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Entries in Software (22)

Wednesday
Jun032009

Run Linux from USB drives

UNetbootin, is a unique little application for Windows and Linux users. It allows the creation of bootable USB drives loaded with your choice of the various Linux distro's available alonside other utilities.

Choose any of the distro's provided via the application download, or simply provide your own .iso image. A computer running Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista, or Linux is required.

UNetbootin Website

Tuesday
Jun022009

Converting Video on the Mac

In the Past converting video was a complicated process for people with a technical know-how of codecs and convoluted jargon that only experts understood. With the evolution of video on the internet, various developers have simplified the process down with some easy to use applications, which the average person can utilize.

The list is long across all the mainstream platforms. However, I live in the Mac world for all my graphics/web and Visual Effects work. The two most common applications I end up using for converting between video formats are FREE.

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Saturday
May302009

3rd Party Backup/Cloning Apps for Mac OSX

There are many ways to go about backing up your Mac hard drive locally. In another article I'll go over how to do this from within OSX using Disk Utility. However, there is something to be said for well designed applications that simplify the steps needed into a few clicks for both Backups and Restore.

I tend to go back and forth between Carbon Copy Cloner and Super Duper. Both of these programs are just as good. They both support incremental and bootable backups. So what's the difference? Mainly the price. Carbon Copy Cloner is Free, but they accept donations. Super Duper will allow you to make free full disk backups, but the full registered version costs $27.95.

Thursday
May282009

Hulu Desktop App

Hulu, launches a desktop application that lets Mac users watch their content without a web browser. Additionally you get full support for the Apple Remote. Requirements are an Intel Mac with 2 GB of RAM running OS X 10.4 Tiger or above, and Flash 9.0.1.24.

Check it out: Hulu Desktop

Friday
May222009

Frhed for windows

I use Frhed as my Hex editor within Windows. It simple, straight forward, lightweight and Open Source. If you have such a need for a Hex editor, you'll find this one very handy.

Here is a list of it's features:

  • Editable file size limited only by available system memory
  • Load files partially
  • Export as hexdump to file or clipboard
  • Search for any combination of text and binary values
  • Compare files

Grab your FREE copy here.