Over time computers have become fast, efficient and a storehouse of knowledge, documents, pictures and media. In fact if something were to happen to our computers we generally pay hundreds of dollars to recover the data that was on it.

Really Simple Syndication or RSS is a very popular method of syndicating content. All blogs and most websites have options to syndicate their content using RSS feeds. The orange and yellow RSS icons are becoming a very common site across the internet. But to distinguish your website from the rest you need a little pazaz (it’s not a word) to set you apart. There are tons of rss icon collections. To add to them here are 3 that I created for fun.

Project management is a difficult job. Ask any project manager about their work and the answer will include “stress” and “headache”. DeskAway is trying make the lives of project managers easier with their innovative and well rounded software product. DeskAway is a subscription based system focused on better project management directed at individuals, small teams and small-midsize businesses. It is a great solution for distributed teams who can work on projects and track changes and documents all from one centralized location. The features are endless and cover everything under the …

Picnik is an excellent web-based tool for editing images online. But this application has more features than what meets the eye. The Firebox browser extension for Picnik allows you to take a one click screenshot of any webpage. This feature might fail to impress at first glance. But ask yourself a question. How difficult is it to take a screenshot of a website that does not fit in your browser window. Instead of taking multiple images of different sections of the website use the Picnik Firefox plugin. After the install …

OpenX, also known as OpenAds, is an open-source advertising management platform. The program is an excellent add-on to your blog or website when you want to promote private ad sales. It is also a great resource to track which affiliate offers are getting the most clicks. This way you don’t have to depend on guesses and assumptions during affiliate marketing campaigns. You can replace that with hard statistics when it comes to simple, banner-based campaigns.

Technical Details
OpenX download is a 30MB package which includes everything you want from a mature advertising …

Everyday a few more applications move to the web. Image editing has seen above average trend in moving the service online. Picasa, Flickr, Image Shack have pioneered the online image editing and sharing market for quite a while. Adobe has arrived late to the game but is trying to muscle in with Photoshop Express. Photoshop Express is a ‘light’ version of Photoshop the industry wide leader of image editing applications. Using a Flash based user interface Adobe Photoshop Express looks to easily fix common problems with pictures.

Adobe Photoshop Express allows …

Embedding videos to a blog or website is one of the most prolific activities of the Web 2.0 era. Videos make the blog more interactive and increase the time a visitor spends on a website. These benefits and more have seen the rise of internet-video giants such as YouTube and Yahoo! Video which is quickly rising in the ranks. But till now if you wanted to quickly share a video with a friend over instant message you had to send them the URL. The receiving party would then have to …

Mozilla Messaging looks to simplify email messaging. The Mozilla team backed by the Mozilla Foundations already simplified web-browsing with the Firefox browser. Can they repeat their success by creating effortless email management? Some of the questions posed by Mozilla Messaging shows that they are on the right track.

What if…

Getting lots of email was helpful, not overwhelming? Could it even be fun?
Finding out what’s important or new was obvious?
It was easy to broadcast, and keep the personal private?
Software could take into account how people communicate, rather than requiring people to understand …

RSS feeds are increasingly being used to deliver and process content. Websites, blogs and even Press Releases from various companies are being offered via RSS feed. Google Reader is one of the many products which helps you receive, organize and read these feeds in one centralized location. It can read any feed format be it RSS or Atom or XML. I have tested this functionality with a variety of content using all formats with excellent results. No easier way to read any and all feeds. This means you do not …

RSS readers come in all shapes and forms. There 2 basic differences between the types of RSS readers. You can either use a desktop feed reader which downloads all your feeds to your computer or you can use a web based reader which displays feeds in a browser window. Let’s look at the pros and cons of both types.
Desktop RSS Reader
A desktop RSS reader is an application that you download and install on your computer. There are several options available to choose from. NewsGator, FeedDemon, NetNewsWire are 3 of the …