iPhone Applications – Hidden Functions
iPhones have been selling like hotcakes and with every new model comes several updates to their operating systems and applications that allows them to attain better security making them maintain relevance in terms of current threats. Being one of the most popular smart-phones on the market and seen by many as the role-model with their iPhone lookalikes it is only fitting that it has one of the biggest library or applications created by companies, users and other developers. Some of these are pre-built into the iPhone fresh out of the box, known as native apps but other than those that came from Apple that was designed for the smart phone itself, everything is considered to be non-native and is run in a window that can make it a bit hard to use. Read the rest of this entry »
Health Industry Applications
From e-Prescriptions to pollen forecasts, the health industry is gaining ground on their share of health-related applications that are available from many vendors. Health being one of the most critical areas of society, it was only time before they got into the smart-phone market which allowed people to get relevant issues from the web or through their vendors who provided them with the applications.
Applications like the Allergy and Immunology Headline News app, which brings the latest pollen forecasts for those who are quite susceptible to the seasonal flu and more. The developing H1N1(swine flu) outbreak is also on the web and on the many smart-phones, helping people cope with the rising threat as they get up to date information from some of the most reliable sources like the US CDC and more. Read the rest of this entry »
Hulu – Online Streaming Video
Hulu has prospered with the public embracing it very well since it was introduced, one problem though, they’re doing too good for their own sake. Their high quality video streams is so good they are falling prey to scrupulous pirates of the video kind (not in the seas). Pirated video are getting onto the many FTP sites and are being shared all over the internet quite rampantly raising again, the question of intellectual rights. They have been pumping high quality video that people have found to be quite easy to grab and either burn onto pirated Cd’s or for sale online using FTP. Victim of it’s own fame and unsurpassed quality, it is under threat from itself being too good too fast without proper control of their video broadcast allowing thieves to get them quick and out fast onto the eager hands of people who want to save a buck. Read the rest of this entry »
A nifty online photo editor
With more and more people going into digital photography – you’ll actually be hard-pressed to find someone who still uses film – photo editing has also become a need for photo enthusiasts.
A lot of people though, prefer easier means to photo editing instead of using professional photo editing tools like Adobe Photoshop. The good news is that there is a platform where you can edit your photos the easy way.

Picnik.com allows users an easy way to edit their photographs. You don’t need to pay or download any sort of software or client – you simply upload your pictures and edit away. The user interface is so easy that beginners will be editing their photos in no time at all. It;s also integrated into sites like Flickr, MySpace and Facebook, so you can upload your edited photos directly to these sites.
Splashup
The world of digital imaging has never been better with the advent of online photo editing tools which allowed people not only to upload their images to the many social internet sites but also allowed them to edit them on the net. Splashup used to be known as Fauxto, one of the best photo editing software on the net which entailed no hefty files to install needed by traditional and more powerful photo editing tools like Adobe’s Photoshop. The system is patterned after Adobe with interface that is very much similar so those familiar with the desktop publishing tool will be in familiar territory.
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Meebo: IM with no downloads

Using Instant Messaging is one of the fastest ways to communicate with someone over the internet. With all th edifferent instant messaging clients out there, almost none compares to meebo.
Meebo is an instant messaging software that runs inside a Web browser, as AIM Express, which supports multiple IM services, including Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, AIM, ICQ, Jabber and Google Talk. Meebo makes instant messaging services more accessible to users who are unable or unwilling to download the software necessary to implement them.
Another great thing about this is that it has options for video cam and file transfers. However, it’s not yet a 100% as its still being tested. In the meantime, it’s one of the best IMs out there, so try it out!
マジック5(Magic 5)でのホームネットワーク

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ネットワークマジック5(Network Magic 5)はネットワーク管理ソフトウェアの集合体である。 この製品はシスコ(Cisco)とピュアネットワークス(Pure Networks)が初めて出す製品である。 このスイートは様々な管理ツールが揃っていて、ネットワークタスクを完了させ視覚化してくれる。 タスクにはパソコン同士を繋げて内容を共有したり、プリンターに繋げる事などがある。 パソコンがどの様にしてインターネットに繋がり動作するのかも制御できる。 接続問題やパフォーマンスの異常も修正することが可能だ。 また信頼性を最適化することも出来る。 ネットワーク地図機能があり、ネットワークに繋がっている全ての機器を見ることが可能となる。 またネットワーク警告機能も付いている。 このソフトウェアはバックグラウンドで自動的に作動するいくつかの項目をインストールするのでシステムが遅くなる場合があるかも知れない。 ネットワークマジックはネットワークマジックEssentialsとネットワークマジックProの二つのバーションから選ぶことが可能だ。
VideoSurfing with GreaseMonkey

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VideoSurf is a video search and identification tool in the web. It has a new feature for users of GreaseMonkey that allows them to see VideoSurfed results on YouTube, Google and Yahoo. That result , if indexed by VideoSurf, is a timeline which has links to each part of the video. You can then use them to skip to the part of the video that you are interested in. This way, VideoSurf offers to let you see the video before you click them. It particularly is effective on mainstream contents. However, videos that have not been indexed or processed by VideoSurf will not show up. This is one way to make your life easier and much more exciting when you are Greasemonkey user because it is capable of showing you a video, part by part.
基本的なウエブデザインのヒント

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貴方の好きなウェブデザインのサイトを参考に使ってください、しかし絶対にコピーしないでください。 色の使い方、レイアウトなど貴方がもっとも興味を持つものを観察してください。
何かユニークなものを創ってみてください。 しかし、追加物やギフトや効果を付けすぎるなど、過剰にならないように気をつけてください。
突極的には貴方のウェブサイトの関連性と内容が重要です。内容は王様です。素早く、的を得たものにしてください。 またいつも顧客中心にしてください。というのはウェブサイトは貴方を助けるというよりも、顧客が必要な助けを提供する必要があるからです。
標準のHTMLルールを使用し、貴方のウェブサイトがHTMLコンプライアントであることを実証してください。 また正しく表示されるように、利用できるブラウザーを使い、貴方のウェブサイトをテストしてみてください。
どのブラウザーでも貴方のサイトが素早く搭載されるよう、確認してください。
貴方の会社または製品を一番良く物語る色調を使用しましょう。黄色や赤のようにあまりにもまぶしい色は避けたほうが良いでしょう。
Home network with Network Magic 5

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Network Magic 5 is a collection of network management software. This is the first product released by the company, Cisco with Pure Networks. The suite has a variety of tools for people to manage, get network tasks done and visualize. The tasks include connecting and sharing a computers’ content or the connected printer. It can also control how computers access and behave on the internet. It repairs connection problems and peformance glitches. It also optimizes reliabilty. It has a Network Map function which reveal all devices that connect to the network. It also has a network advisory. The software will install a few items and it will run by themselves in the backgorund. So it might slow down your system. Network Magic has two versions commercially available. The Network Magic Essentials and The Network Magic Pro.