ClickTrack Appetizer

For all those web designers and website owners, analyzing your website traffic is vital!  Google Analytics is probably the best free tool out there on the web for you to use.  But, unfortunately, Google has decided to keep this wonderful service – invitation only!  Recently, I stumbled upon a very interesting little analytical tool — ClickTracks Appetizer — that does exactly the same thing as Google Analytics.  ClickTracks Appetizer, one-ups Google Analytics, by giving great visual intepretations of web traffic on your site.  The software shows you: where users are coming from, how long individuals are staying on your site, what they are clicking on, etc.  All this for an incredible price – free!  So, if you are serious about optimizing your website traffic or just "plain" curious about who visits your site, make sure you check out this wonderful little freebie! 

Do you have SED?

SED is not a new form of STD, so relax. SED promises to be the next "big thing" in eletronic display technology. SED (Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display) is co-developed by Canon and Toshiba to replace the aging Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Technology found in many of today's TVs and computer monitors and to overcome many of the shortcomings of Plasma, LCD, and OLED displays. In short, SED TVs and monitors (available in 2007) will:

• Ghost-free or blurry images (response time less than 1ms, which is similar to CRTs)
• Vibrant colors (10,000:1 contrast ratio)
• More energy efficient than current LCD displays
• 180° viewing angle. No bad seat in the house
• Full High Def Support

So, if you are sports junkie or a entertainment afficiando in the market for a new tube, save your bucks and wait until next year! You probably won't believe your eyes. For more information check out this very infomative read on SEDs by GotFrag Hardware.

New File Compression Technology by Infima

With the increasing popularity of broadband Internet rising almost daily, it is not surprising, that the amount of files we transfer have also increased correspondingly. File compression programs have been around for a long time and has not really changed all that much in the last couple of years. Recently, Infima Technologies Company, has developed a new patent pending file compression technology that claims to be able to compress files 10 – 85% smaller than current competitors – 7 Zip, WinRAR, WinZip, and PKZip. You can download a beta version by clicking here.

Managing Home Networks for Dummies

Just about everyone, today, has more than one personal computer at home. Most people have configured all their machines to share printers, storage and high-speed internet connections. Any novice, who have attempted to hooked all these devices up for the very first time will inevitably find out that it is quite difficult to setup and manage everything! A very innovate little company called Network Magic have developed an application that let's you:

• to easily monitor and repair your network.
• share printers and files.
• secure your network.
• securely surf your wireless network.
• access all your files from anywhere around the world with nothing but an Internet connection.

All this for a incredibly low price – free. You can this app by clicking here. If you only interested in securing your wireless network, you can download their other freebie – Wireless Intruder Protection.

Official: MS Windows XP on Mac by Apple

Apple Computers introduces Bootcamp for all MacTel owners who wish to run Windows XP on their new Macs. The download is available free of charge. This latest development by Apple is not surprising given the fact the Apple did the exact same thing with the iPod back in 2001/02 when hackers decided to post software enabling Windows users to transfer music to their iPods. Smelling a sweet opportunity, Apple followed suit by porting their iTunes music store application to Windows and offering their iPod to Windows customers. Result: the Apple iPod became a cultural phenomenon of the early 21st century. Can history repeat itself? Will the Apple reignite the personal computer revolution in the 21st century? I say let the revolution begin…

Users beware: Apple Bootcamp is still a beta version but is probably better than the version than the "homebrew" version released a couple of weeks ago, just because of the fact that all the necessary working drivers are included. The official version of Bootcamp is expected to ship within the next version of Mac OS X (Leopard), coming to a mac near you in 2007.

Click here for C|Net Video on Apple BootCamp.
Click here for Flickr Slideshow (Apple BootCamp on MacBook Pro) by Speedye

How long will it take to crack your passwords?

Here is an interesting little article that documents how fast it would take computer or cluster of computers to recover your password based on how long your password is and the types of characters or numbers you decide to incorporate into your password. Click here for the article.

Courtesy: Lockdown – The Home Computer Security Centre