I have couple of sites where i need to keep up to date list or large amount of web sites. It is not easy job to make sure all web sites in the list are active. I've looked around for a simple and free software to automate this job but couldn't find one that meets my needs. There are commercial solutions but I don't really like to pay for something I can write.

So here is a simple app called URLChecker to validate/check active URLs in a list.  It is nothing fancy but does the job.

Download URLChecker.zip (53.11 kb) Requires .Net 3.5

URLChecker-Soruce.zip (157.88 kb) C# source code for URLChecker if anyone wants to edit/change as they wish.

ActiveX version for Internet Explorer http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_ax.exe

Firefox Opera version http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player.exe

StudioiPhone is set of controls from ComponentOne enables you to design iPhone web sites simply using ASP.Net Controls. Sounds good but it costs $1,100.00 with support or $800.00 without support.

Don't get me wrong, controls looks amazing and demo site is amazing too. But you are not creating an iPhone app! It is simply a mobile web site designed for iPhone you could use jQuery and Css to achieve same thing! See Building iPhone Apps from O'REILLY

Well, Apple made headlines again! An iPhone developer made $1,400 from adverts on his free flashlight app for iPhone 4 in it's first day! Here is the proof

It is of course no where near sustainable and novelty of iAd plays big role in this income but still  $1,400 in one day is huge money to make from adverts! I know tens of mobile web developers that would be happy with $5 income a day from their mobile site!

iAd gives %60 of  income from an advert to the developer so from a $2.00 CPC advert publisher gets $1.2. On the other side you earn between $0.01 - $0.07 per click from other mobile advertising companies such as Admob, Inmobi, Mojiva, Buzzcity, AdModa.

 As much as I am against this App hype and Apple's Walled garden approach. I can't help my self but envy!

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You decide! Around 5:45 of the video device suddenly switches of and never turns on again :)