Saturday, May 15, 2010

AWSOME PRODUCT ALERT: CuteFTP

WHAT
CuteFTP is am FTP software product that enables you to upload files to your website.

It costs as low as $25 (they have different packages), but it gives you a generous 30 day trial, and the choice to pay by TrialPay which is alternate payment method which enables you to have the product in exchange for purchasing something else from an affiliate.


RATINGS (out of 3)
- Quality: 2
- Availability: ?
- Efficiency: 3
- Professionalism: 3
- Friendliness: 3

- Overall:  2.75 (AWSOME)


REVIEW
Very simple and friendly interface, easy to use, and WORKS! It can manage uploading/downloading multiple files at once.


CONTACT
- Virtual Site: http://www.cuteftp.com/
- Real Site: ?
- email-address: ?
- phone-number: ?
- cell-number: ?


MoWrOw's Biz&Tek BLARG!!! (TM)

AWFUL PRODUCT & SERVICE ALERT: FileZilla

WHAT
FileZilla is an FTP (for uploading files to a website) program that is supposed to be the hero of all FTP programs because it's free and yet it works. Don't fall for that lie because this little (err big) bugger costs you more than it can ever save you.


WHERE
- Virtual Site: http://filezilla-project.org/
- Real Site: ?


RATINGS (out of 3)
- Quality: 1
- Availability: 1
- Efficiency: 1
- Professionalism: 1
- Friendliness: 2

- Overall: 1.2 (AWFUL)


REVIEW
FileZilla ate up all my time! FileZilla kept making constant FTP upload time outs, no support since it's free, forums & "tickets" no good. FileZilla ate up around 10Hours of my time recording errors, reporting errors, and researching solution.


CONTACT
- email-address: ?
- phone-number: ?
- cell-number: ?


MoWrOw's Biz&Tek BLARG!!! (TM)

Friday, March 12, 2010

AWSOME SERVICE ALERT: IPredator

WHAT
IPredator, a VPN (Virtual Private Network) service provider for privacy and security.

WHERE
- Virtual Site: http://IPredator.se/?lang=en
- Real Site: somewhere in Europe?

RATINGS (out of 3)
- Quality: 3
- Availability: 3
- Efficiency: 3
- Professionalism: 3
- Friendliness: 2

- Overall: 2.8 (AWSOME)

REVIEW
IPredator VPN (from IPredator.se/?lang=en): works much better than VPNProNet so far (which frequently disconnected the internet). It was easy to pay for (though had to set up AlertPay account), easy to set up, and DEAD easy to use!


CONTACT
- email-address: ?
- phone-number: ?
- cell-number: ?

MoWrOw's Biz&Tek BLARG!!! (TM)

AWSOME SERVICE ALERT: Slide.com

WHAT
Slide.com.

WHERE
- Virtual Site: http://www.slide.com/
- Real Site:

CONTACT
- email-address: ?
- phone-number: ?
- cell-number: ?

RATINGS (out of 3)
- Quality: 3
- Availability: 3
- Efficiency: 3
- Professionalism: 3
- Friendliness: 3
- Overall: 3 (AWSOME)

REVIEW
You can have own URL with your own slide-shows and fun pix and other cool picture / video presentation stuff, then can imbed into any social-networking site.

Creating your own presentation and embeding it into your own social-networking site can be done in a FLASH!


MoWrOw's Biz&Tek BLARG!!! (TM)

Saturday, March 06, 2010

AWFUL SERVICE ALERT: Anabolic Trigger

WHAT
An anabolic pre-strength-training carbohydrate product called Anabolic Trigger by 'nutrabolics'.

WHERE
- Virtual Site:
- Real Site:

CONTACT
- email-address: ?
- phone-number: ?
- cell-number: ?

RATINGS (out of 3)
- Quality: 1
- Availability: ?
- Efficiency: 1
- Professionalism: 2
- Friendliness: 2
- Overall: 1.2 (AWFUL)

REVIEW
Too sugary and artificial, ends up making me feel pretty sick and tired.

MoWrOw's Biz&Tek BLARG!!! (TM)

AWFUL SERVICE ALERT: QuickBooks Pro 2010

WHAT
QuickBooks Pro 2010 by Intuit, an accounting software.

WHERE
- Virtual Site: http://www.quickbooks.com/
- Real Site: ?

CONTACT
- email-address: ?
- phone-number: ?
- cell-number: ?

RATINGS (out of 3)
- Quality: 1
- Availability: 1
- Efficiency: 1
- Professionalism: 1
- Friendliness: 1
- Overall: 1 (AWFUL)

REVIEW
Takes around 4 hours to install on a PC within requirements) even though program said will take around 15 minutes!!! This lead me to beleive that I had something wrong in the admin settings => wasted a lot of time tweaking and researching and waiting. Afterwards, would not even register!

MoWrOw's Biz&Tek BLARG!!! (TM)

POWERFUL SERVICE ALERT: Laserdrome (Dubai)

WHAT
A PHYSICAL shootem up at Laserdrome at Autodrome. Laser-light guns with sound for AED80 ($22) for 15 minutes.

WHERE
- Virtual Site: ?
- Real Site: Dubai Autodrome in Dubai in United Arab Emirates. Emirates Road towards Sharjah: pass Kudra and Bawadi roads, right at small roundabout.

CONTACT

- email-address: ?
- phone-number: (04)3678700
- cell-number: ?

RATINGS (out of 3)
- Quality: 3
- Availability: 2
- Efficiency: 1
- Professionalism: 2
- Friendliness: 3

- Overall: 2.2 ()

REVIEW
It's like living Unreal; it's real surreal unreal reality.
MoWrOw's Biz&Tek BLARG!!! (TM)