Making sure you’ve got a reliable backup solution is a must for any user - and more so for an administrator. Why? Well, mostly because your users probably aren’t very good at remembering to back up their own files. And so it falls to you to provide the right software for the job!
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/12/13-great-free-backup-programs-for-windows-mac-and-linux/
ocean_soul writes “Last week the free and open access repository for scientific (mainly physics but also math, computer sciences…) papers arXiv got past 500,000 different papers, not counting older versions of the same article. Especially for physicists it is the number one resource for the latest scientific results. Most researchers publish their papers on arXiv before they are published in a ‘normal’ journal. A famous example is Perelman, who published his award winning paper exclusively on arXiv.”
Everyday we see many beautiful WordPress themes, many are good and only a little are just one of a kind. The choice is big enough, but the search is worth it. Today we present only 15 Free Premium-like WordPress Themes that are truly impressive.
http://www.noupe.com/wordpress/15-high-quality-premium-like-free-wordpress-themes.html
If you’re thinking of getting SONAR 8 Studio for your audio needs, be prepared to shell out $369 for it. OR you can do it totally free! With Linux we can make music, and from a software standpoint, it’s going to cost us nothing.
http://hehe2.net/linuxhowto/free-professional-music-production-a-linux-introduction/
11 Free And Helpful Web Based Tools That Every Designer May Want To Know! We tried to make this list most useful and interesting for every designer. Most of them are not very well known, but they are really amazing in respect to their features.
http://www.smashingapps.com/2008/10/04/11-free-and-helpful-web-based-tools-that-every-designer-may-want-to-know.html
Anti-Globalism writes with this excerpt from AFP via Yahoo! News:
“Seoul-based ‘free-to-play’ computer game titan Nexon on Wednesday blasted into the US videogame arena with a ‘Combat Arms’ online first-person shooter title that makes its cash from optional ‘micro-transactions’ by players. The game makes its money from players that buy animated helmets, outfits, emblems or other virtual items to customize in-game characters. To keep the battlefield even, players earn experience or advanced weaponry by skill so people essentially can’t pay for power. … Startups and established game makers including Japanese goliath Sony are venturing into the free computer game market, according to DFC Intelligence analyst David Cole. ‘It looks like it could be very big,’ Cole told AFP. ‘It’s one of the things everybody seems to be looking at. The challenge is it is a very new model and it remains to be seen whether customers used to a free model will be tight when it comes to actually spending money on it.’”
“The good folks at Obama For President just made your week. Jay-Z will play a free show in Bayfront Park Amphitheater this Sunday at 8:30 p.m. to drum up voter registration for his favorite presidential candidate.”
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfade/2008/10/jayz_performing_free_sunday_at.php
Free. It’s a four-letter word people love to hear, especially when it comes to purchasing Apps. If you are shelling out even a dollar for an App, you’re guaranteed more bang for your buck, right? But it is not always necessary to fork over cash for a decent App, as free versions can provide almost an equal level of functionality and reliability.
http://www.ismashphone.com/2008/09/bargain-hunting.html
These nifty flashlights charge in the sunlight and then work for 5+ hours of continuous light after dark. Just like the OLPC deal you buy one of these solar powered flashlights and one will be given away to someone in need. You can choose what group gets the free flashlight, it could go to a kid in Africa or even troops in Iraq, it’s your choice.
http://azsustainability.com/2008/09/30/solar-powered-flashlight-illuminates-the-night-in-impoverished-countries/
There are lots of free download able extensions, add-ons, themes etc available on the internet for firefox and there demands are increasing every day. As we have already published a post about Firefox add-ons. In this post, I am listing down 11 Free Firefox 3 Themes You Probably Never Use Before.
http://www.smashingapps.com/2008/09/28/11-free-firefox-3-themes-you-probably-never-use-before.html