brijmin on Tech

It looks like UseNetServer decided to answer Astraweb’s annual special: accounts.usenetserver.com/agoodyear/ The offer is for their High-Speed Plus plan – ~320 days retention, 20 connections, SSL, global search, etc. The same plan they are offering for $10 a month.

We’re happy to report that Xmarks/Foxmarks has been acquired byLastPass, the leading password and data manager!

Security follows technology. Now that our phones are more expensive and carry personal information, it’s only natural that we want to protect them. The free LookOut Android app offers an interesting new security app that features anti-virus, data backup, and lost phone locator capabilities.

Entrustet is a free service that enables an account holder to pass on digital assets to up to 10 designated heirs and one executor, who is in charge of executing a person’s digital wishes after they pass away. Digital assets include social networks, financial accounts, blogs, e-mails and other Internet properties or files.

Here is a list of applications I am currently running. More importantly these are the apps my phone would not be the same without. I tend to install and test a lot of applications, both on Windows and now Android. The key to a MUST HAVE is the knowledge that I will reinstall after a Factory reset [...]

Dropbox is the easiest way to sync and share your files online and across computers, iPhone and Android too.

Regrettably the Newzbin website has to close as a result of the legal action against us. More details here: http://deepsharer.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/newzbin-gossip/

Ok, most “geeks” probably aren’t using EasyVPN but that doesn’t mean it’s not a geeky program. What does it do? It sets up a virtual network between any computers you install the program on. It’s like having them all in the same place and plugged into the same router even if they’re miles apart from [...]

With the invention of the nzb file format by Newzbin – .nzb files have gained torrent like status within the Usenet industry. Newzbin Closed Regrettably the Newzbin website has to close as a result of the legal action against us. More details here: http://deepsharer.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/newzbin-gossip/

We’ve all been there, a less than computer-savvy friend calls and says something like “When I click the button my internet won’t work.” and you’re left frustrated trying to help. ShowMeWhatsWrong lets you help your friends show you.