Browse color blends

Are you in a hurry? Need a palette right now? Don't have time to be creative?

Here's thousands of color blends created by the users of ColorBlender.com. Go ahead; steal one! – just click you preferred blend to make it "your own"! :-)

Online-Tools

Online-Tools.
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Prevent email to Gmail

If you constantly receive messages you'd like to ignore from the same persons or Gmail's spam filters aren't too good for you, it's time to create a blacklist. How to do that in Gmail?

Web-Based Encrypted E-Mail

The idea is enticing. Just as you can log onto Hotmail with your browser to send and receive e-mail, there are Web sites you can log on to to send and receive encrypted e-mail. HushMail, ZipLip, YNN-mail, ZixMail. No software to download and install...it just works.

But how well?

Swedish anonymous internet service

The Swedish Pirate Party introduced a completely anonymous internet service called relakks. Relakks makes it possible to browse the web, and use p2p-applications (like bittorrent) without being monitored.

Relakks will cost 5 euro ($6.30) a month or 50 euro a year. The service will provide the following:

• Your ISP IP-number is changed to an anonymous IP-number
• Both web traffic and application traffic (eg. p2p) will be anonymized
• Transfers will be encrypted to ensure privacy

Relakks

via torrentFreak

The BBC offers a report on this type of service:

A "darknet" service that allows users to share music files anonymously on the web has been launched in Sweden.

Relakks, as the service is known, allows users to send and receive files through a heavily-encrypted connection.

It is the first commercial example of a darknet, a virtual network set up to share files between trusted users.

The service is endorsed by political group the Pirate Party which is running for election in Sweden under a banner to reform the country's copyright laws.

"There are many legitimate reasons to want to be completely anonymous on the internet," said Rickard Falkvinge, chairman of the Pirate Party.

"The right to exchange information in private is fundamental to the democratic society. Without a safe and convenient way of accessing the internet anonymously, this right is rendered null and void."

Google maps mashup site

A superb blog for an overview and catalog of Google maps and mashups from around the world.

Google Maps Mania

Change Firefox active tab color

Change the color of the active tab in Firefox to improve its visibility.
Make a quick change to your userChrome.css file, then restart Firefox

Edit your "userChrome.css" file and add:

/* Change color of ACTIVE tab */
tab
{
-moz-appearance: none !important;
}
tab[selected="true"]
{
background-color: rgb(255, 106, 106) !important;
color: black !important;
}
/* Change color of normal tabs */
tab:not([selected="true"])
{
background-color: rgb( 70, 130, 180) !important;
color: white !important;
}

Thanks to James E. Lee

Open source PBX

FreeSWITCH is an open source telephony application written in C, built from the ground up and designed to take advantage of as many existing software libraries as possible. FreeSWITCH makes it possible to build an open source PBX system or an open source voip switching platform as well as unite various technologies such as SIP H.323, IAX2, LDAP, Zeroconf, XMPP / Jingle etc. FreeSWITCH can also be used to interface with other open source PBX systems such as OpenPBX, Bayonne, YATE or Asterisk

Better than FTP

Foldermail is an innovative managed service for transferring data across the Internet

Foldermail is a convenient, reliable and cost effective way to send complete Windows folders and large files of any size. Designed specifically for professional uses, its features make it a truly useful business tool.

This was designed to address the disadvantages of alternative technologies including email, FTP, web transfers, peer to peer and using CDs or USB keys. It meets the IT manager's need for security and network management as well as the user's need to send large data sets quickly and reliably with proof of sending and receipt, prioritization, tracking and alerts.

Foldemail's security features establish trust between sender and recipient, ensure transmissions cannot be intercepted, provide proof of sending and receipt and allow content and user control.

It enables heavy data transfers to be managed, relieves overloaded web and email servers, congested WANs and mailboxes and smoothes peak loading, and can work over intermittent connections.

It gets your files to your correspondent quickly, easily and reliably. Full tracking and folder management features can help you work with your team more efficiently.

via Jean's blog

Satellite radio on mobile device

Ever wish you could listen to your satellite radio anywhere? Well, MusicDock’s new service will allow you to do so from your mobile device. Their service includes real-time song information with album art, as well as seamless access on both your mobile and desktop. No special software is required - you just need a paid up satellite service account. How much does it cost? Nothing dollars! Free.

Product Page [MusicDock] via crunchgear.com

Rules based software engine

Work day and night.
Offer new software to business owners.
Tell 'em the computer will do all the work!

http://openrules.com/

Group policy registry entries for xp home

Group Policy Quick Link Tree applied within the registry for XP Home users.

15 minute Windows XP tune-up

Computing site Tweak3D.net offers a few suggestions that can get that sluggish machine running at max speed in fifteen minutes or less…

via the Inveterate Observer

Better portable speaker

Designed to "liberate" consumers from being tethered to music players by headphones, the Saitek line of audio products provide the quality of high-fidelity and the convenience of "anywhere" ease of play. Using a 3.5 mm audio jack, My Spkr A-100 is an ideal solution for users of iPods, .mp3 mobile phones or digital music players who wish to enhance the listening experience without having to bother with headphones.

Saitek Industries Ltd.

How To Build A PC Into Your Car

How to build an in-car PC using mini-ITX technology.

Why Not Go With a Notebook? In-car PC components are similar to those for notebook and desktop systems—power supplies, CPU, hard disk, etc.—but they need to meet much more rugged specifications.

Graphics card tutor

Everything you wanted to know about graphics cards (but were afraid to ask) is in this handy how-to guide.