Archive for January, 2009

Googlegedon

Posted on January 31, 2009 by admin

It seems that the Google have just crushed somehow, adding to each search engine result the warning filter “this site may harm your computer”. Even the Google.com itself.

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RightWebPage free validation tool for Mac OS X

Posted on January 30, 2009 by admin

Another interesting program for Mac OS X, that I have discovered recently is a free web page code validator – RightWebPage by Andrea D. Luis Silva. Each program I describe is tested by me personally at one of my Macs, so I decided to check validation of one of my websites, and more specifically one [...]

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Pixlr – a free web raster photo editor.

Posted on January 29, 2009 by admin

For those who are looking to the treatment of their photos for free, there is a new alternative – it is an online raster graphic editor raster graphic called Pixlr. The web application made in flash technology can be found at http://www.pixlr.com/app/. I have to admit that the program promises to be quite interesting and [...]

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Fantastik – Window Vista-like task bar in Mac OS X

Posted on January 28, 2009 by admin

If you recently switched from Windows, and you miss the characteristic task bar with tabs of the applications that are currently working in the system, you certainly should be interested in the program Fantastik. This application, or rather the additional tab of the system properties, displays an additional task bar that integrates with the desktop [...]

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Slife – analyze your computer habits…

Posted on January 28, 2009 by admin

Couple of days ago I have discovered a great and free program for a detailed analysis of user activity or entire groups of users of Mac OS X and Windows. The application called Slife presents, in the attractive design and form, detailed reports (hourly, weekly, monthly, etc.) on the programs they use, in which purpose [...]

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Waiting for my Postbox for Mac OS X

Posted on January 27, 2009 by admin

I have just signed up for beta tests of new email client called Postbox. So far I have found out that Postbox is based on Mozilla Thunderbird, but has a lot of new revolutionary functions, like different and new indexing application, easy way to make threads of the received and sent messages, keywords to describe [...]

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Mozy – an internet Time Machine for Mac OS X

Posted on January 27, 2009 by admin

Time Machine a great function of Mac OS X does not need any special presentation. This great feature backs up files on an external hard drive. But what if we do not have an additional external hard disk and we want to back up important files we are working on? The solution may be Mozy [...]

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We want Euro, well, half of us at least

Posted on January 27, 2009 by admin

According to website of TVN24 news channel – tvn24.pl – 48 percent of Polish citizens want to pay in Euro. Most of them expects Euro to be introduced in the next 3 – 4 years. Over half of half of the entire population (52 percent) is of the opinion that introduction of Euro will be [...]

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OSXP Folders – view your folders in XP style

Posted on January 26, 2009 by admin

If anyone of you like the way folders are displayed in the thumbnail view in Windows XP and would like to obtain a similar effect in Mac OS X, have to check out a small plugin called OSXP Folders by Kirk Bonner. Plugin is available for free on the project’s website. Must admit that this [...]

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Kids of former emigrants have problems in school after return to Poland.

Posted on January 26, 2009 by admin

According to Onet.pl, kids of the former Polish emigrants have problems in school due to the differences in the education policy in Poland and in the UK and Ireland. Kids that left Polish schools couple of years ago, had to get used to the completely different system in UK and Ireland, and now, they have [...]

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