I never really used RealPlayer save perhaps during the days when it was the only streaming player online. Yes, that would probably back when I was using a 33.6 kbps dial-up connection. I’ve never really used it again with all the other media and as more and more websites shifting their content out of the [...]

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Here’s another PDF viewer that promises an alternative to the ever-bloated Adobe Reader. We’ve already featured a great alternative in Foxit Reader but this one you might find more interesting with its more advanced features like comments and annotations which were previously found not in Reader but in the paid and expensive Acrobat Professional.
Here’s [...]

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Hot off the news and into your computer. Google just made available Google Gears (BETA). It’s “an open source browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality using JavaScript APIs.” These include:

Store and serve application resources locally
Store data locally in a fully-searchable relational database
Run asynchronous Javascript to improve application responsiveness

Imagine web applications [...]

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Mozilla just released the latest incarnation of Firefox 2 with 2.0.0.4. The release notes emphasize on these important updates:

Security Update: The following security issues have been fixed.
Windows Vista Support: More enhancements and fixes for Windows Vista are included, with the following caveats.
New Languages: Afrikaans (af) and Belarusian (be) are now available. Beta releases for several [...]

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I’ve been on a diet. And every dieter knows that to lose weight, you have to stay on top of your calories. You have to burn at least 3500 calories to shed off 1 pound of weight. So if you want to loose weight, you should know whether you’re taking in less or more calories [...]

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Blame Firefox for my love for tabbed browsing. Then Internet Explorer followed suite with tabbed browsing. It only left me with a wish to have tabbed browsing with all my apps, especially Windows Explorer.
And it’s a good thing we’ve got freeware developers to help us out. I just stumbled upon this neat freeware that places [...]

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I’ve been working with WordPress offline for very practical purposes. It lets me try out themes without having to consume bandwidth on my web host. I just use it whenever I’m trying out my meager skills with PHP, MySQL, and WordPress. I haven’t really thought of letting others know how I do it until a [...]

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A lot of bloggers (including us here at LifeSpy) use the WordPress engine. I also use it for my personal blog. I just love its robustness and user-friendliness. It just keeps getting better with every release! And lo and behold, roughly 5 hours ago, WordPress 2.2 (nicknamed Getz) was rolled out.
Here’s a list of goodies [...]

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There have been a lot of image to icon converters since the days when Windows finally allowed users to customize icons. Like for vainglorious people who’d like their smug mugshots as their My Computer icon.
For some pros, it’d be a lot easier to just use a file format plug-in for programs like Photoshop to save [...]

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Hmm… Ever since I’ve fallen in love with Web 2.0 apps and mashups, I found myself downloading freeware apps less. But some things you can’t live computing without. Mostly, these would be those little apps that tweaks and handles your system’s behavior, leaving you wondering why the heck Microsoft failed to integrate those features in [...]

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I’ve been trying out a heck of a lot of DVD converters and I think HandBrake’s one most user-friendly converters. HandBrake’s an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter.
So as easy as a few clicks, your DVD is on its way to be converted to a MPEG-4 video that can be saved either as [...]

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The look of your blog is very, very important. In fact, it’s one of the most important aspects of your blog. If readers don’t like the look of, or can’t navigate your blog, then there is absolutely no chance that they’ll be sticking around. If you’re just getting started, then there are [...]

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Shiira – Michael’s favorite browser. Since I’m no die-hard Mac user (convert me!), I’ll have to defer to Michael’s rave over at Apple Gazette. I’m a hardcore Firefox fan, being more of a PC user.
In any case, for those of you who are curious, Shiira’s developed to be a “better” substitute browser over Safari. [...]

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A while back, I featured a couple of password managers. AI Roboform’s a great idea but having a limited “lite” version kind of turned me off. Access Manager’s done it quite well for me. Not until I’ve tried out KeyPass.
It’s a pretty robust and secure password manager that even allows multiple user keys. It’s got [...]

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Ever wonder what your name means? Or are you a soon-to-be parent looking for a name for your child? Here’s a neat tool that lets you in on what’s in a name.
Pesonaemicon is a simple offline version of the Personaemicon website which has access to 4000+ names in its database.
It has a simple interface that [...]

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