Tag: CLIENT

So you use basecamp for project management or Google's apps, or something else, but how do you track your time on a project? basecamp offers time-tracking, but you have to pay a bit for that feature. Any cheapskates out there who like to get something for nothing, even if it means remembering yet another logon to yet another website? Many of us would jump at the chance, it isn't like any of us ...

I don't care if you dislike Second Life, think it is stupid, or whatever, the fact that they will open source their client is a bold and smart move. This means people can and will be able to create the system they want and make the kind of software they want it to be. Developers will be able to do infinitely more than they could before now that the Second Life client will be their to tinker with. ...

Social music site Last.fm has recently updated their OS X client to version 1.1.0. While the site is short on details for the new version, there are some fairly obvious UI changes that include new icons, font changes and button sizes. This beta version is only compatible with Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger). I've been using it all day today, and I'm happy to report that it hasn't crashed yet. This is good ...

Reuters is reporting that Cingular is set to announce a new partnership with MySpace today, offering a paid Java-based client on their phones with access to the popular social networking site. An extra $2.99/month will bring photo sharing, email checking, blogging and friend searching to about 90 percent of Cingular's handsets in the coming weeks. Video, strangely, won't be featured at the ...

Always innovating, and recently told to focus on products that are already in development, the Googleplex has recently leaked a copy of the so-called Platypus client for Gdrive, its service for viewing and storing files on the web. Philipp Lenssen scored a copy, and reports that the product looks like it's intended for Google employees to share and store files. This tool encourages Google ...

Dan Lurie over at TUAW found a review of BitTorrent clients for Mac OS X a few days ago. Apparently, this inspired Clone Software, Ltd. to stop guarding their secret and release BitRocket (which TUAW promptly found) - an OSS torrent client (in beta) for the Mac that indeed rockets past the competition (zing!). BitRocket excels because it is refreshingly Mac OS X friendly, right down to the UI ...

PC Magazine is running a solid round-up of four Windows BitTorrent clients: BitTorrent (the official client), Azureus, BitPump, and uTorrent. They all get high marks, but Azureus and my personal favorite uTorrent just barely outshow the competition. It's followed up with a (very) short Q&A with BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen. Worth a look if you're looking for a new BItTorrent client. ...

It's been a bit quiet on the new podcast apps front lately, but here's a new one: WinPodder is a podcast client for, yes, Windows. Details are scarce on the WinPodder web site, but it's free and supports audio, video, and, er, photo podcasts. It also supports Apple's "enhanced" podcast format. ...

Here's one for the minimalists: miniaim is an AIM client for Windows  written from scratch in under 75kb. It has a nice tabbed interface and all of the essential IM functions with the possible exception of file transfer. It's also installation-free and, I'm guessing, very fast. Furthermore, miniaim is under active development and the developer responds to feature requests in the forums in ...