restaurant has to end on a bad note – paying the bill. If there’s a big group of you the process of splitting the cost can be a painstaking one, which can even lead to arguments.

Tipper is designed to make it easier for you to divide the bill at the end of a meal. The program allows you to quickly calculate the total amount that each person in the group need to pay based on a customizable tip percentage.

There really isn’t too much to Tipper and it couldn’t be simpler to use. You just need to enter the number of payers, the total check amount of the meal, and the tip percentage you wish to pay. Hit ‘Calculate’ and the program shows you the tip amount, total amount, and, most importantly, the amount per payer. It would’ve been nice if the program displayed the adjusted amount as you change the values of the variables (i.e. without having to hit ‘Calculate’ every time).

There are no extra tools or features in Tipper, other than an update checker, so this really us a bare-bones app.

But if you always find yourself struggling with the bill mathematics, Tipper provides a quick and reliable solution.

Download Tipper 1.12 (Android) in Softonic

SweetFM switches seamlessly between Last.fm and iTunes. If you get bored of listening to either application at any point, you can just switch in a click. You can configure hotkeys to control most tasks and even use your Apple Remote – useful for parties or just kicking back and relaxing.

But there’s more to it than that. SweetFM extends Last.fm functionality with things such as tag-station shuffle. Just enter an artist name with some Amazon.com when playing major artists.

One other thing worth bearing in mind about SweetFM is that if you want to export tracks to iTunes, it will automatically check for duplicates although this obviously relies on your music being tagged correctly. There’s lots more to SweetFM than this too including CSS skin design support, Skype moods integration and handy Growl notifications.

There’s little to fault with SweetFM and considering it’s now completely open source and free, the time has never been better to try this sweet app.

Unfortunately, any trip to a restaurant has to end on a bad note – paying the bill. If there’s a big group of you the process of splitting the cost can be a painstaking one, which can even lead to arguments.

Tipper is designed to make it easier for you to divide the bill at the end of a meal. The program allows you to quickly calculate the total amount that each person in the group need to pay based on a customizable tip percentage.

There really isn’t too much to Tipper and it couldn’t be simpler to use. You just need to enter the number of payers, the total check amount of the meal, and the tip percentage you wish to pay. Hit ‘Calculate’ and the program shows you the tip amount, total amount, and, most importantly, the amount per payer. It would’ve been nice if the program displayed the adjusted amount as you change the values of the variables (i.e. without having to hit ‘Calculate’ every time).

There are no extra tools or features in Tipper, other than an update checker, so this really us a bare-bones app.

But if you always find yourself struggling with the bill mathematics, Tipper provides a quick and reliable solution.

Download Tipper 1.12 (BB) in Softonic

Aside from being faster, lighter and more stable, what makes Firefox really different is add-ons. You can easily customize Firefox to work how you want it to, and it’s not hard. Click an add-on download link, restart Firefox (it will remember all your open tabs), and you’re done. To get started, here’s 5 add-ons I think are really cool, and should convince you of Firefox’s all-round awesomeness!

1 – Juice. I include this as it’s flashy, great looking and can really change your browsing. Basically, if you read something you want more inmore info about, just highlight it, and drag it into the Juice sidebar – it will search DownThemAll!  This basically allows you to download whatever is on a web page. You can choose what type of files you’re looking for, like MP3s or images, and’DownThemAll’ in one click. It can save you lots of time scrolling through long pages looking for files.

3 – Open IT Online. This neat add-on allows you to open most documents, spreadsheets and presentations using online applications. when downloading a Word file,  an extra option will appear under ‘Open With’, allowing you to see the document in your browser, saving you the hassle of waiting for another application to open. It’s unobtrusive, and makes document viewing hassle free.

4 – UrlbarExt is a bit nerdy, but I like it, and use it every day. It adds a bunch of tools to the address bar, like a tiny URL maker, an add address to clipboard button and much more.  It really makes use of a piece of browser space that was underused.

5 – The add-on I use most? TwitterFox. Everything I want from Twitter, without having to open up a page, it’s fantastic. You get a tiny icon at the bottom of Firefox, and clicking it activates a pop up display showing you your Twitter feed. It feels ideally suited to Twitter, and I can’t imagine a browser without it anymore.

So there you have it. If you load up an add-on you don’t like, it’s simple to deactivate it – just go to add-ons in the Tools menu, and you can deactivate or uninstall anything you like. No doubt everyone will have their own favorites, so you can go and check out the Firefox add-on site here.

As a writer, I find Dictionary.com a fantastic daily resource for helping me spell words properly, and find/search for/seek out synonyms. As a Scrabble player, I only wish it came in a more handy and compact form – oh, hang on a minute, it does! – in the form of the Dictionary.com – Dictionary & Thesaurus for iPhone.

The free app delivers reference content from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com, including more than 250,000 word definitions and over 80,000 synonyms. Best of all, all of this data comes bundled into the application so there’s no Internet required! The pay-off for this is that the file size is pretty hefty (almost 40Mb) and it takes longer than most app to use.

Using the program is dead easy. Just choose whether you want to look up the dictionary or the thesaurus, then enter your word in the search box. Within just a few seconds the clear and concise definitions from Dictionary.com (or the suggested synonyms from Thesaurus.com) will be displayed. One great feature is the inclusion of a pronunciation button next to each word. Just tap this and the word will be read out clearly to you in an American female accent.

I also like ‘Recent’ tab, which lists your latest searches, although it would be nice to have the option to email this to yourself. Another cool feature is the ‘Word of the Tab’ tab, which allows you to impress your mates by learning an interesting new word every day.

Dictionary.com – Dictionary & Thesaurus is probably the best dictionary app for iPhone – and the best part is it’s free of charge!

Download Dictionary.com – Dictionary & Thesaurus in Softonic

In 2006, Microsoft discontinued making Windows Media Player for Macs meaning there was no longer a tailor made player for the WMV format for OS X. Fortunately, there are a few free and easy solutions to this problem:

Flip4Mac Plugin This is probably the easiest solution as it enables QuickTime to playback WMV files.  This plugin created by Telestream allows you to import, export and play Windows Media video and audio files on your Mac. The Flip4Mac WMV plug-in also works with other QuickTime based applications such as iMovie and Final Cut Pro meaning you can even edit WMV files on Mac too.

VLC Media Player The most versatile player out there allows you to play WMV files as well without the Flip4Mac Plugin. However, this is just a playback solution – it won’t allow you to edit WMV in QuickTime supported applications such as iMovie and Final Cut. The great thing about VLC Media Player however is that it’s lightweight, fast and can handle almost any media format.

MPlayer OSX This player emerged out of the

Incoming search terms:

• flip4mac this is not a movie file

Key features:

• Synchronize Bookmarks
• Cut part of the site for Live Thumbnail
• Choose from eleven cool skins
• Use tabs to logically divide your bookmarks
• Add or remove user defined search buttons

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Crane wars is an almost ready for release game from Flashbang studios, the quirky team behind Paper Moon, Off Road Velociraptor and Minotaur China Shop. You can play a beta 3 version of this browser game here. You control a crane at a construction site, and have to build tower blocks, while watching out for attacks from a neighbouring crane company. You can throw objects at the games on Blurst, Crane Wars is compelling mainly because it’s a cool and ridiculous idea. It was originally scheduled for release today on the Blurst site, so if you don’t fancy playing the beta and want to wait, it shouldn’t be long… As with all Blurst games, you’ll need the Unity browser plug-in.