Daily Tech Digest - March 25, 2009

Let’s see what interesting things we have today in our geek-ish papers.

TiVo to get BlockBuster’s streams - via BetaNews

Social network sites such as Facebook are being constantly monitored - via BBC News

Mac Trojan cought red handed on a film - via Tech Central

NASA and Microsoft are offering free space images to the public - via SlipperyBrick

Sql Splitter: Split large SQL database files

Have you ever tried to restore a large database using phpMyAdmin or other tools and recieve an error message that the sql is too big? Well, if you are a webmaster, you encountered this problem at least once, I know I was. So, what’s the solution? Split the SQL database file in several smaller files, for a faster and more efficient db restore.

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Auslogics System Information: Know your computer

When it comes to useful tools it’s not wonder that Auslogics comes into our minds. Auslogics spoiled us with some very useful tools and what can I say, we are still spoiled. Now, let’s get to today’s tool, Auslogics System Information. So what’s special about this tool? Well, for starters it tells you everything you know about the computer, then it tells you everything about your computer and lastly, i think it tells you everything about your computer.

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Internet Explorer 8 goes final. Download IE8 now!

Almost 2h ago, Microsoft announced that Internet Explorer 8 went out of the drawing board and entered the final version. You can check the download page, but be advised that it’s not currently updated to the latest final version, the RC1 is still present for download, which may seem a bit confusing.

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Daily Tech Digest - March 19, 2009

After long talks, whiskey and country music, we decided to summarize a daily tech digest, from around the web. Actually it took 5 minutes to decide that, but still..it’s important. The Daily Tech Digest will gather hot news from that specific day, for an extra morning coffee taste.

Jurrors addicted to iPhones via Tuaw - Jurors go high-tech with Apple’s iPhone, staying ultra informed about everything

Latest iPhone 3.0 screenshots via CNET - the latest firmware gets some screenshots leaked..check it out

Harvard Law professor appologizes for taking sides in the P2P trial via ArsTechnica - Harvard Law prof Charles Nesson is defending an accused file-swapper in federal court, but he yesterday took the extraordinary step of filing an apology to the judge and the RIAA’s lawyers.

Apple Movie Trailer site debuts on Twitter via MacWorld

Samsung launching Android handset via Engadget

Firefox new tab prototype via Lifehacker - as work is undergoing for the new FireFox 3.5, several prototypes are leaked out

Vista Services Optimizer: Manage and Tweak the Windows Services

It’s no news that Windows Vista comes kinda bloated by default, with resource hungry services that kneel your system most of the time. There are many tutorials around on how to tweak your Vista and several software solutions that do this job in one way or another. But what we really need, is a free software, that can tweak Vista’s services with just some mouse clicks. Yes, I am talking about Vista Services Optimizer, a small utility that can transform your Vista frustration into a more pleasant desktop experience.

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Mozilla Fennec: Firefox mobile goes Beta 1

Mozilla just released the first Beta version of Fennec, its mobile browser. This version is the most expected mobile browser, while Firefox dominates the computer area, Opera has the supremacy on the mobile market. Fennec steppes into the game slowly but full of confidence.

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SubDude: Rename your subtitles automatically

I think everybody knows that adding external subtitles to a movie can become boring and slow-ish, especially when you need to rename every subtitle to match the name of the movie file, so your player can pick it up automatically. Either that or add the external subtitle manually within your video player. Fortunately, there are some tools that can ease up our multimedia experience and one of those tools is SubDude.

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