Dropbox

Sometimes you come across software that is just so useful, you wonder why didn't think of it and code it already. I have that feeling with dropbox. Install it on your home machine, your machine at work, the machine at your parents house and the tool will create a special folder; your dropbox. When you put a file into the dropbox, it will be synchronised to the web and all your other machines will also receive the file. Perfect! No more emailing files to yourself from your work email to your home address, no fiddling around with USB sticks.

I've been using it since public beta and I have to say it has become an important part of toolkit. You get 2Gb of space online to fill with your files and you can shared certain folders with friends. There is even a web interface.

Tim Boudreau's Blog: Sneak Preview: Java Card tools for NetBeans 6.7

Tim Boudreau's Blog: Sneak Preview: Java Card tools for NetBeans 6.7: "Sneak Preview: Java Card tools for NetBeans 6.7"

It seems that in the up and coming release (6.7) of the NetBeans IDE (used by many in Product Development for Java development) there will be support for Java Card applications. This functionality could be of interest to those of us in the world of smart card development. Will have to keep an eye on this one to see where it goes...

Internet Explorer 8: Accelerators

I just installed IE 8 and one of the new features are accelerators. Thes are essentially small pieces of functionality that let you do something with a piece of selected text, like blogging about it (like this!) or using that text as a search term to look for someone on LinkedIn! Very useful stuff, I will be interested to see what is developed in the future!