Tag: DOWNLOADSQUAD

If you want to stay on top of the latest and greatest from Download Squad, you can follow us on Twitter. This free online mini blogging tool lets us notify our friends and followers what we are up to in a short and sweet message. Although we've been a bit lazy about updating our feed in the past, we are now on a mission. You can follow us at http://twitter.com/downloadsquad If you are unfamiliar ...

The rise and rise of blogging as an online phenomenon has relied heavily on the ability of social nature of blogs - as each blog links into one another or as larger blogs link to and report on stories breaking on smaller specialist blogs. But while linking and references may be the lifeblood of blogging, there's a submerged undercurrent of blogs and Web sites looking to get something for nothing, ...

If you've ever tried searching for a particular post on Download Squad you might have found it a tad frustrating. Our built-in search engine was never very, er... good. But I'm thrilled to report that those days are over. Our talented developers have swapped out the old 'n' crufty search engine for some brand new hotness. The main enhancements are: It now does an AND search rather than an OR ...

Sue Polinsky isn't the only great new blogger we brought on this month. The other newest member of our team is Ian Smith, who brings with him his love of productivity and knowledge of "life hacks." You might already be familiar with Ian as the "Joe" behind Joe's Goals, a cool Web 2.0 goal-tracking app that I'm a huge fan of. Welcome to the team, Ian! ...

GMobileSync is a new program that allows you to sync your Windows Mobile PDA or Smartphone with Google Calendar. The free program is still in development, and right now, when I say "sync," I mean, download your Google Calendar to your device. 2-way syncing is expected in an update scheduled for release next week. GMobileSync's not the only fish in the sea here. GooSync is another free program that ...

Frustrated that your BitTorrent downloads aren't completing fast enough? BitTyrant is a new BitTorent client (based on Azureus 2.5) that claims to increase download performance by as much as 70%. How does it work? Simple. When you start a download you start downloading a file, BitTyrant scans the upload speeds of other users and gives preference to those with higher upload speeds. Not only will ...

Sure, there are plenty of ways to grab a video from YouTube, save it as an flv file, and convert it the file format of your choice. But Zunemytube's got to be the simplest method I've seen so far. All you have to do is install the plugin for Internet Explorer and a little Zune icon will pop up in your toolbar. Then you surf YouTube, Google Video or MSN Soapbox and find videos you want to save. ...

Microsoft has launched a beta of its new Windows Live for TV (formerly known as Nemo). Basically, what Windows Live for TV does is add a ten foot interface to a number of Windows Live services, such as Spaces, Messenger, and Live Call. The program is meant to work with Windows Vista Media Center. That means you can plug your PC into your TV and access Windows live services from the comfort of ...

One of the most annoying things about Windows Mobile devices is that by default you can only close an application by clicking on the start menu, settings, system, memory, and then running programs tabs. Then you highlight an item and click stop. Whew. That's a 7 click solution. While there are a number of programs out there that let you convert the X button in the upper right corner from ...

Skype is set to announce yet another change in its pricing strategy for SkypeOut calls. In December, Skype announced that it would no longer offer unlimited free PC to telephone calls within the US and Canada. Starting this week, users have to pay $29.95 for a yearlong calling plan (although it's only $14.95 if you purchase a plan by January 31st). On January 18th, Skype will unveil the next part ...

With a new year comes a new release of Software for Starving Students' CD of free (as in beer) software. The 2007.01 edition includes a wide gamut of programs to do everything from editing images and creating web pages to playing media files and video games. In other words, you can get your GIMPshop, NVU, VLC, and Tux Racer fixes. There's dozens of other programs on the disc as well. Of course, ...

The Wall Street Journal (which has a subscription-based web site, but is free today as part of a special promotion), has an article on Sony BMG's decision to license music for a series of corporate podcasts being produced by Rock River Communications. Why is this important? Well, the thing is the music industry has been slow to embrace podcasting. While there's been a relationship in place for ...

In December, I pointed out that this is a great time to pick up some software on the cheap. Well, if you thought there were a lot of good deals before the holidays, you should check out these after holiday sales: eSoft Interactive has extended their sale by about a week to January 7th. You can get 50% off of all the games in their store with the coupon code: ESOFTHOLIDAYS. Astraware is ...

The folks over at DonationCoder have rounded up their top picks for 2006 in a very extensive list of 9 different categories: software, web sites, essays and debates, flash games, humor, gadgets, DonationCoder roundups, programmer stuff, and entrepreneur writing. There are definitely some good picks in there (DownloadSquad and SlashFood made their best web sites list, woot!), and some quirky ones ...

Ever spend hours looking through YouTube videos only to find out that there's a famous clip of Mentos and Coke being played on CNN that you missed? Well, I don't know if that's the problem these new sites are set to fix, but there's a new crop of services designed to help you find popular videos. Megite and Tailrank are sites that track popular news stories based on how they are linked to in ...