December 12th 2009 | Posted by
Edg3
Everybody has bookmarked sites. In fact, it’s a safe bet to say that most people who browse the web regularly have hundreds if not thousands of sites bookmarked in their favorite browser. Sure, having bookmarks is great – you can browse those sites later while you continue to surf.
The problem arises when you have too much bookmarks. Which ones are still online? Which ones are dead links? Trying to find a specific favorite amidst hundreds of saved sites is not a walk in the park. So what can you do to clean up and organize your bookmarks into an easy to access collection?
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December 7th 2009 | Posted by
Edg3
QuickNote is a Firefox addon that lets you take notes and save them for later viewing. The addon lets you choose whether you want QuickNote displayed in the browser sidebar, a floating window, or in its own tab.
Configuration options include selecting font size and style, choosing where to save your notes as text files, autosave note on nth character, etc.
Sound good so far? Let’s take a look at some screens:
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December 4th 2009 | Posted by
Edg3
Online social networking site Friendster has just had a face-lift with new features geared towards attracting more Asian users. Not surprising since the Asian user-base has been the only thing that has kept Friendster afloat since it was overtaken by MySpace and Facebook.
Interestingly enough, Reuters reported that Friendster might be sold for $100 million to an Asian buyer at the end of this month.
Here’s how the site looks now:
![[Friendster New Look] [Friendster New Look]](http://www.geekcourt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/friendster1.png)
December 3rd 2009 | Posted by
Edg3
When you want to share files with your friends on the Internet, you have a number of choices. You can send the the file through your instant messenger or upload the file to a free host and have your friends download it from there. If that isn’t easy enough for you, I’ve got a better solution.
HFS is a free file sharing program that lets you set up your personal file server on your computer without any hassle. The program is a single executable that doesn’t need to be installed. Easy right?
Let’s take a look:
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November 30th 2009 | Posted by
Edg3
Another P2P site goes down in flames as popular torrent site Mininova has been forced to comply with the ruling of the Court Of Utrecht. They are now only offering Content Distribution torrents. An official announcement by the site can be viewed at the Mininova blog.
Here’s an excerpt from their official announcement:
Unfortunately the court ruling leaves us no other option than to take our platform offline, except for the Content Distribution service. According to the verdict we have to prevent uploads of torrents to Mininova that refer to certain titles or to similar-looking titles. We’ve been testing some filtering systems the last couple of months, but we found that it’s neither technically nor operationally possible to implement a 100% working filter system. Therefore, we decided that the only option is to limit Mininova to Content Distribution torrents from now on. We are still considering an appeal at this moment.
As they say in the world of peer to peer, “Another shall take its place”.
October 27th 2009 | Posted by
Edg3
Working at your computer all day generates a lot of stress. When you need a break but can’t bring yourself to leave your computer what do you do? The answer? Get a desktop time waster.
The USB Whack It brings Whack-a-Mole to your desktop to help you relieve stress. This version doesn’t come with a mallet. You use your fingers to teach those pesky moles a lesson.
![[USB Whack It] [USB Whack It]](http://www.geekcourt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/usb_whackit1.png)