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Web applications have come a long way. They used to be amateur imitations of their desktop counterparts, with only one or two functions and not at all practical. 15 Web Alternatives to Popular Desktop Software

Windows: If you're interested in packing your flash drive with portable apps but you're dragging your feet getting around to downloading them all, winPenPack fits over a hundred applications into a single portable package. The winPenPack has packages in six categories. The 2GB master collection has all the apps offered, smaller packages focus on just the essentials, gaming, school, web activities, or you can download just the winPenPack menu to build your own portable package using apps you already have. WinPenPack Gathers Hundreds of Portable Apps in One Package - Po

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Gmail Beta: First Impressions The other day, I received an "invitation" to beta test Google's new " Gmail " email service. After having tried and used literally dozens of web-based email services over the years, I decided to see what the buzz was all about, so I followed the Invitation instructions, and within a couple minutes, I had a new Google Gmail account. Gmail Tips - The Complete Collection

We all have our regular email accounts on Gmail, Hotmail or any other service of our choice. However, there are times when you don’t want to use your regular email address for one reason or another. For such times, when you need a special type of email, following services can come in very handy to serve your purpose: 12 Unique Email Services You Should Know About « Ijaar

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HOWTO undelete removed files and directories on an ext3 file system Carlo Wood, Mar 2008 Introduction It happens to everyone sooner or later: a split second after you hit Enter you realize your mistake, but it's too late; you just deleted a valuable file or directory for which no backup exists. Or maybe you have a backup, but it's a month old... and in shock you see the past month flash before your eyes as you realize in pain what you'll have to do all over again... Fortunately, you remember that files are never really deleted, at most overwritten by new content.

Firefox has its own in-built spell check, but this spell check is available only in Text area and text fields (text boxes) will not show spelling mistakes. Many times blogging titles have spelling mistakes because of this. But a simple trick can activate spell check in text fields as well. Enable Spell Check in Text Fields in Firefox

I have compiled a list of 15 free online tools that will help you greatly as a tech. I’m sure that there are other good ones that I have left out so please feel free to post the ones that you like as well. IPTools offers a wide variety of online networking tools. With this site you can look up IP address information, check spam databases, run pings, run traceroutes, lookup WHOIS information and much more. BugMeNot allows you to find and share logins for sites that require you to register. 15 Online Tools that You Will Come to Love as a Tech | EmergingT

Homebrew antenna shootout The Shootout My plan was to get relative performance measurements for various designs (including mine) of homebrew antennas for 802.11b (WiFi) wireless networks.

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