Chip 2001 March/CHIPCD_MAR2001_PLAYWARE.iso/code/newsletters/file_farm.txt

Text File | 2001-02-07 | 13.7 KB | 344 lines

MyDesktop Proudly Presents:

F  I   L   E     F  A  R  M
╖╕╕╖┤»`╖╕╕╖┤»`╖╕╕╖┤»`╖╕╕╖┤»`╖╕╕╖┤»`╖╕╕╖
Your Weekly Source For the Best New Files!
For the Week of January 31, 2001
Volume 3, Week 5


Hi there,

Information at your fingertips. We may tire of hearing it, but we don't
tire of having it.
Workers want their information and they want it fast. That must be why
there are an ever-increasing number of choices
for information software. It's like a 2-minute research assistant. We
dinosaurs remember calling "the research desk"
at large libraries where we did our fact-checking but now you can find the
answers in a small window on your PC.
CIO.com estimates a typical employee spends 30 minutes a day searching for
information. Alex Brown guesses the
cost per information query is between $4 and $5.

Well, one small download later and you can simply click on a word and have
a "wealth of information," as the saying goes,
at your fingertips. Atomica One-Click for Windows (formerly GuruNet) is
the package a few internet.com folk have been
using. Download it this week.  With an Alt/Right Click, it calls up a
small popup window within the doc you currently have open.
In the first 2001 newsletter, FileFarm listed QuickClick from NBC
Internet, Inc. (NBCi), which is much like GuruNet. Load it,
then click on any yellow, underlined term (or Alt-Click on a word) and a
separate browser window pops up with a list of links
where you can find alternative information (aka Web sites) related to that
word. See
http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/windows/description/1300/?nl

This week, there's also an update from Babylon. No more phone calls or
reaching for an old textbook or dictionary. Babylon
provides access to glossaries, dictionaries, and information on converting
currency, measurements, and time. Activate it
simply by clicking on an empty space on your screen, then keying in the
word or number you wish to search.

For Windows and Linux, DNS2Go lets you assign your computer a name.  Most
Internet users have a dynamic IP address, which
 means each time you connect to the Internet you are assigned a different
number. The problem people are experiencing when
trying to host a Web server, email server, or FTP server is that it's
tough to communicate with people because their IP
address is constantly changing. DNS2Go names your computer and DNS2Go
automatically resolves the IP address assigned to
your computer to your chosen name. No matter what your IP address, on-line
or off, people will be able to reach you.

For Linux, the Farm has a text-based browser that can handle complicated
tables. w3m was derived from a pager named "fm"
that was written before 1991 when the Internet was in its infancy. Then
developer Akinori Ito made a little modification to
fm to create a Web browser, w3m. The name "w3m" was an abbreviation of a
Japanese phrase, "WWW wo miru," which means
"see WWW." This is a relation to fm, which was an abbreviation of "File wo
miru." The first version of w3m was released at
the beginning of 1995. Ito used w3m as a pager to read files, E-mails, and
online manuals. An internet.com reviewer
said it "laid out complicated pages. Most pages . . . seemed similar
enough in layout to the graphic versions for me to
follow what was going on. Navigation is handled with the keyboard only and
full instructions are found in w3m's manual or
in the runtime help screen you can get by pressing H."

For the Mac, we have a File Pirate update. Each Mac file has 2 parts, the
data and the resource fork. An application stores
pictures, dialog box appearance, sounds, and text as a part of its
resource fork. The Pirate can extract these and save
sound resources as System 7 Sound files and picture resources as pic
files. Use it to display hidden text in applications,
extract desktop patterns, and collect color icons.

Also for the Mac, ProJPEG's upgrade offers a new interface with resizable
and zoomable image previews for better compression
feedback. Credited with creating JPEG files that are often 50 percent
smaller than PhotoShop's, the product can now
achieve smaller files that look better by compressing background areas of
images more and the important
foreground areas less using a simple saved selection.


Happy downloading! Enjoy!

Maggie Rantz
FileFarm Site Leader
<mailto:[e-mail]>

/-------------------------------------------------------------------\

LOOKING TO DOWNLOAD THE LATEST SOFTWARE TOOLS?
NewApps.com offers free downloads and shareware of the
latest software releases. They include web browsers, back-up
and compression utilities, news tickers, mail tools and more.
http://www.newapps.com

\--------------------------------------------------------------adv.-/

** Newest Files
---------------

[ Windows 9x / NT ]


# Atomica One-Click for Windows 1.0 #
Atomica One-Click For Windows (formerly GuruNet) is information-retrieval
freeware that works with all browsers, and almost all Windows programs.
Using it requires no typing; just point at any word and alt-click. Instead
of searching, Atomica brings the answer in the form of a small popup
window that doesn't interrupt your work.  Freeware.
http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/windows/description/1331/?nl


# Babylon 3.1 Build 30 #
Babylon is an online information tool with offline capabilities and
special features that are customizable. Babylon provides information about
any word or value clicked on, providing definitions, translations, and
conversions. The glossary index downloads glossaries or a customized
dictionary. Babylon glossaries cover over 90 percent of all spoken
languages, and easy translation is possible. Even hear the correct
pronunciation of a word, value, or expression in a male or female voice.
The conversion mode can convert currency, measurements, and time.
Freeware.
http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/windows/description/1330/?nl


# DNS2Go 2.0 Beta 1 #
DNS2Go is for those who are hosting applications and have a dynamically
assigned IP address. The DNS2Go service permits specifying a domain name
for a Web server, FTP Server, Email Server, Internet game, or other
application. It allows the convenience of a domain name without investing
in an expensive 24/7 connection. Freeware.
http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/windows/description/1328/?nl


[ Linux ]

# w3m 0.1.10 #
w3m is a text-based browser and pager that can render tables and frames.
Similar to the text-based browser Lynx, it reaches beyond it by being able
to handle complicated tables. As a pager, it can read a document from
standard input. It is also a small app, with the stripped binary for SPARC
only about 260 KB. Freeware.
http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/linux/description/1325/?nl


# DNS2Go 1.0 Beta 1 #
See description under Windows listing. Freeware.
http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/linux/description/1329/?nl



[ Macintosh ]

# File Pirate 3.1.1 #
VSE File Pirate is a tool that finds data in the resource fork of your
Macintosh files. Tons of pictures, dozens of sounds, and an uncountable
number of icons are all hidden inside your files. No need to buy a sound
library, an icon library or an image library, if VSE File Pirate can find
it. The fully functional demo does not save the captured goods. Shareware.
http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/macintosh/description/1326/?nl


# ProJPEG 5.1 #
ProJPEG is a file format plugin for Adobe Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro
that can create the small and fast JPEGs for Web pages. The upgrade boasts
improved memory handling to allow ProJPEG to work for Web graphics or
high-resolution JPEG images and advanced Photoshop actions support for
batch processing and automated workflow. Shareware.
http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/macintosh/description/1327/?nl




** Top Downloads (week / total / prev. rank)

[ Windows 9x / NT ]

1. Nero Burning ROM 5.0.3.1 (596/13542/1)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/windows/description/1241/?nl

2. WinZip 7.0 (580/70734/2)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/windows/description/286/?nl

3. Windows Media Player 6.4 (518/39266/3)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/windows/description/625/?nl

4. DirectX 7.0a (453/316215/5)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/windows/description/363/?nl

5. PuTTY 0.50 beta (451/5481/4)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/windows/description/1211/?nl

6. Nero Burning ROM 5.0.1.3 (264/8804/13)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/windows/description/1087/?nl

7. CleanSweep 4.0 (215/9013/6)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/windows/description/391/?nl

8. Winamp 2.50c (192/43258/7)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/windows/description/125/?nl

9. Winamp 2.72 (160/384/12)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/windows/description/1322/?nl

10. WinAce 1.3 (159/5267/8)
    http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/windows/description/1022/?nl


[ Linux ]
1. WinLinux 2000 3/20/00 (84/6701/6)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/linux/description/867/?nl

2. Gmem 1.0.0 (66/1173/4)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/linux/description/1251/?nl

3. Red Hat Linux 6.1 (58/7468/7)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/linux/description/866/?nl

4. Linux Mandrake 7.2 (55/305/8)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/linux/description/1312/?nl

5. Linux 2.4 (44/324/9)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/linux/description/1306/?nl

6. Kondara MNU/Linux 2000 (42/2033/3)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/linux/description/1202/?nl

7. Netscape (Linux) 6 (35/545/11)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/linux/description/1245/?nl

8. Armed Linux 1.1 (35/3684/10)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/linux/description/862/?nl

9. BasicLinux 1.3 (29/508/15)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/linux/description/1255/?nl

10. Kdevelop 2.0 (29/665/17)
    http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/linux/description/1071/?nl


[ Macintosh ]

1. RealPlayer Basic 8.0 (Mac) (993/41254/1)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/macintosh/description/844/?nl

2. Outlook Express 5.0 (347/14881/2)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/macintosh/description/842/?nl

3. Macster 1.0pr4.2 (93/4415/3)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/macintosh/description/1065/?nl

4. Mailsmith 1.1.6 (39/302/24)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/macintosh/description/756/?nl

5. ResEdit 2.1.3 (34/2971/5)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/macintosh/description/698/?nl

6. Norton Utilities for Macintosh 5.0 (32/384/17)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/macintosh/description/1188/?nl

7. icWord 1.0 (19/363/29)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/macintosh/description/1131/?nl

8. Virex 6.0 (19/2424/25)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/macintosh/description/805/?nl

9. File Buddy (for the Mac) 6b10 (17/176/32)
   http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/macintosh/description/1226/?nl

10. Furi 0.6.4 (17/776/14)
    http://www.filefarm.com/filefarm/macintosh/description/1052/?nl



Subscribe to the rest of the MyDesktop newsletter family, at:
http://www.virtualdr.com
http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral
http://www.winplanet.com/winplanet/
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~
For information about advertising in this newsletter, contact
Frank Fazio, Director of Inside Sales, internet.com Corporation
Call [phone] or write mailto:[e-mail]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~
This newsletter is published by internet.com Corporation
http://internet.com - The Internet Industry Portal
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~
To learn about other free newsletters offered by internet.com or
to change your subscription - http://e-newsletters.internet.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~
internet.com's network of more than 100 Websites are organized into 14
channels...
Internet Technology          http://internet.com/sections/it.html
E-Commerce/Marketing         http://internet.com/sections/marketing.html
Web Developer                http://internet.com/sections/webdev.html
Windows Internet Technology  http://internet.com/sections/win.html
Linux/Open Source            http://internet.com/sections/linux.html
Internet Resources           http://internet.com/sections/resources.html
Internet Lists               http://internet.com/sections/lists.html
ISP Resources                http://internet.com/sections/isp.html
Downloads                    http://internet.com/sections/downloads.html
International                http://internet.com/sections/international.html
Internet News                http://internet.com/sections/news.html
Internet Investing           http://www.internet.com/sections/stocks.html
ASP Resources                http://internet.com/sections/asp.html
Wireless Internet            http://internet.com/sections/wireless.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To find an answer - http://search.internet.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For information on reprinting or linking to internet.com content:
http://internet.com/corporate/permissions.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Copyright (c) 2000 internet.com Corporation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



VITAL FileFarm INFORMATION

Thanks for subscribing to FileFarm!  You are currently
subscribed to FileFarm as: <[e-mail]>

Be sure to forward it to friends so they can subscribe!


You are receiving FileFarm because you elected to. To
unsubscribe send a blank email to
[e-mail]