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FeedDemon: The Best Offline Feed Reader

Posted on 03. Nov, 2009 by Chinmoy.Kanjilal.

Reading feeds is an integral part of keeping up to date with the latest happenings on the Internet. Almost all blogs provide their users with an option to subscribe to their feeds.

Now, feeds are a powerful medium of compact knowledge, but if you start reading too many of them, you have every chance of missing out the important news on time. Reading just a few of them might make you miss out on certain other perspectives of an event. In these situations, you run into a problem either way.

Another thing that can be a challenge with feed readers is that they don’t all provide offline reading options. This isn’t a big deal for everyone, but it can be for some users.

A feed reader goes a long way in making life easier.  I have tried out a lot of feed readers but none of them could attract me as much as FeedDemon.

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How To Lock Folders and Files with My Lockbox

Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by Will Mueller.

Have you ever needed to keep a certain folder out of view and safe from prying eyes? Maybe financial documents, birthday presents for family members on a public computer, etc? Enter My Lockbox; a free, easy to use, security application for Windows that allows anyone the ability to very simply lock a folder (and its contents) from anyone on your computer or network for good. No exceptions. Let me explain.

My Lockbox not only hides the locked folder from view, but goes the extra yard and safely encrypts all the data so the folder literally no longer exists in its previous path. Furthermore, by doing this, My Lockbox safely keeps folders from ever even being discovered accidentally and suspiciously.

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ClipX: Take Control Of Your Clipboard

Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by Aminul Islam Sajib.

Have you heard of clipboard in your Windows operating system? Whenever you copy an item, that item is copied in your clipboard. When you paste, the item that was pasted comes from the clipboard. By default, you can’t paste a copied item twice if you copy something else later. What if you want to have more options when it comes to the clipboard?

There is an insanely useful freeware available online which you can use to take full advantage of your clipboard. You can copy as many items you want and paste any of them anytime anywhere you need.

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Mozy Home Unlimited Winners – Announcement!

Posted on 18. Oct, 2009 by Douglas Reynolds.

Wow, what a great response we had with our Mozy Home Unlimited Giveaway!

Thank you to everyone who participated!

We wish we could have given away a Mozy subscription to everyone that entered, but only 3 could win.  We hope you had fun participating in our contest, be sure to keep coming back for all of our great articles and even more giveaways in the future!

The winners of the giveaway were chosen using a random number generator.  Here is a representation of how we chose the winners.  We took the total number of entries and ran the generator 3 times in order to pick the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.

Without further adieu, I’d like to announce and congratulate the winners!

1st Prize – 2 Year Subscription to Mozy Home Unlimited: Vanessa Sandoval – Posted to Twitter

2nd Prize – 1 Year Subscription to Mozy Home Unlimited: Max Sal – Posted to Twitter

3rd Prize – 6 Month Subscription to Mozy Home Unlimited: Sampath Iroshan – Posted to Facebook

I am so pleased to congratulate the winners!  I know from personal experience that Mozy is an excellent backup solution, this is a great prize.  The winners can be assured that their data will be safe.  If you didn’t win, remember, you can get a limited, 2GB, Mozy Home subscription for Free!  So head on over to Mozy and get your data backed up!

We’ve notified Mozy with the winner’s contact information, if you haven’t already been contacted then you will in the next few days.

A big thanks goes out to Mozy for partnering with LostInTechnology and making this contest possible!

(By) Douglas Reynolds is an application developer, holds a degree in Software Engineering, and owns an independent Flex application development consulting company.  He maintains a personal and technology blog located at dougrdotnet.  His business Web site is located at Douglas Reynolds Consulting.  Find him on Twitter @dougrdotnet and LinkedIn.

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QTTabBar: Tab Browsing for Windows Explorer

Posted on 08. Oct, 2009 by Aminul Islam Sajib.

Ever wanted the tab browsing feature of Firefox, Internet Explorer 8, or Google Chrome in your Windows Explorer? I know I have.  Most of the time, we need to open multiple folders in different windows in order to move files around. As a result, the windows get cluttered and slow down your work process.

Well, as with most computer or software problems, there is a solution.  QTTabBar makes exploring Windows folders easier than ever before. Let’s take a look at all the amazing features of this cool little tool.

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Don’t Forget! Register For Our Mozy Giveaway

Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by Douglas Reynolds.

There are only a few days left to register for your chance to win one of THREE Mozy Home Unlimited Backup subscriptions from LostInTechnology.  Just go to my previous post about the contest, and follow the instructions to enter the contest.

Mozy is a simple to use off-site backup service.  The Mozy client (backup tool) is easy to use and provides automated backup scheduling features that make it a breeze to create automatic backups.  Never worry about forgetting to backup your data again, let Mozy take care of it for you.  Your data is stored safely in a secure remote location, ensuring that your data is available in case of any type of failure or disaster.  With the unlimited backup subscription, you’ll have the ability to backup your entire computer and recover your entire hard drive in the event of a worst-case loss.

So, what are you waiting for?  Go register!

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5 Great and Free FTP Clients

Posted on 22. Sep, 2009 by JP.Thompson.

Sometimes you need to get a bunch of files from here to there, and the only thing the server supports is FTP (file transfer protocol.) Don’t despair, because here is a post that will introduce you to 5 free and highly capable FTP clients.

The FTP programs I picked are varied in specific capabilities, but most support secure connections and multi-threaded file transfers.  Cyberduck is Mac specific, FileZilla and FireFTP are cross-platform (Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X), and GoFTP and CoreFTP are for Windows only.

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Mozy Home Unlimited Giveaway!

Posted on 22. Sep, 2009 by Douglas Reynolds.

Win A Mozy Home Unlimited Subscription!

That’s right, we’re giving away some Mozy Home Unlimited love!

Mozy is a secure off-site backup service that I personally use as part of my backup scheme.  When combined with my on-site backup I am assured that I can get my data back, even in the event that my on-site archives are destroyed.  What’s all this fuss about backups anyway?  Keep reading to find out more about Mozy and how to win a free subscription!

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