Category: Software
collectiveaccess collection software
CollectiveAccess is free open-source software for managing and publishing museum and archival collections. Runs on any modern web browser Pre-configured with several library standards including Dublin Core, PBCore, VRA Core and more Customizable through simple user interfaces — no complex programming required Reporting tools easily generate finding aids and exports to PDF or spreadsheet-readable formats Read more about collectiveaccess collection software[…]
Winamp to die!
Winamp.com and associated web services will no longer be available past December 20, 2013. Additionally, Winamp Media players will no longer be available for download. Please download the latest version before that date via Download Winamp Media Player – Free MP3, Video, and Music Player – Winamp. That is hugely depressing!
LightZone | Open-source digital darkroom software for Windows/Mac/Linux
Lightzone allows you to select areas of photographs and manipulate the light on each of these areas seperately. LightZone | Open-source digital darkroom software for Windows/Mac/Linux.
Nftables to replace iptables?
Looks like it. It’s protocol independent, reduces complexity and duplication and will sigificantly reduce the packet filtering footprint in the kernel. It should also make it more easily extensible in the future, as it runs in user space in a virtual machine. http://lwn.net/Articles/324989/
Zero Install
Run windows applications without installing them. Zero install also keeps the applications up to date. http://0install.de/?lang=en
ZMap · The Internet Scanner
ZMap is an open-source network scanner that enables researchers to easily perform Internet-wide network studies. With a single machine and a well provisioned network uplink, ZMap is capable of performing a complete scan of the IPv4 address space in under 45 minutes, approaching the theoretical limit of gigabit Ethernet. via ZMap · The Internet Scanner.
Five Best Video Converters
This is a usefull list if you don’t want to handle the command line ffmpeg. It recommends 5 other free utils that are easy to use in varying amounts: MPEG Streamclip (which also works on OSX) Format Factory Handbrake (which is primarily a DVD ripper) Freemake Video Converter SUPER Five Best Video Converters.
logstalgia – website access log visualization
What a way to view your website logs, a bit like pong! logstalgia – website access log visualization – Google Project Hosting.
Screenhero | Collaborative Screen Sharing
What’s interesting about this, is that all the users on the PC get their own mouse to control independently ScreenHero
Office 2013 only good for a specific PC
This means it can’t be installed on your new PC, when you replace your old one. It’s unknown what will happen when you upgrade components in your PC. Does your copy of Office 2013 die with your computer?.
Hola Unblocker
Hola unblocker is a Firefox / Chrome extension that unblocks access to sites, such as BBC iplayer. What’s special about it, is it doesn’t work like a VPN solution and it doesn’t slow down the browsing experience. Hola Unblocker.
Build Your Own Adobe Creative Suite with Free and Cheap Software
There are loads of alternatives out there, this page gives you a good list per product. Build Your Own Adobe Creative Suite with Free and Cheap Software.
Google Gets A Second Brain, Changing Everything About Search | Xconomy
Today, when you enter a search term into Google, the company kicks off two separate but parallel searches. One runs against the traditional keyword-based Web index, bringing back matches that are ranked by statistical relevance—the familiar “ten blue links.” The other search runs against a much newer database of named entities and relationships. This second Read more about Google Gets A Second Brain, Changing Everything About Search | Xconomy[…]
NASA space Internet using the Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) protocol
One of the problems DTN fixes is queueing transmissions, as transmitting to mars at the speed of light incurs an 8 second delay. NASA fires-up experimental space Internet for robot control.
Free Screen Sharing and Online Meeting Software | Screenleap
This allows you to share (a part of) your computer screen easily and without an account or installing any software. Free Screen Sharing and Online Meeting Software | Screenleap.
safecopy
safecopy is a data recovery tool which tries to extract as much data as possible from a problematic (i.e. damaged sectors) source – like floppy drives, hard disk partitions, CDs, tape devices, …, where other tools like dd would fail due to I/O errors. via safecopy.
the Best Strategy to Succeed in the App Store modelled using Artificial Life
It turns out that basically copying succesful apps is the best way to actually make money on the app store. The Artificial Life of the App Store – the Best Strategy to Succeed.
From 11.2 Flash on Linux only in Google Chrome
So they’re withdrawing Flash from Mobile and now from Linux as well. Are they committing sepukku? Air isn’t going to solve all their problems… Adobe and Google Partnering for Flash Player on Linux « Adobe AIR and Adobe Flash Player Team Blog.
Drivers: Clean up and Identify
Driver Identifier scans your PC’s drivers and checks if there are newer versions. It then links you through to the new versions allowing you to keep your PC up to date easily. Driver Identifier – Free Drivers Download – New Version 3.9. Driver Sweeper is a fast tool to remove driver leftovers from your system. Read more about Drivers: Clean up and Identify[…]
Starling Framework – The GPU powered 2D Flash API
Adobe Flash Player 11 brings Flash content to a whole new level. The new Stage3D APIs finally allow Flash developers to leverage the power of modern GPUs, allowing complex 3D games to run directly within the browser. But what about your existing 2D content? Per default, your 2D applications and games won’t benefit from this Read more about Starling Framework – The GPU powered 2D Flash API[…]
Enyo JavaScript Application Framework (originally for WebOS) opened up
Enyo is an open source object-oriented JavaScript framework emphasizing encapsulation and modularity. Enyo contains everything you need to create a fast, scalable mobile or web application: Built from the ground-up for mobile first – Enyo powers webOS, and was designed from the beginning to be fast and work great on mobile devices Now available for Read more about Enyo JavaScript Application Framework (originally for WebOS) opened up[…]
CamStudio – Free Screen Recording Software
CamStudio – Free Screen Recording Software.
UK to give schoolkids programming lessons instead of Excel
An excellent plan to make the future generations more than just users of software, but makers of software is being launched in the UK, where schoolkids will make 2D animations, program smartphone apps, etc. Sounds like they’ll have a lot more fun than they do now as well as learning something very very useful. Kids Read more about UK to give schoolkids programming lessons instead of Excel[…]
Microsoft to kill IE 6+7 using auto updates
Chrome and Firefox do it, and it’s about time Microsoft did it! Well done on killing that old shit. It’ll be updated seamlessley for everyone with automatic updates on. Microsoft to force IE auto updates – ZDNet Asia News.