Directory Report 33

You can embed any YouTube video from a certain timestamp, with ease using the start parameter. The time accepted by this parameter is in seconds only, so you need to do a little math if you want to play the movie from the minute 2:20 (60*2+20). The code looks like this: <object width=”640″ height=”385″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/BoQ0bqsJSJ8&hl=en_US&start=113“></param><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/BoQ0bqsJSJ8&hl=en_US&start=113” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” width=”640″ [...]

As a webmaster, you need to constantly optimize your website for the search engines and most importantly for your users and their on-site experience. Google created a Firefox plugin that analyzes your page speed, gives it a ranking and offers some advices regarding the loaded elements from that site. Don’t get too hasty, few sites get high scores, but your [...]

TestDisk is a very powerful data recovery application aimed primarily in recovering lost partitions or repairing non-bootable disks. Partitions can be damaged by multiple factors, such as faulty software, viruses or even human errors (such as accidentally deleting a partition). TestDisk can repair almost any lost partition within clicks, easy and remarkable fast. The application is aimed towards both beginners and advanced users, offering a rich array [...]

Here’s another nifty utility that some of you may use, need or cry for it. Auto Mute turns your computer into silent mode, muting all the system sounds, from entering windows, receiving message to the closing sound. This can come in handy when at a conference, public library or simply, at home, late at night not wantingt any stress sounds [...]

It seems that Apple decided to sue one of its strong competitors, HTC, for several patent infringements, related to the iPhone’s user interface and hardware. Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, stated:  ”We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We’ve decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, [...]

We finally decided that we should use our design skills to create some quality WordPress themes. With that in mind, we are proud to announce that the first versions of our themes are ready to download. What can we say about our themes, well, they’re stylish, clean, widget ready and customizable. We have added some web 2.0ish touch and the [...]

It seems that Amazon decided to port their e-book reader application to BlackBerry. Even in its Beta stage, Kindle for BlackBerry allows the users to read over 400,000 e-books on their BlackBerry devices. The application uses Amazon’s Whispersync technology that allows full bookmark syncronization across all devices including Apple’s iPad, PC, Kindle, BlackBerry and iPhone. Of course, the application will [...]

I think even Roberta Flack will agree that frozen or runaway processes are a pain in the chip for every computer user. And no, we won’t kill them with “his song”, we will kill them directly with Killing Me Softly. The application practically allows you to schedule an automatic restart or shutdown also killing all the unresponsive processes. This comes [...]

LookInMyPC is a system profiler that gives you accurate informations about your software and hardware installed. Unlike many system informations tools, LookInMyPC also displayes relevant information regarding your active Windows processes, services,  start-up applications, network and traffic details and a few more. Of course, this tools isn’t aimed only at professionals, LookInMyPC can be handled by most computer users. What’s also [...]

There are many software alternatives for cutting mp3 files, some free like Audacity, some a little bit expensive, such as Sound Forge. However, there are some online tools that allow you to cut your mp3 files, free and fast. Want to create a ringtone fast? You wanan trim your favorite song? mp3cut.net will allow you to cut any mp3 file with ease, in a [...]