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Striving to keep in touch with our family, friends, colleagues and business contacts we are forced to manage accounts for various e-mail services, instant messengers and social networks. When you only use one or two methods of communication from the ones mentioned above….things are pretty simple, but for the unfortunate ones that depend on more of them, things can quickly get out of control.
On a positive note, the software market delivers a few programs that can significantly ease keeping track of our online communication methods. One of them is Digsby, a freeware multiprotocol instant messaging client allowing you to manage all your e-mail, IM and social network accounts in a simple, effortless manner and most importantly…all of this from within a single application.
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Backing up your data online can be very useful, whether you do it for important documents, family photos or larger files such as music collections or videos. On one hand you won’t lose backed up data when your computer crashes or malfunctions, such is the case when performing local backups on your HDD. On the other hand your data will become highly portable as you’ll be able to access it from any other computer or device equipped with an Internet connection.
Dropbox is a web-based data backup service that uses cloud storage and offers a simple way to store your files, but also share them with others and synchronize them across computers and mobile devices. Dropbox storage plans come in different flavors to satisfy a wide range of customers: you’ll get 2 GB storage space for free, perfect for small files such as documents or just testing the app, 50 GB for 9.99$/month, 100 GB for a monthly fee of 19.99$ and last but not least, Dropbox for Teams offers multiple user licenses and extra storage space starting from 350 GB, bundled with administrative and group capabilities to suit businesses, organizations and groups.
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For those in need of a powerful utility for network analysis, Wireshark, formerly known as Ethereal, is a highly recommended solution that comes bundled with an exhaustive set of tools for network troubleshooting, protocol development and education. Wireshark allows you to capture incoming and outgoing traffic and browse packets data interactively from a live network or previously saved captured files using the graphical user interface or the TTY-mode TShark utility (the terminal-based version).
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While VOIP communication is used for many purposes, the increasingly large MMORPG gaming communities have certainly raised the standards for these services, demanding increased reliability and ease of use. At this point I would like to introduce you to Ventrilo, a utilitarian Voice over IP client with built-in text-chat that will surely come up to your expectations when it comes to dependable and high quality group voice-conferencing.
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Peer-to-peer file sharing is a well-known concept, and currently there are loads of file-sharing programs relying on this technology but only a few of them are worth mentioning. eMule is one of the favorite file-sharing applications that is using the eDonkey and Kad networks, born as an alternative to eDonkey2000 client. Some of eMule’s most notable features are the decentralized network, large user community, credit-based reward system for uploaders and fast recovery of corrupted downloads.
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Being able to download data from the Internet is one of the most vital elements of our daily online experience. Whether if it’s about the latest drivers, a proper codec, an office software or even digital purchases which require large downloads, our progress in this matter is dictated by our download speed. Regardless of how much in a hurry we are or how beefy our computer is, there’s not much we can do when it comes to download speeds. Or is there?!
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In case you are familiar to the concept of p2p file transfer then FrostWire might not need an introduction for you. Nevertheless we are all about welcoming newcomers to experiment new software, so it’s for the best to give a brief explanation on what this particular program can offer.
FrostWire is a piece of software designed for the sole purpose of handling peer-to-peer file transfers. In other words, this program enables the users to join already established networks so that they can transfer files between them freely. Continued »
As a history lesson, FrostWire is a direct descendent of LimeWire, which means we should be able to experience a pretty solid program. On short, FrostWire offers faster download speeds than before, built-in chatrooms, iTunes compatibility, smartphone/tablet support and tons of skins to choose from.
Skype is one of the most appreciated VoIP programs that distinguished itself because of the simple instant messaging function and great quality PC-to-PC voice and video calls it provides, as a result being mostly used for these purposes. But the power that Skype holds within is a lot more complex because it’s not just an application, but also a full set of services and besides the free ones mentioned above it also offers PC-to-landline phones/mobile phones calls at astonishingly affordable prices.
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