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Open source FeelHome provides simple, cross-platform remote access to your files

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Open Source

Want to make sure you can access the files on your home (or work) computer from wherever you are — on any computer or web-enabled device? FeelHome is a hassle-free way to get the job done.

The open source server app is available for Linux, Mac, and Windows (Windows [...]

TheMacSale and MacHeist bundles offer Mac users deep discounts

Filed under: Macintosh, Commercial

It’s bundle time for Mac software lovers. If you’re not familiar with them, there are a few companies out there that collect a bunch of great (and sometimes not-so-great) Mac software titles into a bundle, and sell them at a highly discounted rate. It’s attractive to buyers because you can often get [...]

Netflix asks whether you’d like streaming movies on iPhone and iPad

Filed under: Video, Web services, iPhone

Netflix’s customer surveys have included some very interesting questions lately, suggesting that the company is looking to expand its streaming video service into the mobile arena. Specifically, Netflix wants to know whether its customers want streaming video for iPhone and (presumably) iPad. Is water wet? Of course they do!

It might [...]

Opera 10.5 for Mac hits beta, goes Cocoa, and adds multitouch

Filed under: Macintosh, Beta, Browsers

The Opera Desktop team is reporting that Opera 10.50 for Mac has reached Beta, which means it’s now stable enough to take for a spin as your daily browser. The changelog includes some major bonuses for Mac users, like Growl support, multitouch gestures, and a native Cocoa build. Although PowerPC support [...]

Opera 10.50 beta 2 keeps the pedal to the metal

Filed under: Beta, Browsers

Opera has put together one heck of a nice browser with version 10.50, and their developers continue pressing ahead. With today’s release of Opera 10.50 beta 2, things are looking good for the alternative browser.

As you’d expect with a beta build, the changelog sports a lengthy list of bug and crash fixes [...]

Gowalla’s Android app is in beta, uses Skyhook for accurate geolocation

Filed under: Social Software, web 2.0, Android

A big part of getting a location-based app right is — shocker! — providing an accurate location.

Gowalla is using that principle to get a leg up in its battle with Foursquare for location-based check-in supremacy. Gowalla now uses Skyhook in its Android app, which means it’s providing some of [...]

Play with your Xbox 360 controller on Mac OS X

Filed under: Games, Utilities, Macintosh, Open Source

An enterprising Mac gamer, Colin D. Munro, created a USB driver which adds support to Mac OS X for the official Microsoft Xbox 360 wired controller. Along with all the buttons, both analog sticks, the analog triggers, and the D-pad, it also implements Force Feedback support using the rumble [...]

Air Video: stream your video collection to your iPhone, even over 3G

Filed under: Utilities, Video, Windows, Macintosh, iPhone

If you’ve ever wanted to watch your video library on your iPhone or iPod Touch, but you can’t be bothered to convert files or transfer them to your device, your lazy butt is in luck. A new app called Air Video lets you stream video from your computer to [...]

Download every Sports Illustrated 2010 swimsuit photo with a Perl script

Filed under: Fun, Internet

Don’t you just love random tips?

Justin, a Download Squad reader, just pointed out a rather neat Perl script that downloads every Sports Illustrated 2010 swimsuit photo. It’s a tiny script of just a few lines, and it works a charm — I’m currently downloading some 1200 titillating high-res photos. I just took [...]

Adobe claims they don’t ship Flash with known crash bugs, user proves they do

Filed under: News, Adobe, Apple, Freeware, Beta, Web

Apple’s recent iPad product announcement fanned the flames of the Flash debate, namely whether it belongs on Apple’s mobile devices — or not. Since the release of the iPhone Apple has been staunchly against putting Flash on its mobile devices, citing performance and stability issues. In fact at [...]