Better Passwords with 1Password
There’s no excuse for crappy passwords anymore, thanks to apps like 1Password. Creating good, hard-to-crack passwords is clumsy and the harder a password is to crack, the harder it is to remember. So...
View ArticleHandbrake is the Swiss Army Knife of Video Transcoding
HandBrake is an open-source, multiplatform video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. Convert DVDs to MPEG, compress videos to smaller filesizes, or convert from one video format to...
View ArticleKeep Your Mac Awake with Caffeine
How many times have you been giving a Webex or on-screen presentation, and your laptop screensaver kicks in or your computer goes to sleep? Rather than constantly fiddling with the trackpad to wake it...
View ArticleTrack Your Stolen Laptop (for Free) with Adeona
Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service. This means that you can install Adeona on your...
View ArticleQuickly Organize Piles of Files and Folders [Windows]
Check out Dir Utils, a little freeware shell extension that lets you quickly organize piles of files and folders with just a few clicks. Its a great utility for anyone who regularly finds themselves...
View ArticleIdentify and Fix SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in Web Applications
Scrawlr is a free software for scanning SQL injection vulnerabilities on your web applications, developed by HP Web Security Research Group in coordination with Microsoft Security Response Center....
View ArticleFirst Look: Postbox Beta
Postbox is a new cross-platform for both Mac and Windows that promises to finally deliver what so many email clients before it have promised. Advanced functionality like Outlook, without, well,...
View ArticleComparison of Desktop Twitter Clients
In my never-ending quest for the perfect Twitter client, I’ve decided to do a side-by-side comparison of features of some of more popular clients. This list is probably not exhaustive, and the current...
View ArticleBackup Your Mac to AS3 with Arq
There are about 900 different options available to automatically back up your Mac, none of which I have been in love with until now. If you’ve been reading my blog for more than three minutes, you’ve...
View ArticleWordify for OSX Makes Fun Word Art Out of Photos
Wordify is a fun little OSX app that takes any photo from your hard drive and converts it into word art (like in the header image above). It’s a single-purpose app that does what it says, but with a...
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