You probably don’t have the time to look over each and every one of the applications listed, but there may be a category or two worth a closer look.

• Accounting, Billing, Invoicing, Estimating & Contracts
• Calendars & Scheduling
• Charts, Diagrams, and Whiteboards
• Collaboration & Workgroups
• Conferences, Presentations & Meetings
• Crowdsourcing, Networking & Community
• Customer Relationship Management, Customer Service & Contact Management
• Database, File Storage & Information Management
• Email
• Employee Management, Payroll & Human Resources
• Feedback
• Marketing & Publicity
• Money Making & eCommerce Solutions
• Office Applications
• Organization & Management
• Phone & Voicemail
• Task Lists, Planning & Project Management
• Time Management & Tracking
• Virtual Office Platforms
• Website Tools
• Industry-Specific

Mashable lists close to 300 online apps for running your business.

Zamzar offers a good service. You upload the file to convert, select the output format, enter your email, and you’re done. Soon you’ll get an email with a unique link taking you to a page where you can download the converted file, which remains accessible for a day. You can also upload multiple files in a batch.

Zamzar converts to and from a variety of image, audio, and video file formats ranging from the common to the obscure. You don’t need an account to get Zamzar to convert files, although having one will get a file converted faster, will give you more online storage, a larger individual file capacity of up to 1GB and no banner ads.

If you work primarily with smaller files (up to 100mb), the free service is sufficient. You will most likely get email linking to your converted file usually within half an hour of submitting it. Viewing a few ads in exchange for the free conversion service is a sweet deal.

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Want bypass the firewalls of your office in order to to chat with your friends? Of course you would do this only on your lunch break.

The way to do this is by putting the Google Talk client in your Firefox sidebar so it always remains in the foreground.

Begin by adding to your sidebar by bookmarking the following URL (right-click and select: bookmark this link).

talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/client

Go to the bookmarks menu.
Find the bookmark you just created
Right click and choose properties.
Tick the checkbox that says: load this bookmark in the sidebar.
View > Sidebar > Bookmarks > Google Talk Gadget

Have you ever thought about adding your own shop to your blog or website?

helps you start your own online shop in 5 minutes! Even if you don’t have anything to sell. Zlio offers you a catalog of thousands of products without having to program anything. The key principal of Zlio is: Find, Add to your shop and Earn Commissions!

Zlio has characteristics similar to a blog, a service, and an destination. You do not need technical expertise to launch your own ZlioShop, drive traffic to your ZlioShop, and earn commission through transactions generated at your ZlioShop.

The best way to get a handle on the features of Zlio Shops is to sign up and start experimenting. You can have a shop up and running in just a few minutes!

Online Solutions

zamzar.com

Zamzar supports conversion between a wide variety of different file formats.

* Document formats
* Image formats
* Music formats
* Video formats

heywatch.com

Video. Many sources. From the web to your local HD, encode the videos you want.
Podcast. Subscribe to your own HW Podcast feed and get automatically your encoded videos.
Encoding. All formats and devices. A huge list of formats updated frequently (input and output).
Make your own. Create the format according to your needs on heywatch.com

blip.tv

You shouldn’t have to choose between great quality Flash video and compatibility with iTunes. Your videos should work everywhere, no question. That’s why blip.tv supports every video format under the sun, from Flash 8 (much higher quality than most Flash video) to Quicktime (for the all-important iTunes) to DivX and 3gp (we think cell phones are cool, too).

Desktop Solutions

SUPER, Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer. A GUI to ffmpeg, MEncoder, mplayer, x264, mppenc, ffmpeg2theora & the theora/vorbis RealProducer plugIn. If you need a simple, yet very efficient tool to convert (encode) or play any Multimedia file, without reading manuals or spending long hours training, then SUPER © is all you need. It is a Multimedia Encoder and a Multimedia Player, easy-to-use with 1 simple click.

On2 Flix for Flash Video. AVI, MPEG, QuickTime, DivX, Xvid, H.264, 3GPP–easily converts any video to the highest-quality On2 VP6 for Flash video FLV or SWF.

Google Talk is a downloadable Windows application that enables users to quickly and easily talk or send instant messages to their friends for free. Calls are made through your computer using the latest voice technology; all you need is an Internet connection, a microphone and a speaker.

Shortcuts

* CTRL + Mousewheel up/down over input textbox: Change the font size of the textbox.
* F9: Open Gmail to send an email to your friend
* F11: Start a call with your friend
* F12: Stop the current call
* ESC: Close the current window
* ALT + ESC: Minimize the current window
* TAB: Switch between multiple chat windows
* CTRL + I: Same as TAB
* SHIFT + TAB: Same as TAB but in reverse order
* CTRL + TAB: Same as SHIFT + TAB
* Windows + ESC: Open (if it’s minimized, or in the tray)

Secret Startup Parameters

* /nomutex: allows you to open more than one instance of Google Talk
* /autostart: when Google Talk is run with this parameter, it will check the registry settings to see if it needs to be started or not. If the “Start automatically with Windows” option is unchecked, it won’t start.
* /forcestart: same as /autostart, but forces it to start no matter what option was set.
* /S upgrade: Used when upgrading Google Talk
* /register: registers Google Talk in the registry, includig the GMail Compose method.
* /checkupdate: check for newer versions
* /factoryreset: set settings back to default.
* /mailto email@host.com: send an email with Gmail
* /diag: start Google Talk in diagnostic mode
* /log: probably has something to do with the diagnostic logging

More from tips & tricks from Customize Talk.

Embedded video, progressive download, streamed video—you may have heard these terms before but what do they mean? Begin by understanding the difference between them and then reading the related posts that follow.

Flash Video Delivery Techniques at a Glance (via Adobe)

Embedded Video
Entire SWF file must be downloaded to the client and loaded into memory in order to play back video.

Progressive Download
FLV files are progressively downloaded, cached, and then played from the local disk. The entire video clip need not fit in memory.

Streaming Video
FLV files are streamed from Flash Communication Server, played on the client’s machine, and then discarded from memory in a play-as-you-go method.

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The Flash Video Learning Guide provides an introduction to Flash video, including information on how to create and publish Flash video.

These and saving methods require no additional plugins or third party software.

with Firefox browser (No need for a third-party plug-in)

1) Click Tools ==> Page Info
2) Page Info ==> Click Media Tab
3) There’s a list of images and flash files that were downloaded by the Firefox browser while loading the page.
4) Scroll down the list and find the flash file.
5) Click the Save As button. Save the file on your hard drive.

Saving Flash files with IE browser

1) Click Tools ==> Internet Options
2) General Tab ==> Settings button in the Temporary Internet Files group.
3) View Files ==> Temporary Internet Files folder.
4) Click View ==> Details.
5) Click View ==> Arrange Icons By – Internet Address.
6) Right-click on the correct flash file and choose Copy. Keeping the page and IE open, paste the flash file in another directory.

For video playback with a standalone application to see Downloading, Saving and Playing Video from the Internet (Part 1)

allows you to search for and download videos from to your hard drive. In order to view the downloaded videos, rename the files with an extension.

Where can I download a free FLV player?
VLC media player
Price: FREE
get the free VLC Media Player

How do I convert FLV videos to other formats (AVI, MPEG, etc)?
Riva FLV Encoder
Price: FREE
get the free VLC Media Converter

This Flash-based widget from Box.net allows you to share all kinds of files: anything on your computer, plus music, photos and videos. Many of these file types can be viewed in the widget itself: you can view a photo, for instance, or play an MP3. You can sign up within the embed itself, and upload files to MySpace, Facebook and blogs in general.

Get your own Box.net widget and share anywhere!

Files Forever is the brand new online , sharing, selling service from DreamHost. With , every file you upload is stored by DreamHost forever, with no recurring cost! You are able to download your files as many times as you’d like, forever. You are able to send your files to your friends and family to download, forever. You are even able to sell your files to the public (videos, books, etc) and DreamHost will handle all the payment processing for you, forever!

It is only $2.50/GB to store your files forever. This is a one time fee .. it is not per month! Currently available only to DreamHost customers.

345 Free Online Programming Books.

… and many more.

Many online movies are presented in a format, such as (FLV), which can’t be downloaded with a simple right-click. The capture programs listed below will help you save these files to your computer. However, capturing FLV files in their original format isn’t enough. To view your file, you’ll need to either download a such as FLV Player, or convert your file into a more usable format.

First you need to .

YouTube Downloader
1) Enter the YouTube Video URL
2) Click “Get Download URL”
3) Right click “Download URL”
4) Save target as “*.flv”

KeepVid.com
Download videos DIRECT from these video sites:
Google Video
YouTube
Break.com
iFilm
Putfile
Angry Alien
ArtistDirect
Blastro
Blennus
Blip.tv
Bofunk
Bolt
Castpost
Current TV
Dailymotion
DevilDucky
FindVideos
Free Video Blog
Grinvi
grouper
Hiphopdeal
LuluTV
Metacafe
Midis.biz
Music.com
MusicVideoCodes.info
Myspace
MySpace Video Code
Newgrounds
PcPlanets
Pixparty REVVER
sharkle
StreetFire
That Video Site
The One Network
VideoCodes4U
VideoCodesWorld
VideoCodeZone
vidiLife
VIDNET.com
Vimeo
vSocial
Web62.com
ZippyVideos

VideoDownloader Firefox Extension
Sites supported:
Youtube, Google Video, iFilm, Metacafe, Dailymotion, Myspace, Angry Alien, AnimeEpisodes.Net, Badjojo, Blastro, Blennus, Blip.tv, Bofunk, Bolt, Break.com, Castpost, CollegeHumor, Current TV, Dachix, Danerd, DailySixer.com, DevilDucky, Double Agent, eVideoShare, EVTV1, FindVideos, Free Video Blog, Grinvi, Grouper, Hiphopdeal, Kontraband, Lulu TV, Midis.biz, Music.com, MusicVideoCodes.info, MySpace Video Code, Newgrounds, NothingToxic, PcPlanets, Pixparty, PlsThx, Putfile, Revver, Sharkle, SmitHappens, StreetFire, That Video Site, TotallyCrap, VideoCodes4U, VideoCodesWorld, VideoCodeZone, vidiLife, Vimeo, vSocial, Yikers, ZippyVideos… and any other webpage with embedded objects.

Once you’ve saved your file, you’ll need a way to view the video.

FLV Player is a standalone application to play Flash .flv files with.
This utility can come in handy when viewing many FLV files, as it doesn’t require the Flash IDE. The installer comes with optional .flv association, so double clicking an .flv file opens and plays the file in the player.

CinemaForge is a video conversion and hosting utility for WinOS. Download.
CinemaForge is a video- and audio-conversion and hosting utility. The application supports Flash (SWF), Flash (FLV), Motion Pictures Group (MPEG), Audio Video Interleaved (AVI), Window Media Video (WMV), Real Video (RM), QuickTime (MOV), Advanced Streaming Format (ASF), and JPEG (thumbnails).

iSquint is an iPod video conversion app for Mac OS X.
It works with almost all popular video formats. Just drag in your file, and click Start. You can also choose “TV” or “iPod” size, set your quality, or even go all-out by playing in the Advanced drawer. On a 1GHz G4, iSquint can convert most video files to iPod-screen-sized videos in realtime. Features: fast MPEG-4 and H.264 conversion from almost every popular video format, from 3GP to XviD; DivX/XviD AVIs, all forms of MPEG video, and many other formats QuickTime chokes on are supported; batch processing of multiple files; automatic aspect ratio detection.