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I’ve decided to discuss free WinZip alternatives and .zip software in general. While WinZip is by far the most popular program for handling Zip files, it is only one of many. In fact, if all you need is something to open .zip files and you don’t need the additional “features” of WinZip (like FTP uploading or DVD burning which can both be handled by other software), you can easily make do with free Zip software and might be better off for that. [...] Continue Reading…

If you haven’t heard, the Thirty Day Challenge was a huge “event” happening throughout August 2007; the basic idea – how to make your first $10 online without spending anything. By the way, I’m truly sorry for not posting about it earlier – for some inexplicable reason I kept [...] Continue Reading…

Yesterday I spent several hours trying to finally figure out why my wsTaskborg application failed to work when run run in a second session on the same PC. That is, when you first log on – using whichever account you have – it works fine. If you then use [...] Continue Reading…

Got a RAR file and do not know how to open it? This article about free RAR extractors will help you find the best .rar extractor for your operating system. [...] Continue Reading…

PHP doesn’t really support multi-threading per se but there are ways to do “fake” multithreading. Here’s one I saw in the PHPClasses.org newsletter – Multi-thread Simulation.

Note that this class is intedend for use on a webserver, as opposed to running PHP scripts from a command line (or similar). Check [...] Continue Reading…