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Phorm – advertising based on your browsing history…. is it good?

March 18th, 2008 by Alex Costa · 1 Comment

According to the web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee, it is not a good idea and it infringes upon consumer rights.
Two major ISPs in the UK (BT & Virgin) have already signed up to use (or be used by) Phorm to track user’s browsing history in order to do targeted advertising. I didn’t really like the [...]

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Tags: Citizen Journalism · Technology



Dropbox Beta Sync and share files

March 12th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

It looks impressive. With Dropbox you will be able to store, share and synchronize files between different computers and platforms.
This comes at a time when we are increasingly needing quick access to important files at anytime and anywhere. Dropbox has the potential to become a big hit once it is released, mainly for it’s intuitive [...]

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Tags: Applications · Technology

PicLens a browser slideshow

March 8th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

PicLens instantly transforms your browser into a full-screen slideshow experience. With just one click, PicLens makes photos come to life via a cinematic presentation that goes beyond the confines of the traditional browser window.
PicLens suports a number of sites: Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa Web Albums, Fotki, FotoTime, deviantART, Smugmug, Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Hi5, Friendster, Google Images, [...]

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Tags: Applications · Technology · Web Browsers · quick & easy tips



ThinkPad X300 to Rival MACBook Air

February 19th, 2008 by Alex Costa · 1 Comment

The chinese company Lenovo bought the struggling giant IBM in 2005 and is now close to releasing the new ThinkPad X300 which is set to rival the so talked about MACBook Air. I know if you are a MAC user you will just say “pff another attempt to compete with a MAC” but [...]

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Tags: Laptops · Lifestyle · Technology

H323 SIP Gatekeeper on Linux – Updated

November 26th, 2007 by Alex Costa · No Comments

Recently we acquired a nice Tandberg Video Conferencing system, we normally stick with the Sony range as its menu interface is very easy to use, but we decided to give Tandberg a try. What a beast, great slick menu system, loads of options, built in MCU (Multipoint Conference Unit), 2 XLR mic inputs (Phantom [...]

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Tags: Applications · OS & Servers · Peripherals · Technology · Tutorials / Training · quick & easy tips

Create search plugin for Firefox and IE

October 27th, 2007 by Alex Costa · No Comments

By pure curiosity I decided (at 2am last night) to look into creating a search plugin for my Google Adsense Search. Well it was a very successfull adventure. It can be created for any site search, even your personal blog.
There are 2 ways of doing it (maybe more) I found .
1 – Create your own [...]

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Tags: Applications · Programming · Technology · Tutorials / Training · Web Browsers · quick & easy tips