Entries Tagged as 'free software'

Sony Ericsson K850i test: Google Maps for Mobile with My Location works

January 13th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Google Maps for Mobile‘s My Location feature works in the Sony Ericsson K850i, the latest in the Cyber-shot line to hit the market. My Location is a cool feature that places your approximate location on the map using GPS (Global Positioning System) or mobile towers. If you have one of the recent phones that report [...]

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New Google Maps for Mobile tracks your position using cell phone towers

December 3rd, 2007 · 13 Comments

Google released last week a new version of its Google Maps for Mobile application. The release, as with many of Google’s products, is designated “beta,” a label used for software that is still being actively tested and not yet released to the public. I’ve read about mobile maps applications before, including the earlier Google versions, [...]

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Installing Ubuntu Linux Gutsy Gibbon

October 7th, 2007 · 10 Comments

It’s been four days since I’ve switched my main blogging tool, an MSI s260 laptop, into the beta version of the next Ubuntu release—Gutsy Gibbon or Ubuntu 7.10. This next version of Ubuntu is scheduled for release in the coming weeks but I couldn’t wait for the final version. I wanted it now. After the [...]

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Goodbye activeCollab, hello ProjectPier

September 29th, 2007 · 21 Comments

The project management application I use extensively for some of my tasks has turned its back on the open source beginnings that attracted me and, I’m sure, many others to it during its initial versions. ActiveCollab is a clone of the popular Basecamp project management application. The main difference is that while Basecamp is a [...]

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Edit your website, blog design live and without breaking it

September 24th, 2007 · 3 Comments

CSSVista is a tool any blogger or website owner will find useful. The Windows-only application allows you to load any website in Firefox and Explorer and then edit its CSS code live, with the changes showing immediately in the two browser windows. CSSVISTA. The application makes editing website designs easy. CSSVista loads the page in [...]

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Windows Live services coming to Nokia phones

August 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

Nokia has announced that it has partnered with Microsoft to provide a suite of Windows Live services “specifically designed for Nokia devices.” Users of compatible S60 devices in selected countries can now download Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Contacts and Windows Live Spaces. Users of Nokia Series 40 devices will be able [...]

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