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Freemeter - keep tabs on your network connection


How much data are you pouring through the tubes? Freemeter lets you know at a glance whether you're treating the internet like a dumptruck.

Better still, there's no installer and nothing complicated to configure. Freemeter can either hang out on your desktop in fully opaque or variably transparent trim or stay hidden away in your system tray for easy access. Also built in to this clever little utility is a simple traceroute and ping console, as well as the ability to act as a notifier for a single Pop3 or IMAP email account. For the adventurous, the source code is available.

Filed under: Business, Developer, Utilities, Office, Productivity, Web services

Google Ads on Network Monitor Application

spiceworks network monitorCould serving ads to desktop applications really work? Will it not be annoying to the user? Well SpiceWorks launched a software product that monitors networks. Not only does this product have a simple download, it's free. And how does their company sustain and make some cash? By serving Google ads.

The administration console of SpiceWorks actually has Google ads. When the software is being utilized by the administrator, ads display for the specific item they are looking at, whether it be a printer, scanner, or other device.

Do you think this will work? And will the ads get in the way of your network monitoring? They are off to the side, in their own little area, not obstructive, and do aid in making the software free to use. What do you think? Drop a comment.

[via c|net]

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