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Thinkature's social web collaboration app

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I have seen many apps in the social online collaboration space, and few are as easy to use as Thinkature. Besides, the name "Thinkature" is just plain cool without having to be all web 2.0 and stuff. It just goes to show you that a traditional product name can still hold it's own in today's "freeky" world of strange software titles. Anywho, on the the main event, thinkature has simple collaboration tools, color-coding for categorical emphasis, integrated chat and voice features, user list editor, images search, and a helpful collaborative object selector, helping you (the presenter) keep your users collective focus on whatever object you decide to target. Thinkature's approach is that simplicity is sophistication, which makes the overall feel of the app more hassle-free than making you feel like you aren;t smart enough to use it. This is a tool that almost anyone can pick up an use for an online meeting without any prior knowledge. Setting up initial content before your debut might be a good idea, however. Almost no learning curve, along with powerful tools, and AJAX-rich site controls make this package worth a gander. Lend it an eyeball, invite a few folks, and you'll get some use out of it. It is free to use and no plugin is required.

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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