2009-10-17T22:21:51Z 96108 0 The software is very stable, and the program runs smoothly, being built with AIR and all... Downside is the graphics do take some muscle to render, so there is noticeable drag with my machine. The settings available are very robust, but they could have been laid out in a more user-friendly method. The free version has 3 or 4 minor limitations, but $10.00 USD is a meager price for such a robust piece of software. 8063 2007-11-21T21:03:58Z 79023 2009-11-22T22:46:31Z Fractal4d 31 2009-11-22T19:28:08Z http://mattkenefick.com/blog/2008/11/26/fractal4d-first-release http://wakoopa.com/software/fractal4d-2 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/167/826/normal.png?1258918084 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/167/826/thumb.png?1258918084 108215 Matt Kenefick http://wakoopa.com/developers/matt-kenefick 31 Image Editing http://wakoopa.com/categories/design/image-editing win Fraktal4d is an Adobe AIR application with which you can draw impressive fractal-based graphics using a very customizable array of settings. Fraktal4d can be used to create still images, and movies. The free version has some minor limitations, and the full version is only $10.00 USD. Very much worth it. 2009-03-19T21:07:50Z 49063 0 Decent resource usage, excellent quality on video, and defaults to voice only if no cam is available. Supports video conferences on top of it all. NO AIR CLIENT NECESSARY.. it will run just by logging into your account via the website, but you can ALSO use the desktop AIR client, which means it's usable from any high-speed internet connection (no download required). It does help if the latest Flash plugin is installed. A couple of other things to mention: You can record your videos, save them to desktop if you like, and even publish as a video blog. There are many other features, but I think you get the idea. 1248745 2008-07-15T00:03:28Z 129665 2009-11-29T23:07:03Z TokBox 745 2009-11-28T10:59:21Z http://www.tokbox.com http://wakoopa.com/software/tokbox http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/011/156/normal.gif?1238589837 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/011/156/thumb.gif?1238589837 37256 TokBox, Inc http://wakoopa.com/developers/tokbox-inc Communicate with others via chat or instant messengers 5 Messengers & Chat http://wakoopa.com/categories/internet/messengers-chat win web TokBox is a free service that lets you talk with your friends over live video. Here's how it works: you sign up and we give you a link. When you want to talk with anyone, just give them the link - they click and you chat. 2009-02-03T19:00:35Z 40002 0 Raptr has some nice features, but it has some shortcomings. There are some obvious features lacking here. 1. You have a "buddy" list but you can't communicate to any of them. 2. There's no way to manually add games that aren't found by scaning. 3. The interface takes some getting used to. Actually it's horrible. It's made like an IM client but it doesn't act like one at all. Other than that, linking with your Twitter account, and finding people playing the same game, all works well. It's a free application too so no loss there. 3783252 2008-11-15T17:46:44Z 166258 2145-12-15T03:47:57Z Raptr 1244 2009-11-22T19:15:17Z http://raptr.com http://wakoopa.com/software/raptr http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/013/325/normal.png?1238596529 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/013/325/thumb.png?1238596529 33982 Raptr, Inc. http://wakoopa.com/developers/raptr-inc Communicate with others via chat or instant messengers 5 Messengers & Chat http://wakoopa.com/categories/internet/messengers-chat mac win web The IM client for gamers, track your time and compare with friends or just sit back and chat. 2009-02-03T18:55:00Z 40001 0 Firefox is better for a few reasons. 1. Extensions. There are many features that aren't available in other browsers through extensions. Social networks, IM, encryption, so forth and so on. There's hundreds of extensions already, and more being produced daily. Firefox 3 was rated as the fastest browser out there. FF2 coming in a close second... Opera is up there but Firefox simply renders and loads faster. 2147483647 2007-04-18T13:21:12Z 15 2020-05-01T02:42:26Z Firefox 54252 2009-11-30T09:08:38Z http://www.mozilla.com/firefox http://wakoopa.com/software/firefox http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/133/764/normal.png?1250310044 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/133/764/thumb.png?1250310044 95 Mozilla http://wakoopa.com/developers/mozilla Check what's happening on the web 1 Browsers http://wakoopa.com/categories/internet/browsers mac win linux Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite, managed by the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox had 24.07% of the recorded usage share of web browsers as of October 2009, making it the second-most popular browser worldwide, after Internet Explorer, which is the factory default browser on all Windows computers. In 5 months, Firefox has gathered steam and now owns more than 25% of usage share of web browsers closing the gap between it and IE. To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements some current web standards plus a few features which are intended to anticipate likely additions to the standards. Firefox includes tabbed browsing, a spell checker, incremental find, live bookmarking, a download manager, and an integrated search system that uses the user's desired search engine. Functions can be added through add-ons created by third-party developers, the most popular of which include Adblock Plus, Video DownloadHelper, NoScript, Personas, FlashGot, and Greasemonkey, along with many others. Firefox runs on various versions of Microsoft Windows (version 3.5 supports Windows Vista and XP; although not officially supported as of November 2009, Firefox is compatible with Windows 7), Mac OS X (10.4 or later officially supported), most Linux distributions, and many other Unix-like operating systems. Its current stable release branch is version 3.5, first released on June 30th, 2009. Firefox's source code is free software, released under a tri-license of GPL/LGPL/MPL. 2009-02-03T16:38:10Z 39976 0 Well, there's a rub here. Crysis had a great storyline, but it was bogged down with too many factors. Aliens, Koreans, sure. Free-range world and insane combat scenarios. I will say there are some AI flukes. I hid myself inside a building and nearly every enemy outside (about 30 guys) came inside the tiny little trailor and were all bumping into me. So, naturally, I did the only thing I could do, switched to Strengh and slammed out of there after tossing a grenade in the midst of them. That entire scenario was blown. I didn't see another enemy for about 10 minutes till i reached the next checkpoint. There are quite a few upsides. The unique gameplay and melee vs. constant shoot-em-up style. You can go invisible and snipe too, that's always fun. Switching to strength and slamming a truck into a building and smashing the guys in between. It's fun. Did you know that NASA has a supercomputer they've been tweaking for some time, and in the last year or so only managed to play the 1st level of Crisis on max graphics? Insane. I have a robust laptop, but Crysis was simply too much. I surpassed the min requirements and still, it ran slow, and had lots of graphics issues. I tuned it all the way down and it still had issues. There's simply too much there. 23418726 2007-09-10T22:46:37Z 61663 2012-03-09T07:59:45Z Crysis 1058 2009-11-28T18:04:40Z http://www.ea.com/crysis http://wakoopa.com/software/crysis http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/008/492/normal.png?1238581933 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/008/492/thumb.png?1238581933 2630 Crytek http://wakoopa.com/developers/crytek 41 Action http://wakoopa.com/categories/games/action win Crysis is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game, that was developed by Crytek, and published by Electronic Arts. Crysis is based in a fictional future where an alien race has invaded Earth. The single player campaign has the player assume the role of United States Delta Force operator Jake Dunn. Dunn is armed with various futuristic weapons and equipment, most notably a "Nano Muscle Suit", which, according to Crytek senior game designer Bernd Diemer, the suit was inspired by the United States' Future Warrior 2020 program. In Crysis, the player fights both North Korean and extraterrestrial enemies, in four different locations: a tropical island jungle; an American aircraft carrier; inside an "Ice Sphere", which will consist of the same jungle, but frozen; and the alien ship itself, some parts of which will be zero-gravity. Crysis will utilize Microsoft's new API, Direct3D 10 (DirectX 10) for graphics rendering, and will include the same editor that was used by Crytek to create the game. 2009-02-03T16:32:14Z 39975 0 Probably the most fun in a FPS I've ever had. Non-stop action, mind mashing puzzles, insane graphics and a powerful storyline. Off-the-wall creatures, bad-ass weapons. It's very fun. Try it. 246084503 2007-04-21T11:10:59Z 158 2017-03-20T02:36:11Z Half-Life 2 2883 2009-11-28T21:32:21Z http://half-life2.com http://wakoopa.com/software/halflife-2 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/162/989/normal.png?1257427522 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/162/989/thumb.png?1257427522 80 Valve Corporation http://wakoopa.com/developers/valve-corporation 41 Action http://wakoopa.com/categories/games/action win Half-Life 2 is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game that is the sequel to Half-Life. Taking place in and around the fictional City 17, Half-Life 2 follows the scientist Gordon Freeman. Dr. Freeman is thrust into a dystopian environment in which the aftermath of the Black Mesa Incident has come to bear fully upon human society. Freeman is forced to fight against increasingly unfavorable odds in order to survive. In his struggle, he is joined by various allies, including former Black Mesa colleagues, oppressed citizens of City 17, and the Vortigaunts. Normally, the game ends after 4.5 hours. 2009-02-03T16:30:17Z 39974 0 Last.FM has come a long way from the old days. Still, it needs work. There are some things that people just don't care about right there in the main list, and things most people would want to see that take too many clicks to get to. The UI I gave a 3/5 but as far as the rest go, features, performance and price... it's free and works great. 49160005 2007-04-19T11:36:07Z 48 2145-10-03T23:03:14Z Last.fm Scrobbler 12426 2009-11-27T13:11:27Z http://www.last.fm http://wakoopa.com/software/last-fm-scrobbler http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/146/695/normal.png?1253456294 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/146/695/thumb.png?1253456294 7824 Last.fm Ltd. http://wakoopa.com/developers/lastfm-ltd Manage your audio and video 26 Management http://wakoopa.com/categories/audio-video/management mac win linux Last.fm is an Internet radio station and music recommendation system that merged with sister site Audioscrobbler in August 2005. The system builds a detailed profile of each user's musical taste, comprising the songs played on its stations selected via a collaborative filter, or optionally, recorded by a Last.fm plugin installed into its users' music playing application. The profile is visible on a customizable web page, enhanced by limited social networking features, and can recommend and play artists similar to the user's favorites. 2009-02-03T16:22:51Z 39973 0 5/5 on features. Digsby has a robust feature list, without all of the nonsense. One of the best features of the program is no ads. That's right, the program comes without any ad software. It's very powerful. I donate. 4/5 on UI because there's some wasted space with the social networking and webmail services. They appear as buttons, which is OK, but if they appeared as icons that slide out as you hover, then activate on-click... it would work much better. 5/5 for performance. Digsby loaded fast the first time, and after setting up all of my services, still loads quick. Activating services is as simple as checking a check-box. Price... well hell it's free! You can't beat that. 199174287 2008-02-07T02:09:17Z 95243 2019-11-12T12:13:09Z Digsby 3780 2009-11-27T21:14:11Z http://www.digsby.com http://wakoopa.com/software/digsby http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/124/877/normal.png?1248619854 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/124/877/thumb.png?1248619854 22579 dotSyntax, LLC http://wakoopa.com/developers/dotsyntax-llc Communicate with others via chat or instant messengers 5 Messengers & Chat http://wakoopa.com/categories/internet/messengers-chat win Digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber; check new emails on services like Gmail and Hotmail, and delivers integration with social networks such as Myspace, Twitter and Facebook with one simple to manage buddy list. 2009-02-03T16:16:59Z 39972 0 I love this application for 2 reasons. 1. It unifies voice, cam, and text all at once with multiple people. 2. You can download the AIR client so you can have tokbox on your desktop. There's a few other features too. For instance, you can publish your online status on Twitter and allow others to view or join your conversation just by clicking. It loads much faster than most services, and I haven't had a crash yet. This is a grade-a app. 1248745 2008-07-15T00:03:28Z 129665 2009-11-29T23:07:03Z TokBox 745 2009-11-28T10:59:21Z http://www.tokbox.com http://wakoopa.com/software/tokbox http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/011/156/normal.gif?1238589837 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/011/156/thumb.gif?1238589837 37256 TokBox, Inc http://wakoopa.com/developers/tokbox-inc Communicate with others via chat or instant messengers 5 Messengers & Chat http://wakoopa.com/categories/internet/messengers-chat win web TokBox is a free service that lets you talk with your friends over live video. Here's how it works: you sign up and we give you a link. When you want to talk with anyone, just give them the link - they click and you chat. 2008-12-11T08:49:05Z 28173 0 Yahoo search isn't on my top five search engines. I prefer google, mamma.com, ask.com, digg, and lycos. Sorry! 11694633 2008-10-16T15:05:52Z 153709 2145-12-24T14:53:31Z Yahoo! Search 13586 2009-11-08T20:33:34Z http://search.yahoo.com/ http://wakoopa.com/software/yahoo-search http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/012/455/normal.png?1238593574 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/012/455/thumb.png?1238593574 119 Yahoo! Inc. http://wakoopa.com/developers/yahoo-inc Tools that will find what you're looking for online 61 Search Engines http://wakoopa.com/categories/internet/search-engines web Yahoo! Search is a web search engine, owned by Yahoo!, Inc. and is currently the second largest search engine on the web, after its competitor Google.