The normally invite-only beta of desktop to web note-taking application Evernote is open for public registration today only up till 6PM Pacific time.
AU – free beta invites are closed now, but you can still sign up for a beta invitation.
Your contact list is growing larger every day, and so are the number of email addresses, instant messaging handles, and phone numbers your contacts use. That means you’d do well to find the best tool for managing your contacts before your contact list gets out of hand. On Tuesday we asked you to share your favourite contact management application; today, the elections are over, and we’re rounding up the most popular answers. Hit the jump for a look at the five best and most popular contact management applications, then cast your vote for the contact management solution to rule them all.
Writer, the web-based distraction-free writing environment we’ve mentioned before, has usefully updated to import text files, export PDFs, email documents and create printer-friendly pages.
To be honest, BitTorrent aggregator LookTorrent wouldn’t be much of a competitor for its Ajax-powered counterpart YouTorrent, except that YouTorrent has dropped most of the popular torrent sources in anticipation of a squeaky-clean sale. What LookTorrent does is provide a top frame to search for torrent download links, and links to 25 sources, one of which will likely have even the most obscure files. If nothing else, LookTorrent’s home page is a nice catalog of sites to look through while you’re on the hunt for that special download.
Windows only: iSnooze provides the same kind of iTunes-as-alarm-clock functionality as the Mac-only Alarm Clock 2, but lets you get a lot more specific about your wake-up parameters. Wake up to a certain playlist on certain days at particular times, have it pause as soon as you touch something on your computer, gradually increase the volume until you finally wake up—it’s your best friend or worst enemy, depending on how important it is that you get up and going in the morning. iSnooze is a free download for Windows systems only. iSnooze
