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Vitamin D: Free Video Surveillance Software

moin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:01:08 +0000

Vitamin D is a free video surveillance software (currently in its beta stage) that lets you set up your desktop webcam, your laptop camera, or even a network camera, into the perfect surveillance camera.

You may even install multiple cameras and monitor more than one location. It constantly records, but saves and alerts you only when a relevant object is detected, eliminating false positives.

The application is small (26 MB) in size and very easily to set up. Once installed, you simply select the cameras that Vitamin D recognizes on you computer and start recording.

If you’re a shopkeeper who wants to keep an eye on things, a concerned parent who wants to keep an eye on their little children, or simply a cautious house-owner who thinks it’s better to be safe than sorry, than go over to Vitamin D’s webpage and download this wonderful application right now!

Demo video:

Features:

Whether you’ve got a Mac or PC, Vitamin D will run on both systems. Click here for the detailed system requirements.
With integrated image recognition techniques, Vitamin d can tell when an object is moving. Say you’ve got the webcam set up to show your backyard. You can specify Vitamin d to alert you whenever a person walks into the frame. This can be a fantastic way to be prepared of any break-ins.
The program distills a long day of video into an interactive highlight reel of important events. One click filters your results to only show people, and keyboard shortcuts let you scan your day in seconds.
Similar tools: HighlightCam, HomeCamera and UGOlog. Also check out our article on How To Build A WiFi Home Surveillance System.

Check out Vitamin D @ www.vitamindinc.com

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MultiMonitorGroup: Get Multiple Screen Wallpaper Free

kaly — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:06:52 +0000

If you are lucky enough to run multiple monitors on your system and looking for a cool multiple screen wallpaper, make sure to check MultiMonitorGroup.com. It is a web resource that offers a collection of high quality multi-screen backgrounds for free.

The collection is divided into 3 sections: Dual, Triple, Quad Monitor Backgrounds. You can browse each section by categories (Abstract, Animals, Astronomy, Celebrities, Computers, Gaming, Industrial… etc) or sort wallpapers by resolution. There is also an option to rate wallpapers and leave comments.

Features:

Get free multi-screen backgrounds.
Browse backgrounds by category and sort by resolution.
Rate and comment on backgrounds.
Similar websites: DualScreenWallpaper.

Check out MultiMonitorGroup @ www.multimonitorgroup.com

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HighlightCam: Use Your Web Camera as a Security Camera

abhijeet — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:54:32 +0000

HighlightCam is a nice site which lets you use web camera as security camera to monitor your room when you are not there. It records only when it senses a motion. Hence you don’t have to worry about long videos which just contain a view of the room.

The service has both free and premium options, the free option being quite a decent one. It doesn’t require registration to start with. Click on Start Recording, allow the site to use your webcam and you are good to go.

Features:

Use your webcam as a security camera and spy on your room when you are away.
Reduces video hours by recording only when there is a motion.
No registration required to start.
Get premium account if you need to download the videos.
Similar apps: HomeCamera and UGOlog. Also check out an excellent MakeUseOf article on How To Use Skype as a Covert Snooper.

Check out HighlightCam @ www.highlightcam.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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WhyDoWork AdSense Monitor: Monitor Google AdSense Earnings Right In Your Browser

srikanth — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:11:51 +0000

AdSense monitor is a Firefox add-on which enables you to monitor your Google AdSense earnings right in your Firefox toolbar. Once installed and setup with your Google AdSense account details, it gives you real-time AdSense performance reports right in your browser status bar.

This add-on supports report viewing based on time periods such as: today, yesterday, last 7 days etc. You can either view the data in a single line or as a scrolling notifier. You can also set different update frequencies for content, feeds, search, mobile and domains.

By default, a left click on the add-on will refresh the statistics, a right click on the other hand will open your account. Clicking the logo will bring up the add-on settings. These settings can be customized accordingly from the add-on settings window.

There is also a WordPress plugin that allows you to easily insert and manage Adsense ads on your blog without modifying the template. This plugin also features the ability to exclude ads wherever you like i.e. based on individual posts, recently published posts etc.

Features:

Monitor your Google AdSense earnings right in your browser status bar.
View the AdSense data in a single line or as a scrolling notifier.
Option to choose the update frequency of AdSense statistics for content, feeds, search, mobile and domains.
An associated WordPress plugin to help you easily manage AdSense ads on your blog.

Get AdSense Monitor @ addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12735 (by Srikanth from Techonaut)

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TvCalculator: TV Screen Size Comparison Tool

kaly — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:25:19 +0000

Planning to upgrade your monitor or TV and want to find out what size you should be going after? TvCalculator is a simple screen size comparison tool where you can enter the dimensions for up to 4 screens and visualize them side by side.

In addition to providing visual comparison the app also gives you detailed info such as viewable image dimensions, screen utilization (%), pixel density and equivalent sizes.

Further more you can save your comparisons and easily share them with others.

Features:

Monitor and TV screen size comparison tool.
Compare up to 4 screens side by side.
When adding screen dimensions you may use inches, aspect ratio, pixels etc.
Save comparisons online and share them with others.
No registration required.
Similar website: DisplayWars.

Check out TvCalculator @ www.tvcalculator.com

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UGOlog: Monitor Your Home Over The Internet With a Webcam

kaly — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:30:39 +0000

Do you want to know what’s going on in your room while you are away? Are you suspicious that someone might be going through your personal stuff when you are not at home? UGOlog.com got you covered. It’s an online web camera monitoring system with the help of which you can monitor your home over the internet for free.

The application is 100% web based meaning that there is no software download. In terms of setup it is very simple and does not require any networking skills, all you need to have is a working webcam.

UGOlog can automatically record videos in intervals or continuously, includes motion detection, and supports multiple cameras. Free account lets you have 2 cameras with daily limit of 500 snapshots and 5 minute recording. Premium accounts are free during beta period.

The site is in beta, so keep in mind that some things might not work properly. Support for IP cameras is coming soon.

Features:

Monitor your home remotely using your webcam.
No software download required.
Simple to use and no networking skills needed.
Includes automatic recording, video history, motion detection, interval-based recording and multiple camera support.
Free account lets you have 2 cameras with daily limit of 500 snapshots and 5 min recording.
Similar websites: HomeCamera

Check out UGOLog @ www.ugolog.com

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ScreenFix: Fix Monitor Display Problems

kaly — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:28:11 +0000

A while ago we profiled MonitorTest, an online tool to fix monitor display problems online. ScreenFix is another such tool. The site provides you with five separate tests such as gamma checker, phasing checker, brightness checker, flicker fixer and dead pixel fixer. All you need to do is choose the test you want to run and click on provided link.

Gamma checker: lets you check gamma level of your monitor, if gamma levels are poor you could be missing some details on images and games you play.
Phasing checker: Lets you view how bad phasing has got on your monitor. The test will show you an simple image, if this image appears phase (blured) then you may have poor clock settings.
Brightness checker: Lets you check the brightness levels on your monitor. If you have incorrect brightness on your monitor it could be showing you the wrong colors.
Flicker fixer: This test helps you fix flickering screen, it will show you a simple pattern and if it is flickering use auto-config button on your monitor. It shoul fix the problem.
Dead pixel fixer: This test lets you fix stuck and dead pixels on your screen. Just start the test on full screen mode and leave it for about a hour.

Check out ScreenFix @ www.screenfix.net

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Observu: Get an eMail Alert When your Website Goes Down

kaly — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:06:03 +0000

Want to get an email alert when your website or blog goes down? Check out Observu. It is a free and simple website monitoring service that can continuously monitor your websites for uptime. Whenever one of your sites goes down you will be immediately alerted via email. There is no limit to the number of sites monitored; simply register and add as many sites as you want.

Features:

Monitors your websites for uptime and alerts you by email in case one of them goes down.
Monitor as many websites as you want.
Add a text Observu should look for on the page to verify that the correct content is being shown.
Other similar services we have reviewed: BasicState, Montastic, MrUptime and Pingability

Check out Observu @ www.observu.com

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Zlert : Get Alerts From Amazon

abhijeet — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:29:33 +0000

Zlert is an alert service which lets you receive alerts from Amazon about a new product or changes made to an existing product. It lets you set up different types of alerts so that you don’t need to visit Amazon again and again and you can get the required information right in your feed reader or inbox.

You can monitor a particular product and the changes related to it, be it price drops, new related items or new products by the same manufacturer. If you came across an item and liked it but you’d prefer buying it later then you can set up a reminder to buy the item on the specific date.

Some of the alert types you can create:

It’s true that Amazon itself allows you to create alerts but Zlert goes a step further and presents more options. Hence this could be a useful service for those who buy a lot of stuff from Amazon and need to visit the site several times everyday.

Check out Zlert @ www.zlert.com (Contributed by Abhijeet Mukherjee from Jeet Blog)

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FeedKy : Monitor Video Networks for Videos you Care About

kaly — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:48:15 +0000

FeedKy makes it easy to track videos on video sharing sites like Youtube. Get notified whenever someone uploads a video matching your interests. Simply tell the FeedKy what keywords (tags) you want it to track and it’ll do the rest. It constantly scans popular video networks like YouTube, DailyMotion, Metacafe, Vpod, Google Video, Flickr, etc. looking for the new videos with matching tags. As soon as it finds something it sends it to your feedreader (or email).

Features:

Stay up-to-date on videos that interest you.
Get notified by email whenever there is a new video.
RSS Feed: Track new videos in your feedreader.
Monitor YouTube, DailyMotion, Metacafe, Google Video, Yahoo Video, Flickr, Vpod, etc.
No registration required, but if you do, you’ll have additional privileges.

Check out Feedky @ www.feedky.com

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HomeCamera: Setup a Home Surveillance System using a Webcam

Aibek — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:20:36 +0000

Are you looking for an easy-to-setup home monitoring security system for your room ? Do you want to see what’s going on in your room from your office PC ? How about getting alerted when someone enters your room. You can get these and many other features with HomeCamera. Basically, with HomeCamera you can setup your personal home surveillance system.

Once you sign-up, download the client and install the HomeCamera client, you will be able to see what’s happening in your room from any web browser on any PC at any time. You can even check the live stream from your mobile phone or Blackberry.

Additionally you have an option to share your cameras with other HomeCamera users. So if you want to share your room or office camera with someone else you can do so by inviting them to sign-up with HomeCamera.

One of the coolest HomeCamera features is the ability to set motion detect alerts. This can scan the live recording and notify you whenever it detects some kind of movement. Alerts can include the screenshot (or 10 sec video recording) and can be sent to your mobile phone or email. Pretty cool.

No need to worry about the storage space, regardless of the size, your recorded videos and pictures will be stored online for up to 30 days. You can access them in the “Camera Archives” and delete the ones you don’t want to keep. Additionally you can gets them sent to your mobile or email address.

Download HomeCamera client from HomeCamera.com (via www.online-tech-tips.com)

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