FIFA WORLD CUP 2010: South Africa - Free Online Games to Play!

The FIFA World Cup, is the largest international football competition on the world. It is also one of the most popular game show viewed through the world.

19th World Cup is hosted in South Africa and starts today. I will present you here 10 greatest and free online games suitable to play during FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa.

FIFA ONLINE

EA SPORTS: FIFA Online 2010 - Free to Play

FIFA Online uses FIFA 10 game engine and in match gameplay is almost the same as FIFA 10. It is completely F2P (Free-to-play) game which you can download and install on your Windows-based computer right now. Right now its on open-beta stage.

FIFA Online 2

EA SPORTS FIFA Online 2

FIFA Online 2 is a free to play downloadable massively multiplayer online  football game jointly developed by EA Singapore and Neowiz, published by Electronic Arts. Originally released in South Korea in 2006 using the FIFA 06  engine, the game was upgraded soon to the FIFA 07  engine, where it is still used today. Supports South Africa 2010 game mode!

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South Africa 2010 Flash Game

A simple penalty-based game which you can play directly from your web browser. It is a flash-based game, so you would need to have the latest Flash Player installed on your system. It is very simple and can be played with mouse only!

Jumpers for Goalposts

Jumpers for Goalposts 3 Flash Game

This is a game where you build up your player from the beginning to the stars! Allowing you to enter the whole new RPG experience. It is also available on Facebook, so you can play it with your friends easily and completely for free!

Elastic Soccer

Elastic Soccer - Unique Flash Game

Rubber players are the latest trend in soccer games! Win the three minutes game. An interesting game which can take you a lot of quality time. Really original game concept – I like it!

Samsung Football

Samsung Football - Do tricks with ball

An addictive game where you try to keep the ball longer in the air! At the beginning it is a bit complicated, but once you do it right – it is very addictive! Through it is very simple and playable with only one mouse button!

Super Soccer Strikers

Super Soccer Strikers Shockwave Game

Win regional tournaments to make it to the final playoffs, and then kick things up a notch to win the world tournament! Build up your power bar to activate special skills such as the Meteor Shot, Spartan Phalanx, and Iron Deflect. Need to have Shockwave installed on your system in order to play it.

Fifa Superstars

EA SPORT FIFA Superstars on Facebook

This is the first EA’s game which is published on one social networking website. In this case, EA SPORT Superstars can be played through Facebook. It is a football management game with loads of content and with quality graphics elements. Need to have Facebook account to play it for free!

Soccer World Cup 2010

Soccer World Cup 2010 Flash Game

Select your national team and compete in Soccer World Cup 2010 tournament. A beautiful graphics and great gameplay with tackles, fouls, extra times and penalties. You must qualify in your group to compete the final phase of the World Cup.

Soccer World Cup 2010 Game

Soccer World Cup 2010 Game

This is an unique game which can be played entirely by mouse. Choose your World Cup 2010 team and lead it to become the champion of the world. It is a Flash-based game so Flash Player is required to be installed on your system before you play it!

Freeware Adobe software product alternatives.

Adobe is one of the most popular and professional software company in the world. Their products are widely supported and most professionals works with the software like Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, inDesign every day!

They all works with them because there is no better way to do things more professional than with these applications. Anyway, here I will present you some of the best free Adobe Products alternatives which you can download, install and use completely for free!

Of course, you can not do some professional tasks with these applications like you can with official professional products. But, for an average home, these applications would be a much better and cheaper choice – with some very good results too!

Gimpshop & Paint.net [Adobe Photoshop]

GIMPshop is a modification of the free/open source GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), intended to replicate the feel of Adobe Photoshop. Its primary purpose is to make users of Photoshop feel comfortable using GIMP.

GIMPShop - GIMP-based Photoshop Alternative.

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It  features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.

Paint.net - Free Mini Photoshop Software.

NVU & Aptana Studio [Adobe Dreamveawer]

Nvu is a free, open source software program that allows you to build websites and web pages using a simple WYSIWYG editor. Nvu makes creating web pages as easy as using a word processor and rivals such programs as Adobe’s Dreamweaver and Microsoft’s Expression Web, only for free!

NVU Web Authoring Software

Aptana Studio is a complete web development environment that combines powerful authoring tools for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, along with thousands of additional plugins created by the community. Get unrivaled support for popular libraries including jQuery, Prototype, MooTools, and much more.

Aptana Studio - Dreamveawer Alternative

Inkscape & Creative Docs [Adobe Illustrator]

Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.

Inkscape Free and Open Source Adobe Illustrator Alternative.

Creative Docs .NET is a vector-based graphic design tool with support for rich text, ideal to quickly write short documents, manuals, posters, illustrations, schemas, plans, flow charts, and much more. Creative Docs .NET tools are simple, yet powerful. All styles and attributes can be modified interactively with a minimum number of mouse clicks.

Creative Docs.net Dreamveawer Alternative.

PDF Creator & PDF995 [Adobe Acrobat]

PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program. Use it like a printer in Word, StarCalc or any other Windows application. It is an advanced and very effective application to create PDF documents easily and within a few clicks only!

PDF Creator - Free PDF Printer Support.

PDF995 makes it easy and affordable to create professional-quality documents in the popular PDF file format. Its easy-to-use interface helps you to create PDF files by simply selecting the “print” command from any application, creating documents which can be viewed on any computer with a PDF viewer.

Avidemux & Kino [Adobe Premiere]

Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.

Avidemux - Free Open Source Video Editor

Kino is a non-linear DV editor for GNU/Linux. It features excellent integration with IEEE-1394 for capture, VTR control, and recording back to the camera. It captures video to disk in Raw DV and AVI format, in both type-1 DV and type-2 DV (separate audio stream) encodings.

Kino - GNU/Linux Free Video Editing Software.

The Best 10 AppStore iPad Applications

Previously, I have presented you the greatest games you can play on your iPad device. Following that now I am going to show you the best applications you can find on the AppStore, specially designed and created for Apple iPad tablet device.

At this moment, Apple iPad is one of the most popular devices available on the market. If you own one, it is good to know which applications you should have installed on it. Otherwise, it is good to know what can be done with this new device from Apple.

All links leads directly to the AppStore and might require you to download and install iTunes for full functionality!

1. ABC Player (Free)

One more way to watch your favorite ABC shows anywhere, any time. One of the best applications you must have on your iPad. Works great and allows you to watch your favorite shows anytime on your Apple iPad device. Unfortunately, it is not supported on iPhone or iPod Touch!

2. NetFlix (Free, Video Streaming Costs)

Netflix is probably the most popular online streaming service which is completely commercially-based. Allowing you to watch high-quality commercial videos online for some costs. If you have a NetFlix account, you can use this app completely for free!

3. iBooks (Free)

iBooks is an amazing way to download and read books, designed exclusively for iPad. iBooks includes the iBookstore, where you can download the latest best-selling books or your favorite classics – day or night.

4. Yahoo! Entertainment (Free)

Get an interactive Program Guide that lets you plan your TV viewing, watch up-to-the-minute video, plus get handpicked news and entertainment with this application on your iPad. This app has a very nice designed and attractive interface.

5. SoundHound ($4.99)

This nice and advanced application does amazing job – recognize any music that is playing, and do it fast and with a pretty good results! It also does lyrics, automatic music discovery, charts and much more for only $5 bucks!

6. NewsRack ($4.99)

NewsRack is a full-featured RSS reader for iPhone and iPad with a unique interface. Use the powerful classic interface to read and organize feeds. One of the best RSS feed readers you can find on market. Unfortunately, it is not free but it worth more than $5 for sure!

7. TweetDeck for iPad (Free)

TweetDeck is the best way to stay in touch with what’s happening now on Twitter for your iPad. TweetDeck’s iPad optimized interface shows you everything you want to see at once, so you can stay organized and up to date wherever you are.

8. Craigsphone (Free)

Craigslist has never been this fun to browse, thanks to the amazing iPad hardware and Craigsphone’s new listing pane. You have to admit that craiglist website looks like crap, but with this application it is more pleased and organized!

9. World Atlas HD ($1.99)

Designed specifically for the iPad, National Geographic’s World Atlas HD puts our best maps in the palm of your hand. One of the easiest and most advanced ways to browse through countries! All of that for one symbolic price of $2 dollars!

10. Dictionary & Thesaurus (Free)

English and Spanish dictionary on your iPad completely for free! Works with one of the biggest online dictionaries Dictionary.com and with synonyms and anonyms engine Thesaurus.com. Definitely the must-have application for your iPad!

Top 10 Greatest Apple iPad Games on App Store

The Apple iPad is finally here. They have recently opened the iPad App Store and here are the best of the games so far! If you own the iPad you definitely have to play these games! Playing on this tablet device is absolutely amazing!

Currently, there are not much quality free games for this device. I will post them on some other article in the future. So, here are the best games you would find and enjoy to play on your iPad! Note: All links are from iTunes, so go and download it!

1. Flight Control HD ($ 4.99)

The main simple objective is to  make sure your planes don’t hit one another before they land! Trace their paths with your finger nice and easily. Have a multiplayer support and works great on the iPad!

2. Fieldrunners ($ 7.99)

This is one of the most addictive games for me. A classical tower defense which get popularity on iPhone now gets the better graphics and playability.

3. Real Racing HD ($ 9.99)

For the price below $10.00 you will get one of the most attractive games for iPad. Great graphics and control of your car gives you look-and-fell you are almost there! Must try!

4. Final Fantasy ($ 8.99)

If you like RPG games than hardly you have not heard about this great and one of the most quality RPG serials ever. I am a huge fan of the FF serial, so it is one of the most-favorite games here for me.

5. Civilization Revolution ($ 12.99)

Another computer games classic and definitely one of the most addictive RTS games ever published. This is kind of game we really wanted on iPad – now it is available!

6. Magic Piano ($ 2.99)

This is one of the most unique apps for iPad. Works simply great, especially on the large iPad screen, with fluid controls and eye-catching graphics. Enjoy!

7. Labyrinth 2 ($ 7.99)

Labyrinth gets more complicated and addictive. Works great on iPad with subtle 3D graphics and a lot of improvements compared to the original. Lite version (Free) is also available!

8. Dungeon Hunter HD ($ 6.99)

Unbelievably good-looking 3D-based game for iPad. Dungeon Hunter HD is the ultimate action RPG game for your tablet. Check it out if you love RPG’s definitely!

9. Solitaire HD ($ 2.99)

You like Solitaire in your Windows? Well, from now you can play it on your iPad for less than $3.00. Giving you some very good graphics which is specially optimized for the iPad.

10. Uno HD ($ 6.99)

Now you can play one of the most famous card games on your iPad device. Gather up to 4 of your friends and play it on your iPad (or your friend’s) thanks to the new multiplayer feature. Enjoy!

Today, the web becomes more and more important. There is more and more quality web-based applications through the internet. They may allow you to do so many things, so much from that we could imagine before couple years ago.

I have put together the greatest 10 web-based applications only for you. One more plus is that most of you did not hear about these apps. We all love when we try or use something new, and that is the main purpose of this article – to provide you some great apps that may be new to you!

1. Fill any PDF

This is a great application with which you can easily edit your own PDF files. This app can be a very useful specially if you want quickly to fill-out an online forms written in PDF. It is one of the most useful applications that can be helpful for anyone.

2. Grooveshark

It is one of the best places on the internet for me. This service has millions of available songs which you can listen completely for free on your computer! All of that (and much more) is compiled in one very nice and advanced interface – our recommendation to check it out!

3. Mint

This is probably the most useful application on this list. Mint is a professional and free personal finance application, budget organizer and budget planner. It is one of the oldest (and first) professional money-management apps on the internet – now available for free!

4. Aviary

Need a place where you can edit, create, upload or convert images online? Do not look anywhere because there is an Aviary! It is a service which has more web apps under one user-interface, including the image, color, effects, vector and audio editors. With screen capturing and image markup tools it is one of the most advanced tools on this list.

5. Issuu

I specially like this application. On Issuu, you can easily read your favorite magazines online completely for free. This application have a very nice and effective user-interface, allowing you to read your favorite magazine the way it is mentioned to be on the computer!

6. Newsmap

Newsmap.jp is a great web application which show you the most recent news in nice and very effective interface. News are mapped in one nice and a very good-looking maps. You can further choose which news category you want to show, from which area and so on… My recommendation!

7. Drumbot

It is a very good web application, specially created for musicians. Actually it is a compilation of tools which includes Guitar Tuner, Drumbot, Metronome, Pattern Sequencer and Tap BPM through your keyboard. I am sure some of you may find this app useful!

8. ScreenToaster

ScreenToaster is an online screen recorder and capturing application. Allowing you to capture screencasts instantly through your web browser! It is a very good cross-platform supported screen capturing application, works from most web browsers and run in Java environment.

You can see my test video which is automatically captured and uploaded through this service. Check how it works right now!

9. Read It Later

Read It Later is an application which works on most popular browsers including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Apple Safari. This little application support mobile devices such as iPhone, Android and more. Allowing you to save the news you are reading for later use! Can be a very useful for some users, specially bloggers and website owners!

10. Convert Center

This web application can practically convert thousands of units for you! Hardly you would find something that this application can not convert! Through this application has a little oldish interface, I would recommend it to you definitely!

Windows Seven is the newest official Windows operating system release from the Microsoft. Most of the users says that they have replaced their standard Win XP machines with this new modern operating system which works way better than Vista in all scenarios!

Here you can find my own collection of 10 applications which you need to have installed on your Windows 7 computers. All these apps are free to download and use completely! From now, these apps are essential for my computer!

1. Windows 7 Codecs

This codecs pack is specially created for Windows 7 operating system! Installing these codecs on your computer you will watch any video/audio on this operating system. For sure, this is one of the most quality codec package I have found on the internet for Win7.

2. HandBrake

HandBrake is an open source application which allows you to convert videos on any popular operating system – fully supports Windows 7 operating system. HandBrake is a very easy to use for anyone, allowing you to use some advanced features when converting videos on your computer.

3. Fences

Fences is a one-of-a-kind program, allowing you to draw labeled shaded areas on your desktop, which become movable & resizable containers for your desktop icons. This application can be a very useful for anyone who have a lot of programs installed on the computer.

4. CCleaner

Every operating system collects some temporary and unnecessary files over the time! CCleaner is a great way to delete these unwanted files from your computer fast and for free! This little application supports fully a new operating system Windows 7. My absolute recommendation!

5. Enhance my Se7en

The program offers tools that take care of the registry, disk space and its defragmentation, installed software, HDD temperature and all sorts of things related to system’s health. Also there are lots of other options helping to boost your system’s performance.

6. AIMP

Finally, someone have created a player which is a decent replace to Winamp! I use AIMP for a while and I have to say it is one of the most quality audio players you can find on the internet at this moment. A way better and faster than Winamp – for me of course! Supports Win7.

7. GOM Player

With this fast video player you will be able to play any video on your computer easily! Recently they have extended and improve the Windows 7 support! Try out this great multimedia player and watch any video the way it is mentioned to be!

8. Notepad++

I simply need to have this little, fast and free application installed on my computer! It is a way more decent replacement for the default Notepad installed on your Windows operating system for sure. Supporting way more features and options included – all of that for free!

9. 7-Zip

7-Zip is a great free file archiver available on cross-platforms. Compression results are really impressive, specially if you want to compress files using the native file extension – 7z. You have a versions for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows versions. Fully supports Windows 7.

10. Windows Live Essentials

Now in one installation, Windows Live Essentials gives you instant messaging, E-mail, blogging, photos, and more. This software package includes Windows Live Messenger, Writer, Photo Gallery, Mail Client, Movie Maker and more! All apps are fully supported with Windows 7.

Google Chrome is a relatively new web browser from Google. It is one of the most popular browsers today, allowing you to browse the internet very fast. It is one of the fastest web browsers available right now, and of course, it is completely free to download, install and use.

At this moment, Google Chrome allows you to use own extensions which may improve it’s functionality and productivity. Something similar to Mozilla Firefox extensions support. Right now, there is no so much extensions available for you, it is a new browser, we should give it a little time to grow.

If you want to use these extensions, you have to install latest Dev edition of Google Chrome web browser.

Top 10 Best Google Chrome Extensions

So, these are the best 10 Google Chrome extensions at my choice:

1. AdBlock+

An adblock extension for Google Chrome. Similar to “Remove It Permanently” and “Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper” from FireFox. This extension doesn’t have the same functionality like in the Firefox version, but can help you for sure to block some unwanted ads and elements on websites.

Click to install AdBlock+ for Google Chrome

2. Xmarks

Xmarks is one of the most popular bookmarks and passwords synchronizing tool. Allowing you to synchronize your passwords and bookmarks on the internet, without risk of loosing them. I use this extension on my Firefox browser, and I am very happy it is available for Chrome right now.

You will need to register free account to download and use this extension in Google Chrome.

3. LastPass

LastPass is one of the most secure and easy-to-use password managers and for fillers available on the internet. It supports extensions and addons for Firefox, Internet Explorer and of course, Google Chrome. Download this little extension if you do not want to forget your passwords anymore!

Click to install LastPass for Google Chrome

4. FlashBlock

Flashblock is an extension for the Google Chrome that blocks all Flash content from loading. It then leaves placeholders on the webpage that allow you to click to download and then view the Flash content. Allowing you also to save online flash (.flv) videos directly on your computer with Ctrl+Click keys combination.

Click to install FlashBlock for Google Chrome

5. Google Reader Checker

Adds a button to the menu bar which notifies when a Google Reader feed has a new item. One of the cutest and most useful extensions for those which use Google Reader regularly – like I do.

Click to install Google Reader Checker for Google Chrome

6. SessionSaver

A session manager that lets you save and manage multiple sessions. Wit this extension you can: Saves all tab URL’s for all chrome windows, Saves multiple sessions with custom names, Can view all URL’s to copy/paste from, Can close saved tabs, Export all saved sessions to bookmarks and much more.

Click to install SessionSacer for Google Chrome

7. Click & Clean

This powerful solution enables you to do all that mentioned above instantly, with one click on the roll icon in the Chrome toolbar. Add Click&Clean to Your Chrome Browser to keep private and secure your personal information the sites might collect about you!

Click to install Click&Clean for Google Chrome

8. Bubble Translate

A translator extension for Google Chrome. You can translate text of websites from any language to yours. Bubble Translate use Google Translate for inline translations. Works very good and it is a must-have extension on my Google Chrome web browser.

Click to install Bubble Translate on Google Chrome

9. Minimize to Tray (Windows only)

This is a little but useful extension that can minimize your Google Chrome browser into the system tray. Supports only Windows operating systems. A must-have extension for Chrome for my computer!

Click to Install Minimize to Tray for Google Chrome (works only with Windows)

10. gPDF

gPDF is a handy tool to view PDF files online. It scans web pages for PDF links and set them to open with Google Docs Viewer. You don’t need any desktop based PDF viewer (like : Adobe Reader) to open a PDF link.  A very useful Google Chrome extension for any computer.

Click to install gPDF for Google Chrome