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Quix


Posted by Ian on 27 Feb 2010 / 0 Comment



Some of our recent picks have been for online services that make use of bookmarklets. Google Reader, Boxee, ZooTools, Readability and Instapaper all make use of bookmarklets. This is all well and good but my browser bar is struggling under the weight of so many links. Thats where Quix step’s in. Quix is an extensible [...]

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Readability


Posted by Ian on 25 Jan 2010 / 0 Comment



I read much of my web content in Google reader. However for an interesting or longer article I still prefer to click through to the articles website and read it in situ, mostly to read through any associated comments or make my own. More and more sites though are cluttered with links to other articles, [...]

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Google Public DNS


Posted by admin on 07 Dec 2009 / 0 Comment



Google made a big splash last week when it announced Google Public DNS. By changing your DNS settings on your Mac, PC or router you can take advantage of Google’s DNS service and speed up your internet experience. That’s the theory but does it work? First off, what is DNS? DNS takes the meaningful domain [...]

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Spotify Launches Offline Mode


Posted by Ian on 01 Oct 2009 / 0 Comment



Spotify launched a new feature today to it’s desktop client – Offline Mode. Premium users selecting a playlist will now have the ability to click an ‘Available offline’ button which will download the tracks locally for playback when not connected to the internet. I tried the service this afternoon and the results can be seen [...]

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Tripit


Posted by Ian on 05 Sep 2009 / 0 Comment



One of my peeves when travelling is paperwork – keeping tabs on flights, hotel reservations, car hires. Rotten. A site that I’ve grown to love is Tripit.com which makes travelling that little bit easier. Once you create an account on the site you can then create your travel plans making sure all your details are [...]

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Dropbox – online storage


Posted by Shak on 01 Jul 2009 / 0 Comment



Dropbox is a brilliant and extremely useful online storage service. Online storage services aren’t anything new and what makes Dropbox special is it’s ease of use, speed and how it seamlessly integrates with your host operating system. Basic account registration is free and you get an instant 2GB storage. Invite your friends and every friend that [...]

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