Stacy's Weekly Mashup: The OLPC Wiki, Liveplasma, ShrimkMyTunes, Sclipo, and Doc 2PDF Online...
| Published: | Nov 16, 2007 | |||
| Author: | Stacy Reed | |||
Web 2.0 Sites:
- 5min Life Videopia - Share your knowledge and watch short video solutions for practical questions
- The OLPC Wiki - Home to collaborative notes about the One Laptop per Child project and related projects and communities
- Sclipo - A social utility for sharing knowledge and skills through video and webcam
- Foodio54 - Browse restaurant reviews by location
- Liveplasma - broaden your cultural horizons
- ShrinkMyTunes - Get 4x more music on your mp3 player by shrinking your tunes
- Versionate - Share and organize your content
- GameTap - Play complete PC, console and arcade games on your PC or Mac
- myImager - An online image editor with dozens of tools and filters
- You convert it - Convert and send media files format (documents, images, audio & video) without buying or installing anything
Freeware Feature of the Week: Doc 2PDF Online - Upload your document or image and convert to PDF
Wallpaper of the Week: Architectural Wonders
The Week in Geek News:
- With Web 2.0, a new breed of malware evolves - Computerworld
- Microsoft to Buy Openwave Unit for $46M - Houston Chronicle
- Gmail Users Report AWOL Messages - PC World
- Apple patches 41 bugs in monster day of fixes - Computerworld
- New Applications for Microchips - BusinessWeek
- Garmin, TomTom settle patent disputes - Yahoo! News
- Marvel sets up online comic service - Geek.com
- Comcast sued over Web interference - MSNBC
- AMD unveils line of graphics chips - Reuters
- U.S. panel urges vigilance on China spying, cyber war - Reuters
Flickr Image of the Week: by jade c
Top Blog Picks:
Article of the Week: 10 things we hate about laptops - Computerworld
Art Site of the Week:
Splashup - Multiple image editor directly in your browser allows you create, discover and share art and photos online
Video of the Week:
Tracking Fingers with the Wii Remote
Geek Tip: This week's tip from Firefox Tweak Guide explains how to Clear Private Data in Firefox. Basically it allows you to quickly remove a range of personal data from the browser in one go. Aside from accessing it from within the Firefox Options, you can also access it on your Firefox menu, under Tools>'Clear Private Data', or by clicking CTRL+SHIFT+DEL together. If you use this function often, untick the 'Ask me before clearing private data' box. Now whenever you use the menu option or press the keyboard shortcut for this function, it will occur instantly without asking you to confirm any options. If you want to automatically clear relevant private data each time you close Firefox, that too is possible if the 'Always clear my private data when I close Firefox' option is ticked in the Firefox Options screen.
Well, that wraps it up, folks! If you're wondering where you can find more articles like this, the archive of past mashups is posted here. Keep the links coming, everyone! My thanks goes out to the number of people who have dropped me a line to share their favorite sites over the past week. Do you know of a great site that's worth sharing? Do you have any comments or suggestions? I'd love to hear from you! Just send an email to sreed@tucows.com and say hello!
About Stacy Reed
Software librarian and acclaimed artist seeks knowledge and entertainment via Internet. Stacy Reed is an advocate for free information, software and services. She began reviewing software for Tucows in 2000. She's naturally curious with interests in a wide array of subjects including science and technology, software, the arts, and open education.
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