Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Transmute Transfers and Backs Up Bookmarks Between Browsers [Featured Windows Download]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/99JDktwCL8s/transmute-transfers-and-backs-up-bookmarks-between-browsers


Windows only: Some browsers stash all your bookmarks and their metadata in a single folder that's easy to import to any other browser. For everything else, Transmute makes the work of shuttling bookmarks between Windows browsers much simpler. The simple but powerful application, also available as a no-install portable folder, supports nearly every major browser for Windows—Chrome, Chromium, Opera, Safari, and, of course, Internet Explorer and Firefox. You can set Transmute to export bookmarks to a particular folder, with or without timestamp dates, and have it create its own backup files in case things get messy. That's about it, but that's certainly no small feat. Transmute is a free download for Windows systems only, requires .NET 2.0 framework to operate.


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EchoPic is a Dead Simple Picture Sharing Site [Photo Sharing]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/gmJdXilvV34/echopic-is-a-dead-simple-picture-sharing-site

Webapp EchoPic is a no-frills online photo storage service, which has no albums or advanced features, but offers a fast way to get pictures on the web painlessly. Registration isn't necessary to use the basic features; unregistered users have unlimited storage and a file size limitation of 1MB. Registered users have the same generous storage plus an increase in file size limit to 4 MB. One minor caveat: there is no resizing feature, so make sure to resize or crop your photos before uploading them. If my test picture piqued your interest check out how to make your own stealthy keyboard.


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Magic Number Machine Graphs Calculations [Featured Mac Download]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/hBq8i39SwGo/magic-number-machine-graphs-calculations

Mac OS X only: Mac users envious of Windows 7's new souped-up built-in calculator can take solace in Magic Number Machine, a free, advanced graphic calculator for OS X. Features include 25 digits of precision, hexadecimal, binary, decimal and octal display including fractional, scientific notation and negative numbers in each, complex numbers, array functions, and a whole menu of scientific constants. It's been a long time since I've needed a calculator this advanced and complex, so mathletes and scientists, let us know how it is. The Magic Number Machine is a free download for Mac only. Thanks, enderwiggin7!


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BeatMyPrice Finds Deals, Integrates RetailMeNot [Price Comparison]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/B-4-HnS-PlE/beatmyprice-finds-deals-integrates-retailmenot

Just-launched price comparison engine BeatMyPrice comes from the folks who brought you BugMeNot and RetailMeNot, and puts those two services' "people-powered" ethics to good use. Here's how it works: you see an item you want to buy online at a certain price, but want to know if there are better deals out there. You enter the item name, URL, and price into BeatMyPrice.com, and hit the "Beat that!" button. BeatMyPrice lists results from various sources (including other users' searches), and includes better, the same, and higher-priced items than your entry—and it integrates coupon codes and promotions (like free shipping) from its sister site, RetailMeNot.

You can narrow down the results to only the sellers and target price you want to see. Check out a video clip from the founder which shows you BeatMyPrice in action.

As I'm on the hunt for a widescreen monitor, I plugged in a couple of listings from NewEgg into BeatMyPrice, and it did find me a cheaper (albeit smaller screen) price, but the result listing was a lot sparser than the one shown in the video. As more people use BeatMyPrice, the more results it will have to offer. Right now it desperately needs a BugMeNot-style bookmarklet for use while you shop for holiday gifts online.


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How MozBackup Insures Your Mozilla Profiles [Backup Utilities]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/G5bE-gCRDV0/how-mozbackup-insures-your-mozilla-profiles

What with experimental extensions, themes, about:config tweaks, and user scripts and styles, we're always encouraging you to do strange and unholy things to your Firefox installation—things that you should only do after you back up your current profile for easy restoration. We've already mentioned MozBackup a few times in passing, our favorite program for backing up your Firefox profile. But our Firefox tweak-crazy intern Asian Angel offers a detailed tutorial on using MozBackup—what bits of your browsing data it backs up (and doesn't), what Mozilla programs it works with beyond vanilla Firefox, and how it works. Hit the link to get the full rundown.


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