As most of you probably already know, WordPress is expanding far beyond a blogging platform, towards a complete Content Management System (CMS). In simple words, this means that the WordPress open source software can be used to build virtually any type of website, including blogs, company sites and online stores. One of the features that WordPress introduced to walk in that direction was the ability to be able to use a static front page. You just need to click on “Settings” and then “Reading,” and select which of your pages should be displayed as the static homepage. It is a...
"Leave your keys in your pocket," is the advice given by computer programmers at University of California San Diego who recently created 'Sneakey' software; an application that uses a digital image of a key to produce an exact copy in physical form within minutes. According to Stefan Savage, the computer science professor who led the project, advances in digital imaging have made it so easy that even a low resolution photo from a cell phone offers enough information to decode and reproduce a key. Sponsor In a recent publication (PDF), Sneakey is described as "simplistic enough that someone with no...
Real Networks has a nifty new service dubbed RealDVD. You can basically load all of your DVDs into your computer’s hard drive — legally — so that you can watch them on the computer. RealDVD takes an exact copy of a DVD and puts it on the hard drive. It looks up the cover art for the movie so you can see it on a graphical menu. You can even play a movie while you’re saving it to the hard drive. For those with large collections, you can save it to an external hard drive. Those movies show up...
Admit it--when you hear the words "copyright violation," the first place you think of is China; you probably don't think of, say, Home Depot. Well, check out the two lamps up top. Recognize 'em? Can you even tell 'em apart? Here's the deal, from an NYC tipster: Right now the Home Depot on 23rd Street [in Manhattan] is selling an almost exact copy of the Starck-designed Miss K Lamp by Flos. Only [Home Depot's version] is missing the half-chrome plating on the inside of the shade, which is the whole concept of the original design, and the plastic quality...
Iterasi is a perfect tool for creating personal web archives - click a button and it saves an exact copy of the current web page in the original format including all images, style sheets and JavaScript files. Web pages downloaded into your Iterasi account are preserved forever so even if the original website goes down, you always have access to the old content just like the Wayback Machine at Internet Archive. Now there’s a new feature that makes this software even more useful - you can schedule Iterasi to download and save your favorite web pages at periodic intervals...
Windows only: Free boot CD EASEUS Disk Copy copies any disk or partition sector-by-sector for an exact copy of the original. Disk Copy is a perfect tool for upgrading your operating system to a new, larger hard drive, or just making a quick clone of a drive full of files. With support for virtually any drive type or file system and an easy-to-use interface, this app is a fast, effective tool for quick drive copying. I haven't cloned a full drive with it, but according to reader Jason, it copies files significantly faster than previously mentioned HDClone. On the flip...
The announcements continue! I’m extremely pleased to announce the launch of Grow Your Wiki - Deutsch, the german-language edition of Grow Your Wiki. The first german-language article is already available, and looks at the 5 Differences between Wikipedia & Enterprise Wikis. Martin Seibert and Matthias Rauer of //Seibert/Media in Wiesbaden, Germany are generously providing translation of my english-language articles into german, and will also be posting the german language articles on the //Seibert/Media Weblog. Visitors to Grow Your Wiki from Germany make up the second largest group after those from the combined english-speaking countries (US, UK, Canada, Australia), so I’m...
Starz Entertainment, owned by Liberty Entertainment, has closed down its anemic online movie service Vongo, according to a post on its site. Existing users can use the service until Sept 30th. The move is not a surprise, considering it did a deal with Verizon in May, where it launched Starz Play, an exact copy of Vongo service but as a white-label for the telco. Vongo was a replacement launched two years ago for its earlier movie service JV with RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) called Starz Ticket. Vongo was one of the few sites offering consumers unlimited downloading of recent movie releases,...
Scrabulous got them in trouble, but will Wordscraper fly? After Hasbro filed a copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit against the developers of Scrabulous, the Indian brothers who came up with the popular Facebook application introduced a new word game -- Wordscraper. Unlike Scrabble, to which Hasbro owns the copyrights and trademarks, Wordscraper has round tiles instead of square ones. Its tiles don't display the points associated with each letter as in Scrabble. And the point system is arranged differently on the board, which also introduces a quadruple word score that's not available in authorized Scrabble. Wordscraper, however, does let...
Your data is your life, and if you're not backing it up regularly, you're flirting with disaster. On Tuesday we put out a call for your favorite Windows backup tools, and today we're back with the five most popular answers. Read on for a closer look at the five best Windows backup tools, then give your vote to the application you like best. MozyHome (Freeware and Shareware) MozyHome does unlimited online backup for just $5 a month. Mozy is a set-it-and-forget-it solution, and the setting up part is incredibly simple. If you're just looking to give it a test...
