http://sniptools.com/ Choice rants of a technosexual. en-us Shanx@shanx.com Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:33:10 +0800 http://sniptools.com/toolsreviews/apple-safari-beta-for-windows Finally, we can (hopefully) test Safari on Windows too, but it remains to be seen how this compares with Firefox and its battalion of extensions and the ever-blazing Opera. http://sniptools.com/tipstricks/samsung-ultra-mobile-pc Walt Mossberg of the WSJ reviews the Samsung UMPC. http://sniptools.com/tipstricks/upgrade-zend-optimizer-on-cpanel Simple little trick to get to the latest version. http://sniptools.com/musings/opensuse-survey-profiles-linux-users A mammoth survey that compiled the ratings of some 27,000 users to profile "Linux users". http://sniptools.com/tipstricks/microsoft-firefox-2007 I have to admit, I'm just in it for the "RSS". http://sniptools.com/musings/ibm-and-the-tricky-edges-of-outsouring Rob Cringley reports that IBM Global Services (including them unlucky souls from PricewaterhouseCoopers) will go in for massive layoffs, to the tune of 150,000. Reason? Cost efficiencies from offshoring to India. Which, of course, is bollocks. http://sniptools.com/toolsreviews/cruxy-mux-video-converter Convert from (m)any video format to any other. http://sniptools.com/musings/yahoo-flickr-with-youtube-like-video All ye "Youtube-killers" step aside. http://sniptools.com/toolsreviews/filebox-extender-for-windows Very useful utility for the file opener/saver dialog boxes in Windows. http://sniptools.com/musings/conan-calls-a-spade-a-spade First they called it Video on Demand. Then they called it broadband video. Next, youtube and User Created Content. Now, IPTV and the promise of Joost. Conan O' Brien gets it right. http://sniptools.com/tipstricks/recover-deleted-files Interesting post from ZDNet buoys an important concept to know, but only barely scratches the surface of the issue. http://sniptools.com/musings/google-invests-in-maxthon Maxthon, the Internet Explorer skin that makes IE look like a presentable browser, seems to have gotten Google's attention. All those "Google Browser" rumors and pontifications may have had some substance after all. http://sniptools.com/tipstricks/fix-mysqlhotcopy-broken-by-cpanel-upgrade The recent upgrades of Cpanel have been a pain because they've broken mysqlhotcopy. Not kosher. Fortunately fixing this is pretty straightforward by simply downgrading the DBD module of Perl, on which mysqlhotcopy relies. http://sniptools.com/tipstricks/optimize-ms-office-with-openoffice Have slow loading Word documents, or password protected Excel spreadsheets for which you have forgotten a password? Who'd have thunk of this solution to your MS Office woes.. http://sniptools.com/toolsreviews/comodo-firewall-pro-zonealarm A lovely firewall product that hogs lesser resources than the ubiquitous Zone Alarm, provides better reporting and protection options, and is still completely free.