Archive for the 'Software' Category

Skype is now offering free calling to all landlines and mobiles in the United States and Canada:
Yes. It is really very, very free. There’s no prepayment, no minimum use, no subscription, no monthly fee, no nothing. You just download and install Skype and then you start calling. Both the caller and the number called […]

Mike Schinkel:
I just learned that Microsoft has decided to make the Visual Studio Express tools free forever. This to me shows Microsoft’s acknowledgment that people are not willing to invest their time learning a product that they will eventually have to pay more for then they have funds available or earmarked, especially young people. I […]

If you’ve been hesitating on getting the new intel based MacBook Pro, here’s another reason to make the leap… You can now dual boot both Windows XP and OS X.
Apple has released their public beta of Boot Camp:
Boot Camp lets you install Windows XP without moving your Mac data… Boot Camp will burn […]

Online storage of files can be a great way to backup your data as well as make it available for other people to download without clogging up your email. Listable.com has a list of over 80 online resources for file storage. Check them out and be sure to leave your vote for the […]

The creaters of ZOHO are providing a service where you can create your own web applications. They list out the following benefits:

Create Apps from scratch
Browse, Copy & Customize
No coding required
Share your Apps
Forms building made trivial
Flexible views for your data

With popular apps including a CRM, Project Tracker and Help Desk already available and […]

One of the best features of GMail is the 2.7+ GB of storage space. The majority of people won’t use this up through normal email practices so it ends up sitting around empty. Instead, why not use it as a back up system for your files. There are now programs available for […]

Search Open Source:
I can’t believe nobody told me about the Web Wizard in OpenOffice.org 2.0. Why haven’t I been reading about it on all the blogs? It’s one of the coolest new features in 2.0.
With Web Wizard in OpenOffice.org (OO.o) 2.0, you just choose File > Wizard > Web Page to open a whole new […]

Neville’s Financial Blog:
For a recent partnership business I’m helping start, I did a review of several open source shopping carts which allow you to start a fully functioning Ecommerce store with little know-how and little money:

OScommerce
Zen Cart
X-Cart

David Owen VP of Sinu wrote:
Sinu takes a new and different approach to small business IT management and staffing. Rather than trying to hire a network administrator and build an expensive, risky IT infrastructure, Sinu - a company which specializes in providing an entire IT department to small businesses and […]

Although we are only two months into 2006, ZDNet has posted their Web Office Suite: best of breed products.
GMail is obviously the choice for email. Especially since you may have a chance of using it as your domain email.
I haven’t used any of the others extensively, however Writely seems very useful and it […]