Category: Software
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All Linux distributions
Hearing about all news about all GNU/Linux distributions was a micro-nightmare up to now (there are so many of them around the Internet that you cannot check them all). But there is a mere web site where you can get the right information but in a signle location: DistroWatch
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Opera 9: Differentiation
The new Opera web browser is adding a surprisingly new feature: BitTorrent client to share file (Ã la P2P). Peer-to-peer file sharing should be simplified.
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GBuy, new Google weapon against PayPal
28th June, Google will initiate the operation of GBuy. There was a persistent rumour of the interest of Google to go foray into the PayPal market. It seems that GBuy will be a new payment system (exactly like PayPal from eBay), but it will also be connected to the global search engine. This could give…
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Your own map
Didn’t you already need to write a map for a few friends that you invited to your home or some even less obvious location? This is a little nightmare to do it by yourself. You probably went to one of the mapping web sites (Mappy.com, for example), you printed, cut-n-paste, etc. This is over! Your…
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Most needed utilities
It’s been some time now that I use that surprisingly good list of utilities from BootDisk.com. I wanted to finally share it with you. Highly recommended.
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Word tip #1: Letter template
Because, despite my repeated advice of migrating from Word (still expensive at Microsoft) to OpenOffice (freely downloadable and as powerful as MS-Word), you may still be using Word, I am giving you here the business letter template that I offered yesterday for OpenOffice, but adapted to Microsoft Word. With still the same advantages: There is…
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OpenOffice tip #1: Letter template
Nearly all users of a word processor have been faced with this minor annoyance of writing a passable commercial-like letter. But, worse, at the time of filling the envelope, you have to fight with a sheet of paper that would not accept to align itself with the address window of the envelope. Today, I am…
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The fastest Flash memory card
This is the wet dream of all serious user of digital photography cameras (or similar mobiel devices for digital music, portable movies, portable video game consoles). But it is very difficult to find a real comparison with real products. Well! This is what the excellent Dyxum.com web site offers in an extensive comparison of Compact…
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Pegasus mail upgraded to French and German
As my long-time readers know, Pegasus mail is my prefered email software. It’s free, it’s powerful, it’s nearly insensitive to security issues (partly because it does not have all the bells and whistles of others like Outlook Express), it’s for Windows. Two important news about Pegasus mail: Pegasus mail goes to v4.31 (with new improved…