http://crenk.com Web Apps, Mobile Apps and Reviews Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:53:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Netbooks are becoming more popular because they’re more portable than the very portable laptop and have all the working power into the bargain. Plus they pack more punch than even the best of smart phones. Here we have what I think are the best three netbooks for their tasks. Home Dell Inspiron ... http://crenk.com/top-3-netbooks-for-home-school-and-work/ Even listened to the radio on your phone while you're on the bus or just relaxing in the park – sometime it can get a bit boring. Especially for us geeky types who love to know what going on all over the world in the tech biz. Well I found ... http://crenk.com/virtual-radio-internet-radio-on-your-cell-phone/ I though I’d share with you guys an RSS reader that I started using recently called Feedly. Basically it's and add-on for most browsers including Chrome and Firefox which combines all your RSS feeds into one incredible place that by far surpasses generic readers such as Google. Here is a screenshot: What ... http://crenk.com/feedly-the-best-browser-rss-reader/ It’s a great day when Internet giant Google open sources the programs it uses to build well-known favourites such as GMail, Docs and Google Maps. It announced on its blog that it will be making a lot of it’s own development software available to developers all over the world. ... http://crenk.com/google-open-sources-its-own-development-programs/ The vast majority of people have a single monitor. Even suggesting adding a second would baffle them. ‘Eh, why?’ they might ask while staring at you as though you just landed in a spinning saucer. Here’s my answer. ‘Because productivity is increased, desktop size doubled and it looks AWSOME’. For those of you who ... http://crenk.com/dual-monitors-why-you-should-set-them-up/ SPAM is one of my pet hates. In fact I think that everyone reading this hates those annoying e-mails, comments left on our pages, tweets and clearly misleading advertisements that promise you a months salary in a few hours. I really, really hate SPAM. It's useless and in this day ... http://crenk.com/facebook-and-twitter-to-fight-spam-again/ Back in the early 90's there was this song, "Things That Make You Go Hmmm...". It's this song that I sadly have to reference when mentioning the Twitter Peek. Unlike the song that had some redeeming qualities this doorstopper is the clunkiest piece of technology I've seen yet (a disclaimer, ... http://crenk.com/twitter-peek-offers-lackluster-appeal/ Heard of Twitter? Sure the whole world has by now. Lone tribes on far islands have heard about Twitter. This massively immersive and widely used micro-blogging network has become a staple for both our personal and professional lives. The world seems to still be feeling the "Twitter effect" as industries ... http://crenk.com/web-app-buffers-timely-online-communication/ Google has always been known to mark special occasions such as Christmas, St. Patricks Day, 4th of July and many others depending on what country you live in, by creating a new Google logo, or doodle as they have become known, for their homepage. Well for two days in a row ... http://crenk.com/google-celebrate-anniversaries-of-childrens-tv-shows/ I must admit that Im not much of a Playstation 3 person, more of a Wii person. However, this product is really making me want to buy a Playstation 3 and deck out my living room. Stephane Perruchon is the designer of this glass topped table, with the base made up ... http://crenk.com/ps3-coffee-table-makes-gaming-the-focalpoint-of-your-living-room/ GazoPa is an image search engine that allows you to scour the web for images not by entering a word – but by entering another image. Its main function is to find similar images around the web to that of the one you entered. It's like the service currently offered ... http://crenk.com/gazopa-search-images-by-similarity/ Twitter's Trending Topics is a great way to see what's buzzing, what's going one and what's happening in the world. Often, big stoies are made publicaly aware on Twitter trends before they hit mainstream news. Several times I've watched BBC World News when the presenter used Twitter trends as a ... http://crenk.com/digg-launches-trends-see-what-are-the-hot-topics-on-digg/ Today finding the music you want, when you want it has been channeled to using sites like the Amazon store or iTunes. Sometimes, when looming for an obscure song that is not mainstream, you'd be lucky to find it. This frustrating experience paired with the perceived greedines of corporate music ... http://crenk.com/internet-music-innovation-with-songbeat360/ Twitter lists is really starting to take off. Just yesterday we talked about how releasing a widget was going to bring the blogosphere and Twitter ever closer. Now Twitter lists is helping to bring populations closer – thanks to SimplyZesty. The company have created lists for entire populations of countries ... http://crenk.com/twitter-lists-goes-nationwide-then-stateside/ It has been amazing that Google have been able to pump out 4 releases of a browser that has only been in the market for a little over a year. Compare that to Firefox, which took over six years to reach 3.6. We’ve improved performance scores on Google Chrome by 30% ... http://crenk.com/google-chrome-4-beta-released-on-windows/ It has been reported that MSN.com is rolling uot a new version over time. You can preview the new version at http://preview.msn.com. I never knew that more than 1/3 of all Internet users worldwide visit MSN every month. 400 million people per month. Thats nearly as good as Yahoo's 600 million ... http://crenk.com/microsoft-soft-launch-new-msn-com-home-page/ A while back, the Finnish government announced that it was making high-speed internet access a legal right for all of its citizens. They have a point in making such legislation. Because the Internet is playing a bigger part in work, education and society everyday it’s essential that everyone has access ... http://crenk.com/fast-internet-100-mb-broadband-speed-going-into-sweden/ Laptops these days never seem to last that long. I tend to go through a new laptop every couple of years and when I get new laptop I always have the issue of doing something with the old one. Over the year this adds up to a lost of waste ... http://crenk.com/recyclable-paper-laptop-that-can-actually-be-thrown-away/ Social networks as they exist depend on the number of friends you start off with and thus you expand your network based on your existing network and grow from there. For many, not having an online presence makes it heard to start a social network when there is no online network ... http://crenk.com/social-networking-with-6rounds-expands-online-community/ Allmyapps makes software installation a breeze. No matter how many applications you need, 1 click is all you need to have all your favorite applications installed on your PC. Allmyapps also keeps your applications safe! Would you need to reinstall your system, Allmyapps takes care of reinstalling all your favorite ... http://crenk.com/all-my-apps-the-easy-way-to-install-software-on-your-pc-or-mac/ Who said size doesnt matter. The Wall of Sound weighing in at a sumo-esque 120 kilos (that's 265 pounds) the WoS has a tube amplifier and 28 elements, each with its own handcrafted box, meaning it can pump 125W of sound out of its 3 x 4 foot frame. Price = ... http://crenk.com/wall-of-sound-is-this-the-best-speaker-you-have-ever-seen/ This is one of the coolest videos I have seen in a while. http://crenk.com/the-great-office-war-its-like-skermish-but-with-nerf-guns/ As the digital music market grows, there are more and more players entering the digital distribution market, getting artists music onto iTunes, E-music, Amazon MP3, Rhapsody and the other big online stores. These aggregators represent a variety of different models, ranging from The Orchard’s more traditional ‘intensively involved’ regime, where ... http://crenk.com/routenote-leading-digital-music-distributor/ Yes, what you probably thought that you will never combine is arriving: A device for playing and recording VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray and HDD. And who is in charge of this invention? JVC, they are releasing the JVC DR-BH2550 in Japan in a few weeks more (December). But wait, that’s not all, ... http://crenk.com/jvc-about-to-launch-vhs-dvd-blu-r-and-hdd-recorder/ So Twitter lists launched last week and over the weekend we all the the chance to take a look see, make a few lists and figure out just what it was all for. As it happens it's a pretty cool feature which connects you with more people of the ... http://crenk.com/twitter-launch-new-twitter-lists-widget/