THE TECHNOLOGY INFO

Has Google finished it's first quarter 2008 Page Rank update?

2008-02-14T16:20:00.001+05:30

Google has started PR update from second week of January 2008. From January 10 th onwards some reported that their websites demoted to Pagerank Zero. Some reported that, the inner pages of their websites got good ranks but their homepage got Zero Pagerank. A better example for the above case is technorati.com. Technorati.com is still showing Pagerank zero. But some of the internal pages of Technorati.com is showing Pagerank of 4.

The above cases clearly indicates that google has not finished it's January 2008 PR update. First it has updated Pagerank's of new and some popular websites. PR update is a long process. According to Netcraft report the total number of Websites on Earth is around 156 million. So it is impossible for Google to update the Pageranks of all these websites on earth in 2 or 3 weeks.

I strongly believe that Google has not finished it's January 2008 PR update. For example take my blog. I have started my blog in October 2006. My Pagerank is still 2 since from 2006. But today I checked my blog's Pagerank on Google Data Servers. Most of the Data Servers are showing a PR of 2 but some Data Servers are showing a PR of 7. This clearly indicates that Google will update my PR in the coming days.

You can check your PR on major Google Data Centers at this website.

Improve your system stability, performance, responsiveness with Process Lasso

2008-02-12T14:32:00.000+05:30

Process Lasso is a unique new technology which takes control of your processes. Process Lasso automatically adjust the allocation of CPU cycles so that system responsiveness, system performance and stability is improved in high-load situations.

Process Lasso temporarily lowers the priorities of processes that are consuming too many CPU cycles and give a chance to other processes to run. Process Lasso offers default process priorities, default process CPU affinities, termination of disallowed processes, and logging of processes executed.

It configures processes to always start at a desired priority. It configures processes to always start at a desired CPU affinity. Process Lasso supports Windows 2000, XP, 2003, 32 and 64 bit Vista. Process Lasso is not a task manager even though it does have some task manager capabilities.

You can download Process Lasso from here.

How to configure PPPOE mode in UT300R2U, WA3002G4 adsl routers for BSNL DATAONE?

2008-02-02T16:01:00.000+05:30

Recently Huawei MT 880 adsl router's are not working in PPPOE mode. It is working in Bridge mode only. For multiple computers using the same internet connection, we can configure PPPOE mode very easily. But Bridge mode configuration is little bit difficult when multiple computers are using the same internet connection.

If anybody wants PPPOE mode, they have to replace their MT 880 routers with utstarcom modems like UT300R2U or WA3002G4 adsl wireless routers. UT300R2U modem is available at Rs 1250, so it is better to buy it. PPPOE configuration is same in both UT300R2U and WA3002G4 modems. So I will explain it now for WA3002G4 model. It is same for UT300R2U model also.

BSNL people will do Modem, splitter, phone line connections etc. They will connect the modem to your computer.

Now open http://192.168.1.1 in internet explorer. It asks DSL Router's username and password. So enter admin as username and admin as password. Then it will display Device Info window as shown below.

Click advanced setup. Then it will display Wide Area Network (WAN) Setup.

First row will display details about PPPOE protocol. At the end you will observe EDIT button. Just click that button. Then ATM PVC Configuration window will come. Just click NEXT. Connection Type window will come. Now select PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE). Then click NEXT. Now enter your PPP username and PPP password which are given by BSNL. Then click NEXT. NAT settings window will come. Just click NEXT(For UT300R2U model here Enable IGMP Multicast and WAN service window will come. Just click NEXT). Now WAN setup summary window will come. Now click Save button. WAN Setup window will come. Click Save/Reboot button.

This completes the router settings for PPPOE mode. There is no need to enter DNS numbers.

Now right click MY Network Places then select properties. Now right click Local Area connection then select properties. Then double click TCP/IP. Then select Obtain an IP address automatically. Also select Obtain DNS server address automatically. Then click O.K, then again click O.K as shown below. In Windows XP machines there is no need to enter gateway address 192.168.1.1.

Now your system is O.K for BSNL Broadband.

How to share the internet connection among more than one Computer?

Just connect LAN cable from Ethernet port of ADSL Modem to a HUBs first port(uplink) instead of P.C. All P.C's will be connected to Hub through LAN cables. Remember one important thing that is all computers in LAN must have same workgroup. So set Unique workgroup to all of the computers in the LAN.

In all machines set the TCP/IP properties as 1. Obtain an IP address automatically and 2. Obtain DNS server address automatically. In Windows XP, Vista machines there is no need to enter gateway address 192.168.1.1 but in Windows 98 machines you have to set the gateway address as 192.168.1.1 in TCP/IP properties. After these settings internet will come in all machines.

Download video clips from video websites with xVideoServiceThief

2008-01-29T20:42:00.000+05:30

xVideoServiceThief is a tool for downloading video clips from video websites. This tool supports nearly 30 video websites. xVideoServiceThief tool can convert videos to AVI, WMV, MPEG1, MPEG2, Appli iPod, 3GP and MP3 formats.

This tool supports the following platforms:

Windows 98/Me, NT4, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista
Mac OS X, 10.3 and 10.4
Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, IRIX, AIX, and many other Unix variants

How to use xVideoServiceThief Tool?
Start the program. You will find Add Video tab on the right hand side. Click that tab. Then Add Video URL dialog box will open. Just enter the video URL to download then click O.K. Then the tool will download the video to a default folder specified by the tool. You can change this default download location to another folder also. For this just click More Options button. Then Options window will open. Under downloads specify a folder you like to save in your computer.

Converting videos:
For converting videos to different formats you also need FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder. You can download it from this site. Install it first. Now start xVideoServiceThief program. Now click More Options tab.

As shown in fig you can select a format from Output format then click O.K. Now enter the video URL to download through Add Video tab. Then the xVideoServiceThief tool will download the video to the format specified by you.

You can download this tool from this website.

Play video files on any player with Vista Codec Package

2008-01-29T20:34:00.000+05:30

With Vista Codec package installed, You can use any media player to play DVD's, movies and video clips of any format. There is no need to install any other codecs by installing this codec. The Vista Codec Package no longer includes any QuickTime components. Vista Codec Package is fully capable of MOV and 3GP playback without any QuickTime software installed. This package supports English, Chinese Simplified/Traditional, Japanese, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Polish, Swedish and Turkish languages.

You can download Vista Codec package from this website.

WolfQuest - Free 3D wildlife simulation game

2008-01-28T21:54:00.000+05:30

The Minnesota Zoo and St. Paul-based eduweb, award winning developer of digital learning games have developed this 3D multiplayer wildlife simulation game WolfQuest. WolfQuest game will be available as a free download for Windows and Macintosh computers at wolfquest.org.

The Minnesota Zoo leads a national network of zoos and science education centers including the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota, Yellowstone National Park, Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C. and the Phoenix Zoo in Arizona.

WolfQuest game will teach wolf behavior and ecology through its gameplay and intense social interactions. Both single player and multiplayer options are available in this game. In this game Players join a wolf pack made up of computer-controlled wolves. You can create your wolf avatar by selecting male or female. You can learn about wolf ecology by living the life of a wild wolf in Yellowstone National Park. You can hunt elks, challenge other wolves for territory, defend territory, avoid danger, find a mate and protect your pups. Gameplay will create a strong emotional connection between players and wolves. So players can change their attitudes toward wolves and habitat conservation in the real world.

System Requirements:

Minimum NVIDIA GeForce 2 3D card is necessary. But Intel 865G integrated graphics or higher, NVIDIA GeForce 6 series or higher, ATI Radeon 7500 or higher is recommended for good Graphics Quality. Remember you can use Geforce 2 or Geforce 4 cards to run the game, but 1 GB RAM must be compulsory, otherwise the game runs slowly or jerkily.

Repair your Registry with Eusing Free Registry Cleaner

2008-01-21T21:39:00.000+05:30

All we know that Windows Registry is the heart of Windows operating system. Windows crashes and Windows error messages are due to Registry problems. These problems can occur for many reasons like incorrect removal of software, missing or corrupt hardware drivers, or orphaned start-up programs etc. This will increase the Registry size and slow down your computer because Windows will need more time to load, search, and read data from the Registry.

Eusing Free Registry Cleaner is a free registry repair software which will safely clean and repair your Registry problems. It scans your entire Windows registry for invalid or obsolete information and provide a list of the errors found. It will fix all these errors very easily and make your PC faster. It can also restore your previous Registry.

Eusing Free Registry Cleaner will clean your Registry by finding Missing Shared Dlls, Unused File Extension, Invalid ActiveX, Invalid Paths, Invalid Help Files, Invalid Fonts, Invalid startup programs, Missing ShortCut reference, Missing File and Folder, Invalid application paths etc.

You can download Eusing Free Registry Cleaner from here.

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh

2008-01-15T15:28:00.000+05:30

Windows Vista SP1 RC Refresh is pre-release software and it will undergo changes before the final release. Windows Vista SP1 RC Refresh is provided for testing purposes only. It is for individuals, organizations, and technical enthusiasts who are comfortable evaluating pre-release software.

Windows Vista SP1 RC Refresh is time-limited software and will no longer operate after June 30, 2008 and it should be uninstalled prior to that date. You must uninstall any previous versions of Windows Vista SP1 before installing Windows Vista SP1 RC Refresh.

You can download Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh from here.

Xinorbis - a powerful hard disk analyzer

2008-01-11T12:14:00.000+05:30

You can analyse a drive or a directory in your computer with Xinorbis. It is a powerful disk analyzer tool. it gives the user a complete overview of the contents of a hard disk or a directory by Using a sophisticated mix of graphs, tables and tree displays.

Xinorbis is very easy to use. Just start the program.

As shown in the figure we have two options Analyse Directory and Analyse Drive. If you select Analyse Directory and choose a directory from your computer and click Scan button, then it analyses the directory and displays the results in a Pie or bar diagram and in a Text report and in tables as shown above in the figure. If you select Analyse Drive and choose a drive from your computer and click Scan button, then it analyses the disk and displays the results as explained above.

Features:
Analyse a single drive/directory or merge several together in one report
Complex report generation, with export to HTML, ASCII or XML
Save reports and compare them to see how the contents has changed
All information displays are completely resizable for ease of viewing
XP style support
Improved speed
Shell support, scan a directory through explorer
Supports Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista

Download Xinorbis from here

Tool to calculate the angles necessary for installing satellite dishes

2008-01-11T12:09:00.000+05:30

Satellite Antenna Alignment is the program used to calculate the angles necessary for installing satellite dishes. It calculates azimuth and elevation positions for all satellites at once. You will get a clear picture about what satellites can be visible from the location where the dish will be installed. This program calculates theoretical value only, but factors like obstacles (buildings, trees), the landscape, the altitude, transponder orientation, polarization, etc should also be taken into account.

This program is also very easy to use. Just start the program. On the right hand side of the window, you will observe Site location boxes. In those boxes enter the geographical coordinates of the location of the satellite dish. Then you will observe the calculation for all satellites at once in the table to the left.

Download Satellite Antenna Alignment program from here.

Enjoy your favorite pictures in 3D environment

2008-01-08T16:35:00.000+05:30

With My Pictures 3D product line you can place your digital photos into a picturesque environment of realistic 3D galleries. My Pictures 3D package consists of two products, My Pictures 3D Screensaver and My Pictures 3D Album. It is a freeware software.

With My Pictures 3D Album, you can hang your favorite pictures on the walls of a modern Showroom, a secluded Yard or a bohemian-style Art Gallery. It is very easy to hang your favorite pictures.

If you want to add Aish pictures to My Pictures 3D Album, then do as explained below.

Just start My Pictures 3D Album. Then choose Create new gallery then click O.K. Then it display list of galleries. Now select a gallery then click O.K. Now that selected gallery will be opened on the right hand side of the My Pictures 3D Album window. That gallery may be a modern Showroom or an Art gallery or a secluded Yard. Put the Aish pictures folder on desktop. Now select Aish folder on the left hand side of My Pictures 3D Album. Now on the toolbar select Add Image. Then all Aish pictures will be added to the 3D gallery.

If you want see those 3D pictures, put the mouse pointer on the gallery window and move the mouse pointer while holding left mouse button. While doing like this you will move inside all the rooms of the gallery. You will find Aish Pictures in one of the rooms as shown below.

Download My Pictures 3D

How to retrieve product key of your Windows version?

2008-01-08T13:37:00.000+05:30

The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware utility that reads the registry and extracts the key that was used to install Windows. It retrieves product key of Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Windows Vista, Office XP, Office 2003, and Office 2007.

You can save the key to a text file, you can print the key or you can save the key to clipboard.

Download Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder

Get detailed view of your installed fonts with Cfont Pro

2008-01-07T12:09:00.000+05:30

Cfont Pro supports TrueType, OpenType, Bitmap, and Postscript Type 1 fonts. With Cfont Pro you can get detailed view of your installed fonts, you can preview fonts from any folder, CD, disk, or network drive before you install them, you can Package any number of fonts into a single file for ease of transport to another computer, and you can Move and copy installed fonts.

Cfont Pro is a freeware software. It supports Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/2003 Server.

Download Cfont Pro

Recover your lost partitions with TestDisk

2008-01-04T21:21:00.000+05:30

TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery software. TestDisk can make non-booting disks bootable again, fix partition table, recover deleted partition, recover FAT32 boot sector from its backup, rebuild FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 boot sector, fix FAT tables, rebuild NTFS boot sector, recover NTFS boot sector from its backup, fix MFT using MFT mirror, and locate ext2/ext3 Backup SuperBlock.

TestDisk can find lost partitions for almost all file systems like DOS/Windows FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32, Linux ext2 and ext3, NTFS ( Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 ), Unix File System UFS and UFS2 etc. TestDisk supports DOS, Windows (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003), Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, SunOS and Mac OS.

Download TestDisk

Play, edit and organize your music albums with Soundbase

2008-01-04T13:56:00.000+05:30

Soundbase is a simple freeware album player. It allows to play from the playlist, from the library, or from the folder. It supports a wide variety of formats, including MPEG Audio Layer-3 (MP3), OGG Vorbis (OGG), Monkey Audio (APE), and FLAC sound files.

By using Soundbase, you can organize your music to different locations, edit tag information, search, filter, create playlists.

Download Soundbase

How to know whether your Windows XP PC can run Vista?

2007-12-21T11:21:00.000+05:30

Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a small software Tool that helps Windows XP users identify which edition of Windows Vista meets their needs, whether their PCs are ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista, and which features of Windows Vista will be able to run on their PCs. This small software tool will scan your computer and create a report of all known system, device, and program compatibility issues, and recommend ways to resolve them.

To install and run the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor, you will need .NET2.0 (at least .NET 1.1), MSXML6 (at least MSXML4) and an internet connection. Before you run the Upgrade Advisor, plug in devices such as printers, external hard drives, or scanners that are regularly used with the PC you are evaluating.

Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor supports 32 bit versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista, except Windows Vista Enterprise edition.

Download Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor

WordWeb - The free off-line English dictionary for Windows

2007-12-21T10:29:00.000+05:30

WordWeb is a quick and powerful international English dictionary for Windows. This off-line dictionary can be used to look up words from almost any program, showing definitions, synonyms and related words. It includes pronunciations and usage examples.

The free version includes Definitions and synonyms, Proper nouns, Related words, Pronunciations, 150000 root words, 120000 synonym sets, and Fixed web reference tabs. WordWeb supports Windows 98/2000/Me/XP/Vista.

Download WordWeb

How to convert .docx files to .doc files in Windows and Mac?

2007-12-20T14:52:00.000+05:30

M.S Windows
Microsoft has added a new file format called the Microsoft Office Open XML File Format (.docx) to Microsoft Office Word 2007, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 and Microsoft Office Excel 2007. But this format is not compatible with earlier versions of Microsoft Office. With the help of Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack, you can convert .docx files to .doc files very easily and you can open and save Office Open XML Formats in earlier versions of Microsoft Office.

By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able to open, edit, and save files using the file formats new to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007. Before installing compatibility pack, users of Microsoft Office XP and 2003 must install all High-Priority updates from Microsoft Update.

This Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack supports Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 1, and Windows XP Service Pack 2.

Download Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack

Mac
For Mac beta version of Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter is available. This beta version expires on December 31, 2008. This Open XML Converter can convert Open XML files to a format that is compatible with Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac and Microsoft Office v. X for Mac.

With this converter you can convert Open XML file formats like .docx, .docm, .pptx, .ppsx, .potx to a format that is compatible with Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac and Microsoft Office v. X for Mac. But remember, You must use Office 2004 11.3.4 or later, or Office v. X 10.1.9 or later to open these converted documents. Also this version of converter is not compatible with Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac.

Download Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac

FireFox 3 second Beta version now available

2007-12-19T10:47:00.000+05:30

Firefox 3 is based on Gecko 1.9 Web rendering Engine. FireFox 3 includes nearly 2 million lines of code changes, fixing more than 11,000 issues. This latest Firefox 3 Beta 2 version includes nearly 900 improvements over the previous beta, including fixes for stability, performance, memory usage, platform enhancements and user interface improvements. This beta version is intended for testing purposes only. So this is recommended for developers and testers.

Firefox 3 Beta 2 is available in more than 25 languages for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux users.

Download FireFox Beta 2

CrystalMark - an excellent BenchMark software

2007-12-19T10:13:00.000+05:30

CrystaMark is an excellent benchmark software, with which you can test your CPU (ALU/FPU), Memory, HDD, and Graphics (GDI/DirecDraw/OpenGL). You can know about your BIOS/Mother Board Information, CPU (Clock, Cache, Multiplier, System Clock), Chipset, Video (Driver Information/ Video RAM), Netwark Information, PCI Device, IDE HDD Information, and DLL Information.

No need to install CrystalMark software. Just download and unzip it. Now just run the application CrystalMark core system. Then you will get all details about your Bios/Motherboard, CPU, HDD, DLL information etc. For further information you can run the other applications like CrystalMark OpenGL test, Windows GDI BenchMark, DirectDraw benchmark.

CrystalMark 2004R2 supports 32bit Windows Vista/2003/XP/2000 and 64bit Windows Vista/2003/XP.

Download CrystaMark

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate

2007-12-13T21:17:00.000+05:30

Microsoft has released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate. Users can Install Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate through Windows Update. Windows Vista SP1 RC is pre-release software and will undergo so many changes before the final release. Windows Vista SP1 RC is for individuals, organizations, and technical enthusiasts and is provided for testing purposes only.

You must uninstall any previous versions of Windows Vista SP1 before installing Windows Vista SP1 RC. Windows Vista SP1 RC is time-limited software. Windows Vista SP1 RC will no longer operate after June 30, 2008 and should be uninstalled prior to that date. If you install Windows Vista SP1 RC it is strongly recommended that you install the final version of Windows Vista SP1 when it is released. To do this, you will be required to uninstall this RC version of Windows Vista SP1.

Download Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC

IE ACA Update to disable Click To Activate

2007-12-13T15:28:00.000+05:30

Previously web pages are required to manually activate ActiveX controls, by clicking the control or confirming a “click to activate” message, before interacting with controls loaded by websites. At present Microsoft has released an Internet Explorer Automatic Component Activation (IE ACA) update that will disable the “Click to activate” behavior of the Internet Explorer ActiveX update. So web pages that previously required activation will no longer require controls to be activated. The update that removes this behavior is called the Internet Explorer Automatic Component Activation update (IE ACA). This activation behavior will be permanently removed from Internet Explorer in April 2008 by Microsoft.

This IE ACA Update (945007) disables the “Click to activate” behavior of the Internet Explorer ActiveX update that is contained in update KB942615. This update should only be applied after installing KB942615 to ensure that the security updates contained in update KB942615 are still present and functional.

Download IE ACA Update

Update KB942615 for IE7 in Windows XP Service Pack 2

Update KB942615 for IE7 in Windows XP 64 bit

Update KB942615 for IE7 in Windows Vista 32 bit

Update KB942615 for IE7 in Windows Vista 64 bit

2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 1

2007-12-12T15:59:00.000+05:30

Microsoft has released service pack 1 for the 2007 Microsoft Office suites. The 2007 Microsoft Office suites SP1 combines the previously released fixes into one update. The 2007 Microsoft Office suites Service Pack 1 (SP1) contains significant security improvements, stability improvements, and performance improvements.

To successfully install SP1, you must have Microsoft Installer 3.1 (MSI 3.1) or higher. You cannot use the Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel to remove this service pack. To remove the 2007 Microsoft Office suites SP1 from your computer, you must remove the 2007 Office suite. Then, reinstall the 2007 Office suite by using your original 2007 Office suite CD.

This SP 1 supports Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 2

Download Microsoft Installer 3.1

Download 2007 Microsoft Office suite SP1

Windows XP SP 3 Release Candidate

2007-12-11T21:46:00.000+05:30

Microsoft has recently released Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate. Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 includes all previously released updates for Windows XP, including security updates, out-of-band releases, and hotfixes. It contains a small number of new updates, but should not significantly change the Windows XP experience.

Windows XP SP3 does not include Windows Internet Explorer 7, although Windows XP SP3 does include updates to both Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7, and it will update whichever version is installed on the computer.

Download Windows XP SP 3 Release Candidate

Convert Text, HTML, PDF, and LIT based eBooks into images

2007-12-11T12:48:00.000+05:30

eBook to Images is a freeware software which converts Text, HTML, PDF, and LIT based eBooks into images. It supports Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP/Vista. This software requires the Microsoft .Net Framework v2.0.

This software is for people without MP3 players with text or eBook support, but can view photos. It will convert a book into a series of images. Supports multiple subdirectories for easier sorting, rotating images, inversing colors, anti-aliasing.

Download eBook to Images

InfraRecorder - The Free CD/DVD burning software

2007-12-10T14:35:00.000+05:30

InfraRecorder is a free CD/DVD burning software for Windows. It supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista. InfraRecorder has modern customizable Windows Explorer like interface.

Features:

Create and record disc images

Create direct disc copies, on the fly or by using a temporary disc image

Supports recording to dual-layer DVDs

Erase (blank) rewritable discs

Import session data from multi-session discs and add more sessions to them

Fixate discs (write lead-out information to prevent further data from beeing added to the disc)

Scan the SCSI/IDE bus for devices and collect detailed information about their capabilities

Display detailed disc information

Read and save audio and data tracks to files (.wav and .iso)

Scan selected tracks for errors

Download InfraRecorder

Grow your Blog's traffic by joining BlogRush network

2007-12-01T21:10:00.000+05:30

BlogRush is a free service which help the bloggers to increase their blog traffic by adding the BlogRush Widget to their blog. By adding BlogRush widget, a blogger can get instant distribution for their latest blog post titles across a network of similar blogs.

Each time when the widget is loaded it will display 5 headlines which are the blog post titles to other user's posts. Clicking on any of these links will open a new browser window and load the blog and full post. In a similar way Your blog post titles will be displayed on the widget's of a network of similar blogs. So your blog will be automatically exposed to more users. So this will instantly drive more readers to your blog.

BlogRush will work on almost all WordPress software (except WordPress.com hosted service), MovableType, TypePad, and Blogger blogs etc. BlogRush supports English blogs only.

Join BlogRush network now.

VLC - The cross platform media player

2007-12-01T13:28:00.000+05:30

The VideoLAN Team released VLC media player 0.8.6d. This version is aimed at fixing security vulnerabilities in the Active X plugin and the Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) library which affect VLC media player 0.8.6c and lower.

VLC media player supports various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg etc) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols with excellent sound quality. VLC media player supports Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BeOS.

VLC media player supports skinned interface. More than 25 skins are available on VideoLAN site. Windows users have to put the skins in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\skins.

Download VLC media player

December 2007 Time zone update for Windows operating systems

2007-11-29T14:16:00.000+05:30

These updates enable your computer to automatically adjust the computer clock on the correct date in 2007 and 2008 due to revised Daylight Saving Time laws in many countries. These updates enable Windows to correctly apply the changes for daylight saving time (DST) 2007 and later. You have to restart the system after applying the update.

Download the Update for Windows Server 2003 package

Download the Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium based Systems package

Download the Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition package

Download the Update for Windows Vista package

Download the Update for Windows Vista for x64 based Systems package

Download the Update for Windows XP package

Download the Update for Windows XP x64 Edition package

Learn English vocabulary and feed hungry people

2007-11-27T21:42:00.000+05:30

Freerice.com was created to feed hungry people while learning free vocabulary. This site was created by John Breen. Freerice has two goals. Freerice provide English vocabulary to everyone for free. Freerice provide rice to hungry people for free.

When you open the site, then the site displays a word and four answers. When you Click on the answer that best defines the word, then the sponsors who advertise on this site will donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program for each word. All this rice will be donated to hungry people by United Nations World Food Program. When you answer the first word then again it displays another word with four answers. When you click on the right answer then the sponsors will donate another 20 grains. So you can feed hungry people while learning free vocabulary. Students can get high scores on tests like SAT, GRE, LSAT and GMAT from these free vocabulary tests.

So help the hungry people by visiting www.freerice.com

Remove copy protection on movie DVDs with DVD43

2007-11-22T21:19:00.000+05:30

DVD43 is a freeware decrypter. DVD43 runs in the background and unlocks movie DVDs so that you can copy the movies with a DVD copy software. DVD copy softwares like Nero, 1Click DVD Copy, Intervideo DVD Copy, Roxio DVD Copy, Pinnacle DVD Copy work well with DVD43.

How it works?

You will get a happy face icon on your task bar after installing this software. Insert the DVD you want to copy and wait for DVD43 to detect it. The happy face icon turns green after DVD43 detects the DVD. Now run your DVD copy software and copy the movie.

DVD43 supports Microsoft Windows Vista 32 bit, Windows XP, and Windows 2000.

Download DVD43

FireFox 3.0 Beta 1 now available

2007-11-19T15:14:00.000+05:30

FireFox 3.0 Beta 1 version is available to Linux, Mac, and Windows users now. It is available in 22 languages.

Download FireFox 3.0 Beta 1 for Windows users.

Download FireFox 3.0 Beta 1 for Linux users.

Download FireFox 3.0 Beta 1 for Mac Users.

Download FireFox 3.0 Beta 1 for any of the above three Operating Systems.

Microsoft released Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5

2007-11-19T14:20:00.000+05:30

Today Microsoft released Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 versions. Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 are core components of the Microsoft application platform. Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework make it easy for development organizations and developers of all skill levels to build software and services on the latest platforms including the Web, Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and Windows Server 2008.

Visual Studio 2008 delivers over 250 new features, makes improvements to existing features including performance work on many areas. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 contains many new features than previous .NET Framework versions.

Download Visual Studio 2008

Download .NET Framework 3.5

Take your Bookmarks, Saved Passwords etc with FireFox Portable Edition

2007-11-17T15:03:00.000+05:30

A portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device (USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod etc ) and use on any Windows computer. When your portable device is plugged in, you have access to your software and personal data. When you unplug the device, none of your personal data is left behind.

Mozilla Firefox Portable Edition is nothing but Mozilla Firefox web browser bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your bookmarks, extensions and saved passwords with you.

Download Mozilla Firefox Portable Edition

Process Explorer - an alternative to Windows Task Manager

2007-11-10T15:21:00.000+05:30

Process Explorer is an advanced process management utility which shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window shows a list of the currently active processes. If the bottom window is not visible, then you can make it visible by selecting Show Lower Pane from View menu. You can set Lower Pane View either in DLL mode or Handles mode. You can set the required mode from View menu of Process Explorer. If Process Explorer is in handles mode then you will see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened. If Process Explorer is in DLL mode then you will see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded.

Process Explorer is useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way windows and applications work. Process Explorer supports Windows 9x/Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2003, and 64-bit versions of Windows for x64 and IA64 processors, and Windows Vista. Latest Process Explorer supports replacement of task manager on Vista also.

You can kill a process very easily with Process Explorer. Just select a process in Process explorer window then from Process menu select Kill Process.

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Know audio,video information of your multimedia files with MediaInfo

2007-11-09T16:29:00.000+05:30

This is a freeware tool which analyze multimedia files. It can give you information about the audio and video format, video resolution, duration, etc.

MediaInfo supports MP3, MP4, OGG, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF audio formats. It supports 3GP, AVI, DivX, WMV, MKV, MP4, OGM, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB) video formats. MediaInfo supports 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista.

It is very easy to use this tool. Just install the tool. Now right click the media file you want to know it's audio,video information, then select MediaInfo. Now MediaInfo displays information about the audio and video format, video resolution, duration etc of that file as shown below.

Now if you want full details just go to View menu then select Text. Now MediaInfo displays the file's audio and video information in detail.

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Note: Win 95/98 and Windows Milenium users must enable the Unicode functionality for those Operating Systems. For this download the following utility.

Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95/98/ME Systems

Play QuickTime files with QuickTime Alternative

2007-11-09T14:00:00.000+05:30

QuickTime Alternative plays all QuickTime formats like .mov .qt .3gp etc without having to install QuickTime Player. Present QuickTime Alternative version is based on QuickTime 7.3. QuickTime Alternative allows you to play QuickTime files in Media Player Classic. But Lite version of QuickTime Alternative does not contain Media Player Classic. You must install K-Lite Codec for playing QuickTime files with Windows Media Player or other DirectShow players. QuickTime Alternative supports windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista. It is a Freeware application.

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Microsoft released new generation Windows Live Services worldwide

2007-11-07T15:43:00.000+05:30

New generation of Windows Live Services are now available to Consumers Worldwide. Microsoft has released the Windows Live Suite installer worldwide in various languages. These free Windows Live services include Windows Live Spaces, Windows Live Photo Gallery, Windows Live Writer, Windows Live Events, OneCare Family Safety, Windows Live Toolbar, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Hotmail.

With Windows Live Toolbar you can get Easy access to Windows Live services from any Web page. With Windows Live Spaces you can get your own free web site and can share photos with creative online slide shows. With Windows Live Photo Gallery you can share your photos and videos. With Windows Live Writer you can easily publish pictures, videos, and other rich content to your blog. With Windows Live Events you can create and send custom invitations, Share photos after the event. You can manage the websites your children can see with OneCare Family Safety.

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nHancer - an advanced nVidia Control Utility and Profile Editor

2007-11-03T11:59:00.000+05:30

In nVidia's own control panel the 3D rendering settings are very cryptic and difficult to navigate. nHancer is a tool which improves the usage of these features. Any user can use nHancer very easily. Any user can do Enhancement, compatibility and optimization settings for any game very easily with this tool. nHance offers more powerful features than normal nvidia control panel.

nHancer supports all Geforce cards including the new Geforce 8 cards. It supports Forceware driver version 60 or higher. It supports single card, SLI, Quad-SLI and DirectX 10 SLI systems. nHancer allows you to use almost every game with SLI even if nVidia doesn't support it. nHancer offers additional Anti Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering modes, that are not available through nVidia's control panel.

nHancer supports Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Windows Vista. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 version is necessary for nHancer to work.

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FOG - Free open source Ghost

2007-11-02T21:24:00.000+05:30

All we know about Symantec Ghost. Ghost is a computer imaging/rescue suite. When your computer is in good condition, Free from All Viruses, Trojans, Worms etc then you can take an image of your computer with the help of Ghost. When ever your computer is attacked by a Virus, then you can restore your computer to good condition with the help of the image already taken by you with Ghost. So within minutes you can restore your computer to good condition with the help of Ghost.

In a similar way FOG is Free, Open-source ghost, a computer imaging/rescue suite. FOG is a free alternative to Ghost. FOG is used to image Windows XP and Windows Vista PC's only. FOG is good for anyone running Windows XP and Vista with a single partition. Right now FOG can only handle a single partition on the hard disk. So fog is good for educational institutions, small business, etc. Fog can also run on nearly any Linux Distribution.

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FireFox 2.0.0.9 Released

2007-11-01T22:30:00.000+05:30

Mozilla Corporation has released FireFox 2.0.0.9 version. This latest release fixes several problems that were found in the previous release, FireFox 2.0.0.8.

Bug 400406, Bug 400467, Bug 396695, Bug 400421, and Bug 400735 are fixed in this latest version FireFox.

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Clean your desktop clutter with SideSlide

2007-10-31T15:24:00.000+05:30

SideSlide is an advanced highly configurable Desktop Extension which will help you to clean your desktop clutter. You can keep RSS news feeds, Shortcuts to Files and Folders, Frequently visited URLs, Pictures, MS Word Documents etc on SideSlide's workplace.

You can get more workplace by right clicking on an empty area of SideSlide then by selecting Clear workspace from Settings menu.

You can easily put shortcuts to Files and Folders, Pictures etc by dragging them to the workplace on SideSlide. You can add frequently visited URLs also. Just rightclick on SideSlide window then select WebURL from NEW menu. Now add your favourite URL. You can open any file or folder or URL by simply double clicking on it. In this way you can put all your desktop items on SideSlide.

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Whisher - Free WiFi everywhere

2007-10-30T11:35:00.000+05:30

Whisher is a Free software application that works irrespective of the hardware in place (you must have a WiFi access point or router). Whisher is compatible with any WiFi access point or router.

Whisher provides WiFi connectivity and sharing, Communication across all services, Group chat, Geolocation, File transfer, Automatic access to other networks, Local chat, and Local services.

With Whisher you can share your WiFi with others in a safe and secure way, and in return, you can get free WiFi everywhere. Whisher helps in protecting you while sharing your WiFi with others. All Whisher access points must have encryption enabled (WEP or WPA), whereas most existing public WiFi networks do not. This means that others cannot access your computer and traffic so easily.

Whisher shares files at high speed. Just mark the files you want to share and Whisher members connected to the same network will have access to them.

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Watch your screen on any computer over the network or the internet

2007-10-12T16:47:00.000+05:30

You can watch your computer screen on any computer over the network or the internet easily with ScreenStream utility program. There is no need to install any special software to view your screen on other computers in the network. Just simply install ScreenStream in your computer and run it from your computer. Now from any computer on your network( or even the internet), you can easily view what is on your screen by typing the link (or optional access code set by you) in the internet browser.

How to use ScreenStream?
First install the software in your computer. Click Finish at the end of installation. Then Network Probe Setup Wizard starts automatically. Now select Router is manually configured. Then click O.K. If Windows Security Center alerts about this program, then simply unblock this program. Now Windows Security Center will allow this program.

If your computer IP address is 192.168.1.7 then your link address will be http://192.168.1.7:89 So by typing this url address in the internet browser of any computer on your network, you can view what is on your computer screen.

You can also set an access code to view your computer from other computers on the network. Others can only view your screen by typing the access code set by you. If they enter the wrong access code, they cannot view your screen.

How to set access code?
Run ScreenStream program on your computer. Select Options from ScreenStream menu. Now tick Require an access code to view. Type the access code then click O.K.

ScreenStream supports Windows XP/2003/Vista

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How to know current Date/Time in different time zones of the world?

2007-10-11T12:11:00.000+05:30

World Time System Tray is a simple desktop widget application which shows the current date/time in different time zones of the world. Also this application has excellent Time Travel feature. With this feature you can know time in different time zones of the world for a particular time zone.

Just right click on World Time System Tray icon which sits on the Taskbar. Now select Time Travel.

Now select a time zone and set a time then click Calculate. Then it displays times of other time zones like Europe, Asia, Africa etc.

It supports Windows NT/2000/XP

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Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

2007-10-10T13:11:00.000+05:30

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks Windows computers for Malicious Software and helps in removing infections like Blaster, Sasser, Mydoom etc. When the tool completes detection and removal process then it displays a report describing about the detected malicious software.

On second Tuesday of each month, Microsoft will release an updated version of this tool. This tool will run on Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 computers. Remember that this is not a replacement for any anti-virus software.

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XULPlayer - An open source media player

2007-10-09T15:10:00.000+05:30

XULPlayer is an open source media player which supports all popular audio and video formats. You can play a DVD, VCD or CD with XULPlayer. XULPlayer is built on Mozilla XUL and MPlayer. XULPlayer supports the following audio and video formats.

Audio Formats: MP3, Vorbis, AAC, AAC+, AAC+v2, WMA, RealAudio, MusePack, Speex, FLAC, WavPack, and WAV.

Video Formats: MPEG 1/2/4, AVI, MP4, MKV, H.264, XviD, DivX, Theora, Flash Video, WMV (Windows Media Video), ASF, RMVB (RealVideo), MOV (QuickTime).

XULPlayer also supports JPEG, PNG, GIF image formats.

You can play two audio/video files simultaneous with XULPlayer. No need to install any codecs or splitters for playing audio/video files.

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How to know all information about your video card?

2007-10-06T13:22:00.000+05:30

With a small utility program GPU-Z, you can know all information about your video card and GPU.

GPU-Z utility supports both Nvidia and ATI cards. It displays adapter, GPU and display information. This utility displays overclock, default clocks and 3D clocks (if available). It supports Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista. No installation is required. Just double click the utility, then it displays all information about your video card as shown below.

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Internet Explorer 7 now available to pirated copies of Windows also

2007-10-05T14:24:00.000+05:30

Microsoft has released a minor update which removes validation process of Genuine Windows XP. So anyone can download it now. Anyone can install it or upgrade their Internet Explorer browser to newer version. Internet Explorer 7 is the most secure version among all I.E versions.

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Create Quality PDF files from any printable document

2007-10-04T14:07:00.000+05:30

You can create high quality PDF files easily with free TinyPDF software. TinyPDF is the smallest PDF creation software. It supports Windows 2000, XP, 2003, 2008 and Vista.

It is very easy to use. Just install the software. Then it creates TinyPDF printer icon in Printers and Faxes folder. Now open the file, you want to convert it to PDF file. Now from File menu choose Print command. Now select TinyPDF in Name field as shown below.

Now click O.K. Now Save As dialog box comes on the screen. Type a name for your PDF file then click Save button. Then it saves the PDF file in the location selected by you.

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Analyze and benchmark your computer system

2007-10-03T15:38:00.000+05:30

PC WIZARD 2008 is a free utility designed to analyze and benchmark your computer system. You can know about your CPU performance, Cache performance, RAM performance, Hard Disk performance, CD/DVD-ROM performance, Removable/FLASH Media performance, Video performance, MP3 compression performance etc with PC Wizard 2008 utility.

You can know about your complete Hardware Information of the computer. You can also know about your system information like windows version, product key, I.E version, Java Runtime version, complete DLL Files list, OLE Inscription, Microsoft Applications, True Type Fonts, Boot start applications, DirectX version, Passwords, Windows UpTime Statistics, System Files and Resources etc.

You can know about your Overclock Information from Tools menu of PC Wizard 2008.

PC Wizard 2008 has an excellent Benchmark Tool. You can Benchmark your Processor, Cache L1, Cache L2, Ram, Video/DirectX 3D, Hard Disk, CD Rom, Mp3 compression and Video. PC Wizard is very easy to use.

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Spider Player

2007-09-26T14:16:00.000+05:30

Spider Player is a free light weight Audio Player for Windows 2000/XP/Vista. Now Spider Player supports the Real Time Streaming Protocol also. At present 8 more skins are available to this player. You can download the skins from Spider Player website. Spider Player available as Basic and Pro editions. Basic edition is free. Pro edition has many features.

Spider Player supports MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, M4A, MPC, AAC, aacPlus, AC3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Ogg FLAC, TTA, APE, WavPack, Speex, WAV, CDDA, WMA, MID, RMI, KAR, S3M, XM, MOD, IT, MO3, MTM, UMX formats.

You can rip CDs at full speed to MP3, WMA, OGG or WAV (Pro edition only).

Spider Player has Ten-band Equalizer with Preset Editor, Powerful tag editor, CD-Text support, CDDB support, Full Unicode support, Internet Streaming support, Multilingual interface support. It also supports Multimedia keyboards.

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Watch the little Super Star's funniest dance

2007-09-22T15:31:00.000+05:30

Organize your photos by Free VSO Image Resizer

2007-09-22T14:20:00.000+05:30

With this free Image Resizer software, you can create copies of your photos, resize your photos, move your images from folder to folder, convert your picture formats, change the resolution of your images very easily. You can add your own watermark file also.

VSO Image Resizer is the best tool for people who store their digital pictures and images on their PC and who want to resize, compress, convert, create copies, create thumbnails, import or organize photos.

It is very easy to use this software. After installing this software, just right click on an image then choose VSO Image resizer. Then it opens as shown below.

Now you can easily do all the above things. It supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista.

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Open source MPEG4IP package

2007-09-21T15:12:00.000+05:30

MPEG4IP is an open source package designed to explore streaming multimedia. MPEG4IP package provides live MPEG-4/H.261/MPEG-2/H.263 MP3/AAC/AMR broadcaster and file recorder, MP4 file creator and hinter, and a player that can both stream and playback from local file.

Mp4live supports video encoders like mpeg4 (xvid, xvid-0.9.2 or xvid-1.0 series with seperate download, ffmpeg with seperate download), H.261, mpeg2 (with ffmpeg download), h263 (through ffmpeg), h264 (through x264). It supports audio encoders like AAC (faac, with required download), MP3 (lame, with required download) Mpeg2, layer 2 (with ffmpeg), AMR NB and WB (through ffmpeg), G.711 alaw and ulaw, Mpeg1, layer 2 (with twolame). It supports de-interlace (Y only), decimate video filters. It supports recording options like H.263, H.264, Mpeg4 video, Mpeg2 video, Mp3 audio, AAC audio, AMR audio, raw audio (PCM) and video (YUV). It supports transmission options like mpeg4 video (RFC 3016), mpeg2 video (rfc 2250), h261 video (rfc 3551), h263 video (rfc 2429), h264 video (RFC 3984), G.711 audio (RFC 3551), aac audio (rfc 3460), mp3 audio (rfc 2250), amr audio (rfc 3267). Mp4live is only available on Linux.

The mpeg4ip player supports avi, mp4, limited .mov, .mpg, .wav, raw aac, raw mp3, raw mp4v, raw .h264 file formats. The mpeg4ip player supports video codecs like mpeg-4 (xvid, xvid-1.0, ISO reference), mpeg1/2 (libmpeg3, mpeg2dec), H.261, YUV (i420 raw). It supports audio codecs like aac (faad, faad2 with seperate download), mp3, celp, ac3 (with seperate download), raw PCM, G.711 alaw and ulaw.

This package has been tested with Red Hat Linux 6.1, 6.2, 7.0 and later, SuSe 9.0, FreeBSD, BSD/OS and Mac OS X. A crude Windows version is also available.

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Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3

2007-09-18T22:26:00.000+05:30

Microsoft has released latest Service Pack 3 for Office 2003. Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 contains security enhancements and stability improvements. Some fixes are already released in separate updates. Now Office 2003 SP3 combines the previously released fixes into one update.

In this recent service pack so many issues are fixed in Excel 2003, Office 2003, Outlook 2003, PowerPoint 2003 and Word 2003. Office 2003 SP3 also includes updates for the Microsoft Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack.

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Download Office 2003 Service Pack 3 for Multilingual User Interface Pack

Microsoft announced .NET Micro Framework 2.0 SP1

2007-09-18T21:22:00.000+05:30

Microsoft announced Service Pack 1 (SP1) for the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework 2.0. The new features of Service Pack 1 provide precision-engineered functionality and tools that streamline the manufacturing process and ease the burdens often associated with the deployment of updates to devices in the field. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original device manufacturers (ODMs) can use the new tools to create their own customized deployment software for their unique manufacturing environments.

With SP1, developers and device-makers gain the ability to help prevent unsigned firmware or application code from being installed on a device. SP1 also provides a new tool for generating bitmap fonts for applications, giving application developers increased flexibility in interface design and providing increased localization support.

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FireFox 2.0.0.7 is Released

2007-09-18T21:06:00.000+05:30

Mozilla corporation released FireFox 2.0.0.7 security update. It is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. A security bug regarding Quick Time Media Link Files appears in the previous versions of FireFox. This security bug allows the attacker to run script commands with the full privileges of the user. The attackers can use this security hole to install malware, steal local data, or corrupt the victim's computer.

Mozilla corporation has fixed this Quick Time issue in their latest FireFox 2.0.0.7 version.

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SpeedFan

2007-09-18T15:02:00.000+05:30

SpeedFan is a freeware program that monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips. With SpeedFan you can change your computer's fan speeds, read the temperatures of your motherboard and your hard disk, read voltages and fan speeds and check the status of your hard disk using S.M.A.R.T. or SCSI attributes. With SpeedFan you can change fan speeds according to the temperatures inside your pc. This reduces noise and power consumption. SpeedFan can even change the FSB on some hardware also.

You can configure Temparatures, Fans, Speeds, Voltages etc by clicking Configure button in the above figure. For help file on how to configure above things, just start SpeedFan program then press F1. Now in the help file you will find “how to configure” information and other related useful information.

Please note that SpeedFan is an extremely powerful tool. Changing the FSB is an advanced option. So try it only if you know what you are doing.

SpeedFan supports Win9x, WinME, WinNT, Win2k, WinXP and Vista.

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Free Lossless Audio Codec

2007-09-17T21:48:00.000+05:30

FLAC(Free Lossless Audio Codec) is an audio format similar to MP3. Audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. FLAC is the fastest and most widely supported lossless audio codec.

FLAC supports tagging, cover art, and fast seeking. FLAC supports Windows, Linux, BSD, Solaris, OS X, IRIX, BeOS, OS/2, and Amiga. Recent FLAC release now supports all RIFF/AIFF metadata, including Broadcast Wave Format (BWF). Now so many applications support FLAC format.

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How to install a game from a CD/DVD with corrupted game files?

2007-09-17T20:47:00.000+05:30

If some game files are corrupted in your favourite game C.D, then you can not install that game in your P.C. When you try to install the game, errors will come and the game won't install at all. But with free TeraCopy program, you can successfully install your corrupted game. I am explaining in detail about Teracopy now.

Basically TeraCopy is a program designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed. At the time of copying, if any copy error occurs then TeraCopy will try several times and recover the corrupted file. In the worst case if TeraCopy unable to recover that file then it simply skips that corrupted file and continue the remaining copy process. So you can utilize this feature in installing a game from a C.D with corrupted game files.

Simply install TeraCopy program in your P.C. Now insert the corrupted game C.D in CD Drive and open the contents of C.D. Now select all the files of the C.D then right click on them and choose Copy command. Now Paste all these files to a folder in your computer. Then Teracopy will automatically copy these files to the folder specified by you. If TeraCopy encounters any corrupted files, then it will try several times and recover those corrupted files and copy all the files of the C.D to the folder specified by you. TeraCopy will automatically do all these things. After copying is over, simply go to that folder and double click the game setup file and install the game.

TeraCopy is available as free edition and pro edition. Free edition is enough for us.

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How can you know whether your processor is operating at the rated speed or over clocked?

2007-09-14T13:13:00.000+05:30

You can easily determine whether your processor is operating at the tested and rated speed or over clocked, with the help of Intel Processor Identification Utility.

The Intel Processor Identification Utility was developed by Intel Corporation. This utility is used to identify characteristics of the processor inside a system. This tool will display all the details of the processor inside a system.

Intel Processor Identification Utility is available in two versions. One is Windows version and second one is Bootable version. The bootable version of the Processor Identification Utility is operating system independent. You can create a bootable disk with Bootable version. If you boot the system with that disk then it will load the utility and identifies the processor.

The Intel Processor Identification Utility - Windows version supports the following Microsoft operating systems:

Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server (all servicepacks)
Windows XP Home/Professional (all service packs)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (all service packs)
Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise (all service packs)
Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions (all service packs)
Windows Vista (all versions)

This utility supports the following Intel processors:

Pentium 4 and later desktop processors, Celeron processors based on the Pentium 4 and Pentium M processor cores, Mobile Pentium M processors, Pentium dual-core processors, Xeon processors, Core processors and Core 2 processors.

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Try the 2007 Microsoft Office system

2007-09-11T22:08:00.000+05:30

You can try the following Microsoft Office 2007 suites and applications for 60 days. They are

Suites
Microsoft Office Professional 2007
Microsoft Office Standard 2007
Microsoft Office Small Business 2007
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
Microsoft Office Publisher 2007

Applications
Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2007
Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007
Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007
Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007
Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
Microsoft Office Live Groove 2007

The first time you run the trial version, you must activate it. Otherwise, the Trial version runs in Reduced Functionality mode. In Reduced Functionality mode, you can not use all of the features of your product. You cannot even save modifications to documents or create any new documents. You can get full functionality when you activate the software.

During the download process, you will receive the 25 character trial product key. You may also find the product key in your Thank you e-mail sent immediately after the download completed.

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Windows Vista Hotfixes for GeForce 6, 7 and 8 series cards

2007-09-11T20:52:00.000+05:30

Before applying the following Hotfixes, You must update your Nvidia Drivers to the latest ForceWare Release 163 drivers

Download Windows Vista 32 bit Forceware Release 163 drivers for GeForce 6, 7 and 8 series

Download Windows Vista 64 bit Forceware Release 163 drivers for GeForce 6, 7 and 8 series

Hotfixes:
The following are Windows Vista Hotfixes for GeForce 6, 7 and 8 series cards

1. Hotfix for GeForce customers running DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 applications
This Hotfix is very useful for games like Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2142, Civilization IV, Company of Heroes, Half-Life 2, Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth II, Supreme Commander and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas. This Hotfix resolves abnormal application behavior such as crashes and extremely low frame rates when running some 3D applications at very high graphics settings.

2. Hotfix for SLI customers running DirectX 10 applications
Low frame rates will occur on some DirectX 10 applications when SLI is enabled. This hotfix resolves this problem.

3. Hotfix which improves the compatibility and reliability of Windows Vista.

4. Hotfix which improves the performance and reliability of Windows Vista.

How to delay Startup applications when windows is loading?

2007-09-11T15:11:00.000+05:30

When Windows loads it's Startup file, it attempts to load every application in there at the same time. If you have so many applications in the Startup file, Then each application will try and grab the CPU, RAM and HDD at the same time. Also each application tries to load at the same time. This in turn slows down your entire Startup Process.

Startup Delayer is a small program which allows you to setup how many seconds after Windows has started, to load each application. Suppose you have Yahoo Messenger program that startup when Windows starts. Then you can easily set this program to start some time after Windows startup with the help of Startup Delayer program.

How Startup Delayer program works?
Just run the program. It displays list of startup programs as shown below.

Now if you want to set a delay time for Yahoo messenger, then just double click on Yahoo. Then it will display edit window for Yahoo as shown below.

Now set the delay time as 40 seconds (for example) then click Save button. Now go to Actions menu of Startup Delayer then Activate Startup Delayer by selecting Use the Graphical Version. From this point Yahoo Messenger will start 40 seconds after Windows startup.

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Note: When you run Startup Delayer, some machines complain about runtime files. You can download those files from here.

Digital Certificate & IKEY USB Token installation guide for Andhra Pradesh Contractors

2007-09-09T18:27:00.000+05:30

This guide will help the Contractors of Andhra Pradesh in installing their USB Token and Digital Certificate. They can easily follow the instructions given by me.

IKEY USB Token Installation:
Insert the CD containing the iKey software in the CD Drive. Double-click IKEYALL.EXE to start the installation process. Follow the on screen instructions. The installation process prompts you to enter the ikey. Then insert the iKey token in the USB port of the machine and complete the installation.

Enabling AP eprocurement site as a Trusted site:
You have to enable eprocurement site as a Trusted site. For this open Internet Explorer 6.0( Minimum IE 5.5 version). Go to Tools menu then select Internet Options. Now click Security tab. Then click Trusted Sites. Now click Sites. Now Add the site https://tender.eprocurement.gov.in to the list of trusted sites and then click Add button. Then click O.K and click O.K. Now you enabled eprocurement site as a trusted website.

Enabling the ActiveX Controls:
Now you have to enable the following ActiveX Controls. For this open Internet Explorer 6.0( Minimum IE 5.5 version). Go to Tools menu then select Internet Options. Now click Security tab. Then click Custom Level button.

Now keep the Security Settings to Medium.
Enable Download Signed ActiveX Controls option.
Enable Run ActiveX Controls and Plugins option.
Enable Script ActiveX Controls marked safe for scripting option.
Make Script ActiveX Controls not marked safe for scripting option as Prompt

Then click O.K and again click O.K.

Installing the Certificate Trust Chain:
Now you have to download Certificate Chain and install it. You can download the certificate from the site https://tender.eprocurement.gov.in/DigitalCertificate
/index.htm Go to this site then click the link GoAP/APTS Trust Chain. Then click Download Certificate Chain. After you downloaded the 3.16 kb file then install it. Just right click on the file then choose Install Certificate and install it.

This completes all necessary things. Now contractors can do their work easily. Just go to https://tender.eprocurement.gov.in then enter your username and password. You have to enter these details in Secure Mode only. Then contractors can do their online work regarding tenders very easily.

Note: During your work you must keep your iKey token in the USB port of the machine.

Intel launched industry's first quad-core processors

2007-09-06T15:17:00.000+05:30

Intel launched quad-core Xeon 7300 series processors specifically designed for multi-processor (MP) servers. These new Quad-Core Xeon 7300 series processors can deliver more than twice the performance and more than three times the performance per watt over the company's previous generation dual-core products.

These 7300 series includes frequencies up to 2.93GHz at 130 watts, several 80 watt processors and a 50 watt version optimized for four socket blades and high-density rack form factors with a frequency of 1.86GHz. The Intel 7300 chipset with Data Traffic Optimizations provides a balanced platform design with several new technologies that enhance data movement between the processors, memory and I/O connections.

Free HardDisk Utility

2007-09-05T21:37:00.000+05:30

HD Tune is a free Hard Disk Utility

HD Tune measures the performance of your harddisk

HD Tune shows detailed information about your harddisk supported features, harddisk capacity, partition sizes details, harddisk serial number, firmware version etc

HD Tune checks the health status of your harddisk

HD Tune displays the temperature of your harddisk

HD Tune scans the surface of your harddisk for errors

This is a very useful utility. HD Tune supports Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP 64-bit, Windows 2003 Server.

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How to know whether an update is available for your installed application?

2007-09-04T21:19:00.000+05:30

With a small application AppGet, you can get a list of installed applications in your computer. When an update is available for one of the applications, then it will be shown in AppGet. Then you can update that application very easily.

When you run AppGet then it will create a list of all your installed applications and their corresponding version numbers. Then AppGet will submit this data to the online AppGet database.

After this information has been processed, you will automatically be notified of updates of your installed applications. For some applications It will show the download link also. For some applications it will show the Google search link. With this google search link you can easily go to that application's website then download it easily.

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Computer hangs at Bios Setup and Keyboard is not responding

2007-08-31T10:51:00.000+05:30

When you start your computer then it boots normally but hangs at Bios Setup Utility. Also your keyboard won't respond. Since your keyboard is not responding, You can not load even Default Bios Settings. When you try to boot your computer with a bootable floppy, then also it simply sits at Bios Setup. Even if you try to boot your computer with a bootable CD then also it sits at Bios Setup and your keyboard won't respond. You can not do anything since your keyboard is not responding. Your computer simply sits at Bios Setup. Very rarely we encounter this type of problem.

This is a very simple problem. Observe your keyboard and mouse. Then your keyboard is PS/2 type and Your mouse is also PS/2 type. Now check your keyboard and mouse connections at back panel of your CPU. There you will observe two PS/2 ports, one for the keyboard and the other for the mouse. If you connect keyboard in PS/2 port of the mouse and connect mouse in PS/2 port of keyboard then above problem will occur.

So if your Computer hangs at Bios Setup and Keyboard is not responding, then go to back panel of your CPU cabinet then connect the keyboard to the correct PS/2 port and connect the mouse to the correct PS/2 port. Yesterday I faced this silly problem. This silly problem troubled me a lot.

Intel AMT Software Development Kit

2007-08-30T22:02:00.000+05:30

Intel Active Management Technology (Intel AMT) is a capability embedded in Intel-based platforms that enhances the ability of IT organizations to manage enterprise computing facilities. Intel AMT operates independently of the platform processor and operating system. Remote platform management applications can access Intel AMT securely, even when the platform is turned off, as long as the platform is connected to line power and to a network. Independent software vendors (ISVs) can build applications that take advantage of the features of Intel AMT using the application programming interface (API).

The built-in manageability in Intel AMT allows IT personnel to discover hardware and software assets even while PCs are powered off. The built-in manageability in Intel AMT provides out-of-band management capabilities that allow IT to remotely heal systems after OS failures. Intel AMT helps to protect against malicious software attacks.

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How to remove a failed installation or a damaged Norton product

2007-08-30T13:22:00.000+05:30

Norton Removal Tool will remove a failed installation or a damaged Norton product very easily. Run Norton Removal Tool after you saved your product keys of Norton products. At present Norton Removal Tool 2008.0.1.14 is available. Norton Removal Tool uninstalls the following Norton products.

Norton antivirus 2003 through 2008
Norton AntiSpam 2004 and 2005
Norton Ghost 10 and 12
Norton GoBack 3.1 through 4.2
Norton Internet Security 2003 through 2008
Norton Password Manager
Norton Personal Firewall 2003 through 2006
Norton Systemworks 2003 through 2008
Norton Confidential Online 2007
Norton Internet Security Add-On Pack 1.0 and 2.0
Norton Save and Restore 1.0 through 2.0
Norton 360 1.0 through 1.3

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Symantec Launched Norton Antivirus 2008, Norton Internet Security 2008

2007-08-28T16:00:00.000+05:30

Today Symantec launched Norton Antivirus 2008 and Norton Internet Security 2008. Both will remove viruses from email and instant messages, block Internet worms at point of entry, stop spyware from tracking you online, block spyware from hijacking your computer, and remove dangerous threats from files you download.

But Norton Internet Security 2008 can also block hackers from accessing your computer, Prevent unknown threats from entering your PC, guard against online identity theft, inspect Web sites to make sure they're not fakes, block suspicious programs and allow only authorized programs to connect to the Internet.

These products are designed for both Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista users.

The retail price of Norton AntiVirus 2008 is US$39.99 which includes a one-year service subscription to use the product and receive Symantec's protection updates. Norton AntiVirus 2008 Small Office Packs for five and 10 users will be available for a suggested retail price of US$89.99 and US$149.99, respectively.

The retail price for Norton Internet Security 2008 is US$69.99 for a three PC license, which includes a one-year service subscription to use the product and receive Symantec's protection updates. Norton Internet Security 2008 Small Office Packs for five and 10 users will be available for a suggested retail price of US$109.99 and US$199.99, respectively.

Create Windows installers with open source NSIS

2007-08-28T14:35:00.000+05:30

You can create Windows installers with NSIS that are capable of installing, uninstalling, setting system settings, and extracting files etc. Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) is a professional open source system.

Other installers add hundreds of kilobytes or several megabytes to your installer data. But NSIS add only 34 kilobytes to your installer data. With NSIS, you can create a single installer that is compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista.

Features of NSIS:

Generates self-contained executable installers
Support for ZLib, BZip2 and LZMA data compression
Uninstall support
Classic and Modern wizard interface
Support for multiple languages in one installer. More than 40 translations are already available.
You can add standard wizard pages or custom pages
Multiple install configurations (usually Minimal, Typical, Full), and custom configuration
Installer self-verification using a CRC32 checksum
Ability to display a license agreement in text or RTF format
Ability to detect destination directory from the registry
Installers can be as large as 2GB
A lovely coding experience with elements of PHP and assembly.

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Desktop PC security enhanced by new Intel vPro Processor Technology

2007-08-27T21:46:00.000+05:30

The new Intel vPro Processor Technology includes a powerful new Intel Core 2 Duo processor, Intel Q35 Express chipset, improved System Defense Filters, embedded trust agent, and Intel Active Management Technology. All these technology innovations offers a host of security and management capabilities for desktop PCs. All these features included in this latest Intel vPro processor technology are designed to protect against software-based attacks and also filter and defend against viruses and other threats. So all these technology innovations will enhance the Desktop PC security.

These new processors include Intel Core 2 Duo E6550, E6750 and E6850 processors.

Following are the figures of Intel Core2 Duo processor E6550 and Intel Q35 Express chipset.

Get RGB, HEX, and Long value of any color you see

2007-08-25T12:57:00.000+05:30

With Pixeur you can view colors, you can get RGB, CMYK, HSB, Long values of any color. You can also get Hexadecimal value of any color you see. Pixeur is a freeware application.

It is very easy to use. Just run Pixeur program. Select a color on the Pixeur color palette with mouse pointer. Then Pixeur will display Hex value, RGB, CMYK, HSB values of that color as shown in the figure below.

In the figure observe Target Icon. If you drag the Target Icon over a color on the Pixeur color palette then that color's RGB value will be displayed on right side history panel. By right clicking on this panel you can export history, you can import history and you can clear history. Also you can get any color's Long Value by right clicking on history panel and by choosing Copy As/Long Value.

Pixeur supports Windows 98 / ME / NT / 2K / XP / 2K3 / Vista

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You can upload your videos to Blogger now

2007-08-24T22:25:00.000+05:30

Blogger added Video uploading feature. This feature allows bloggers to upload their videos to Blogger. Also with this feature bloggers can create a video podcast very easily. Now you will see a new button when you go to your Blogger post editor as shown in the figure below.

For more information regarding Video uploading and for how to create a video podcast, visit this link.

You can fill a Scanned form, then print that filled form or save it as PDF file

2007-08-24T17:56:00.000+05:30

You can easily fill a scanned form using Bytescout Form Filler. Then you can print that filled form or save it as a PDF document or fillable PDF form. Also You can scan an image with Bytescout Form Filler by using File/Scan Image/Acquire. This is a freeware software.

How to fill form using Bytescount Form Filler?

Run Bytescout Form Filler. Then open the Scanned Form with Bytescout Form Filler by using File/Open. Then Bytescout Form Filler will open the scanned form picture as shown below.

Now click AutoFind Fields To Fill button. Then program will recognize text fields to fill and you will observe Type Text Here fileds after one or two seconds as shown below.

Now resize Type Text Here box with mouse pointer then put it in S.No column. Now type your S.No as shown below in the figure.

Now just click the mouse pointer in the second column. Then you will get the type box. I typed Praneel in the box. Again click below Praneel. Then you will get the type box. Now I typed Praneel's address step by step. You have to create type box for each line. After filling all the details in second column then click the mouse in third column. Now you will get the type box. Fill all the details step by step by creating Type boxes in each line.

Now your form is ready to print. You can print the form by using Print command in File menu.

You can also save filled form as PDF document by using Save As PDF command in File menu.

Also you can use Save As PDF form command in file menu to save form with fields as fillable PDF form. Later you can open this form in Adobe reader and you can do any changes in the form. Then you can print that form. But you can not save this form using adobe reader as you have done changes in the form.

Bytescout Form Filler supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista. For this program to work in Windows 2000/XP, you must install Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.

Note: I explained the procedure for filling column type scanned forms. You can easily fill ordinary type scanned forms. After you clicked AutoFind Fields To Fill button, the program will recognize text fields to fill and you will observe Type Text Here fileds after one or two seconds. Now fill first field by typing a name. Next Press TAB button to move focus to the second field and then type text in the second text field. Repeat the same process to fill the entire form.

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View the sky with Google Earth 4.2

2007-08-23T10:00:00.000+05:30

Google Earth now allows you to view Stars, Constellations, Planets, Moon, Galaxies, Backyard Astronomy, Hubble Showcase and the life of a star.

To view these heavenly objects, select Switch to Sky from View menu or click Sky button. Then Google Earth presents a view of the Sky. When you switch to Sky, then the current location on Earth is hidden and you will see the Sky above the current location. When you exit Sky, then you return to the same current location.

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Free tweaking program for Windows

2007-08-22T22:17:00.000+05:30

Xdn Tweaker is a free tweaking program for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista. It supports Both 32 bit and 64 bit versions.

Xdn Tweaker is a little program which makes some simple changes to Windows. Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 needs Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 for Xdn Tweaker to work.

Features:

Changes the number of Folder views Windows saves
Resets the folder views Windows has saved
Add/Remove classic Windows 2000 user control panel icon
Disable/Enable ATI Catalyst Control Center right click on Desktop (only for use if you have an ATI video card and have the Catalyst Control Center installed)
Disable/Enable SendTo right-click menu
Disable/Enable ZipFolders
Disable/Enable the Outlook Express / Windows Mail splash screen
Put the File menu above the Back/Forward buttons in IE7
Remove/Replace the Search box in IE7
Disable/Enable Windows Media Player Explorer context menus
Disable/Enable the Documents item on the Classic Start Menu
Disable/Enable the Shortcut text added to shortcut names
Remove custom file associations from the current user's list of extensions.
Add/Remove the Copy To and Move To right-click extensions.

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Mafia 2 announced by 2K GAMES

2007-08-22T21:39:00.000+05:30

2K Games announced that it will publish Mafia 2, a sequel to the popular Mafia title. The game is being developed by Illusion Softworks, developers of the original Mafia title, for next generation consoles and Games for Windows. Original Mafia title brings the 1930's underworld to life. Mafia 2 brings the underworld of late 1940's-early 1950's to life.

Use your Scanner and Printer as a PhotoCopier with iCopy 1.21

2007-08-22T14:43:00.000+05:30

Bugs regarding Scanner connection are fixed in latest iCopy 1.21 version. iCopy close on startup bug is also fixed.

What you can do with iCopy?

If you have a Scanner and a Printer then you can use both of them as a PhotoCopier with iCopy and you can get the copies by just pressing a button. iCopy is a free software and no installation is required. It is compatible with all TWAIN scanners and all printers.

With iCopy you can select Scanner mode and you can manage Image settings like brightness and contrast. You can manage print quality and also you can enter the number of copies you want. It is very easy to use. Just put the document in the scanner. Put white papers in Printer tray. Now specify the number of copies you want. Then click the Blue button.

iCopy supports Microsoft Windows XP SP1-SP2, Microsoft Windows Vista, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003. You must install Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 or higher in your system for iCopy to work.

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Open Source DVD to MPEG-4 converter

2007-08-21T13:21:00.000+05:30

HandBrake is an open-source, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

Handbrake is designed to work on Windows 2000 SP4 or Windows XP SP1 only. Microsoft .Net Framework 2 and Microsoft Windows Installer 3.01 are required for HandBrake to work in Windows.

Supported sources:

VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (encrypted or unencrypted, but protection methods other than CSS are not supported and must be handled externally with third party software), and some .VOB and .TS files

PAL or NTSC

AC-3, DTS, LPCM or MPEG audio tracks

Outputs:

File format: MP4, MKV, AVI or OGM

Video: MPEG-4 or H.264

Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 pass-through (supports encoding of several audio tracks)

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How to cut mp3 files with mp3DirectCut

2007-08-20T16:29:00.000+05:30

First you have to decide the part of the mp3 file you want to cut. This you can decide easily as explained below.

Run mp3DirectCut. First open the mp3 file by mp3DirectCut. Then by clicking Play button, play the mp3 file you want to cut with mp3DirectCut. mp3DirectCut gives you a visualisation of the mp3 audio data of the mp3 file being played. Mp3DirectCut will also display the percentage of the mp3 file being played. You can observe this in Total box. Observe the percentage details while mp3DirectCut is playing the mp3 file. Suppose you liked the mp3 file between 10% to 50%.

Now you can cut the mp3 file between 10 to 50% as explained below.

Just open the mp3 file by mp3DirectCut. You will observe Scrollbar just below the visual display of the mp3 audio data. You can move along a file with the slider. So move the slider until you get 10% on the Total box. Now click Set begin. Now move the slider until you get 50% on the Total box. Now click Set end. Now go to File menu then select Save selection. Now choose a save in directory and type a name for the file, then click save button. Now your file will be saved in the directory you have chosen. So it is very simple to cut a mp3 file.

mp3DirectCut is a frame based editor for MPEG audio (Layers 2 and 3). You can cut, copy, paste or change the volume without re-encoding anything of the file. This makes mp3DirectCut very fast and prevents loss of audio quality. you can also directly record and encode an mp3 from your audio input device.

mp3DirectCut supports all 32 bit windows versions. mp3DirectCut plays mp3 files with MP3 ACM Codec. Windows XP and Windows Vista contains this codec by default.

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Join Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign

2007-08-20T11:40:00.000+05:30

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has launched a major worldwide tree planting campaign. This Campaign encourages individuals, children and youth groups, farmers, schools, communities, business and industry, civil society organizations and governments to enter tree planting pledges on the online form with the objective of planting at least one billion trees worldwide during 2007.

The Billion Tree Campaign was inspired by Professor Wangari Maathai. She is the founder of Kenya's Green Belt Movement. This organization has planted more than 30 million trees in 12 African countries since 1977. Professor Wangari Maathai is the winner of 2004 Nobel Peace Prize.

UNEP will supply all the plants needed. All participants will receive a certificate of involvement. Those who have planted more than 10,000 trees and secure their survival will receive certificates from reputed organisations. Advice on tree planting is also available on their website. Join today and help in reducing global warming.

Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility

2007-08-18T12:52:00.000+05:30

The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility files inform the operating system how to properly configure the chipset for specific functionality, such as AGP, USB, Core PCI and ISA PnP services. The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility does not install any drivers but it only informs the operating system how to identify components.

You have to install Intel Chipset Software Utility, immediately after installing your operating system and any operating system service packs. After that only, you have to install all of your device drivers.

Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility is not required for Hyper-Threading Technology support. Also this utility is not required on Windows NT 4.0 systems. For Windows NT 4.0, you can get this utility by installing service packs.

Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility supports all Windows including Windows Vista.

Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility supports the following chipsets.

Intel 848P Chipset, Intel 865G Chipset, Intel 865GV Chipset, Intel 865P Chipset, Intel 865PE Chipset, Intel 875P Chipset, Intel 910GL Express Chipset, Intel 915G Express Chipset, Intel 915GL Express Chipset, Intel 915GV Express Chipset, Intel 915P Express Chipset, Intel 915PL Express Chipset, Intel 925X Express Chipset, Intel 925XE Express Chipset, Mobile Intel 910GML Express Chipset, Mobile Intel 915GM Express Chipset, Mobile Intel 915GMS Express Chipset, Mobile Intel 915PM Express Chipset, Intel 945G Express Chipset, Intel 945GT Express Chipset, Intel 945GZ Express Chipset, Intel 945P Express Chipset, Intel 945PL Express Chipset, Mobile Intel 940GML Express Chipset, Mobile Intel 943GML Express Chipset, Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset, Mobile Intel 945GMS Express Chipset, Mobile Intel 945PM Express Chipset, Intel 946GZ Express Chipset, Intel 946PL Express Chipset, Intel 955X Express Chipset, Intel 975X Express Chipset, Intel G965 Express Chipset, Intel P965 Express Chipset, Intel Q963 Express Chipset, Intel Q965 Express Chipset, Mobile Intel GM965 Express Chipset, Mobile Intel PM965 Express Chipset, Intel E7320 Chipset, Intel E7520 Chipset, Intel E7525 Chipset, Intel 5000P Chipset, Intel 5000V Chipset, Intel 5000X Chipset, Intel 3000 Chipset, Intel 3010 Chipset, Intel E7210 Chipset, Intel E7220 Chipset, Intel E7230 Chipset, Intel 5000X Chipset, Intel G33 Express Chipset, and Intel P35 Express Chipset.

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Get your lost product key with ProduKey

2007-08-17T16:19:00.000+05:30

ProduKey utility displays the ProductID and the CD-Key of MS-Office, Windows, Exchange Server, and SQL Server installed on your computer. You can view this information for your current running operating system, MS-Office, Exchange Server, and SQL Server. This utility can be useful if you lost the product key of your Windows/Office, and you want to reinstall it on your computer. ProduKey is a freeware utility.

ProduKey doesn't require any installation process. just run the executable file - produkey.exe. At present Produkey v1.07 is available.

Version 1.07 added support for product key of Ms-Office under x64, when it's retrieved from external Registry file. Also Added x64 build - for locally retrieving product keys of x64 versions of Windows.

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Help the Children in need with a Free Mouse click

2007-08-16T21:34:00.000+05:30

Randy(CEO of Care2), Matt McGlynn (now VP of Engineering) and Camilla Eriksson (now VP of E-Cards) launched care2.com site in September 98. Today, Care2.com has grown to over 35 employees, 7 million members and work with more than 150 nonprofit organizations and hundreds of responsible business advertisers. Care2.com is the largest online community for people who want to make a difference.

What can you do in Care2.com?
With a small free click you can stop Global Warming. You can remove a pound of CO2 from the atmosphere by Just clicking Offset 1 Pound of Carbon button. Once you have clicked, Care2 sponsor will make a donation to pay for the removal.

With a free click you can save Marine Wetlands, American Prairie or Rain Forest. Once you have clicked, Care2 sponsor will make a donation.

More than 319,000 harp seals will be shot to death this year in Canada. Most of them will be less than 3 months old. Your clicks support airtime for IFAW's TV campaign to build public pressure against this cruel hunt.

With a small free click you can save the Dolphins.

With a small free click you can save bigcats like Tiger, Jaguar, Leopard.

Your Free click generates a donation to save chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, and other endangered primates.

Your Free click generates a donation to children in need. With your click, Care2 sponsor will provide food, medical attention and education to a child for 30 days.

Your Free Click Generates a Donation to Stop Violence against Women.

Your Free Click Generates a Donation to help homeless Cats, Dogs and Rabbits.

Your Free Click Generates a Donation to the Breast Cancer Fund.

Also it is very simple to do all the above things. Just go to care2 site, then at the top right hand corner you will find Click To Donate tab. Just put your mouse pointer on that tab. Then all the above 10 services will be displayed on the screen. For example select Children. Then it will display as shown below.

Now you can click on Free Click to Help tab. In a similar way you can help seals, homeless pets etc.

Universal Extractor

2007-08-15T15:35:00.000+05:30

Universal Extractor is a freeware program which extracts files from any type of archive, whether it's a zip file, an installation program, or even a Windows Installer package. Universal Extractor extract files from any type of archive, regardless of source, compression method.

It is very simple to use. Just right click on any archive and select one of the UniExtract options. UniExtract Here will extract files to the current directory.

Universal Extractor supports 7z, ace, arc, arj, gz, tgz, tar.gz, iso, pea, rar, rpm, tar, zip, zoo file formats. Universal Extractor also supports BIN/CUE CD-ROM image (bin), Debian package (deb), Gentee package, IMG floppy disk image, Inno Setup package, Installer VISE package, InstallShield Cabinet archive (cab), LZH compressed file, LZW compressed file, LZO compressed file, Microsoft Cabinet archive, Microsoft Windows Help file, NSIS package, Outlook Express mail archive, UHARC archive, UPX compressed file, Windows Installer package, Windows Installer patch, Wise Installer package and many more file formats.

At present Universal Extract v1.6 beta is Available. You can download Universal Extract v1.5 and also Universal Extract v1.6 beta at the following site.

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The Battle at Kruger

2007-08-13T16:13:00.000+05:30

Watch the battle over a baby calf between lions, a herd of buffalo, and a crocodile. This battle was witnessed by Jason Schlosberg and David Budzinski in September 2004 at a watering hole near Pretoriuskop Camp, Mpumalanga in South Africa's Kruger National Park. Amazingly this battle was won by buffalos.

Run Windows on your Intel-based Mac computer using Apple Boot Camp 1.4

2007-08-12T12:32:00.000+05:30

The following are required to install and set up Windows on your Mac.

An Intel-based Mac computer, with:

A USB keyboard and mouse, or a built-in keyboard and trackpad
Mac OS X version 10.4.6 or later
all firmware updates for your computer
10 GB Free Harddisk space
2 GB RAM when running Windows Vista on a Mac Pro computer
Windows XP Home Edition or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later, or Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, or Ultimate
Boot Camp Assistant
A blank recordable CD or DVD

Download Boot Camp Assistant then run it. Boot Camp Assistant helps you in making a Mac Windows Drivers disc, Creating a partition for Windows without moving your Mac data. (You will need this Mac Windows Drivers Disk, after you install Windows, to install Macspecific drivers and other software).

Now insert your Windows installation disc, follow the onscreen instructions that come with Windows. Select the appropriate disk partition for windows installation and complete the installation.

After the installation process is completed, then install the Boot Camp drivers on your Windows volume.

Now you can use either Windows or Mac OS X on your Mac computer. just hold down the option key at startup to choose between Mac OS X and Windows.

You can get all full installation details from Installation and Setup Guide.

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Jmol, an open source molecule viewer

2007-08-11T12:38:00.000+05:30

Jmol is a free, open source Java viewer for chemical structures in 3D. Jmol is very useful for students, educators, and researchers in chemistry and biochemistry. Jmol is an interactive web browser applet. JmolViewer can be integrated as a component into other Java applications.

The Jmol application runs on any system that supports Java 1.4 or higher. The latest Java 2 Platform Standard Edition is recommended. No special 3D hardware is required to run Jmol. Jmol supports Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux/Unix systems. Jmol supports Internet Explorer, FireFox, Safari, and Opera browsers.

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Microsoft launched Windows Live SkyDrive

2007-08-10T16:47:00.000+05:30

Microsoft launched Windows Live SkyDrive. This service gives users 500 MB of free online storage. You can use this free Web space for storing and sharing files. You can Create personal, shared, and public folders. Also you can decide who has access to each folder.

You can password protect your personal folders with your Windows Live ID. You can Use personal folders to back up important files that are only for you. When you create a shared folder, the friends you are sharing with need to sign in with their own Windows Live ID and password. You can decide how much control each person has over each shared folder. Some can just read what's there and some others can add and delete files. Anyone on the Internet can view your public folder files, but they can't change them.

Windows Live SkyDrive works on any Windows or Macintosh computer with Firefox 1.5 or higher, or Internet Explorer 6 or higher.

Windows Live SkyDrive

Unable to install Network Printer in Vista, if the Printer is hosted by Windows XP or Windows Server 2003

2007-08-10T13:46:00.000+05:30

The Printer is connected to a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 in your network of Computers. On one of your network computers you have installed Windows Vista. Now you try to install network printer in Vista, but you will fail to install network printer. So many users faced this problem.

Sometimes you may successfully install a network printer in Windows Vista. But after successful installtion, it works properly for one or two times only. After that when you try to use it, you will get messages like “The Printer Spooler service stops unexpectedly” and the printer stops working.

Also you will get Printer Spooler Service problems during your network printer installation.

Recently Microsoft released Performance update and Reliability update to Windows Vista. Install these two updates. Then you can successfully install Network Printer in Vista, if the Printer is hosted by Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. Also you will not get “The Printer Spooler service stops unexpectedly” problems.

These two updates for Windows Vista fixes so many other problems also. Performance update improves the performance of Windows Vista in certain scenarios. Reliability update improves the reliability of Windows Vista in certain scenarios. Windows Vista users will be free from so many problems after installing these two packs. Only genuine Windows Vista users can install these packs.

Performance update for Windows Vista 32 bit

Performance update for Windows Vista 64 bit

Reliability update for Windows Vista 32 bit

Reliability update for Windows Vista 64 bit

Open source 3D Engine G3D 7.00 Released

2007-08-10T11:33:00.000+05:30

G3D is a commercial-grade 3D Engine available as Open Source. G3D is used in games, tech demos, research papers, military simulators, and university courses. G3D provides a set of routines and structures that are needed in every graphics program. G3D is intended for users who are already familiar with C++ and DirectX or OpenGL. G3D allows users to write code that will compile and run on Windows, FreeBSD, Linux, and OS X without ifdefs or modifications.

G3D is built on OpenGL because it is platform independent and allows access to newer features than DirectX. G3D supports all OpenGL implementations, from software rasterization under Mesa to the latest GeForce and Radeon hardware accelerator cards. G3D supports images in PNG, TGA, BMP, JPG, PCX, PPM, PGM, PBM, DDS, and ICO format. G3D has loaders for the BSP, PLY2, IFS, 3DS and MD2 mesh formats.

You can get G3D installation details for all operating systems at this location.

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Eraser 5.84 For Vista

2007-08-09T21:41:00.000+05:30

Eraser is an advanced security tool for Windows, which completely removes sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Eraser is a Free utility program.

If you delete a file, then you can easily retrieve it with a disk maintenance or an undelete utility. But if you erase a file with eraser then it erases the clusters used by that files. So it is not possible to recover those clusters by any disk recovery program. You can use eraser to remove sensitive data like personal information, classified documents from work, financial records, passwords etc.

Eraser Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP (32/64),Vista (32/64), Windows Server 2003 and DOS. It works with any drive including IDE, SCSI and RAID, and CD-RW's. Eraser supports FAT 32 and NTFS file systems. You can use eraser in Dos very easily. First Boot up your PC in DOS and then run EraserD.exe, which is found in the Eraser Directory.

Eraser erases hard drives, Files and Folders, encrypted Files and Drives, compressed Files and Drives, Network Files, Paging (swap) file. It erases Index.dat on Reboot and FreeSpace on 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and DOS.

How to use Eraser?

It is very easy to use it. First install the program. If you want to remove any file then just right click it. Then you have two options Erase and Erase Secure Move. Erase option will completely erase the file. With Erase Secure Move option, you can copy the file to a folder before you erase it. You can erase folders also in a similar way. For erasing drives just right click on the drive, then you have two options Erase Unused Space and Erase Secure Move. With Erase Unused Space, you can erase only unused space of the drive. It will not erase used space.

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Microsoft released two Updates for Windows Vista

2007-08-09T07:36:00.000+05:30

Microsoft released two hot fixes for Windows Vista. One update improves the performance and reliability of Windows Vista. The other update improves improves the compatibility and reliability of Windows Vista.

Windows Vista Perfomance and reliability fix pack resolves issues that may affect some Windows Vista based computers. These issues have been reported by customers who are using the Error Reporting service or Microsoft Customer Support Services. It resolves issues like memory leak, long delay when you use screensavers. Also you cannot install a network printer from Vista successfully, if the network printer is hosted by a Windows XP based or a Windows Server 2003 based computer. This issue is also resolved now. This pack fixed so many other issues also.

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The other update resolves some compatibility issues and reliability issues in Windows Vista. By applying this fix, you can achieve better reliability and hardware compatibility in various scenarios. This pack resolves blank screen issue when you try to upgrade the video driver. It resolves unexpected Windows Calendar exits and unexpected Printer Spooler service stops etc.

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UltraDefrag 1.0.5 released

2007-08-08T21:41:00.000+05:30

UltraDefrag is powerful Open Source defragmentation tool for Windows NT. You can also use it on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista.

UltraDefrag has very small engine written in pure C language. It's engine is very fast, because it is created as kernel-mode driver. UltraDefrag has nice graphical interface. You can have very fast defragmentation with UltraDefrag. UltraDefrag can generate html reports. It has useful filters. To run UltraDefrag on Windows Vista, you must disable driver signature check.

120 DPI and small console bugs are fixed in UltraDefrag 1.0.5. Drive letters assigned by subst command excluded in this latest version.

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Freevo 1.7.3

2007-08-08T21:35:00.000+05:30

Freevo is an open-source home theatre PC platform based on Linux and a number of open-source audio/video tools. MPlayer and Xine are used to play audio and video files in most popular formats. Freevo is written in the Python programming language. You can use Freevo on a standalone PVR computer with a TV plus remote or on a desktop computer using the monitor and keyboard.

You can get Freevo installation details at this location.

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DVDx 2.10

2007-08-08T13:49:00.000+05:30

DVDx is a free DVD backup tool. DVDx converts your DVD movies to VCD2.0/SVCD1.0/AVI/WMV in one step. It produces very good quality movies in AVI/MPEG1/MPEG2/WMV9 format and you don't need to have 5GB free on your hard disk. For this program to work you must have DirectX 8.1 or later. DVDx standard version is free and open-source. But DVDx standard version does not read copy protected DVDs.

DVDx is the only software to provide complete video plus audio plus subtitle preview. Also DVDx was the first DVD copy software to provide preview before encoding. DVDx complies with NTSC and PAL video standard.

DVDx supports Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP

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