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Google Chrome review

2008-09-10T07:53:00.000-07:00

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

Google Chrome touts itself as a completely new browsing experience, built from the ground up to meet the needs and challenges of a modern, content-rich Internet.

Some of those features should seem familiar. Almost all those features are currently available in Firefox, either built-in or through add-ons. But it’s nice to see Google incorporate these popular features automatically. It also makes sense for Google to incorporate search into the URL bar, although some might not like this option due to privacy issues. For people who use a lot of Google services (like Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, etc.) Chrome will integrate seamlessly with those services.

Google Chrome is open source, so at some point it will have add-ons like Firefox. But Google warns that the add-ons might compromise some of its security design, so we’ll have to wait and see how Google makes it all work. For me, the ability to freely customize my browser is an absolute must. Chrome is pretty responsive, although it wasn’t as fast on my computer (a Dell Inspiron) than many people have reported, and the scrolling was somewhat jerky. I would place it a little behind Firefox 3 in speed, especially with lots of tabs open, but the difference is slight. My first impression is that Chrome is nothing earth-shaking, but it is a great start for a brand new browser.

The Pudding: Skype and Google Adsense

2007-11-26T15:32:00.000-08:00

Anyone who uses Gmail knows that all electronic mail is automatically
scaned, and that's why Google AdSense program provides advertisements
related to the content of user's e-mail.

Now, the Pudding Media company offer something more, or maybe - worse?

This company intend to monitore and to listen in consumer's phone conversations
by their service of internet telephony. They offer a free calling in US and Canada,
in exchanging for allowing advertising related to what people are talking about in
their calls.

This software recognizes keywords and chooses adequate adds, internet sites,
news and images for showing on a consumer's screen.
Pudding's system doesn't actually records conversations, but people could be very
upset because of this Big Brother factor.

"Think of us as the Google AdSense of voice," says Ariel Maislos, chief executive
and co-founder (with brother Ruben) of Pudding, whose service is currently in
beta testing.

Top 10 p2p software

2007-11-06T18:31:00.000-08:00

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µTorrent is an efficient BitTorrent client, designed for Windows. It needs as little cpu, memory and space as possible and offers good functionality that advanced clients expect. It has most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients. There are various icon, toolbar graphic and status icon replacements available.

Networks: BitTorrent
Latest Version: 1.7.5
Adware: NO
License: Free

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StrongDC++ is a free client for sharing in Direct Connect network. It is based on CZDC++ and has partial file sharing, download/upload speed limiter, safe segmented downloading and other interesting features. StrongDC++ is an Open Source so you can download a source code and modify it.

Networks: Direct Connect
Latest Version: 2.05
Adware: NO
License: Free

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eMule is one of the biggest p2p file sharing clients around the world. It is based on the eDonkey2000 network but offers more features than the standard client. eMule is easy to configure, but also, with many options and controls, good for the advanced user. Thanks to its open source policy many developers are able to contribute to the project, making the network more efficient with each release.

Network: eDonkey2000, Kad
Latest version: 0.48a
Adware: NO
License: Free

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LimeWire is a free file sharing Gnutella client for Windows, Mac, OSX, Linux. It allows you to search for multiple files at the same time and it si compatible with all major platforms and running over the Gnutella network. LimeWire is a fast, easy-to-use and open source code, so is freely available to the public.

Network: Gnutella
Latest version:4.14.1
Adware: NO
License: Free with non-harmful banner Ads
Pay version ad free ($18.88)

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Soulseek is an ad-free, spyware-free, just plain free file sharing application. It is good p2p software for finding non-mainstream music. It was created by a former Napster programmer, Nir Arbel. It's virtual rooms allow you to meet people with the same interests, share information, and chat, so it is a great way to make new friends.

Network: Soulseek
Latest version: 157 test 12b
Adware: NO
License: Free

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Azureus implements the BitTorrent protocol using java language. It comes with many features for both beginners and advanced users. Multiple torrent downloads, upload and download speed limiting, advanced seeding rules, only uses one port for all the torrents, and others. Azureus has many useful plugins and supported languages.

Network: BitTorrent
Latest version:3.0.3.4
Adware: NO
License: Free

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Shareaza is a multi-network peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing client supporting Gnutella2, Gnutella, eDonkey2000 (eMule), HTTP, FTP and BitTorrent protocols. It has the ability to simultaneously download parts of the same file from multiple networks. Shareaza is the most sophisticated file sharing system you will find on the network.

Network: eDonkey2000, BitTorrent
Gnutella, G2
Latest version:2.2.5.0
Adware: NO
License: Free

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Ares is a free open source file sharing program that enables users to share any digital file. It has powerful library organizer, built-in audio/video player, filesharing chat rooms. Ares automatically finds more sources and downloads files from many users at once.

Network: Ares
Latest version: 2.0.9
Adware: NO
License: Free, Open Source

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BitComet is a BitTorrent client, which is powerful, fast and very easy-to-use. It supports simultaneous downloads, download queuing, selected downloads inside a torrent package, fast-resume, speed limits, port mapping, peer exchange and IP filtering. BitComet available in 43 different languages and the current preview release comes bundled with the BitComet FLV Player.

Network: BitTorrent
Latest version: 0.93
Adware: NO
License: Free

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KCeasy is a windows p2p free and open source file sharing software which uses giFT. Its plugins allow giFT to support different kinds of file sharing networks. KCeasy is giving you all the files on Gnutella, Ares and OpenFT. KCeasy works only on windows but there are similar programs for other platforms.

Networks: Gnutella, OpenFT
Ares
Latest version: 0.18
Adware: NO
License: Free

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