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Amazon Enters The MP3 Market
And iTunes Needs to Watch Out
Amazon.com, one of the largest online retailers in the world, has decided to enter a whole new arena - digital music sales. According to the press release from yesterday, Amazon is offering a huge selection of mp3s, over 2 million strong, from a massive variety of artists. […]
iTunes Album Art Grabber: Makes Cataloging Easy
Developer: Josh Powell
Version: N/A
Price: Free
Operating Systems: Linux, Mac OSX, Windows
…If I Listened to “Popular” Music
I stumbled across this handy tool today that I think is pretty fantastic. Despite being two years old, I’d never heard of it until today. Named Josh’s iTunes Album Art Grabber, it does exactly what it’s title […]
Kaspersky Can Protect Itself
But Will It Do The Same For Your Computer?
I feel like a new antivirus pops up every week. They’re like firewall and web browsers - there’s just too damn many of them. Unfortunately, the problem is that most of them are garbage. Complete and utter wastes of resources. These crappy antiviruses […]
The 10 Best Free Programs You’ve Never Heard Of
At Least According to the Guys at Live Slick
I love a good top ten list. So I was delighted to find one about software that I have possibly never heard of. And if that wasn’t good enough, it’s dedicated to free software. How could it be bad?
Well, the author didn’t seem to […]
Firefox Reaches 400 Million Downloads
…And 120 Million Users
Mozilla’s exceptional web browser, Firefox [review], reached a major milestone yesterday - 400 million downloads in less than three years. That’s quite an achievement considering that quite a few people are completely unaware that there is any web browser out there other than Internet Explorer.
By delivering a high quality […]
Dreamweaver: Why It’s the Standard in WYSIWYG Web Design
Developer: Adobe (formerly Macromedia)
Version: CS3 (9.0)
Price: $399
Operating Systems: Mac OS X, Windows
Download Dreamweaver Here.
Now if it Only Had Some More Competition
After experimenting with, and reviewing, four different What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) style web design programs over the past week, I’ve come away with a new respect for Adobe’s Dreamweaver. It […]
Are Your Firefox Extensions Crushing Your Computer?
Memory Leaks and Other RAM Munchers to Watch Out For
My first review on Software Battle! was for the ultra popular web browser, Firefox. Although I gave it a very high rating and recommended that everyone start using it immediately, you may recall that I complained about a few problems with startup speed and memory […]
Freewebs: A Great Web Designer - For the ’90s
Developers: The Mokhtarzada Brothers
Version: N/A
Price: Free, Depending on Level of Service
Operating Systems: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Check out Freewebs Here.
Brings Back Bad Memories of Geocities and Homestead
Online web designers seem to be the hot new Web 2.0 applications. Maybe it’s because people are growing tired of social networking sites like Myspace and Facebook - […]
Four (More) Things That Need to Be Changed in Vista SP1
Or: How to Breathe New Life into Vista
I was reading this article from InformationWeek last night when I came to the conclusion that the author failed to address a few changes that Microsoft needs to make when Vista SP1 is finally released. Now, I’m not anti-Microsoft types that love to rant and rave - […]
Nvu/KompoZer: Can a Free Web Design Program Hold Its Own?
Developer: Daniel Glazman
Version: 1.0 (Nvu), 0.7.10 (KompoZer)
Price: Free (Open Source)
Operating Systems: Linux, Mac OS X (PPC), Windows
Download Nvu Here.
Download KompoZer Here.
It’s Like Dreamweaver - But Free. How Could That Be Bad?
I’m a big fan of free programs. Thanks to open source software and developers who just want to give back to the community, […]
