How it works is pretty easy, sign-up for the service, install a tracker and let Wakoopa works its wonders. To make it better, install Wakoopa inside PC’s that you use at home and office and the stats will get better. The tracker that you’ve installed will sent data of your software usage to Wakoopa’s servers and you can view and share your stats online.

To make it sound much simpler, here are some things that Wakoopa are capable of:

• Track what software / games that you mostly used.

• Share your favorite software with your friends online with the least amount of effort possible.
• Share it among your Facebook friends too! And don’t forget to get a widget for your blog.
• Discover new software that you might like based on your usage, via Wakoopa’s recommendation system.

• Share your experience with others! Get social by adding more software lovers as your friends.

• Be a karma-holic – increase your geek level by using and reviewing software as much as possible.

You may or may not love Wakoopa. For me, I’ve found a place to discover, share and spread the love for software with others. At last, using software is fun and social at the same time!

Tags: wakoopa, track software, software usage, favorite software

1- Compfight – Super nice Flickr image search tool that makes it easier for any user to get beautiful Creative Commons shared pictures.

2- Chawt – A free mobile sms service that allows you to send up to 15 text messages for free everyday from the World Wide Web to your colleague’s mobile phone. Support for mobile carriers in many countries of the world.

3- Wordle – Create, tweak and utilize beautiful, colorful “word clouds” from a series of inserted texts, RSS feeds or Del.icio.us tags.

4- Shrink O’Matic – Free Adobe Air based batch image resizing tool. Handles PNGs, JPEGs and GIFs.

5- SafeManuals – Lost your motherboard, printer, graphic card manuals etc? Get it digitally from here!

6- TweetStats – Are you a Twitter addict or are you not? Check out all the statistics here.

7- Listen and Write – A useful site that will surely improves your English by making you listen to playable audios where you need to type in the missing words of the text version at the same time.

8- UberNote – Another free online web note tool for all your portable note-taking needs.

9- Facesaerch – An image search engine to search for people’s faces. Powered by Google Images and yes, they did not misspelled the domain name.

10- PEBuzz – A social, people recommended personal electronics site to decide which ones have the most buzz.

Tags: compfight, chawt, wordle, shrink o matic, safe manuals, listen and write, ubernote, facesaerch, pebuzz

I love Firefox 3 because…

• Being one of the participants who helped Mozilla Firefox to create a Guinness world record (official).
• Being able to print my name on a downloadable Firefox 3 certificate.

• Hated by many but I think I am in love with the “Awesome Bar“!
• One click “star” bookmarking gets to “unsorted bookmark” folder.
• Tags (at last!)
• The password manager does not pop-up!
• Check previous download link.
• Search for add-ons does not require a user to go to the extensions web page.
• The memory-eating-monster was banished (or at least lost some of its powers).
• Gotta love the robots easter egg! (type about:robots in address bar)

I hate it because…

• It crashes and crashes and crashes and crashes a few times a day. And yes, I do click on “Send Report” button.

• Some of my favorite extensions like Aardvark, Copy Links etc. are still not compatible with FF3.

That is all about it, based on my personal experience in the past few weeks. Based on what I’ve seen so far, I still in love Mozilla Firefox!

p/s please fix the crash bugs. Flock and Opera is catching up, fast!

Tags: firefox 3, mozilla firefox 3

Reviews / Tips / How-tos

How To – Restore Your Lost Firefox 2 Bookmarks in Firefox 3 – Jeet Blog

How to Check the Reliability of OS and Applications in Vista – Life Rocks 2.0

How to Browse In Firefox 3 Without Leaving a Trace? – Lyte Byte

How To Download All Files From a Folder on a Website or FTP – Raymond CC

How To Embed High Resolution YouTube Videos – Sizzled Core

How To Login to Websites Instantly in Firefox – Sizlopedia

How to Quickly Save All Images Using Firefox 3 – TechnoSpot

How to Fix Stuck / Dead Pixels on LCD Monitor – TechSnack

A Quick Guide on Using Your iPod With WinAmp – Steve’s Tech Guide

Mozilla Firefox 3 Review – Online Tech Tips

Frostwire vs Limewire – Kong Technology

Tweet when Twitter is Down with Twiddict – Madhur Kapoor’s Blog

Cool Lists

30 Nice Firefox 3 Compatible Themes – HongKiat

15 Useful Greasemonkey Scripts for Del.icio.us Users – Killer Tech Tips

4 Most Essential WordPress Plugins Ever – Quick Online Tips

40+ CSS Tools – Teknobites

7 Short Tips on Word 07 – TechiesDen

21 About:Config Hacks (Tweaks) For Firefox 3 – Blogs DNA

Top 26 Reasons To Go for WordPress 2.6 – HoneyTech Blog

10 Essential Wireless Networking Tips – Information Addicts

Firefox 3: Top 10 Extensions – TechnoBuzz

Tips and Tricks

• How to Install and Test Drive Mozilla Firefox 3 Without Messing With Firefox 2
• How to Encrypt Your Email with GnuPG in Windows Part 1 – WinPT
• How to Setup More Than One Website in a Single, Local Apache 2.2 Installation (with screenshots!)
• How To Browse The Internet with Microsoft Word
• How to Capture / Extract Human Faces from Photos Quickly

Cool Lists

• 7 Super Tools For Faster Windows File Copy / Move Process
• 11 FriendFeed Greasemonkey Scripts That You Don’t Want To Miss
• Ten Tech Things to Try Today #12

Freewares

• Doomi – Adobe Air Based To Do List
• Protect Your Privacy with Secrecy File and Folder Hider
• TaskSwitchXP – Alt+Tab and Task Manager Alternative

Weekend Gamer

• Shuffle Ball Game
• Chalk Arcade Game
• RoboKill

1- FaberToys – a free tool to get a better view of your running Windows processes. It also shows all the dependencies between them.

2- Goosh.org – a CLI / command line interface for Google. Geeks will surely feel like heaven with this tool.

3- Domize – Looking for the quickest way to find a good domain name? Try out this AJAX based tool.

4- Powertoys – Tweak your Windows for performance and more with this tool by Microsoft.

5- TagScanner – a multifunction program for organizing and managing your music collection.

6- Bruce’s Unusual Typing Wizard – Fancy learning to touch type?

7- Preview Extractor – Another useful photography tool to view EXIF data and check a digital SLR camera shutter count.

8- mooColorFinder – Retrieve any colors a website is using from its CSS files.

9- USB Auto Runner – Run applications inside a USB drive automatically once it is connected to your computer with this tool.

10- Katapulco – Search popular websites from within a single homepage. A bit similar like NutShell, but better.

Tags: fabertoys, goosh, katapulco, usb auto runner, domize, tagscanner, bruce unusual typing wizard, preview extractor, moocolorfinder

Tips and Tricks:

• How to Enable Version Control for Adobe Photoshop Files
• How to Delete Huge Windows Files and Folders in 2 Seconds
• How To Reach Your Desktop Icons Without Minimizing Any Open Windows
• How to Give Your HFS File Server a Host Name with DynDNS
• How to Enable Real Time Virus Scanning for ClamAV
• How to Quickly Rename Files One by One in Windows Explorer
• Geeky Ways To Pick a Random Name From a List

Lists:

• 10 Practical Ways to Prevent USB-Borne Virus Infection
• 13 Splendid, Free Windows Virtual Desktop Manager
• 20 Fantastic Mozilla Firefox Compact Themes
• Ten Tech Things to Try Today #11

Freewares / Free Web Services:

• Snackr – Pimp Your Desktop with RSS News Ticker
• Easily Create Windows Shortcut Keys with HotKeyBind
• Atmosphere Lite – Bring The Nature to Your Desktop
• Mobysaurus – Free, Desktop Based Thesaurus
• BasicState – Simple and Free Website Uptime Monitor
• Get Groovy with Grooveshark Lite Online Jukebox

Weekend Gamer:

• The Putty Puzzle
• Sam and Max – Abe Lincoln Must Die (Free!)

1- CCCalc – A powerful desktop calculator with memory support that displays like your math notebook.

2- FileTypesMan – an alternative tool to change default file associations for Windows applications.

3- MoodBook – A tiny application that shows mind-blowing art gallery wallpapers on your desktop.

4- SoftPerfect File Recovery – Yet another tool to recover accidentally deleted files from FAT and NTFS volumes.

5- Shock Aero 3D – Looking for a way to imitate Windows Vista Aero switching effect on your Windows XP? Try this one.

6- Web Forum Reader – A useful tool to read multiple topics from multiple forum websites inside one single app.

7- Photo! Editor – A simple to use, free photo editor with a complete set of editing tools.

8- FastStone MaxView – A tiny, innovative image viewer that supports all major graphic formats.

9- Gif.com – Looking for free cliparts? Search for more than 17,000 quality free clipart images here.

10- Windows XP Optimizer – An easy to use tweaking tool to optimize and speedup your Windows XP system.

Tags: cccalc, filetypesman, moodbook, softperfect, file recovery, aero, web forum reader, photo editor, faststone maxview, gif.com, windows optimizer

Best of April

• 20 Little Know Ways to Use Wikipedia
• The Ultimate List of Firefox Photo Add-Ons
• Quickly Check Your Windows System for Vulnerabilities

Others

• Nutshell – To-Do List, Notes and Search Box Rolled Into One
• Quickly Open a Website in Mozilla Firefox with an Alphabet
• I Use FriendFeed, Make Me Your Friend
• Recover Deleted Files with Glary Undelete
• Reduce Google Reader Feed Overload with AideRSS Firefox Add-On
• Kill Windows Processes Faster with Task Killer
• How to Access Favorite Folders from Various Open/Save Dialogs
• How to Create Jaw Dropping Music Videos From Your Image Collection
• Send Yourself Free Email Reminders with YourLi.st
• 2 Really Simple Desktop Note Taking Tools
• Use Hinx Backup Easy for Simple File Backup
• Turn Off Windows Faster with Slawdog Smart Shutdown
• Ten Tech Things to Try Today #10

Nutshell Powerful Search Box

Nutshell is the brainchild of Alex Griffioen and it was developed to help you search the web, take notes and manage your to-do list quick and easy. The interface is easy enough to understand even for first time users.

You can use Nutshell straight away to search for videos on Youtube, Wikipedia entries, Del.icio.us favorite items and other popular web services. The beauty of Nutshell search function lies in two features:

1- You can add your favorite websites to your own Nutshell search list (requires sign-up). That means that you can search all your favorite websites in one simple interface.

2- Nutshell allows you to set up keywords shortcut for each of the websites that you have added. For example, “tm” for TechMalaya or “pb” for Problogger.

For example, you can search for a keyword like “freeware” from the whole TechMalaya site just by typing “tm freeware” in the Nutshell search box. Imagine searching for the same keyword in 10 other sites within Nutshell – that is going to save a lot of time, isn’t it? The only letdown is that all search results will still be displayed in the original website, instead of within the Nutshell interface.

Nutshell To-Do List + Notes

The to-do list and note taking tool are really lightweight and are not much to talk about. You can add categories to your to-do list items, add some details, set some tasks as high priority and that’s about it. You can also receive what you have added via RSS, by email or you can print them on paper.

Overall, I found that the search box is a pretty powerful mass search tool but the other two applications can be a lot better. Try Nutshell today, maybe you will like it!

Tags: nutshell, search, search box, todo, notes