Withdraw your money from Paypal and Google AdSense

Here are some good news for bloggers or those who make money online. You now have easier ways to withdraw your money from Paypal and Google AdSense.

Withdraw AdSense with Western Union

If you are staying geographically far from United States, you are probably waiting weeks for your AdSense check to arrive, and another few week for local bank to clear the check before you can withdraw these cold hard cash.

Google AdSense now provides an option,you can withdraw your money through Western Union. Western Union service is available in CIMB Bank as well as some Pos Bank branches. Click here to see a step by step guidance on how you can withdraw AdSense money through Western Union

Verdict

My AdSense check is sent to my Malaysia home address. It took 3 weeks for the check to arrive and another 4 weeks for CIMB bank to clear the check. Withdrawing through Western Union is definetely a turbo approach to convert your AdSense check into cash. However the troublesome part is that you have to get these following information prepared before you can receive your money:

• Western Union MTCN (Money Transfer Control Number)
• IC/Passport
• Amount to received
• Sender’s Address (Google)

Withdraw Paypal with credit/debit card

I’ve written how you can withdraw with VMI but I guess that not really required now if you have a credit card or debit card with Visa, Visa Electron or Mastercard. There is an option in Paypal that allows you to transfer your money from Paypal to credit/debit card. Daily withdrawal limit is $500, each transaction will be charge a fee of $5. Read here for more information.

Verdict

Malaysian local banks have yet to be recognized or added into Paypal for direct withdrawal. My guess is probably due to the fraudlence caese years back. Now that if you have a credit/debit card, you should not have a problem transfering your money from Paypal. I’m personally not having problem withdrawing from Paypal as I have a Singpore bank account directly attached to my Paypal account.

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KeyXL is one of the largest online databases of keyboard shortcuts around. Search by software, operating system, Windows, Macintosh, Linux and browser based application, this database has it all. From IE 4, Adobe CS3, Gmail, Eudora and Garageband, KeyXL takes a comprehensive look at cutting corners.

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Opera 9.50 Build 9562 Released

Changes in Opera 9.50 Build 9562 Alpha:
New stuff
* Added menu item to never reload a page (Right click > Reload every - Never)
Assortment of bugs fixed in this build
* [BUG 255515] Chat should now work in Yahoo! Beta
* [BUG 281879] Show only cached images should now work properly
* [BUG 255304] Closing Speed Dial window fast after “delete private data” shouldn’t crash Opera anymore
* [BUG 282598] Passwords set to “never for this server” can now be deleted again
* [BUG 286084] Content blocker works again
* [BUG 276354] Fixed bug where it was not possible to reconnect to mail server after disconnecting
* [BUG 262786] Onload handler in script no longer fired before onload attribute of body element
* [BUG 267384] JavaScript errors no longer reported as being in “Unknown thread”
* [BUG 233022] data: URIs are no longer considered off-site images
* Use ‘Today’ when a mail was sent today, even if it’s in the future
Windows-specific
* Set default network from 128 back to 32. This might help with some stalling while loading pages on some systems
* Fixed appearance of fonts in Speed Dial configuration dialog and Widgets when using Cleartype

News source : Source
Download : Opera 9.50 (Kestrel) Build 9562 Alpha

Adblock Pro 2.0 Final

Adblock Pro is a small, effective, and intelligent ad blocker for IE & IE7. It can remove annoying ads of website without human intervention and features a smart engine that can identify possible ads and remove them even before you can see them. Adblock Pro can block annoying pop-ups, banner Ads, flyin Ads, flash Ads, inline text ads and other Internet Ad annoyances. It not only eliminates the annoyances, but also improves your surfing speed as well.

Changelog of Adblock Pro 2.0

Support select blockable elements by mouse;
Support filter subscription;
Support right click to block flash;
Support counter for each blocking rule;Support enabled for each blocking rule;
Support sort by rule, hits, category, enabled;
Support enabled for each subscription

Download : Adblock Pro 2.0 Final

Diino Free online storage

Diino offers online storage as well as secure email and various other features.

The Diino client software can be downloaded for free from the site, and then it's a case of selecting a price plan or opting for the free version. The features are exactly the same, but the free one (as reviewed here) is limited to 2GB of storage; free users also can't opt out of marketing emails from Diino's maker.

Once logged in, the software presents a folder view, with separate stores for music, pictures and so on. Files can be dragged and dropped into here and, as with all online-based applications, the speed at which they're copied will depend upon your internet connection. During testing, Diino was able to use the full outgoing speed of the connection on our test PCs.

The software can also be set to backup files or folders on the PC and it's possible to specify daily and weekly schedules. Backup speed is roughly the same as that with straight copying of files and the job didn't impact noticeably on the PC's performance. Annoyingly, however, files can't be excluded from the backup, so choose the folders with care.

Files can be shared once uploaded (with the usual caveats about sharing copyright files) and there's even a blogging tool; the latter seems a little pointless to us, but provides an easy way to put pictures online if nothing else.

The final section of the program is an email service. A secure client is offered, which removes the need to use PGP or a similar encryption tool, but there are some drawbacks. You'll need to set up a new yourname@diino.com address, and email is only secure between Diino users. Added to that, we found the server connection to be quite flaky.

However, it's difficult to level too many complaints at this free version of Diino, offering as it does 2GB of secure online storage. If 2GB isn't enough, various price plans are available and start at $99.99 (£51) a year for 10GB, while those requiring 25GB will have to shell out an annual fee of $199.99 - neither of which offer great value for money.

However, most people will either have less than 2GB of important documents, making the free version viable.

In short, as a secondary storage for those 2GB of really important documents Diino is hard to beat.

Create a Multi-Anchored Link with URL Split

Web utility URL Split creates single URLs that direct users to up to seven different web sites. The site is built on an interesting idea, but in practice it could use some work in particular, one would expect to be able to continue following the link chain from each link location (through some sort of proxy hosting). As is you have to continue opening the same link in a new tab until you see that it repeats, which really just causes more ambiguity than it’s worth.

URL Split [via MakeUseOf]

Apple Warns iPhone Could Become iBrick

Apple has discovered that many of the unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs available on the Internet cause irreparable damage to the iPhone software, which will likely result in the modified iPhone becoming permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed. Apple plans to release the next iPhone software update, containing many new features including the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store (www.itunes.com), later this week. Apple strongly discourages users from installing unauthorized unlocking programs on their iPhones. Users who make unauthorized modifications to the software on their iPhone violate their iPhone software license agreement and void their warranty. The permanent inability to use an iPhone due to installing unlocking software is not covered under the iPhone warranty.

Free videos on mobile with AVOTMV

If you can recall, not long ago there is an application called Joost that allows you to access channels of free videos online by just installing its application on your computer. Now here’s a similar free service, the only difference is that it targets mobile users. That’s right, it means you can now watch free videos anywhere as long as you carry your cell phone with you.

What is Avot MV

Avot MV is a new service from Avot Media. It allows you to watch billons of videos from various video sharing sites. These free videos are located in various video channels and directories form video sharing sites. All you need to do is access and view them with your cell phone.

In general, Avot MV allows you to seach for videos, watch any video you want online as well as keep them in a favorite list (called the myFav playlist) for future replay.

Download and install Avot Mv

There are basically 2 ways you can download Avot MV to your mobile phone, either by

• Pointing your mobile browser to Avot Mobile site and download directly, or
• Fill up a simple web form and have the .cab (installation file) sent to your mobile phone. Charges may be apply.

Upon installed, you then open the gate to tones of free videos on the internet. Here are 2 videos to give you some idea how Avot MV looks like.

Supported mobile phones

As cool as it sounds like, Avot MV still does not run on every mobile phone. It requires installation of a mobile application. Avot MV supports Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC and Smartphone mobile devices. Here’s a list of mobile phones that are able to run Avot MV. Folks at Avot are constantly updating the list, so if your phone is not supported for the time being, be sure to check back on the list.

Avot MV is now currently in beta testing but you are encourage to download and use it. Be sure to keep yourself updated with the latest development and news on the Avot Blog.

Verdict

We’ve seen a lot of free video services for the computer but Avot’s approach has just bring good news to mobile users. Now watching free fresh new videos everyday on mobile has become easier. If you are able to access the internet and tired of the short Youtube video clips, Avot MV is definitely a good alternative.

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Gmail 2.0

Here are two new features that will be launched either before, or after Gmail 2.0:

Google Gears integration
It was hinted at in recent reports, but there has been no hard evidence of Google?s plans to integrate Google Gears with Gmail until now. Two snippets of text are in the translation queue that, to me, prove beyond any doubt that Gears will be a part of Gmail. The two snippets of text are ?Gears not installed? and ?Disable Local Store? .

MPC for Windows 2000/XP 6.4.9.1 Beta

Media Player Classic is an extremely light-weight media player for Windows. It looks just like Windows Media Player v6.4, but has many additional features. It has a built in DVD player with real-time zoom, support for AVI subtitles, QuickTime and RealVideo support (requires QuickTime and/or Real Player), and lots more.

Download : Media Player Classic for Windows 2000/XP 6.4.9.1 Beta

IPAQ612 - Business Navigator PDA

HP recently presented its newest product named iPAQ 612 Business Navigator in Asia-Pacific region. This PDA phone combines several different functionalities mobile communication, internet, business tool, entertainment, and navigation ? into one compact device. It boasts high-speed 3G support, an integrated 3 megapixel camera module, build-in media player, GPS navigation capabilities, and organizer. Moreover, its Smart Touch interface and 3-way thumbwheel allows users to check their emails, enlarge/reduce its navigation map, and search multimedia files conveniently. It runs on Windows Mobile 6.0 operating system so you can expect to run many Windows-based application, such as Microsoft Office Mobile and Outlook.

Convert files with YouconvertIt

YouconvertIt is a new web-based file conversion service. Like Zamzar, YouconvertIt lets you upload audio, video, image, or document files and convert from one format to another. Just select the file from your computer to upload, select your target format, and the web service will send you an e-mail when your new file is ready to download.

Gadget reviews from experts

Given the huge array of gadgets available for almost every aspect of our lives, from the familiar like TVs and camcorders to newer inventions like GPS navigation systems, deciding on a particular item to purchase can be a rather daunting experience for some.

Thankfully, the internet has reduced the time it normally takes to find information and reviews about the latest gadgets and consumer electronics. Better still, instead of having to go from site to site searching online for reliable reviews, you can just get summaries of reviews from review sites, user forums and blogs at TestFreaks.com before deciding which entire review you’d like to read. You can also sort and filter the information to make your search more efficient.

Blogger Play Photo Slide Shows

Blogger Play from its first impression, looks like a gallery of photos. It is a real time Slide Shows of images Blogger users uploaded to their blogs. Theses images come from blogs that are public and listed on the web.

If you are a Blogger users, this can be one good chance for you to get some exposure on your blogs. Make sure images are watermarked clearly with your URL. But if don’ want images from your blog to appear in Play.blogger, there is an option to remove it from the listing.

Spy on your own home via HomeCamera

I was recently asked to look into a home camera surveillance service available at HomeCamera.com.

HomeCamera is designed to be the world’s easiest-to-use home surveillance system. You can use it with any cctv or webcam. It can be accessed from any browser on any OS (including MacOS X or Linux), from any PDA or any mobile phone (no additional software required), worldwide. Use HomeCamera for surveillance, to monitor the kids, the baby, your pet… anything you like.
Motion detection features are included. The system also supports Auto-Record, which lets you set it up to take snapshots or videos all through the day and store them on the server for anytime anywhere access.

To set up the system you need to create a free account, download the free Windows webcam security software and then set it up.The setup of the software was pretty painless. The first order of business after running the app is to add a camera. It asks for the email and password that you registered with and then searches for the camera.

Basically the application works by beaming images (from a PC connected web-cam) of your home directly to your phone. The service is currently costless, though paid subscriptions will be implemented soon (hurry to get it free for a year). After you have registered you can opt to either remotely log-on to your web-cam directly or have the service automatically send you regular updates.

The application also has a clever feature that prompts the camera to automatically take a picture whenever it detects movement as well as an option to allow friends and family to log onto the camera with their own unique log-in details.

In fact, I don?t think my house really needs cameras watching it 24/7,but to most of you,security is a pretty big issue for everyone and home security systems can be expensive.

Get the free software from home camera.

Pidgin 2.2

Multi-protocol instant messaging client Pidgin has hit version 2.2. And when they say multi-protocol, they mean it. Pidgin supports AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, Groupwise, ICQ, IRC, MSN, MySpaceIM, QQ, SILC, SIMPLE, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo!, and Zephyr.

changes:

• Yahoo! Chat is fixed
• AIM file transfer issues fixed
• Properly restore idle status time for AIM and ICQ accounts that reconnect after being disconnected
• Remember “enable sounds” setting for a conversation

Winamp 5.5 Download

Winamp 5.5 has been in the works for over a year, the new Bento skin is among the best for the media player. What makes this skin more unique is that it?s a single interface instead of being composed of several individual windows.

Here?s a list of the new features in Winamp 5.5:

• Winamp Bento (SingleUI Skin)
• Winamp Remote lets you access your media from anywhere via the web
• Unified File Editor, with Album Art tab (for mp3, m4a, wma, ogg, flac)
• Album Art window for Winamp Modern skin
• Global ?playback thread priority? setting for decoders
• Option to not show playlist item number in classic songticker
• Version History drop-down selector and Search (in About dialog)
• Multi-channel mp3surround support
• Tree Options tab in Media Library Preferences
• 3 pane view options in ?Add/Edit View? dialog
• Smart View Presets
• Album Art support/pane and retrieval service
• Toolbar buttons to control view options
• Winamp Playlist Generator (powered by Gracenote MusicID)
• New fields, configurable filter panes & columns, 3 pane view
• Album Art view & support for iPod and P4S Devices
• Separate view for video files

Get Winamp 5.5 Beta

Zamzar - Free file format conversion online

You’ve probably heard of this, but for those of you who have not, Zamzar is a free online service that helps you convert a file from a format to another. What makes Zamzar stand out from the rest of these free conversion site is the amount of different formats they provide.

Supported formats in Zamzar

Image

• bmp
• gif
• ico
• jpg
• pcx
• png
• tga
• tiff
• wbmp
• wmf

Document

• csv
• doc
• docx
• html
• odp
• ods
• odt
• pcx
• pdf
• ppt
• ps
• rtf
• txt
• wpd
• wps
• xls
• xml

Music

• aac
• ac3
• flac
• m4a
• mmf
• mp3
• ogg
• ra
• ram
• wav
• wma

Video

• 3gp
• avi
• flv
• gvi
• iphone
• ipod
• m4v
• mov
• mp4
• ogg
• rm
• rmvb
• vob
• wmv

I guess they pretty much covers every general formats we can think of. Conversion from one format to another is very easy in zamzar. Browse to your file (URL supported), select desired format, enter email address to receive the converted format and start converting.

10 sites that host your files online for free

Sharing files among peers has never been better. It all started off as simple free files storing/hosting, then come auto-generated download URL. Slowly sites raise the bar higher by removing user registration, you instantly upload and share files, then free file hosting sites begin to increase the file size quota.

If you sharing files over the internet very frequent, folks at WebAppers has compiled something that you might be interested - Top 10 Free File Hosting for Web Developers. Together with the compilation, comes the some Alexa and Google PageRanks to help you better determine their popularity.

Parallels Desktop Virtual Machine Error

parallels desktop error

Parallels Desktop allows you to run Windows on Mac by opening the OS inside Mac. It is definitely convenient but that don’t make it error free. Here’s an error I encounter days ago, Parallels Desktop won’t start my Windows XP and prompts me this error message:

Virtual machine Microsoft Windows XP cannot be opened since it is already used in another Parallels Desktop windows.

Solution

parallels desktop error

For those of you who encounter the same message, here’s how I manage to re-open my windows in Parallel: Look for the .pvs file (which is most likely under Documents -> Parallels -> Microsoft Windows XP) and remove that file. Restart your Parallels Desktop and your windows should be working fine.

10 Reasons to blog with Mac

First of all, I notice that mac keyboard is different compare to my Windows lap top keyboard. Yeah, they launching new keyboards, very cool, sleek design, I gotta get one. There are no Windows key, no ALT key, no CTRL key. Let me list down the key mapping below:

Mac Key	Explanation
⌘	Command
⌃	Control
⇥	Tab
⇧	Shift
⎋	ESC
⌥	Alt/Option
⌦	Delete
↑	Up
↓	Down
←	Left
→	Right
↩	Return

Its like when I use my Photoshop software to edit image, the CTRL key just be replaced with CMD key. And touche, that Apple new keyboard removed the apple logo key (CMD).

Beside I love nice design wallpaper on mac. All any other blog tools available too on mac, and the speed is superb, I did not feel any lagging when running the applications, on mac. Few cool stuffs on mac:

1. Mac hardware graphic is superb, as a designer, I can calibrate my display near up to the industrial standard, yes indeed.
   
2. Mac Dashboard - F12 - Pretty cool toolkit huh?
3. You can run Windows and Linux on Intel-based Macs. There are at least three good ways to do it. We can use boot camp (Apple tools which help to installation of Windows drivers) and another way is using Virtualization which running the other operating system in a the same Mac which running OS X. One is called Parallels and has been around since roughly mid-2006, and the other is called Fusion from VMWare.
4. Mac OS X is the coollest Operating System ever, and It run on solid UNIX platform. Once you go mac, you never go back!
5. Mac bundle with iLife, a wonderful pack of software for multimedia including photos, music, and video. For website, my favorite dreamweaver still can be run there, iTunes is cool for my iPod, and iDVD help me a lot for producing a good DVD video compilation. And a lot of any other software also compatible with mac, in fact photoshop application run a lot faster in mac.
   • Do you use Microsoft Office? Good news –- it’s available on the Mac.
   • Do you use Adobe Photoshop Elements? Good news it’s on the Mac.
   • Do you use iTunes? Good news –- it’s on the Mac.
   • Do you use MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Skype? Good news -– they’re on the Mac.
   • Anything else.. still more to come.
6. No virus, yes, this is the one I like, I save up a lot memory for running anti virus in my background like what I do for my Windows laptop. No poping up blocking from default windows security prompt or so called famous zone alarm application.
7. The price is cheaper indeed compare to others PC laptop, you cannot get the same price like mac which running Intel Core 2 Duo processor specification.
8. Interesting Mac Design Evolving, Do I look cool when I use mac to blog? YES. I really like new iMac design.
   
   
9. Another question most of us will be thinking is: “Ok, do I have to re-learn everything?” Reasonable question. And the truth is there is a learning curve but at least 80% is the same or very similar. Most people at home use their computers for word processing, email, browsing the web, playing games and storing their digital pictures. Macs do all this with no effort at all. In Hongkiat.com/mac I will discuss more about using mac for blogging.
10. Cool application on Mac. A lot other mac application vendor really doing great job for the software design. I am using Delicious Library to keep track of my book records, for disk burning I use damn cool Disco App. Both are example of cool apps that I mean, check out yourself for that for now, I will blog about that soon too.

Lets mac and blog it :-)

Panasonic Strada CN-GP50N GPS Navigation

Strada CN-GP50N is the new GPS navigation system from Panasonic. Priced at ?400, this satnav device offers a wide 5-inch touchscreen display, Bluetooth connectivity, JPEG image viewer, SD memory card slot, and multi-language support (up to 21 different languages!). The company plans to release it by the end of October.

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Get your Windows XP to look like Vista

Want to get a taste of Windows Vista interface but not quite ready to install the operating system yet? Shankar listed 3 Windows Vista themes for Windows XP that you can install that instantly get your Windows XP to look like Vista. These 3 themes includes Razor Vista, VistaVG and AeroGlass.

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6G iPod Classic

Called the iPod Classic, this latest 6th-generation model sports a new interface, with Cover Flow. Available in 80GB ($249) or 160GB ($349) varieties.

..30 hours of battery for audio playback, 6 hours of video on the 80GB version, and 40 hours / 7 hours for the 160GB unit. In addition to the new interface, the iPod classic is getting a new all-metal shell

Apple announced new Ipod Touch, iPhone similar gadget

I think I must have refreshed engadget like hundred times because these guys are there live at the Apple’s “The Beat Goes On” conference. I’ve been waiting and waiting for Steve to introduce the anticipating new iPod Touch and he did, about 2 hours after introducing some new iPod Nanos, iPod Videos, etc.

iPod Touch

By the look of it, it’s like iPhone, just slimmer. It’s basically an inheritance of iPhone except the phone/text function. It’s got all the touch flipping, images viewing we’ve seen in iPhone. Here’s more inside iPod Touch:

* Multi-touch user screen
* WiFi supported
* Safari Browser
* Google and Yahoo Search
* Direct songs download
* Youtube
* Calendar
* Clock

Javascripts Resources - 20+ Scripts, Tutorials and Frameworks

Many would initially think that Javascript has something to do with Sun Microsystem’s Java but as the matter of fact, it doesn’t. Javascript was created by Netscape, they previous name was LiveWire, then LiveScript.

Javascript is a programming language that is normally used on the client side. It is easy to learn and pick up. Most Javascripts on websites serve the purpose of encouraging user experience, increase interactivity, functionality as well as web speed. DHTML (Dynamic HyperText Markup Language) is formed with the use of Javascript and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). On the other hand AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is Javascript based web development technique that uses data formatted in XML.

Here are some good Javascript sites that worth a visit.
Javascript Framework

1.
Prototype

prototype

Prototype is a JavaScript Framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications.

2.
Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI)

YIU

The Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) Library is a set of utilities and controls, written in JavaScript, for building richly interactive web applications using techniques such as DOM scripting, DHTML and AJAX. The YUI Library also includes several core CSS resources. All components in the YUI Library have been released as open source under a BSD license and are free for all uses.

3.
Rico

Javascript framework designed for building rich Internet applications.

rico
4.
qooxdoo

qooxdoo

qooxdoo is one of the most comprehensive and innovative Open Source multipurpose AJAX frameworks, dual-licensed under LGPL/EPL. It includes support for professional JavaScript development, a state-of-the-art GUI toolkit and high-level client-server communication.

5.
Ext Javascript Library

ext

Ext is a client-side, JavaScript framework for building web applications. In early 2006, Jack Slocum began working on a set of extension utilities for the Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) library. These extensions were quickly organized into an independent library of code and distributed under the name “yui-ext.” In the fall of 2006, Jack released version .33 of yui-ext, which turned out to be the final version of the code under that name (and under the open source BSD license). By the end of the year, the library had gained so much in popularity that the name was changed simply to Ext, a reflection of its maturity and independence as a framework. A company was formed in early 2007, and Ext is now dual-licensed under the LGPL and a commercial license. The library officially hit version 1.0 on April 1, 2007.

6.
MooTools

mootools

MooTools is a compact, modular, Object-Oriented JavaScript framework designed for the intermediate to advanced JavaScript developer. It allows you to write powerful, flexible, and cross-browser code with its elegant, well documented, and coherent API.

7.
Dojo

dojo

Dojo is an Open Source DHTML toolkit written in JavaScript. It builds on several contributed code bases (nWidgets, Burstlib, f(m)), which is why we refer to it sometimes as a “unified” toolkit. Dojo aims to solve some long-standing historical problems with DHTML which prevented mass adoption of dynamic web application development.

Scripts and Tutorials

1.
AjaxLine

ajaxline
2.
Ajax Rain

ajaxrain
3.
Ajaxlines

ajaxlines

Ajaxlines is a project focused on providing its audience with a database of most of Ajax related articles, resources, tutorials and services from around the world.

4.
Dynamic Drive

Dynamic Drive offers free DHTML, Javascripts and updates their archives frequently.

dynamic drive
5.
Free Javascripts

free-javascripts is a database listeings of free basic javascripts that help your website gets more interactivity.

free javascript
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HTML Goodies

html goodies
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Javascript.com

javascript.com
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Javascript Kit

Tones of free Javascripts, tutorials, references, DOM references, applets, DHTML.

javascript kit
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The Javascript Source

The Javascript division of Internet.com

javascript source
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jQuery Javascript Library

jquery

Query is a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions to your web pages.

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Javascript Toolbox

Collection of Javascripts source, examples and concept from Mattkruse

marrkruse
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Mini Ajax

Cool collection of AJAX scripts you can port to your website in no time.

miniajax
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Mochikit

Making Javascripts suck a bit less.

mochikit
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moo.fx

moofx

moo.fx is a superlightweight, ultratiny, megasmall javascript effects library, to be used with prototype.js or the mootools framework.

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Page Resource

page resource
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script.aculo.us

scriptaculous

script.aculo.us provides you with easy-to-use, cross-browser user interface JavaScript libraries to make your web sites and web applications fly.

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Server Scripts

server script
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Tutorialized

tutorized
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W3Schools Javascript Tutorials

w3schools

Photoshop Tutorial - 1 Click photo editing with Action

Here’s a scenario: You need to resize (to smaller) an image, and in Photoshop here’s how we do it:

1. File -> Image
2. Enter new Width/Height size
3. Click Ok

Imagine if you have more images…

If you have tones of images to resize or you want to perform the same action the next day or so. It’s tedious to repeat these steps. Photoshop Actions allows you to record the steps you perform and re-play with one click so you don’t have to keep on doing the same thing again and again.

Using Photoshop Actions

1. Open up an image you want to resize and bring up the Photoshop Actions panel (Windows -> Actions)
   
2. At the bottom of Action panel, click on the Create New Action button
   
3. Customize the following on the popup dialog box
   

   Name: Give your action a descriptive name
   Set: If you not planning to categorize them, leave it inside Default Actions
   Function Key: Create a shortcut for your action.

4. Click on Record and the button below will turn red. Any action you perform in Photoshop will be recorded.
   

With the Record mode on, start editing your photo. In our case, lets resize the image. Choose Image -> Image Size, enter 450 for width (or any other sizes), click Ok. Click on the record button to turn the Record mode off.

Your action recorded should look something like this.

Testing the action

Now that you have an action recorded, lets open up another image that needs to be resize. This time, we’ll just hit the shortcut key Shift F2, or clicking on the Play selection button. You should be able to resize in just one click.

To exercise the usage of Photoshop Actions, you can try recording more complex actions. Mastering actions will help you perform alot of routine Photoshop tasks in shorter time. Have fun.

Nokia wants a taste of iPhone

Latest announcement from Nokia’s Goplay event announced that they will come out will come out with a phone very simiar to iPhone. Nokia’s Executive VP & General Manager of Multimedia even says:

“If there is something good in the world then we copy with pride”

According to the entry in engadget, this new phone is going to due next year. Well, another anticipated gagdet. See you in 2008.

Watch a demo (video) at engadget.

Create Background Images Online now

If you have no time to create nice patterns to use as web background, here’s a website that allows you to do that on the fly. Background Image Maker is a rails project created by Yuichi Tateno, its free and you can use it to create basic backgrounds made up of slashes, strips, dots and gradation.

Here are a couple of things you can customize to create your own background images:

Create background images online now.

Iconfinder - Icon Search Engine

If you are looking for icons for UI designs, now you don’t have to browse through a big list, looking for something in particular. Instead, you can look be more specific. Iconfinder is a icon search engine. It’s simple as type in the keyword, search and get the results. Very similar to Goolge Image to image searching.

Icons are in .PNG format but you are advised to double check with its licensing before using them for commercial usage.

More on Iconfinder

1. Subscribe feed – To get the latest updates on icons, subscribe to the Iconfinder RSS feed.
2. Mac Widget – Here’s a Iconfinder widget for MacOSx, comes in handy if you want to search for incons without going to the website.

3. Submit Icon – If you have icons to contribute, send them to martin.leblanc@gmail.com in compressed format.

The icons should be in PNG-format and with transparent background and in one or more of the following sizes (in pixels): 12 x 12, 16 x 16, 22 x 22, 32 x 32, 48 x 48, 64 x 64 or 128 x 128. Remember to name the icons with useful names as “computer.png”.

iPhoto 7.0.2

Fire up Software Update, Mac OS X users, for iPhoto 7.0.2 has just been released. This update addresses “issues associated with publishing to .Mac Web Gallery, rebuilding thumbnails, and editing books. It also addresses a number of other minor issues.” Thanks for clearing up those ‘other minor issues’, Apple.

All we know is: this better fix the renegade Spotlight “mds” process that peaks our CPUs for a few minutes every time we start iPhoto ‘08. There’s nothin’ like shiny new software draining our batteries dry to get us out of bed in the morning.

Paint.NET 3.10 is Available

This release adds two new effects originally written by David Issel (?BoltBait?), support for the DDS filetype originally written by Dean Ashton, as well as many small bug fixes and some visual fit and finish.

Download

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.

It started development as an undergraduate college senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it. Originally intended as a free replacement for the Microsoft Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple image and photo editor tool. It has been compared to other digital photo editing software packages such as Adobe� Photoshop�, Corel� Paint Shop Pro�, Microsoft Photo Editor, and The GIMP.

Customize iGoogle Layout

Now you can edit the layout of an iGoogle tab. Choose between 7 layouts:

(1) single column (this is pretty ugly)
(2a) two equal-sized columns
(2b), (2c) two columns: a narrow one and a wide one (there are two flavors for this layout)
(3a) three equal-sized columns (this is default one)
(3b) two narrow columns and a wide column in the middle
(4) four equal-sized columns

To edit the layout of a tab, click on the small arrow next to its name and choose “Edit this tab”. You have the option to rename it and choose a new template. For now, there’s no option to change the layout for all the tabs at once.

Open source booming in K-12 education

Can open source succeed where Windows and the Mac have failed? I?m talking here of K-12 education. An eSchools report says open source spending is growing 70% per year, and will be up 800% in 2011 from last year?s level.

More:Open source booming in K-12 education

ECHO Malibu - Teen Rehab services

Your teenage son or daughter may be traveling a rocky road on the way to adulthood. Choosing the right psychological disorder and alcohol/drug rehab program is important. This saves the teen from avoid the psychological, physical and social damage.

Teen Rehab ECHO MALIBU may be a chance to help your teenager get through this difficult period in his/her life.

ECHO MALIBU provides the highest quality teen drug treatment. They use new strides in medical and psychological advancements to make sure teenagers receive the best program to assist them with teen drug abuse, alcoholism, or emotional and behavioral challenges. They are more than a teen drug rehab clinic and are aware of the difficulties for all involved with such abuses.

Foxit 2.1 - Free PDF Reader

Foxit 2.1 added a bunch of new things that make this free PDF reader even more lovable:

• Form Designer: With new form designer, you are able to add push buttons, text fields, check boxes, combo boxes, list boxes or radio buttons to an interactive PDF form and specify their properties.
• Measure Tools: This set of tools will help you measure distance, perimeter or area on a PDF page and automatically transform the results into real-world values.
• Image Tool: Now you can specify a rectangle on any part of a PDF page and then insert an image into that rectangle.
• Link Tools: You may now add rectangle or quadrilateral links to a PDF file and specify their destination, which can be a page view, a named destination, an external file, or a web page.
• Loupe Tool: This special magnifying glass enables you to take a closer look at any part of a PDF page that is beneath the mouse cursor.
• File Attachment Tool: Now you may attach any type of external files as attachments or comments to a PDF file.
• Annotation Selection Tool: This tool allows you to select multiple annotations and then move, resize or align them together.
• Reading History: Foxit remembers where you left off when reading a PDF.
• E-mail the PDF: Now when you read a PDF file, you can easily send it as an email attachment to someone else.

Free Foxit Reader 2.1 for Windows Download

45+ WebOS services

Remotely Hosted WebOS

AstraNOS - Picture Windows 98. Then picture an OS X dock. Then picture a night sky. Then throw them all together. You now have a pretty good picture of AstraNOS.
BeDesk - Basic wrapper for other online tools.
cmyOS - Free hosted webtop powered by eyeOS.
Desktoptwo - Not only do you get 1GB of space, you get a fully-featured OpenOffice.org suite. No, not a basic online editor that has simple formatting options. The full OpenOffice.org 2.0 suite from Sun, converted into a Java applet.

DoxBoard - Slick WebOS with some basic features.
GCOE X - Nice WebOS with a powerful terminal and support for the iPhone.
eyeOS - Beautiful webtop powered by the eyeOS software.
Glide - Online operating system with support for BlackBerry, Palm, Windows Mobile, Symbian and iPhone users.
G.ho.st - With 3GB of space, FTP access, and Zoho Office support, what?s not to like?
goowy - Great webtop with your own email account (@goowy.com), IM, 1GB of space (via Box.net), and much more.
jooce - Slick invite-only online OS.
mybooo - Invite-only webtop with a ton of features.
myGoya - Nice WebOS with PIM features, a media player, and much more.
OOS - Basic online operating system that offers a personal webpage.
Parakey - Not much is known about Blake Ross?s newest invention, but we do know that Facebook liked it enough to purchase it for an undisclosed sum.
Psych Desktop - GPLed webtop with a powerful UNIX-like console.
Purefect Desktop - Web desktop with a powerful IDE.
SSOE - Flash-based webtop a lot of features.
StartForce - Powerful WebOS with tons of apps and features makes the descendant of Orca Desktop a hit.
Xindesk - File sync, a powerful API, and much more are included in this great WebOS.
Webdesk - This Indian webtop includes 1GB of space, POP3 client, PIM, and a nice modules API.
Webdows - We don?t know how long it will take Microsoft to sue these guys, but it?s a real enjoyment in the meantime. It has XP and Vista styles (including a few Vista effects), FTP, file sharing, IM, and much more.
Widgets Gadgets - AJAX desktop with tons of apps and a working API.
YouOS - File sharing, powerful shell, and 700+ applications are all available with this wildly popular operating system.
ZimDesk - Slick WebOS with tons of apps.

Self-Hosted WebOS

Fenestela - There?s still quite a few bugs to be ironed out in this French WebOS, but you get a cool XP interface and basic PHP apps.
Psych Desktop - GPLed desktop with a powerful UNIX-like console.
Purefect Desktop - Web desktop with a powerful IDE.
Virtual-OS - Includes powerful API, web server sync, forum integration, and offline AJAX support.
ZKDesktop - Powerful open source Java-based WebOS.

Remote Desktops

DesktopOnDemand - A fully featured Linux-based desktop with Gnome, Gaim, AbiWord, Evolution, GIMP, WebDAV, VNC, web login, and much more.
Free Live OS Zoo - Java applet
Nivio - Subscription-based ($12.99/month) service that offers Windows XP, Adobe Reader, iTunes, Google Talk/aMSN/Windows Live Messenger, OpenOffice.org, Thunderbird, Nvu, and much more. All through a Java-based web interface.

Startpages

See also: 14 Personalized Homepages Compared, Feature by FeatureFavoor - Basic startpage with a nice folder option.
iGoogle (formerly Google IG) - Great startpage with the most amount of apps I?ve seen for a portal.
iStyled - Simple startpage with basic customization.
ItsAStart.com - Customizable page with basic features.
Live.com (formerly Start.com) - Basic news page backed by Microsoft.
My Yahoo! - Yahoo!?s entry into the startpage market isn?t bad: it offers news, Yahoo! Mail notification, podcasts, videos, and photo galleries to your startpage.
Netvibes - There?s a reason everyone uses Netvibes. It has tons of apps, tabs, skins, and a great interface.
Pageflakes - Popular, easy-to-use page with a simple interface.
Schmedley - Powerful startpage with tons of features.
Webwag - The main appeal here isn?t the widget on demand feature (a quick way to build a widget for the site of your choice), the toolbar, the apps, or the content directory. It?s the External widget feature, which allows you to convert and add Netvibes and iGoogle widgets to your Webwag page.
Widgetop - Nice looking AJAX start page.
yourminis - Great start page with tons of apps and a bunch of skins by the creator of goowy.

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OrbitDownloader 2.1.7

Orbit Downloader, leader of download manager revolution, is devoted to new generation web (web2.0) downloading, such as video/music/files from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem, Pandora, Rapidshare. And to make general downloading easier and faster.

2.1.7 Changes:

* Improve download logic to promote download speed
* Fix a bug may cause Orbit Downloader crash

Download : Orbit Downloader 2.1.7