Filed under: Utilities, Productivity, Web services, Social Software

iBreadcrumbs is a browser toolbar you can use to record the websites you visit while you’re working on a particular project, so you can find your research again or share your sources with someone else. Sure, you could do this manually, by posting your finds to del.icio.us or a similar bookmarking service, and giving them all the same tag, but iBreadcrumbs makes that look like way too much work. All you have to do is click start, and everything gets saved automatically.

Your sessions (Breadcrumbs) each get saved to their own dedicated page, where you can organize them and add additional notes. You can combine a new Breadcrumb with an existing one, which makes the service useful for longer research projects. There’s also a social aspect to the site: you can add friends for simple collaboration. iBreadcrumbs is flexible enough that we’re sure it can be applied to all sorts of non-research functions. Don’t be put off by the “University” field in the sign-up process - this service isn’t just for academics.

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Filed under: Internet, Security, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Productivity, Search

Just a day after launching a release candidate of Opera 9.5, the Opera team has pushed out the final version of their new desktop web browser.

Opera is all over the place with their releases, and focuses as well. The company adores mobile devices, and at one point said that Opera wanted to be on any device that you can plug in. We’d love to browse on our toaster. We lose an important few minutes of productivity in the kitchen each morning.

The latest version of Opera has some features that 9.2 didn’t have though, so here goes nothing:

• Opera Link - Hardcore users of Opera use features like speed-dial, note taking, and of course bookmarks. Now you can sync them with your mobile if you use the very popular Opera Mini browser on your phone.
• Swift Find - search for anything on any page you’ve visited.
• Updated skin - This is the one that made us wonder if Opera is has re-invested themselves into the Desktop market. The buttons are sharper and it’s more Firefox like now.
• Opera’s Fraud Protection - This got an update. Opera likes to talk about how they guard you against phishing and spamming, and state they’re the only browser with these features built in.

And it’s faster - So fast it sings we like to say. Operaphiles state that it’s the lightest browser on any platform. What do you think? Tell us in the comments!

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