http://freebizware.com Free and Open Source Business Softwares Sat, 03 May 2008 12:53:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week I officially bacame an Apple user with the Mac Mini. As a new Mac user, I was excited and immediately set about looking for equivalent Windows softwares for Mac. Here are a list of sites to start looking for Mac softwares: Apple Download - Look for Freeware in the list. ... http://freebizware.com/76/free-and-open-source-programs-on-the-mac/ My question today is 'What are the open source/free alternatives to disk/partition cloning tools like Norton Ghost, Acronis True Image or Paragon Drive Backup." The selection has certainly improved and matured since I research this topic more than 2 years ago. Back then a few alternatives (including SystemRescueCD and PartD, Partition ... http://freebizware.com/75/alternative-diskpartition-cloning-tools/ Excuse the pun in the title. BlogDesk is a desktop blogging tool (also known variously as an offline blog editor, desktop blog editor, etc.) Instead of going online and using the web interface to write your blog post, BlogDesk allows you to compose your post on your computer (even when offline). ... http://freebizware.com/74/using-blogdesk-to-blog-from-your-desk/ One of the tools that has eluded me all these year is a nicely integrated suite of Contact Management, Scheduler/Calendar/Organizer and a ToDolist. Having tried many tools - from standalone applications to hosted applications, none of them lasted a month. I'm using some tools of course but I'm not settled ... http://freebizware.com/61/still-looking-for-that-integrated-contact-calendar-and-todo-tool/ With the wide spread use of removable storage devices (like usb thumb drive, portable hard drive, iPod etc.) came the idea of portable applications. The idea behind portable applications is simple - store applications on your removable storage devices and run them anywhere by just plugging-in the storage device. A number of ... http://freebizware.com/58/using-portable-applications-for-easy-os-reinstall/ In the last post I described how to securely and permanently remove a file from the disk drive using Eraser. Now what happen if you need to securely store, not delete, any files? In this post, we will introduce another open source tools that will help you do just that - ... http://freebizware.com/57/file-encryption-on-the-fly-with-truecrypt/ Regular readers will know that I keep a keen eye on security and protection on private data. Previously I covered using KeePass to store password (of course the best would be to keep everything in the head), using Tor and Privoxy for anonymous browsing and setting up a VPN to ... http://freebizware.com/56/wipe-all-trace-with-eraser/ Adobe Acrobat Reader is bloated and slow? You are not alone to think so. Instead of a providing a simple PDF reader to view PDF documents, Adobe want you to download a nearly 30Mb package just to read a PDF document. Do I really need the associated applications installed to provide ... http://freebizware.com/55/foxit-reader-pdf-reader-on-diet/ One major stopping block for business to use Open Source softwares is the steep learning curve in learning a new software. Time spent on learning new software tool (whether open source ir not) is time wasted on business productivity. This money-time trade off is a main driver of commercial softwares. A ... http://freebizware.com/54/open-source-at-the-expense-of-productivity/ In the last article, I introduced Hamachi, a free software to easily create a VPN. Hamachi works even when computers are behind a router, so you can easily use it between office, home and anywhere. UltraVNC is another useful remote tool and it is open source. If you have use tools ... http://freebizware.com/53/remote-control-with-ultravnc/