Archive for April, 2010
The Truth About Top Supercomputers In The World [Infographic]
Today, we are starting out new series in which we will share some interesting facts, statistics and information with our readers in an infographical form. The first inforgraphics of this series is The Truth About Top Supercomputers In The World in 2010 that you will really enjoy to know.
We would love to know what you are thinking while viewing this inforgraphic. In future we are going to release these type more amazing inforgraphics with you. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter and do not forget to become our fan on facebook as well.
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Dmailer Backup Works Great As Dropbox Alternative With More Features
Dropbox is a wonderful file hosting solution that provides users with 2GB online storage capacity. Countless computer users have taken advantage of Dropbox’s services and use it daily. Being a Dropbox user, I was sure nothing could compete with the user-friendliness and feature-richness offered by Dropbox. But now having discovered Dmailer, I am happy to be proven wrong.
Dmailer is also a free online file hosting solution. We can use the application on Windows and Mac operating systems and use it to backup as much as 2GB of data. The data is stored online, just like Dropbox.
This tool can be taken maximum advantage of by users who own a USB flash drive larger than 2GB capacity. One way in which Dmailer works is by backing up all of a user’s files to the USB Flash drive. The interface copies by default files from the Desktop, Documents, My Music, My Pictures, and My Videos folders. This makes restoration easier in case of data loss or corruption of operating system.
Apart from this USB feature, a number of other impressive features set Dmailer apart from Dropbox. These features include:
- Live Backup: Continuously and automatically back up your files
- Versioning: Maintain several versions of a file at once
- Multiple profiles: Manage multiple profiles, maintain log files & view backup summaries
- Security: Password protected and AES 128-bit encrypted
- Contextual help: Access to application features guide
- Simplicity: Restore your data in one single click
- Catering to wide audience: Available in 18 languages
These features combine to make Dmailer a much better alternative to Dropbox. Start using Dmailer Backup here.
43 Breathtaking Examples Of Night Scene Photography
Night photography although is very challenging due to the low lights level but at the same time it is very rewarding in terms of its popularity and remarkable results. Night photography obliges special equipment for instance, SLR cameras, tripods, cable releases, and flashguns. It is usually conducted after the sunset when the everyday world is transformed into a magic world. For this session, we have collected 43 miraculous examples of night photography which are created by some meticulous and enthusiastic photographers all around the world. Enjoy the post and feel free to give your comments.
You are welcome to share more night photography resources which our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter and do not forget to become our fan on facebook as well.
PORTLAND by Niels Christian Wulff
NYC night, it’s almost day by lovro
Hoeje Tastrup Station by Jan Lykke
Sydney Opera House by night by Hypergurl – Tanya Ann
Moon Over Chicago by Len Leyba
Brisbane By Night I by 2Stupid2Duck
Bellagio Fountains by Jennbawa
Notturno Italiano by Franco Ferri Mala
Loveless Ramblings and Other Cynical Musings
Wet Night on the Edge of the City by Jeff Catford
Expressboat leaving by John Colbensen
Arrecife de las sirenas by isahilo
PKP Bielsko – Biala by Rafat Chrobak
The 2 lovers under Manhattan Bridge by Fab. B
Night photography by Kaj Bjurman
Into a Skyline Unilluminated by ~Kyrosiris
Night view of Niagara Falls by by Victor Shilo
Just another tower shot by by Nada
The Jewel of Dubai by by DanielKHC
Minneapolis at Night by by jpnuwat
Starry Night On The Oregon Coast by kevin mcneal
Use CardKing To Carry All Your Coupons And Loyalty Cards In Your iPhone
Coupons, loyalty cards, special offers, are all ways to earn discounts and benefits at various stores. Experienced (and wise) shoppers never miss an opportunity that enables them to get a discount. These offers (particularly loyalty cards) can be especially helpful when shoppers buy from the same store regularly; discounts on each purchase can combine to form a huge amount of savings.
Of course to carry discount cards and loyalty cards of each store we purchase from can be a little difficult – there is only a certain limit to things we can carry in our wallet. If you are an iPhone user, however, you can use an application to save your discount/loyalty cards and carry all of them in your iPhone. CardKing is exactly such an application.
CardKing is a free iPhone application sized at 4.4MB. Its basic function is to let users store their coupons and such in their iPhone. Stores can then scan the barcode of these coupons off the customer’s iPhone and let them avail that particular offer.
This feature lets us conveniently carry our loyalty cards wherever we go without sacrificing any wallet-space.
CardKing has over 32 categories including Airlines, Hotels, Car Rental, Drug Stores, Grocery, Health Clubs, Insurance Cards, Libraries, Restaurants, Student ID’s, Union Cards and even Employee ID #’s, including ALL major and most regional merchants such as A&P, American Airlines, Best Buy, Blockbuster, CVS, PetSmart, LA Fitness, from Stanford University to University of Miami, Bank of America to Library of Congress.
Any smart shopper who is an iPhone will take advantage of CardKing’s service and download the application right away.
When you have used CardKing, use the comments to let me how your experience with it went.
Folx Could Be Your Next Most Favourite Free Download Manager For Mac OS X
Folx is a free download manager for Mac OS X. Its friendly interface will help you take the most of your downloads. It’s not overloaded with tons of unnecessary features and is extremely easy to use. All you have to do to download files is click the link in your web browser and Folx will catch it.
It can split your downloads in multiple threads, thus it is much faster. You also have an option to adjust the download and upload speed in Folx and prioritize the most important downloads by just dragging them to the top of the queue. Folx also offers auto-resuming of your downloads in case you went offline or the tracker was down, etc.
You probably noticed before that the more you download the harder it is sometimes to find the needed files in your downloads folder. By tagging your downloads you instruct Folx to save them to folders that correspond with assigned tags using symlinks. Whenever you need to find your downloaded content, you even don’t have to launch Folx, just look in your main downloads folder and follow the familiar tags structure. Assign as many tags to each download as you wish.
Full features list
- Powerful download engine for maximum performance
- High download speed
- Auto-resuming file transfer
- Set the priorities for downloads
- Control time and speed of your downloads
- Split the downloads in several threads
- Torrent client
- Detailed log info to check the download process
- Automatic capture of download links
- Broadband support
- Smart tag and folder technology to manage all your downloads
- Growl integration
- Spotlight integration
- Almost all Mac OS X browsers integration
- A wise Floating Window – quick access to your downloads
- User-friendly interface
Folx is really a great simple app that can handle your downloads as a piece of cake. What’s more you would wish in a free downloader.
5 Best Free Windows Password Recovery Tools
Have you ever forgotten your Windows account password? If you have then you already know how painful the password recovery process can be. There is a good chance that Windows users who are not very tech-aware fail to recover their password and end reinstalling Windows via a bootable disc.
Whether you have or have not been through that situation, you do not want to be in those circumstances any time in the future. To help you out if (when) you forget your Windows password, I have gathered a list of 5 freeware programs that will help recover your Windows password.
You are welcome if you want to share more free password recovery tool that our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at smashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well. Click on the images to go from where the images has been taken and learn more about their creators and to appreciate them.
The last entry in my list is also the best one. Ophcrack provides one of the fastest and most successful password recovery options. This program also comes in the form of a bootable disc image which can be used if users do not have a separate Windows user account to reset the Windows password.
John the Ripper is a great freeware program that helps crack the Windows password. The application uses both paid and free wordlist files which it needs to operate.
LCP is a standard Windows program you download from LCPSoft’s website and install inside of Windows, meaning you’ll need access to a user account no the computer.
Cain and Abel is another password recovery program that we need to run from another Windows user account. The application recovers passwords impressively faster than its competition and provides several recovery methods.
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor provides users with a great solution in case they have been running their computer on a single user account and have forgotten the password to it. We download a CD image from the program’s website, burn it on to disc, and boot from that CD to remove our Windows account password.
Want To Make Cheap International/Local Calls And Text Messages? Use Free Google Voice In Your iPhones And Palm WebOS.
On December, 17 2009, Alex Nicolaou, who is an Engineering Manager in Google mobile, wrote in Google mobile blog about the benefits of the Iterative Web app :Feature-Rich and Fast. Presenting of Google services via mobile browsers has worked well for the Gmail team, so Gmail team decided to follow the same approach with GoogleVoice as Alex Nicolaou did with Iterative web app.
On January, 26, 2010, Gmail team finally introduced the Google Voice web app
for the iPhone and Palm WebOS devices. HTML5 were used to develop this application, which provides you the fast and versatile mobile experience for Google Voice. For example, AppCache which allows you to interact with web apps without an internet/network connection and local databases allows you to store data locally in your device, and that way you will not lose data even when you close the browser or connection.
This app does not need to be download and installed in your phone isn’t it just great? Well all you need to do is visit m.google.com/voice from your phone browser and log in to your Google voice account and that’s it. When you have log in to you account in m.Google.com/voice then you can make calls from your phone that show your Google Voice number as the caller ID. Users can also listen to voice-mail and messages, users can send and receive text messages for free and users can take advantage of low international call rates offered by Google Voice. That’s a lot for free I guess isn’t it?
Users can add shortcuts to their iPhone home screen or Palm launcher for quick access to the most important features like “Dialer”, “Compose SMS”, “Inbox” or “Contacts”.This way the cheapest call and messaging will be just a single click away. Google Voice web app offers native app like performance and speed, because it uses advance feature of modern HTML5 browsers.
Please note, this web app is compatible with all versions of Palm WebOS and iPhone OS 3.0 and higher. A simple Google Voice account is required to use this app, and Google Voice is currently only available in the United States. To learn more about Google Voice or request an invite, visit www.google.com/voice or read the Google Voice blog.
Awesome Masterpieces Of Creatively Executed Funny Photos
These photos will prove that a photo can become more interesting and inspiring when it has creativity and humor at the same time. Today, we are showing you Awesome Masterpieces Of Creatively Executed Funny Photos. I appreciate to all those talented photographers/artist who created these excellent photos with their efforts, imaginations and creativity to give us a chance to see these photographic wonders from their creative eyes. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing them in details it will surely refresh you and force you to know more about these photographers/artists.
You are welcome if you want to share more creative photography with humor that our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at smashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well. Click on the images to go from where the images has been taken and learn more about their creators and to appreciate them.
Please wait a little by MarS-Photo
The Smoke Effect by Lucaszoltowski
Save Energy by ThePlayCoalition
Puppy of my neighbor by Michal Szydlowski
Street Fighter in school 1 by ~hayalonline
Now Make Your Blogging Life Easier Than Ever With WordPress For iPad
We have got a great news for bloggers who use wordpress as their blogging platform and who do their best to keep their blog updated with latest news/happenings but they could not do the best due to functional limitation of wordpress for smartphones. Now WordPress made it easier for you if you are planning to have your Apple’s recently released iPad.
When everyone is curiously watching the release of Apple’s iPad, WordPress just announced the release of their optimized version of iPhone OS to take advantage of the iPad’s new user interface. It will really make your blogging life easier than ever before. Let me tell you how…
You may want to post update from anywhere (while you are on the move) but who knew that it would be like that easy as today after this release. Now write, add photos, check your spelling, and even create links without having to write a single line of code or HTML. While writing if you are not comfortable, just rotate the screen. WordPress will automatically adjust to a more comfortable widescreen layout to enjoy the iPad experience.
Yeah, it’s never been easier to stay in touch with your readers while you are not on the computer. But from now on you can moderate, edit, or reply to comments. It will also help you to quickly moderate bulk comments through the easy to use interface.
I agree it’s not necessary but it would be fun though to share your location when you post to your wordpress blog if you are out somewhere. Just tap the Geotag icon on the Write screen, and watch as WordPress locates you on the map. It’s a great way to share where you were when you posted to your blog. But we have to wait for Geotagging features because it will be available on the iPad when the 3G model comes out in late April.
Thank You Our Valued Sponsors For Being With Us In The Month Of March
This is a post in which we want to say a big Thank You to the SmashingApps’ fastest growing community for regularly visiting our blog. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and be the one of 600k+ subscribers. But how can we forget to say a Great Thank You to our valued sponsors who helped us to make this blog possible in reach of everyone in the month of March, 2010 as well.
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AN Hosting hosts more blogs than anyone else, hosting tens of thousands of independent blogs. With plenty of disk space, huge data transfer and the ability to host 20 sites on one account. You will get relax with them. We are thankful to them for hosting our website and to make us free of tension.
Wix.com is a Flash website builder, built to create a simple way for everybody to build and design Flash website. Create a free website like whether it’s business or personal, music or art. Wix’s Flash website builder is simple to use with a “drag and drop” builder and is the complete solution to publish & promote your Flash website like a pro.
Newtek Web Hosting is an industry leading provider of hosting and business solutions, servicing developers, resellers, and business owners around the globe.
UPrinting.com is a leading online printing company that provides high quality printing at the most affordable prices.
RapidxHTML is a small team of designers and developers, with a wide range of skills and experience. They know their strengths and weaknesses and how these fit into the big picture.
ThemeForest is a website from where you can buy and sell site templates and themes to skin popular CMS products like WordPress Drupal and Joomla. Files are priced from just five dollars, based on the complexity, quality and use of the file. Anyone is free to signup for an account and begin trading or purchasing files.
Intervals is web-based project management software that marries time tracking and task management in a collaborative online space with powerful reporting.
ActiveCampaign email marketing software is the leading web based email marketing software for creating, managing, and extending your email marketing & auto responder campaigns.
AdminSquare offers customizable admin templates for your application. All the templates are highly universal and easily extendable, as necessary. The templates are valid according to W3C standards. They include strictly formatted and carefully commented XHTML a CSS codes.
BannerSnack is an online tool that allows you to create flash banner ads and other types of flash content. You will be surprised to see what you can do with this powerful online banner maker: from classic animated banners to interactive flash banners, from flash headers and intros to flash microsites and CD presentations. All from scratch and without Flash programming.
Dedicated Server (DS.MY) specialize in providing services such as Dedicated server, Virtual Private Server, Co-location with premium bandwidth which is hosted at the largest ISP in South East Asia under TM.NET with superb connectivity to the world.
FreshBooks is an online invoicing and time tracking service that saves you time and makes you look professional.
Premier Survey is the users’ choice for free online survey management. This system, a powerful self-service application developed on the concept of Software As A Service (SAAS) is designed to minimize cost and maximize ease of use.
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