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[ Luofei | 25 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 18 views]
Make simple photo edits with IrfanView

IrfanView is a long-time favorite here in the JPT headquarters.  It is a simple, lightweight image editor that might not be particularly pretty to look at, but it’s like your mother always told you, “It’s what’s inside that counts.”  Inside IrfanView is a wealth of frequently used photo edits and tweaks, perfect for the 85% of people who can’t afford, don’t have, or don’t know how to use Adobe Photoshop.

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[ Luofei | 24 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 761 views]
Try Camino browser for Mac OS X

Mac OS X users that have the latest version of Firefox are well aware that it has been a step backwards in terms of stability.  Those people looking for an alternative to Firefox should try Camino, a Mozilla browser designed specifically for Macs.

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[ Luofei | 16 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 59 views]
Notepad++ add adds features to plain old Notepad

At work, I use a Windows machine and I frequently run into issues that wish I had TextWrangler for.  It did not take long for me to turn to Notepad++ to speed up my productivity.

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[ Luofei | 4 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 106 views]
Let Zamzar convert your files for you

In our line of work, Evan and I run into lots of strange file types.  Instead of keeping a few different programs to handle all our conversion needs, we let the online service Zamzar take care of it.

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[ Luofei | 2 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 287 views]
NatsuLion – Twitter client for Mac OS X

Last time, when we explained Twitter, we mentioned two popular desktop applications for Twitter: TweetDeck and twhirl.  NatsuLion is a Twitter application made just for Mac OS X, and it has some advantages over the other two.

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[ Luofei | 23 Feb 2009 | No Comment | 124 views]
WTF is… Twitter?

Last week, we talked a lot about Twitter (follow us @justplaintech).  Though the blog-o-sphere thinks Twitter is the best thing since sliced bread, many of you may not know what it is.

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[ Luofei | 20 Feb 2009 | No Comment | 183 views]
Update everything with AppFresh

AppFresh is a small program that keeps all the programs on your Mac up to date.  It takes what Apple Software Update does and applies it to everything: applications, plug-ins, widgets and more.

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[ Luofei | 11 Sep 2008 | No Comment | 52 views]
Dropbox out of private beta

The amazing file syncing program is now available to the masses. Click to find out more.

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[ Luofei | 11 Sep 2008 | No Comment | 187 views]
VirtualBox reaches 2.0: better than before

We talked about VirtualBox before as a free alternative to Parallels or VMware Fusion.  The new version 2.0 makes it more compelling than before.

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[ Evan | 10 Sep 2008 | No Comment | 54 views]
Impressions: iTunes 8

iTunes 8 was just released and has some fancy new features. Read on to find what’s good and what’s not.