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Some helpful sites for you aspiring Pros: Free File host list, Photoshop tutorials and Google Calender Mobile

An amazing blog for gmail and google-type hacks, Ghacks posted a fat list of sites that offer free file hosting and even went so far as to tell us the following for each site:

Reg: Does the site require a registration before you can use their services ? Registration means free registration of course.

Filesize: Is there a maximum size for a single file, in Mb ? No res = no restrictions

Space: How much diskspace is allocated for the user
? If there is no registration the max filesize has been taken as max
space allowed. No res = no restrictions

Bandwidth: Are there bandwidth limitations ? no res = no restrictions, d=max downloads, h=per hour

Filetypes: Are certain filetypes not allowed to be uploaded ?

Hotlinking: Does the site allow hotlinking ?

Expires: Are the files auto-deleted after a time,
if yes the number of days are shown. If the number is unknown yes will
be shown. Sometimes files only get deleted after inactivity for a
certain time, if thats the case a “i” is added to the
number. Sometimes file get deleted after a certain number of downloads,
if thats the case a “d” is added to the number.

Very helpful!

Google Operating System Blog told us of the new features for Google Calender that lets you check your schedule from anywhere via mobile phone.

* if you're in the US, you can access your calendar from your mobile
phone. You just have to send a SMS to 48368 (GVENT) with the text
"next" to see the upcoming events. Send "day" to get all of your
scheduled events for the present day and "nday" to get all of your
events for the following day. You can even create events, just send the
details in a format similar to this: "Go to dinner at Chef Cafe
tomorrow at 9pm".

Total Tutorial -a fantastic resource for those interested in learning everything that there is to know about Photoshop, Flash and PHP.   This may be a tid-bit much for the average real estate agent, but it never hurts to try dive right in!

Technorati Tags: tips, tricks, Photoshop, tools, google calender, hacks, Flash, tutorials

Add encryption your Gmail account

Afraid your dirty biz is being aired to the world through Gmail?  Here's a way to encrypt your account: Gmail Encrypt [langenhoven.com] [Link via Lifehacker].  One of Gmail's biggest complaints is their lack of encryption support.

Be sure to also check out Lifehacker's guide to becoming a Gmail master.


Technorati Tags: gmail, tips, tricks encryption, security, email

Some say this is the Most Powerful Windows Application available

Its the Total Commander PowerPack and its BAD!!! [that means good] The best part about it-its free! 

* file-manager inspired by Norton Commander, but with a modern Windows interface
* has two panes for easy file management
* every pane can have as many tabs as you want
* advanced file search with regular expressions
* rename multiple files
* split files (useful if you want to send a large file by email)
* pack/unpack files in ZIP format
* compare directories
* synchronize directories
* FTP client with support for SFTP
*
document viewer that supports: text files, source code files
(Assembler, C++, CSS, Delphi, FoxPro, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, SQL, XML),
HTML, RTF, Word documents, Excel sheets, OpenOffice documents,
executable files, DLL, INI files, registry files, image files (PNG,
JPG, GIF, Paint Shop Pro, BMP, PSD, ICO, CUR, ANI, MAC, WMF, EMF, PIC),
Flash, media files (MP3, WMA, OGG, AVI), database files (FoxPro, dBase,
Paradox, Access, MySQL, CSV), archives (RAR, ZIP, TAR, GZ, 7zip,
bzip2), disk image files (ISO, BIN, IMG, NRG)
* AES encryptor (encrypt/decrypt files with 128bit key using password or keyfile)
* decompilation of 32-bit PE executables (EXE SCR) and libraries (DLL OCX CPL BPL), resource files (RES DCR)
* create a list file with all selected files and directories
* count the size of all files in a directory
* shows informations about solar and moon dates, celebrations and calendars
* synchronize your local computer with atomic time via Internet
* browse NT events and services faster
* view/edit/kill processes that are running currently on the system
* RSS Reader
* CD/DVD burning
* view and edit files on ext2 partitions (useful to manage files on Linux partitions from Windows)
* mount disk images as additional virtual drives in system
* much more...

Pro found this helpful tip (and many others) from the Google System blog.


Technorati Tags: windows, tools, applications

Three ways for sharing BIG FILES with clients

1) With Pando, you can share anything
with anybody in a snap!  This comes in handy, especially when you need
to send large picture files or video over the net and your email
account won't allow it.  Apparently there has been a spike in demand
for Pando (for obvious reasons), but make sure to enter your email
address and you should recieve an invite shortly.  Just another one of
the many miracles of "Web 2.0."

2) Another you might want to check out is Streamload -not to be confused with Streamloader. Recently, Pro used Streamload to send a video tour of a commercial building to a client...it worked like a charm!

3) Lastly, Dropsend will do just about the same thing...and its free too. You just don't get much better than free!

technorati tags: file, sharing, email, web2.0