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Oracle is making an IE Toolbar November 21, 2006

Posted by AskMike in Computers & Internet, Programming.
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It seems that the limited space on browsers wasn’t crowded enough. Or Oracle believes that we don’t have enough IE toolbars with pop-up blocker function yet.

Apparently, Oracle just announced its own version of Toolbar for IE – Oracle DBA Toolbar

The Oracle DBA Toolbar (available for Internet Explorer only at the
moment – yeah, yeah, we know; a Mozilla/Firefox version is forthcoming)
gives you one-click access to key DBA resources on OTN.

Features

  • Pop-up Blocker
  • Integrated RSS Manager
  • OTN Search
  • One-click access to SQL*Plus install, Downloads, MetaLink, and more
  • Online Support

Another Pop-up blocker?! What if I already had Live/Google/Yahoo/eBay/…

Well, I think I will pass this one.

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RapidShare.de R.I.P? November 20, 2006

Posted by AskMike in Computers & Internet.
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What happened to the Rapidshare.de, one of most popular online storage service?

The
website is still up. But it says “Unfortunately all drives of
RapidShare.de are full right now.” on its main page and the upload
function is gone.

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Top 5 Best Addons for IE7 November 8, 2006

Posted by AskMike in Computers & Internet, Web 2.0.
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Browser add-ons can help personalize the way you use the Internet. The add-ons
available here have been carefully screened from the Microsoft new IE Addons website and rated by users to
help you select the ones that suit your needs and preferences. Start exploring
them today.

With so many powerful extensions to choose from for Internet
Explorer 7, it can be difficult to decide which ones to install.
To help you find what you need to
enhance your Internet experience, I have compiled a list of some of my
favorites.

Inline Search by Core Systems: Search for text within page while you type
Inline Search is an extremely useful free add-on for Internet Explorer that adds while-you-type searching within the current page, with the option to highlight all occurrences of your search term. It integrates flawlessly into IE7, giving it that little extra that makes you a lot more efficient when you are looking for a specific piece of information on a web page. 

IESpell by RedEgg Software

IESpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell-checks text-input boxes on a Web page. It will come in particularly handy for users who do a lot of Web-based text entry (Web mail, forums, blogs, diaries). Even if your Web application already includes spell-checking functionality, this utility is faster than a server-side solution. Plus, you get to store and use your personal word list across all your applications instead of having to maintain separate ones on each application.

Trailfire
Trailfire provides a unique new method of web navigation. By leaving “Trailmarks”, which are essentially electronic notes, on individual web pages, users can lead their Trailfire contacts on an interpretive trail for the web. You can use the trailmarks to express your opinions on sites you visit, to plan a vacation, or for any number of clever uses not yet invented. This add-on for IE7 makes it possible to experience the web in a far more personal way than ever before.

StumbleUpon Toolbar for Internet Explorer:One of popular Extensions for Firefox now supports IE7.
The StumbleUpon Toolbar for Internet Explorer allows you to ‘channel surf’ the
Internet and discover great websites and web content according to your
interests. Whether it’s a website, video, picture, game, blog, or wiki,
StumbleUpon helps you find interesting stuff recommended by like-minded people
with just a single click of the Stumble! button. The more you use it, the better
it gets. Join over 1.3 million users who have rated over 7 million websites.

Del.icio.us Toolbar by Del.icio.us
del.icio.us is a collection of favorites – yours and everyone else’s. You can use del.icio.us to: Keep links to your favorite articles, blogs, music, reviews, recipes, and more, and access them from any computer on the web, share favorites with friends, family, coworkers, and the del.icio.us community, and to discover new things. Everything on del.icio.us is someone’s favorite — they’ve already done the work of finding it.

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