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Spectrum: Bright and Colourful Professional Two Column Free Wordpress Theme

Steven Finch — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:53:23 +0000

Spectrum is free Wordpress Theme designed and delivered to you by Ignacio Ricci. This theme looks very bright and colourful. You can also give this theme a whole new feeling simply by changing the background image. Take a look around to check out it’s features. Enjoy using this lovely theme in your blog.

Blitter: Free Twitter Icons by Icon Shock

Steven Finch — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:05:10 +0000

The team over at Iconshock and HongKiat have released a new Twitter icon set called Blitter.

Download Blitter (256×256, 512×512), PNG format

Download Blitter source Ilustrator .AI format

Download Blitter full set (Icons + source)

Free Old Bottle Crowns Icons Set

Steven Finch — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:39:01 +0000

Six Revisions presents to you a free icon set consisting of 20 social media icons such as Digg, Stumble Upon, Delicious, and Twitter called Old Bottle Crowns Icon Set created by Dawghouse Design Studio for you Six Revisions readers.

The theme is worn-and-torn, so it’ll look great on grunge, vintage, classic-themed web designs. This set contains 20 200px x 200px PNG files that you can easily resize and edit for your website design.

Download

Grab the Old Bottle Crowns Icon Set as a ZIP archive below.

old-bottle-crowns-icon-set.zip (ZIP, 2.3MB)

Licensing

The above works featured here are licensed under the Creative Commons license and can be used for personal and/or commercial purposes.

The Creative Commons license requires you to “attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor”. Our attribution specification: you don’t need to attribute the work to us (though you’re more then welcome to, and we will definitely appreciate it).

Windows 7 Free E-Book

Augusto Alvarez — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:29:56 +0000

Windows 7 will be out in the street in a few days more (October 22, this Thursday) and Microsoft Press is giving us a very useful book for free: Windows 7 Deployment Essential Guidance.

This e-book contains ten chapters from another official Microsoft Press book: Windows 7 Resource Kit (not for free, of course). Contains all the necessary information about Windows 7 deployment planning, execution, automation and tools involved in the process.

Here’s a summary of the topics involved:

Planning Deployment
Testing Application Compatibility
Developing Disk Images
Migrating User State Data
Deploying Applications
Volume Activation
Using Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
Using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)

But that’s not all: Microsoft also published as a free download the Chapter 23 of the Windows 7 Resource Kit, “Supporting Users Using Remote Assistance”.

Enjoy!

Divine – Create websites from Photoshop to Wordpress

John Steppens — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:00:16 +0000

Divine is a clever little tool that allows you to make Wordpress pages using your pre-made Photoshop works, allowing you unlimited customization right down to the smallest details. All this can be done with minimal knowledge of site creation assuming you know how to use Photoshop but that’s a separate issue.

Yes, you are only as good as your Photoshop template. You see, the idea behind this is to design the perfect visual template within Photoshop then to upload it to Divine, adding all the interchangeable information within Divine. It works surprisingly well and at the moment it is absolutely free however because of this they have limited the number of functions.

It’s clear that a lot of effort has been put into the project and the example that have been put up look great. Ease of use is the key term here, the website not only offers a simple tutorial to Divines use but it has a guide to installing wordpress.

I’m impressed, with features including Built-in FTP-client, Supports for all Photoshop filters and Encoding support the internet could be well on its way to being neater and more stylish, well in terms of Wordpress websites anyway and I think we can all agree that’s a good thing.

MacPress: Free Mac Inspired Wordpress Theme

Steven Finch — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:00:14 +0000

Our friends over at Sizlopedia have released a great new free Wordpress theme that is worth a look. The theme is called MacPress and is actually being currently used on the Sizlopedia site itself.

Here you go with some of the features of MacPress:

Compatibility – It is compatible with the latest version of Wordpress.
Elegant Design – Much like Leopard, the theme has a eye-catching UI of its own.
Theme Options – The theme also comes with a built-in Options panel.
Validated Code – From the XHTML to the CSS, every bit of codehas been validated.
SEO Friendly – It bears a fine code with SEO friendly tags and structure.

And some of the features planned for the future releases:

Styles Chooser – The Options panel would allow the user to select a pre-defined style.
Magazine Layout – A switcher between normal/magazine layout modes.

Demo: Sizlopedia

Download: MacPress.zip

27 Circular Social Media Icons in 3 Sizes

Steven Finch — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:37:03 +0000

I have been after some great social media icons for a long time and I have finally come across a great set. All icons are circular and of the highest quality. Icons include AIM, Bebo, eBay, Hi5, Last.fm, LinkedIn, Windows Live, Ning, Orkut, Twitter and more.

Download: Social Media Icons Pack 2.0 (.rar), Social Media Icons Pack 2.0 (.zip)

Backing up your blog with BlogBackupr

Augusto Alvarez — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:43:07 +0000

BlogBackupr it’s a simple and nice web app that automatically backups all your posts in your blog. It represents a very easy way for you to not worry so much about vulnerabilities in the platform, loosing data, accidental deletion, etc.

It works with all blogs that have RSS-feed, that is the minimum requirement. Among the features that you can find in this web app:

Completely free.
No installation required.
Once you register, the backups are performed regularly without requiring your intervention.
You can export and import all those backups whenever you want.
Automatic restore supported for WordPress.org, WordPress.com and Blogger.com
WordPress users include these backups: full posts, comments, pages, categories and media.
You can have backups without giving your WordPress credentials. Will just use the public feed.
CSS file and images from the blog template are also saved.

This is your administration site where you can execute all necessary tasks with the added blogs:

Go ahead, give it a try.

Free E-Books from Microsoft Press: Office Communications Server

Augusto Alvarez — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:08:55 +0000

Again, another post dedicated for all those geeks (IT and dev guys) out there… common, don’t be shy, let the geek inside of you come out

Microsoft Press is releasing their last delivery for free e-books and with a nice set for you to download completely free:

Office Communications Server 2007 R2: Resource Kit

For those that are not familiarize with the Office Communications suite, this platform represents a big and important set of tools and services for enterprises and real-time communications. This package includes instant messaging, presence, conferences, file transfers, peer to peer, VoIP, voice mail and much more.

This book will guide you on every necessary process related to the OCS suite: Overview, key scenarios, planning, deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, etc.

Also for the developers guys, and in the same platform, another free e-book:

Programming for Unified Communications with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2

These books are available for a short period of time, so don’t wait much longer!

Download Windows 7 Themes for Vista

Steven Finch — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:32:22 +0000

Windows 7 Inspirat Theme (Vista)- This theme called

Windows 7 Inspirat VS containing two shell styles, one bottom and one sideways

Download Windows 7 Inspirat Theme

Windows 7 M1 Original Theme(Vista)

Download Windows 7 M1 Original Theme

3. Windows 7 For Vista

Download Windows 7 for Vista

4. Blue Variant of Windows 7 for Vista

Download Blue Variant of Windows 7 for Vista

5. Windows Seven M1 VS Theme

Download Windows Seven M1 VS Theme

Iconza: Top Quality Free Customizable Icon Sets For Your Website or Blog

Steven Finch — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:00:02 +0000

Have you ever wanted top quality customizable icons for your blog or site but cant really afford it? Well here is the solution, Iconza. Iconza is a new application that allows you to customise icons just the way you want them. It is completely free and very easy to use with a great interface.

Iconza lets you customise the colours of your icons, backgrounds, sizes and then lets you easily download them all for free. So if you are in the need of some top quality free icons for your site or blog then head over to Iconza.

Free E-Books from Microsoft Press: Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services and Defect Prevention

Augusto Alvarez — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:27:25 +0000

Disclaimer: These books are available to download for a short period of time, so you better hurry!

Microsoft Press guys are celebrating their 25th anniversary by giving away free e-books every month. This time the books that you can download completely free are:

For the IT guys, Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Resource Kit.

And for those geek programmers, a nice “best-practices” book: The Practical Guide to Defect Prevention.

There’s no catch to get the PDF file, just click on the links and sign-up with a Passport account.

Enjoy!

SlickRSS: Free RSS Icon Pack

Steven Finch — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:16:34 +0000

Over at Six Revisions they have released in partnership with Creative Nerds a new free RSS icon pack. There are eight RSS icons in the pack, and it includes the Photoshop file (PSD) in case you’d like to tweak the design.

Licensing details

The creative work featured here – entitled ” SlickRSS ” – is licensed under the Creative Commons license and can be used for personal and/or commercial purposes.

The Creative Commons license requires you to “attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor”. Our attribution specification: you don’t need to attribute the work to us (though you’re more then welcome to, and we will definitely appreciate it).

Download

The following file contains PNG files and a PSD file.

slickrss.zip (ZIP file, 538KB)

Web Injection: Free 26 Icon Pack for Webmasters and Web Developers

Steven Finch — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:41:17 +0000

WebInjection is an Icon Pack for webmasters and web developers. The set includes 26 stylish icons, each icon is a .png at 48×48px. It is free for use in your personal and commercial projects, and can be used without attribution. This icon set is created by Midtone Design Studio, you can view his another Icon Pack – Colorful Mania Iconset as well.

Get Clean and Win Prizes?

Mike Panic — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:45:43 +0000

Finally, a reward for having a messy, out of control computer desk or Home Theater setup in your home. IOGEAR is running a fantastic give away that will help you get your rat’s nest of a cable pile-up under control with their award winning prizes.

We’ve all been there, doing an un-boxing of shiny new tech gadgets, so excited to get them plugged in and hooked up that the cables just get thrown everywhere, only to add more stuff to the pile as the weeks go on, never making time to organize and put into order the slew of cables connecting everything.

The unsightly ball of cables under your computer desk or draping between your TV and components not only looks bad; it makes tracking down problems or doing upgrades very difficult. IOGEAR has a great line of products to help reduce and eliminate these cluttered cables and are giving them away to your un-organized, messy self!

The contest is easy. Take a photo of your current setup and describe how these IOGEAR products would help improve your quality of life.

First place is the Wireless USB to VGA Kit (valued at $209.95) that allows you to connect your laptop to your monitor (or TV) with no cables. Hello streaming Internet media made easy!

Second place is a USB Laptop KVM Switch (valued at $99.95) that will allow you to connect your laptop or netbook with your desktop computer and transfer files seamlessly. Great for netbook users who want to use a larger screen or need to move files off their smaller hard drives.

Third place is IOGEAR’s Wireless Desktop Keyboard and Mouse (valued at $59.95) – a no brainer for eliminating cables from any desktop. The sleek keyboard features hotkeys for launching specific applications and the mouse comes with a charging cradle.

Get the full details and submit your photos on the IOGEAR blog here. Hurry, the deadline is April 30, 2009.

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MySocialButtons: Find Social Networking Buttons and Icons for Your Blog or Site

Steven Finch — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:00:55 +0000

Have you ever spent a lot of time searching around the Internet to find the perfect social media button that can be added to your site? Well stop searching and head over to MySocialButtons. MySocialButtons does what it says on the can and offers free social networking icons and buttons to download. Buttons include TTwitter, Reddit, Digg, Facebook, Stumbleupon and come in various different colours, styles and sizes.