Untangle – Firewall, router, spam and content filtre

Untangle has been advertised as a reliable Open Source replacement for the rock solid Sonicwall. Untangle has all a small network needs to cope with today’s demands, it can work as a Gateway/Router, DHCP server, SPAM Filtre, Virus Filtre, VPN server, Web Content Filtre and…

Internet Explorer 8 Beta

IE8 Beta has been released specially for developers and web programmers. It comes with some interesting features: * IE7 Emulation * Developer Tools for debugging, with similar functionality to the Firefox Ad on  (mentioned just as a reference not as a comparison). *  IE8 activities – Providing quick access to external services from any webpage by sending information…

Dropbox Beta Sync and share files

It looks impressive. With Dropbox you will be able to store, share and synchronize files between different computers and platforms. This comes at a time when we are increasingly needing quick access to important files at anytime and anywhere. Dropbox has the potential to become…

Xerox Error Code 005-285

This morning I went down to pick up some printing and found our Xerox printer flashing a 005-285 error code. The document feeder was not feeding paper, so I had a look and found that this is the error: Xerox Error Code 005-285: An error…

PicLens a browser slideshow

PicLens instantly transforms your browser into a full-screen slideshow experience. With just one click, PicLens makes photos come to life via a cinematic presentation that goes beyond the confines of the traditional browser window. PicLens suports a number of sites: Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa Web Albums,…

Office live vs Google Docs

Microsoft just launched Office live (beta), as open competition to google docs.The signup process for Office live is somewhat labourious  – and it could not be described as an easy process, however once you are logged into the service it is fairly simple. There are…