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BlogCreativity.com: My new blog about blogging is live

I have been writing here at TechZilo for over a year, and other blogs (before it). TechZilo was initially a blog about technology, but oriented towards bloggers. I realized that this was a big mistake because the readership was limited. So, I decided to shift niche slightly and focus on internet and computer tips, and move away from blogging tips.

May 8th, 2008 by Sumesh in Uncategorized | Comments

TwitBin - bring Twitter to your Firefox sidebar

Twitter is gaining popularity and thousands of new users are joining every day. With a large audience to cater to, web applications, standalone desktop applications, Adobe AIR applications and Firefox addons are being made.

TwitBin is one such Firefox addon for Twitter. Residing on Firefox as a sidebar, TwitBin can be used to send tweets, read tweets and view public timeline. There is an option to view only public tweets, friends’ tweets, direct messages or replies.

May 8th, 2008 by Sumesh in Internet and web applications | Comments

Best free alternatives to paid security software [Windows]

Windows is probably the most vulnerable operating system around, but by using the right tools and proper judgement, at least some of the problems can be avoided. Here, we have a collection of the best free security tools available for Windows.

May 5th, 2008 by Sumesh in Software | Comments

Review: Killer Domains[ebook], excellent resource for budding domainers

Domaining is a complex art that requires constant vigilence, hard work, skill and some luck. Anyone who has tried to follow the dream and buy up expensive domains would know that it is no simple task.

To make the task of an aspiring domainer easier, Daniel Scocco, the blogger behind Daily Blog Tips, has released an ebook aptly titled “Killer Domains“. Priced at $17, with 30 pages of content and 25 pages of prefixes/suffixes for domain names, it is affordable (the advice in the book, if used properly, can bring you some solid income which offsets the price of the ebook, as I have done recently).

May 4th, 2008 by Sumesh in Blogging | Comments

Extract zip, ISO, DAA files with IZArc[freeware]

Archiving and extracting files can be done in Windows XP and upwards with the help of built-in tools. However, as with many other things, built-in utilities tend to have very little tweakable options and power features. For anyone that desires better features, the built-in archival utility is not the right option.

IZArc is a freeware archival application for Windows. It has all the normal features expected from an archival application: zip and unzip archives, create self-extracting archives, create normal archives from self-extracting archives, encrypt/decrypt archives.

May 1st, 2008 by Sumesh in Software | Comments