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Top 5 Free Antispyware Tools

Top 5 Free Antispyware Tools

Spyware is among the most prevalent PC annoyances I am aware of. It threats our online privacy, not only by monitoring our activity; but also by potentially collecting personal information such as passwords and transmitting them to unauthorized 3rdparties.
Luckily, although spyware threat is definitely on the rise, so is the quality and capabilities of the [...]

Five Ways To Speed Up Outlook 2007

Five Ways To Speed Up Outlook 2007

I have been using Outlook 2007 since beta 2. Feature wise it’s richest than its predecessors, and offers some new functionality such as the To-Do Bar, Instant Search, enhanced junk filtering and attachment previewing.
That said, Outlook 2007 can be sometimes annoyingly sluggish, specially when starting up. Today, I would like to provide you with a [...]

October 2007 Web 2.0 Update:  Microsoft Beats Google In Facebook Deal, and more

October 2007 Web 2.0 Update: Microsoft Beats Google In Facebook Deal, and more

Hopefully you had a great week. Today we will be starting off a new meme here in Connected Internet. Every month, we will be posting a Web 2.0 Update, in which we’ll be updating you regarding the latest and greatest in the Web 2.0 scene.
Naturally, we will be focusing on social networks like MySpace, Facebook, [...]

Top 5 Video Games Of 2007

Top 5 Video Games Of 2007

So far, 2007 is definitely an excellent year for PC video gamers. Although the year is not over yet, it looks like all upcoming new video games have been announced and thus I feel comfortable to announce my picks for 2007.
One thing that concerns me a bit is the somewhat exaggerated system [...]

Free Online Tools That Boost Your Personal Productivity

Free Online Tools That Boost Your Personal Productivity

Hopefully you had a good week over at work, and are getting ready for the weekend.
I like weekends because they allow me to spend time with my family and friends, but also because they provide me with a unique opportunity to review my goals and plan the upcoming week accordingly.
One conclusion I often reach during [...]

The top 5 Free Email Notification Programs

The top 5 Free Email Notification Programs

Hope you had a good weekend. Here’s another episode in our free software reviews saga, and this time on free email notifiers.
Not so long ago, I used to have a single email account besides the one I have at work. Unfortunately, those days are over and today I had a hard time trying to remember [...]

The Best Free Software For Your Computer – Part II

The Best Free Software For Your Computer – Part II

A week ago, I shared my best free software list with Connected Internet (CI) readers. That post generated some nice buzz and to date 27 individuals took the time and made some useful comments on the list I offered. Some of them even proposed additional free applications that could easily make it into my [...]

The Best Free Software For Your Computer

The Best Free Software For Your Computer

A few weeks ago, I received my new laptop and had to install it from scratch. Although it’s a time consuming process, a new PC installation is a great opportunity for you to search the web for the best (and most reliable) apps for your PC. The good news is that you can grab most [...]

Windows Trick: How To Recover Your Windows Serial Number For Free

Windows Trick: How To Recover Your Windows Serial Number For Free

Sometimes the best solution for a complicated PC performance issue is to reinstall your operating system and other applications you run. Although a radical and time-consuming step, format and reinstall normally speeds up your PC and enhances your productivity at the long run.

Windows Trick: How To Add Items To Your Windows Explorer Right Click Menu

Windows Trick: How To Add Items To Your Windows Explorer Right Click Menu

The Windows Explorer is one of the cornerstones of every Windows operating system as it allows you to take action (copy, paste, cut etc’) on files and folders. A few month ago, I installed a new PC and found myself transferring a trillion of files to the new PC using the Windows Explorer. The thing [...]

YoYo Games: How To Create And Share Your Own PC Games

YoYo Games: How To Create And Share Your Own PC Games

Are you addicted to PC games? Did you ever wanted to create you own PC game, but have no clue about programming? Well, if so, you have arrived to the right place.
YoYo Games is a social network that allows its members not only to download play free PC games, but also to create their own [...]

How To Customize GMail’s Functionality And Look

How To Customize GMail’s Functionality And Look

Being a Web 2.0 enthusiast, I am all for web based tools. My email tool is no exception. I was lucky to be among the first to try GMail following its first beta launch, and I have been using it since then. GMail also happened to be an effective tool to manage my to-do list [...]

Create Your Online Database Applications In Minutes With Zoho Creator 2.0

Create Your Online Database Applications In Minutes With Zoho Creator 2.0

A month ago, while reviewing my top 5 Web 2.0 applications, i indicated that Zoho is in my opinion the leading online Office 2.0 suite in the market. I also mentioned Zoho Creator, a nifty application that allows you to create database applications in minutes.
A week and a half ago, Zoho released the second version [...]

Track Your Part Time Gigs With Side Job Tracker

Track Your Part Time Gigs With Side Job Tracker

For many of us, blogging started as a hobby and turned to be a side kick. Many of us love their day jobs (at least i do!!) but invest many hours a day in getting updated on the latest and greatest and working on our blog/s.
Given the fact that blogging is commonly a “solo flight” [...]

Google and Salesforce.com – a partnership to follow.

Google and Salesforce.com – a partnership to follow.

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Google and Salesforce.com announced yesterday that they jointly developed Salesforce.com Group Edition, a hosted CRM (Customer Relationship Management) suite that allows small businesses to effectively manage their lead generation processes (executed using Google Adwords). Those leads are later on turned to be customers and its information (Customer Info, Selling Opportunities, Maintenance Contracts etc’) is then [...]

More Top Web 2.0 Applications For The Enterprise

More Top Web 2.0 Applications For The Enterprise

In my previous post, I reviewed five Web 2.0 applications that can be implemented in an Enterprise context (aka Enterprise 2.0). Following Connected Internet readers’ feedback and Tris’ take, I decided to expand the list, and therefore today I will be reviewing a second set of Web 2.0 applications that can be used in order [...]

The Top 5 Web 2.0 Applications For The Enterprise

The Top 5 Web 2.0 Applications For The Enterprise

In my previous post, we reviewed five possible Web 2.0 technologies that can be implemented in an Enterprise context (aka Enterprise 2.0). Today, i would like to offer a more practical approach and review specific applications that if implemented correctly, can turn your Enterprise 2.0 vision into a reality.

Enterprise 2.0 – What’s In Web 2.0 For Enterprises?

Enterprise 2.0 – What’s In Web 2.0 For Enterprises?

Enterprises “discovered” the Internet’s benefits in the late 90s. Then, in the so called Web 1.0 era, the Internet was perceived as a means for providing potential or existing customers with relatively static marketing oriented information and product support.
Technology oriented organizations leveraged the Internet to implement e-Commerce and e-Support applications. Organizations implemented intranets, (ie [...]