September 30, 2009
Various console and handheld emulators have been developed – usually dedicated to supporting legacy, older generation systems. DeSmuME is a free cross-platform Nintendo DS emulator (the latest on Nintendo’s handheld line), letting you play DS games right from your computer. We’ll be showing you how to download and run DeSmuME, as well as basic functions [...]
July 30, 2009
Not all computers have the latest in bleeding edge hardware or play Crysis on the highest graphics. However, for those who have one very capable gaming computer – but also one not so capable computer, StreamMyGame offers a way to let you play Crysis on that laptop with 512MB of RAM and other not so [...]
July 22, 2009
Internet radio is, quite possibly, one of the more interesting methods of listening to music. As of this writing, there are approximately 30,000 broadcasting SHOUTcast radio stations – all broadcasting a unique playlist of songs or other content. We’re going to show you how to start your own Internet radio station with SHOUTcast – and [...]
July 4, 2009
While you may be content with knowing how many times your video has been viewed, it’s nice to know when other sites have decided to take the privilege of embedding your video on their web pages. YouTube has a tool for videos known as Insight, which provides demographics and other data on who has watched [...]
June 21, 2009
Kongregate.com is one of the largest destinations for Flash games – claiming to have a library of over 15,000 available games. This library, while readily accessible on the Internet, has no offline alternative – and even with Aibek’s tips on downloading flash games, Kongregate stumps us all. There seemed to be no way to play [...]
February 25, 2009
Internet Relay Chat. One of the early forms of communication on the Internet, IRC featured a very basic chat protocol. While Tim has explored creating an individual IRC channel, we’ll be creating a fake IRC server using phpFreeChat, which allows you to create separate “channels” and various other features reminiscent of IRC (though certainly not [...]
February 15, 2009
Google Tasks is a recent offering from the web giant, offering you the ability to keep a list of things to do. We’re going to explore several methods of accessing your tasks list, varying from your desktop to a gadget within Gmail itself. Google Tasks on Your Desktop Available for all platforms capable of running [...]
February 2, 2009
Active Desktop, a feature introduced with Internet Explorer 4.0, and included in every Windows version since then until Windows Server 2003, allowed users to put websites on their desktop. While it enjoyed little widespread use, and often was subject to criticism, the idea of placing websites on the desktop is still an appealing idea to [...]
January 27, 2009
Websites such as Deezer, Pandora, imeem, Last.fm (and others) all serve free streaming music – often bundled with certain restrictions that reduce their convenience to users. A number of separate various applications exist to download music from specific sites (such as Freezer which exists to download from Deezer, Jiwa, and imeem only. Or tools like [...]
January 12, 2009
Meebo is one of the most fully-featured methods to access instant messaging networks from the web ““ offering multi-protocol IM, chat rooms, and more. A number of features and scripts will also allow you to customize and enhance your experience. This article is mainly for Mozilla Firefox users – as it covers an extension exclusively [...]
