Compete.com is a great website for comparing traffic between up to 3 websites at a time. They offer a paid service but for basic metrics like monthly visitors you can get free reports.
dixlinx: COMPETE.COM
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Posted in PC Maintenance, SysAdmin, Utilities on Nov 14th, 2008
Have you ever tried to delete a file or folder in Windows only to be greeted with the error message below?
This message is no doubt annoying, and up until now the most reliable solution was to simply reboot your computer. A nice utility called Unlocker helps to free up locked files and folders so you […]
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Posted in Fun Stuff, Uncategorized, Utilities on Oct 16th, 2008
It’s been a hectic month, so without further delay here is the latest post. Random.Org is a fun and useful website when you need a random number, a quick virtual coin toss, or a list to be scrambled. I use it for the latter, where I frequently have lists that need to have the order […]
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Malwarebytes is a relatively new spyware scanner that is very effective in cleaning your PC from the newer more resilient spyware these days. I particularly like Malwarebytes because it is one of the only spyware scanners to detect and remove the notorious Antivirus 2007 infection , something Ad-Aware and Spybots cannot do. The software will also scan […]
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A little while back I posted a file converter call MediaCoder. Well I got a comment from a guy named James (thanks, btw) who suggested Youconvertit instead. Youconvertit is a classic example of Web 2.0 software. No installer or codecs needed, just simply upload the media file you want to convert on the Youconvertit web-page then […]
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Posted in Networking, Utilities, WebDev on Aug 18th, 2008
Speedtest.net is a flash based bandwith tester that seems to be very accurate. I like how it can detect ISP upload compression and how you can visually select multiple locations to test your bandwidth from. I have found the tool very accurate and the Flash animations make it fun to use.
dixlinx: SPEEDTEST.NET
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Posted in PC Maintenance, Utilities on May 18th, 2008
Process Lasso is your introduction to BitSum Technologies. They make a whole bunch of really useful software and utilities. From their website:
Process Lasso is a unique new technology intended to automatically adjust the allocation of CPU cycles so that system responsiveness is improved in high-load situations. It does this by dynamically temporarily lowering the priorities […]
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