FoxySpider is a Web crawler for image and video enthusiasts

Filed under: Utilities, Mozilla, BrowsersI still remember the day fondly. I was 16 and I had just got my first broadband connection. 512 kilobits of pure DOWNLOAD! Ten times the bandwidth of my dial-up modem! Unlimited traffic! To this day I'm still amazed at how quickly I filled my 20GB hard drive with porn. But that's beyond the point -- back then, you had to either painstakingly Right Click > Save As on every image and video, or rely on a bunch of really crap standalone Web crawlers.

Fast forward to today and collecting porn image galleries is a lot easier. Not only do we have terabytes of hard disk space and megabit Internet connections, but you can use peer-to-peer services like BitTorrent to download entire archives at the click of a button. But if you still want to crawl sites and make your own archives, you can't go wrong with the Firefox add-on FoxySpider.

FoxySpider is marketed as a porn crawler. Out of the box it will crawl all images and videos on the page you're currently viewing, but it has tons of options. You can change the crawl depth, make it ignore files without thumbnails and change how many files are concurrently downloaded. You have complete control over the file types that are downloaded, so if you want to crawl music files, documents or indeed any file extension, FoxySpider also has you covered.

The output galleries are configurable too -- thumbnail size, background color and so on. There's no option to automatically save the galleries you create, however!FoxySpider is a Web crawler for image and video enthusiasts originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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No Comment: Apple Germany says nein to eiPott

How do you say "completely unsurprised" auf Deutsch[1]? Berlin-based blog BZiPhone reports that the German-made eiPott has been delivered the death blow, courtesy of Apple Germany (translation). The computer and phone maker has gotten a restraining order against the Erbach-based koziol, maker of cute housewares for the stylish home.

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The lawsuit, which was presented in what Google Language assures me is the "Hanseatic Higher Regional Court," means that koziol will no longer be able to use the eiPott name to sell their plastic egg holder. Apparently the item could have been confused with another product. Shocking. The iPod-inspired package will also need to be redesigned.TUAWNo Comment: Apple Germany says nein to eiPott originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Those crazy Taiwanese have done it again: 'Google Does Evil' (video)

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From the same news agency that produced that fantastic iPhone 'Antennagate' video comes a brief one-minute synopsis of Google's apparent abandonment of its don't be evil mantra. If you haven't been following the news (we haven't really covered it here on Download Squad), Google is coming to terms with having to be a little more ruthless to maintain its market lead. In turn, this has sparked a lot of commentary about Google being evil.

I don't think this is as funny as the iPhone video -- and it could certainly do with some English subtitles -- but it does feature, rather succinctly, all of the pertinent facts. I only really laughed out loud at the dead girl (see image after the break), which pays homage to a British news story from last week. I guess it's pretty awesome that these guys can pump animations out in just a few days!

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Those crazy Taiwanese have done it again: 'Google Does Evil' (video) originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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How Chrome Extension Gallery domain verification will help protect users

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Yesterday, Google announced on the Chromium blog that they were introducing two changes affecting the Chrome Extensions Gallery: a $5 registration fee for new developers, and domain verification. The measures are designed to provide a level of quality assurance and security which was previously lacking.

Domain verification is the big security addition. If you read our posts on how to install Chrome Web Apps right now, you might have seen part of Google's plan in action already. For example, if you tried to install the Google Reader app from our server by simply clicking it with your left mouse button, you would see the dialog above: "Apps must be served from the host that they affect."

That provides a very simple but effective defense against malicious apps. Worried that a Gmail app might steal your credentials or log your conversations? No problem -- unless the app is served up from Gmail itself Chrome won't let you install it.

It's not perfect, obviously. The apps on our post could be installed anyway by simply right-clicking, choosing save as, and dragging the app from your download bar back into the main Chrome window. To the average user, however, that's probably complex enough to be a deterrent. Pair this with Google's new domain verification stamp, and you've got a decent way to assure users they're installing safe apps from a trusted source.

Every little bit helps when it comes to security, and I can certainly see domain verification being something even my least technical friends and family can understand -- and appreciate.How Chrome Extension Gallery domain verification will help protect users originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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BlackBerry App World 2.0 leaves beta, includes cheaper apps and new payment options

The latest version of BlackBerry App World is now available to all, and it includes a number of welcome additions. First off, RIM has dropped the $2.99 minimum from paid apps, so now BlackBerry developers can release $0.99 and $1.99 apps just like everybody else. It's also easier to buy those apps now, with credit card and carrier billing becoming available, and the new BlackBerry ID function lets you both perform those credit card payments and to easily move all your apps over to a new BlackBerry device when the time comes. RIM has also enacted a few new app discovery mechanisms for hunting down those "Super Apps" (BlackBerry users know what we're talking about), but it's not all gravy: the developer revenue split is down to 70 / 30 from RIM's original exception-to-the-rule 80 / 20. PR is after the break.Continue reading BlackBerry App World 2.0 leaves beta, includes cheaper apps and new payment optionsBlackBerry App World 2.0 leaves beta, includes cheaper apps and new payment options originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

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Ricoh's 10 megapixel, 10x zoom CX4 compact hits Japan next month

Why, it seems like just yesterday we were talking about the CX3 and now here we are, but a few weeks away from the release of Ricoh's CX4. The camera is set to hit Japanese retailers on September 3, offering a 10 megapixel backside-illuminated sensor perched behind a 10.7x (28 - 300mm) zoom lens, with a three-inch LCD 'round the back. Ricoh is also talking up an advanced new image stabilization system, five fps burst shooting, 720p video recording, plus all the smile- and scene-detection modes you'd expect out of a modern shooter. MSRP for all this is set at 45,000 Yen in Japan, which equates to about 525 of your American dollars.Ricoh's 10 megapixel, 10x zoom CX4 compact hits Japan next month originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink Akihabara News  |  Ricoh  | Email this | Comments

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