If you are looking for a GUI management tool for PostgreSQL databases, look no further. pgAdmin III is a freeware utility for *nix and Windows operating systems that allows you to design and manage your databases. Using this tool, you can create, edit, delete tables and data for your databases. It supports an enormous amount [...]

Have you ever gotten those pesky “This connection is untrusted” SSL certificate warnings in Firefox where you have to click on “Add Exception” to bypass the screen? Perhaps, you are trying to do some UI automation using Selenium or Watir and this message is getting in the way. Well, don’t waste anymore time looking for [...]

Codeigniter 2.0, has not yet been officially released by Ellis Labs, but for a couple of months now, a stable version has been available to download. Follow these simple steps in order to do so! Visit the Codeigniter bitbucket (source code repository) site at https://bitbucket.org/ellislab/codeigniter/. Hover over the icon and choose .zip You will now [...]

Microsoft has released a publically downloadable beta version Office 2010 – Professional Plus edition.  This version lets you use this product completely free of charge until October 2010! Included are: Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher, InfoPath, SharePoint Workspace, and communicator. Available for download are both 32- and 64-bit versions compatable with XP w/ [...]

In Part 1 of this series, I showed you how to download a lightweight Windows application from Amazon.com that allows you to read Kindle books. In this article, I will show you how to download thousands of Kindle books absolutely free! How to Download Thousands of Kindle Books for Free! Download, install, and run the [...]

Everyone by now knows about Amazon’s uber-popular Book reader, Kindle. This featherweight 10 ounce device allows you to wirelessly purchase books online without requiring an internet connection. Until now, books purchased for the Kindle could only be used on the device. However, Amazon.com just released a PC version of the Kindle book reader – and [...]

Paint.NET had a major release today of version 3.5 of their software. Until today, I had not heard of this application which surprised me quite a bit. I had thought that the best free photo editor for Windows was GIMP (although I am not a huge fan of it). This is not a GIMP vs [...]

For years VMware has dominated the market as the leader in virtualization. They offer a number of products from desktop to enterprise applications which can be confusing for users looking for a simple way to run, for instance, an Ubuntu instance within their Windows OS. VMware offers one freeware product called, VMware server that runs [...]

This article will show you how to open and edit .psd (Photoshop Document) files without spending hundreds of dollars on buying Adobe Photoshop! GIMP – Free Photoshop Alternative For those that are not familiar with GIMP, it is a 100% free, open-source photo editing software that is very powerful. Some uses are: resizing, editing, and [...]

Earlier this week, Microsoft posted the Windows 7 RC1 (Release Candidate 1) build 7100 for FREE download from their website.  Users are invited to download and try their latest operating system for free until it expires June 1, 2010. Windows 7 is the successor to Windows Vista and is expected to be officially released later [...]