Facebook does not provide this functionality and it does not allow any kind of app to covertly do this kind of monitoring either. If an Application claims to provide this functionality, you can report that application for abuse.

The main highlights are the support for 64-bit applications, and the new graphics based on the Tango standard. But it’s hard to say what the best change is. There’s just so many!

It’s in beta right now, and you’ll need to apply with your gmail account before you can use it, but it looks like a great learning tool that may lure many young minds into the world of software development. As the tools get more powerful in the future, the quality of apps created using Google App Inventor should grow.

Ever want to see the structure of some directories from the command line just like you can in a nautilus or windows explorer interface? Try the UNIX port of the DOS tree utility. Chances are you probably already have it installed on your desktop system.

This will work for Windows and Mac. Linux has many options to do this and it’s even easier to do so I won’t even bother covering Linux for once.

The idea that you can take a picture in an emergency situation and have it instantly uploaded is handy. If you were attacked by a mugger or witness some type of assault or accident, the pictures are instantly backed up online. But what about privacy issues? Putting your media online creates the potential for problems that are outside of your control.

Is the recent acquisition of Bumptop going to make its way to Android in some shape or form anytime soon? This week is your last chance to pick up a copy of BumpTop, the 3-D Desktop for Mac and Windows.

Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, (and here’s the key part) without special hardware. It’s intended for users with multiple computers and monitors on their desk. Run synergys (the server daemon) pointing to your configuration file on one computer. You can run it as your regular desktop user too Then run the synergyc (client daemon) on the other computer and give it the ip address of the server computer.

Using an image you want the mosaic to look like overall, and at least one tile library directory, create the mosaic. Using an image you want the mosaic to look like overall, and at least one tile library directory, create the mosaic. If the image doesn’t look like the original vangogh you based it on, try adding scale so it can use more images or shrink the tiles.

Google Picasa is available as an rpm and deb for Linux. You can get it from google package repository if you already have that installed, but the latest version doesn’t appear to be available from there just yet. This app is run under a self contained wine installation.