Archive for the 'freeware' Category

gcalsync

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

I am quite taken by google calendar and so I am looking for a way to sync my treo 750 with my google calendar.For good measure, it would be nice to also have ical synced as well, although this is not critical.
This product looks interesting…

Carry your Google Calendar in your pocket! […]

EverNote 1.5 Beta is Now Available!

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

The new version of Evernote is out and if you are a windows user it would be well worth a look. Looks like some pretty handy additions to an already impressive program that helps you manage all those little pieces of information.
“New features of EverNote 1.5 include:
Synchronization of EverNote databases with USB flash drives and […]

coconut battery

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

I didn’t know that this program had been updated and I had been frustrated it wasn’t working on my intel macbook. But, now it works perfectly. Very handy to be able to see when I need to do drain and reset my battery to get that oh so wonderful battery life.
“coconutBattery isn’t just a […]

quicksilver cheat sheet

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

Further to the last post about this wonderful program - quicksilver. The forums at quicksilver are abuzz with a cheat sheet and a manual being developed. It is still a work in progress but it is a worthy start and you might find that nice tip that makes it all worthwhile.
As the unofficial apple weblog […]

Task List coming in Google Calendar?

Monday, May 15th, 2006

downloadsquad point out the news that a task list is likely to be coming soon to google calendar.
Garett Rogers over at Googling Google discovered a few weeks ago that there is some dormant code in Google Calendar that appears to have only one possible use: completable events, otherwise known as tasks. For me, this is […]

onfolio the microsoft way

Friday, March 17th, 2006

If you want to install the new ofolio - done the Microsoft way since Microsoft aquired the company and is not releasing the software for free then you should read this post.
Kevin Tofel has been doing just that and he has worked out that you should uninstall your previous version of onfolio before you install […]

delibar for delicious

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Well, here is a cool program for the mac. It allows you to access your delicious bookmarks quickly and easily by the mac menu. As a big user of delicious that is very nice. The geekyinfo daily links come from delicious.
“Delibar is a Delicious client, it will be store all your bookmarks in the […]

decrease boot times in windows xp

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

Cybernet technology news has a interesting article on how to decrease your boot time forWindows XP. It is all using free software so well worth checking out.
“Did you know that your computer is supposed to boot up in less than 30 seconds, and that 30 seconds is the time from when you push the power […]

autohotkey

Monday, February 13th, 2006

This is an interesting piece of software. I use activewords but this is a few utility that may help those on a tight budget to do a similar thing.
AutoHotkey is a free, open-source utility for Windows. With it, you can:

Automate almost anything by sending keystrokes and mouse clicks. You can write a mouse or […]

Microsoft OneCare Live Beta 2

Monday, February 13th, 2006

Zdnet has an article about the new Microsoft offering to help counter spyware and other nasties.
“Microsoft has opened testing of its all-in-one technical support service for Windows XP SP2, known as OneCare Live Beta 2, to the general public. At least, it has in the US: as for the rest of us, a Microsoft spokesperson […]