Posts by Rob van der Linde
Posted on May 25, 2006 by: Rob van der Linde
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While going through my daily routine, reading through some of my emailing lists, I found this cool new online street map service for New Zealand, called Zoomin Maps. It's based around the same technology found in google maps, offering features such as:
- Find as you type for street name, your search is narrowed down as you type
- You can pan the map and zoom in, directly in your web browser
- You can switch between street map and aerial modes (With high resolution satellite imagery)
Click the logo below to visit the site.
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Posted on May 22, 2006 by: Rob van der Linde
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Paint.NET is a free image and photo manipulation program designed to be used on computers that run Windows 2000, Windows XP, or higher. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.
Originally started at Washington State University as a senior design project, and intended as a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple tool for photo and image editing.
At Ynui Technology, we love Paint.NET 
and can see that it has great potential, it currently sits somewhere in between Photoshop and MS Paint, yet is easy and intuitive to use (and it's FREE!). The program can be downloaded from the Paint.NET website. You will need the Microsoft .NET Framework installed first, if you haven't already got it installed.
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Posted on April 28, 2006 by: Rob van der Linde
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Mozilla Firefox is a free, alternative web browser to Internet Explorer. It has been around for a while now, and has gained a lot of popularity lately. "Faster, Safer, Better" is Firefox's new tagline, and it definitely lives up to that name. Ynui Technology highly recommends users should at least try out Firefox, we know you'll love it.
Why should I switch from Internet Explorer, and why Firefox?
There are many reasons to switch to Firefox, but the number one reason is spyware. You may or may not have heard of spyware, but this is the number one problem on the internet today. To put it short, spyware is advertising software that installs on your computer without your knowledge and bombards you with popup advertisements.
Internet Explorer has a history of security flaws that often allowed spyware to install automatically on a users computer without their knowledge. This makes the infected system run very slow, crash a lot, and constantly generate popup advertisements.
Firefox offers the following features:
- Tabbed browsing (Most people find this a very useful feature)
- Built in popup blocker
- Built in google search
- Much faster than IE
- Supports extensions (Install extensions into Firefox to enhance it's functionality)
- Better standards support (The Ynui site actually works better in Firefox than IE)
- Improved security against spyware and viruses
Why not give Firefox a go. You've got nothing to lose, Internet Explorer remains on your system, so you can go back any time. However you may not even want to go back, after you have tried it.
Note: Firefox will prevent new spyware from installing on your system, however if your system is already infected with spyware, this will need to be cleaned out as well. We can help you remove the spyware from your computer.
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Posted on October 9, 2005 by: Rob van der Linde
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Over the past week, we have been working on creating the Ynui Chat chat room. Ynui Chat is fully functional now, but it is still in BETA stages and needs some more testing by the public. More features are expected to be added in the future.
You need to be logged in to use Ynui Chat. To read more about the technical side on how Ynui Chat works, click the link below to read the rest of the article.
Read more…
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Posted on March 19, 2005 by: Rob van der Linde
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Hey guys, just letting you know what's going be coming up to the site in the next few days... I have been working on a Photo Gallery for the last few weeks now and I am getting close to completing it.I have put a lot of effort into writing this Gallery and can't wait to unlock it soon. There's a lot of stuff in the upcoming Gallery, wait and see when it's done in the next few days.
We have some photos of the Respect 2005 gig, Rap Battles at the Palliser Hotel, General photos around Ynui and more... And off course this Gallery is sure to grow in the future.
So be sure to check the site in the next few days...
Update: The Gallery is finally done. Go and check it out if you like. We hope to add more photos soon.
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