Adobe has released the final version of their Flash Player 10. In these times of flash infested websites, you can’t do without. Flash Player 10 is available for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux and can be used with a browser of your choice (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and so on).
Category: Software
OpenOffice.org 3.0
After the usual bunch of alpha’s, beta’s and release candidates, Openoffice.org 3.0 final is here. The most notable change is the support for docx, xlsx of pptx files from Office 2007 for Windows and Office 2008 for Mac OSX. I’ve noticed a speedup in the startup time too, both on my modern home pc and… Continue reading OpenOffice.org 3.0
ContactKeeper 1.4.1
ContactKeeper is a free personal information manager. I’ve been using it at work for more than two years now to store phone and fax numbers, logins and passwords etcetera.
RIP Cezaar (08/05/2003 – 28/09/2008)
Cezaar got hit by a car somewhere this morning not far from home. I hope he and Asteriks will be chasing mice in heaven now. I can’t stop crying … I made a picture gallery here.
Disable webcam in Ubuntu
I was looking for a way to disable the built-in webcam on an Acer-laptop. Ubuntu, well Linux Mint actually, tried to identify and use the webcam during boot, over and over again. This caused a huge delay in booting time. Since I don’t want to use the webcam, I searched for a way to disable… Continue reading Disable webcam in Ubuntu
FrostWire chat server
FrostWire, the filesharing application based on LimeWire, has a built in chat system. The built-in functions are very basic, and I’m not a big fan of the layout. So I asked wyrdjax in the #Support channel if it’s possible to connect to the FrostWire server using a normal IRC client like mIRC, Konversation or ViRC.… Continue reading FrostWire chat server
Windows Live Messenger 9 beta
Windows Live Wave 3 beta went public. You can choose to install the other Windows Live products during install. If you don’t want them, don’t forget to tick them off! >> Download Windows Live Messenger 9 beta (Nederlands) >> Download Windows Live Messenger 9 beta (English)
VLC media player 0.9.2
VideoLAN is an excellent multimedia player with it’s own plugins for playing different formats, so it doesn’t need any codecs to be installed. It works great for previewing partially downloaded files too as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast… Continue reading VLC media player 0.9.2
Pidgin 2.5.1
More than ten days too late, but here’s Pidgin 2.5.1! Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, and Zephyr. Pidgin can be extended using plugins.
Songbird 0.7.0 beta
Songbird is a music player built from Firefox’s browser engine. It is open source and runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Songbird plays the media web. Play MP3s without leaving the page. Songbird views Web pages as dynamic playlists to play, save, download or subscribe to. Songbird plays your music too with all… Continue reading Songbird 0.7.0 beta