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Panda Cloud Antivirus

2010-12-16T04:58:00.000+07:00

As the cloud computing has started and the number of software starts growing slowly (it is still in a beginning), one of the most demanding software type is surely an antivirus.

Here comes: Panda Cloud Antivirus
The first free antivirus from the cloud You'll need an internet connection to install and run the antivirus.
Panda Cloud Antivirus is the best free antivirus software available... the next evolution of anti-malware technology.

So what is the difference?
You install just a part of the software, main program, virus database and required tools are remotely hosted and the antivirus itself executes on a remote server, not at your computer, but whole process runs smooth as installed locally. The other difference is that the cloud antivirus require working internet connection to be able to work, scan and clean your computer from viruses and malware.
The main new features and fixes included in Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.3 are the following:

Malicious Web & URL Filtering. This feature blocks websites that push malware, exploits and drive-by downloads. It is available both in Free and in Pro Editions and is installed by the toolbar. Unlike similar solutions, this web filtering works at a low level so it works under all browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc. For those of you that didn’t install the toolbar but would like to install the Web & URL Filtering, you can download it from here and install it manually.
Unified Recycle Bin and Quarantine. Previously the Recycle Bin handled suspicious detections and the Quarantine handled deleted malware detections. This has been unified into a new Recycle Bin for ease of management. This is included in both Free and Pro Editions.
Automatic and transparent upgrades to new product versions, previously only available in the Pro Edition, this is now available in the Free Edition as well. All users of Free Editions versions 1.1.0, 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 will automatically and transparently upgrade to the new 1.3. See notes below for the upgrade schedule.
Hot updating of behavioural blocking rules. In order to increase protection on the fly against new vulnerabilities and attacks and to fix false positives, hot updating of behavioural blocking rules allows faster response time in both the Free and Pro Editions.
Immediate notifications of virus detections. Previously if Panda Cloud Antivirus encountered multiple viruses, it would delay its traybar notification and show them grouped. This behaviour has been changed so that the notifications are shown immediately.
Suspicious detection counter. Under the statistics window there’s some new counters for the different types of heuristics and behavioural detections.
New versioning format. Unified versioning format in GUI and other parts of the program.
Many bugfixes as reported by users in our support forum:
– Fixed issue with Windows 7 Start menu slow-down.
– Fixed Panda traybar icon disappearing.
– Fixed “you are not connected to the Internet” message when there is connection.
– Fixed issue when Free Edition users can activate behavioural analysis.
– Fixed slow-down and conflicts while playing Allods Online and AION.
– Fixed cloud-response time configuration which defaults to 30 seconds.
– Fixed constant accesses to the floppy disk drive.
– Fixed BSOD issue after install.
– Fixed bug while exporting an empty report to TXT/CSV.
– Fixed Conficker detection.
– Fixed BSOD while compressing malicious PDFs.
– Fixed translation errors.

Download Panda Cloud Antivirus here
If you have Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.1.0, 1.1.1 or 1.1.2, you will get the upgrade automatically and transparently over the course of the next few days

All in One PDF Tweaks: jPDF Tweak

2010-12-14T22:10:00.000+07:00

jPDF Tweak is a Java Swing application that can combine, split, rotate, reorder, watermark, encrypt, sign, and otherwise tweak PDF files.
You can use it to make printable booklets from your PDFs, to add PDF bookmarks, effects (page transitions), to combine multiple PDF files, to watermark them, to rotate pages that do not fit, to attach files to your PDF, to encrypt and sign your PDFs, to change metadata (like author or keywords), and much more.

jPDF Tweak uses the excellent iText library for manipulating PDF files, and JGoodies Forms for the GUI.
jPDF Tweak requires Java 5 or higher. You can download it from Sun.
There are two binary versions available, a compact one and a normal one. The compact one uses an obfuscator to make the application smaller. So, the compact one has the same features as the normal one. Only if you have problems using the compact one for a task, or if you want to report a bug, try the normal one. The normal version produces better error messages, and - of course - the obfuscator might have bugs as well. If you want to download the libraries separately, there is another version without libraries available (it won't work without libraries).
Binary download, compact version (Version 1.0-rc1, 700 KB)
Binary download, normal version (Version 1.0-rc1, 3396 KB)
Download without libraries (Version 1.0-rc1, 187 KB, you will need the libraries from somewhere else)
Source download (Version 1.0-rc1, 141 KB)You might want to have a look at the manual.

Zoom in on your Windows with clZoom

2010-12-09T04:58:00.000+07:00

clZoom is simple and portable utility that allows you to zoom in on your Windows desktop and magnify the pixels up to 16x.

Features include:

Multiple monitor support
Magnification from 1x to 16x, using mouse wheel
Automatic refresh on timer, from 5ms to 10 seconds
Automatic saving of preferences and window positions
Very small in size
Fully portable, can run from USB stick

Instructions :
Using your mouse click on the application window then drag the mouse outside and see the contents of the screen being magnified inside clZoom's window.
Use the mouse wheel to set the magnification ratio (1x to 16x). Set a refresh timer and get a constant magnifier on a chosen area of your screen. Download clZoom here

Download pictures from Facebook with Photograbber

2010-12-04T01:44:00.000+07:00

Facebook is one of the biggest photo sharing websites out there. Also, we upload so many albums to share with friends and family. We have albums for every major event we have. Another thing to remember is when friends tag us on their photos. Here is the problem. What if you actually want to download all the photos you have been tagged in for personal storage. I found a piece of open source software that download all the photos you have been tagged in. It is called photograbber.
Photograbber is application makes it easy to download pictures from Facebook.

How to use..?
Windows

Photograbber is a stand alone executable file, there is no install
or uninstall process. Just extract pg.exe and dep to the same directory.
If you try to run pg.exe from within the zip folder you will get a warning:
"This application may depend on other compressed files in this folder."
You should click "Extract all".

OSX

Unzip and drag PhotoGrabber.app into your Applications folder.

Just click " pg.exe " on extract the downloaded file,... then lets go here:
1. The first image will appear like this:

2. Click the button labeled Login , you will see like this :

3.Next, login using your facebook account, enter your email and password, then click the "Sign In" at the bottom right corner .. It would appear the following message ...

4. Grab or copy the code on the box.... copy and paste the code in the application

5. Click the blue button which reads "I Want to download ..." until the appeared list / list your Facebook friends.

6. Mark all the check box, then select your friends list that will be downloaded. Click the blue button labeled "Begin Download" , and select the folder where to save the file downloaded ... and then click OK.
Looks the download process, the total photo who downloaded and the number of photos which have succeeded in downloading ..

Wait until the blue button which reads "Begin Download" turned into "That Is" ..
Download it and give it a try.
PhotoGrabber-Windows
PhotoGrabber-OSX

Test your Antivirus with a fake Computer Virus.

2010-12-03T03:47:00.000+07:00

Window’s users, know that you must have an Anti-Virus installed to protect you from Malware. But have you ever seen your Anti-Virus pop-up and warn you that you are infected? If not, why not test it? No, I do not mean you should go out there and find Malware to purposely infect your computer. Test it with a fake Virus.

NOTE: This is for fun purposes only and no, it is not a real virus. This is used to actually test Anti-Virus Software.

Create an empty “.txt” file. ( Right click on your desktop >New> Text document ) or Start > Accessories > Notepad
Paste this code in the text file:
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
Save it and you should get a pop up from your anti-Virus (or scan it ) to do a clean up.

That’s it. I tried this using avast! Antivirus. It worked! Below are some screenshots.

Again this will not harm your computer. Test at your own risk.

Poweroff: schedules a shutdown,reboot,etc

2010-12-01T23:30:00.000+07:00

Ever been in a hurry and not even having a time to turn off computer or you'll downloading something and its very late and you're so sleepy that cant wait it to finish? A free sollution cames from a small utility called Power Off. It enables you to schedule a shutdown, reboot, restart, logoff, Standby, poweroff, Hibernate, Lock and Wake-On-LAN at a certain time or you can do it right away. Interesting option is Wake-on-Lan and the option to turn off/restart a remote computer.

The program also supports command line options that allows poweroff to be used in batch scripts. It has a built-in scheduler, it allows you to run a program before doing the action, you can give a warning message to the user, wait for a process to finish before doing the action and full remote control is supported.
Download click this

RarZilla Free Unrar 2.60

2010-12-01T05:31:00.000+07:00

RarZilla Free Unrar is a free, fast, easy and beautiful decompression tool for RAR-archives that includes instructions in over 50 languages.

RarZilla Free Unrar is a beautiful decompression tool for RAR-archives that supports spanned archives as well as the extraction of password protected files:

Easy, easy, easy! Easy user interface
Fast, fast, fast! Fast RarZilla engine
Free, free, free! Absolutely 100% free

Decompression can be started by drag 'n' drop, double click or shell integrated context menu. To speed the whole process up, RarZilla has the option to define a default output folder or a default password or both.

RarZilla includes instructions in over 50 languages.

Click Here To Start Download...

HWMonitor 1.17

2010-11-30T05:25:00.002+07:00

HWMonitor is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health sensors : voltages, temperatures, fans speed

The program handles the most common sensor chips, like ITE® IT87 series, most Winbond® ICs, and others. In addition, it can read modern CPUs on-die core thermal sensors, as well has hard drives temperature via S.M.A.R.T, and video card GPU temperature.
Special hardware monitors such as abit® uGuru and Gigabyte® ODIN™ power supplies serie are supported too.
Whats New:
New tree structure with devices and sensors.
- Support for Crucial Ballistix memory modules with thermal sensor.
- Support for APC UPS batteries.
- Sony VAIO notebooks monitoring
- New sensor chips : Winbond W83783S, Nuvoton NCT6776.
- Improved support for Asus ROG monitoring.
Download
1.17 setup, english
(installation, includes 32 and 64-bit binaries)
1.17 32-bit, english
(.zip, no installation)
1.17 64-bit, english
(.zip, no installation)
1.17 win98, english
(.zip, no installation)

Helps kids practice their math with TuxMath

2010-11-25T15:51:00.005+07:00

Tux Math 1.9.0 has been released in source code form and as an executable win32 installer. This release features LAN multiplayer action - all players compete to answer the same questions, and the first correct answer gets the points! For the first time, the Windows build has proper library support to correctly display non-Western languages. "Under the hood", the extensive code reworking has mostly been completed, so users can expect to see a resumption of work on improved visible features. Most TuxMath users will want to obtain this significant upgrade.
TuxMath is an arcade game that helps kids practice their math facts. The main goal is to make it effective and fun!

TuxMath 1.9.0 is available for download as source tarballs and Win32 installer builds. TuxMath now features head-to-head play over a local network, suitable for school tournaments and similar competitions. As this is a new feature, some bugs may be present. The Windows build now has the libary support needed for proper display of non-Western text (the Linux version has had this for some time). Also, most images are now stored as SVG images for proper display at any resolution. In summary, release 1.9.0 is a significant upgrade that most users will want to get.
Download:
Windows(tested on 2000, XP, Vista): Executable installer for Windows 2000, XP, Vista (and probably other Windows versions).

Macintosh OS X : Alternatively, if you have MacPorts installed, the latest version of TuxMath can be installed by simply typing: sudo port install tuxmath

Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux: For Ubuntu users or anyone who prefers "apt-get" over "aptitude", the command is: sudo apt-get install tuxmath

RPM-based Linux: The Tux4Kids applications are available in the standard repositories of all major (GNU)-Linux distributions, and can be installed using the package manager. For the latest versions, individual RPM packages for TuxMath and TuxType can be found by searching the OpenSUSE Build Service. 32-bit and 64-bit packages are available for all recent versions of Fedora, OpenSUSE, and Mandriva.

Source: Standard *.tar.gz "tarball" source archive, suitable for building using "./configure; make; sudo make install". IMPORTANT - now TuxMath requires that the t4k_common library be installed first (see below). See the README and INSTALL files for list of required libs.

t4k_common library: Standard *.tar.gz "tarball" source archive for the t4k_common library. This must be installed before building tuxmath-1.9.0 (or later) from source. The Windows binary already has t4k_common included. The t4k_common libary can be built with "./configure; make; sudo make install" like other standard packages. See README and INSTALL for details.
source:http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/

Easily Graph Your Email with Graph Your Inbox

2010-11-24T15:34:00.000+07:00

Many people who have had Gmail for a long time, don’t really care about their emails anymore. Their in-box just gets bigger and bigger with all the emails they receive. Well now a PHD Canditate has come up with a feature that can be downloaded only exclusive for Google Chrome. Easily with Graph Your Inbox, you can graph your emails according to your contacts or graph them according to anything you want. For example, you can check your Facebook activities and it will show you how many messages or notifications you get every hour, day or month.

Graph Your Inbox is a Google Chrome extension that allows you to graph Gmail activity over time. You can use it to visualize your communication with friends, your Facebook activity, when you purchased items on Amazon or how often you use certain words or phrases. We provide the same search functionality used by Gmail, but instead of a list of messages we show you a graph of your email trends over time.
Download it here.
Note: This extension does not save any personal information and does not send any personal information to any server. It does not request or record your email password. This extension does not modify the Gmail website or your email in any way.

Awesome Fonts in Blogger Template Designer

2010-11-23T15:21:00.000+07:00

Base Post by Wongoo Lee, Software Engineer
Self expression is a beautiful thing. It’s one of the best things about having a blog—a place where you can control the look and feel of your message and how it’s presented. Today we’re excited to announce another amazing way to make your blog truly you—Web Fonts.

The Web has traditionally been pretty limited when it comes to font selection, especially for non-Latin alphabets such as Cyrillic and Greek. But great strides have been made in this arena by our friends on the Google Web Fonts team, and finally there are more choices out there than just Arial and Times New Roman. In fact, there are now 40 new fonts on Blogger in Draft for you to choose from. And we’re just getting started—lots more to come!

Simply go into the Advanced tab of the Blogger Template Designer, select the type of text you’d like to change (Post Title, Page Text, etc.) and pick from a number of exciting, new fonts such as Reenie
Beanie (which we've used for the title of this post!) or Neucha (Cyrillic) or GFS Didot (Greek) or even Hanuman (Khmer). You will be spoilt with choice!

Note: only available in Blogger in draft
Via Blogger in Draft

Driver Compaq Presario CQ42-105TU for Windows XP

2010-11-23T02:11:00.006+07:00

CQ42, is one of the first notebook within the compaq range that is designed with textured imprint

Features
Featuring genuine Windows for a familiar and intuitive environment (rec.Windows7)

Designed to Impress
The new CQ42 is designed to be stylish, durable and balance of performance and mobility design among the range.
Performance on the go

Powered by powerful Intel® Processor for ability to run multiple applications at the same time and an effortless overall computing experience.

Enhanced Multimedia ExperienceJust Right Computing
Equipped with all the applications and hardware you need and without the unnecessary add-ons, the CQ42 delivers the outstanding quality and assurance at a surprisingly affordable price.

Processor speed varies according to notebook models.
High definition (HD) content required to view HD images.

Detail Specifications

Processor Type	Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor T4500
Processor Onboard	Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core T4500 (2.30 GHz, FSB 800, Cache 1 MB)
Chipset	Intel 45GL
Standard Memory	1GB DDR3 SODIMM PC-8500
Max. Memory	4GB (2 DIMMs)
Video Type	Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M-384MB (shared)
Display Size	14.1" WXGA LED
Display Technology	BrightView LED
Audio Type	Integrated
Speakers Type	Integrated
Floppy Drive	Optional
Hard Drive Type	320GB SATA
Optical Drive Type	DVD±RW SuperMulti DL
Modem	Optional
Networking	Integrated
Network Speed	10 / 100 Mbps
Wireless Network Type	Integrated
Wireless Network Protocol	IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n
Wireless Bluetooth	Optional
Keyboard Type	Ergonomics 101 keys
Input Device Type	Touch Pad
Slot Provided	Optional
Card Reader Provided	SD, MMC, Memory Stick / Stick PRO, xD-Picture Card
Interface Provided	3x USB 2.0, VGA, HDMI, LAN, Audio
O/S Provided	Pre-sales Request Available
Battery Type	6 cell rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery
Power Supply	External AC Adapter
Dimension (WHD)	342 x 365 x 228 mm
Weight	2.2 kg
Standard Warranty	1 (One) Year by HP-COMPAQ Indonesia

Note: Before Installing WindowsXp , You must install Win Xp by Slip streaming SATA, Chipset,Video/Graphic driver into WinXp boot cd using nLite.
Please go to here for help and download.
(if you are using Intel chipset Intel 82801GR/GH, 631xESB/632xESB, 82801GHM, ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R, 82801HEM SATA RAID Controller, get the drivers from here for ICH9 and here for ICH10 another just Google It)

Download Driver Compaq Presario CQ42-105TU for Windows XP
Description	Driver	Download
Realtek Audio Driver Version:5.10.0.6037 A	Audio	Download
Intel Chipset Driver Version:9.1.1.1023 A	Chipset	Download
Intel Turbo Boost Technology Driver Version:1.0.1.1002 A	Turbo Boost	Download
Intel Video/Graphics Driver Version:6.14.10.5189 A	VGA	Download
Synaptics TouchPad Driver Version:15.0.7.0 A	TouchPad	Download
HP Quick Launch Buttons Version:6.50.15.1	Keyboard	Download
LSI High-Definition Audio (HDA) Modem Driver for Microsoft Windows Version:2.2.97.0	Modem	Download
Atheros Wireless LAN Driver Version:3.00	Wifi	Download
Broadcom Wireless LAN Drivers Version:5.60.350.6	Wifi	Download
Broadcom 2070 Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Driver Version:5.5	Bluetooth	Download
Intel PRO/Wireless Drivers Version:13.2	Wifi	Download
Realtek NIC Driver Version:5.742.1125.2009 A	NIC	Download
Realtek RTL8191SE 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Driver Version:2007.1.1002.2009	Wifi	Download
Software Support for HP Integrated Module with Bluetooth Wireless Technology Version:5.5	Bluetooth	Download
Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver-Intel SATA AHCI Version:8.9.4.1004 A	Harddisk	Download
Realtek Card Reader Driver Version:6.1.7600.30105 A	Card Reader	Download
HP Wireless Assistant Version:3.50.12.1	Wifi Assistant	Download
HP Software Framework Version:3.5.20.1	Framework	Download

Warning: Beware of updating or flashing bios as your notebook will not boot up if any mistake occurs during flashing process
Optional Driver Compaq Presario CQ42-105TU Notebook PC
Manufacturer and Description	Driver	Download
WinFlash for HP Notebook System BIOS for Notebooks with Intel Processors Version:F.15 A	BIOS	Download
Tutorial of Updating Bios on HP/Compaq
Description		Link
Tutorial of Updating Bios on HP/Compaq		Compaq

Try Linux via Flash Drive

2010-11-22T03:19:00.001+07:00

Are you an average computer user that is only aware of Windows and Mac OS’s? If so, I have a revelation for you; these OS’s are not the only operating systems available for your computer. For example, there is Linux. Yet with Linux, there are many different versions also know as distros. The most popular of the these distros, in my opinion, are Fedora and Ubunntu. Ubuntu is perhaps the most user friendly.
On a quick note, I would like to mention that you can run Windows on a Mac and Mac OSX on a typically Window Machine with a bit of work.
Subsequently, the main focus of today’s tip is to allow the average user (or power user) to try out Linux. The objective is to run an entire OS from a flash drive (or a CD, if you still use those ).
First, one must download a distribution of Linux. Below are a few of them

Next, install
The Universal USB Installer , get it here

Once you have downloaded and have the program running, install on a 2gb flash drive and follow the on-screen instructions.

This Software automates the entire process for you.
Once it is completed, you may now boot Linux from your Flash Drive.
In order to do so, SHUTDOWN your computer and power it on BUT press f2 or Del (for PC) or which ever message that prompts you to the boot menu, similar to the image below

Change the boot order to “first be removable drive” or you may also see your flash drive listed there.
Then once you exit, make sure the flash drive is plugged in. It should boot from your flash drive instead of your hardrive and voila! Linux has appeared.
Once prompted, select Run and try it out!

SE-MediaPlayer: Free portable player for media files

2010-11-18T22:51:00.000+07:00

Use SE-MediaPlayer to organize and play audio and video files, CDs, DVDs and flash clips.
Main features:

A single player for audio, video, flash files, CDs and DVDs
Support of all modern multimedia file formats
Embedded media library with powerful filtering feature
Customizable view with lots of compact mode skins
Build-in audio and video codecs management utility
Clear multilingual interface: English, Deutsch, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Chinese and Japanese
Portable version is available

Following screenshots illustrate main features of latest version of SE-MediaPlayer.

Play Audio

Compact Mode Skins

Supported file formats:

Audio: MP3, OGG, AAC, AC3, APE, ALAC, FLAC, M4A, MPC, WMA, TTA, WV, S3M and more...
Video: MPEG-1/2/4 (DivX, XviD, etc.), MOV, MP4, 3GP, AVI, WMV, ASF, DV and more...
Flash: SWF, FLV
Karaoke: KAR
Discs: Video CD/DVD, Audio CD/DVD, BlueRay M2TS
Playlists: M3U, PLS, WPL, XSPF, ASX, WVX and WAX

To run SE-MediaPlayer you need Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installed.

Features in latest release:

New video and audio formats are supported: QuickTime, BlueRay, H.263, H.264, MP4, 3GP, etc.
New vertical skins are included in installation
Added Turkish language support

Download Installation (~7.0 MB)
Download Portable Version (~10.0 MB) Version: 1.7.2
Release Date: 10 August 2010
Supported OS: Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/Win7

Instant Previews in Google Search

2010-11-17T02:14:00.000+07:00

If you’ve used Google Search recently, you may have noticed a new feature that is calling Instant Previews. By clicking on the (sprited) magnifying glass icon next to a search result you see a preview of that page, often with the relevant content highlighted. Once activated, you can mouse over the rest of the results and quickly (instantly!) see previews of those search results, too.

For some previews, highly relevant parts of the page will appear in text call out boxes over the preview image to help you see where your query appears on the page.

Benefits
Quickly Compare Results
A visual comparison of search results helps you pick which result is right for you.
Pinpoint Relevant Content
Text call outs highlight where your search term appears on the web page so you can evaluate if it’s what you're looking for.
Interact with the Results Page
Page previews let you see the layout of a web page before clicking the search result.

Windows 7 codec package

2010-11-10T01:23:00.001+07:00

All the codecs you need for Windows 7 to play AVIs, DVDs and more!
It does not contain a media player and it does not associate file-types.

With the Windows 7 codec package installed you will be able to use any media player, limited only by the players’ capabilities, to play all movies and video clips. Streaming video is supported in several formats in all popular web browsers. Users of the Windows 7 media center codecs have the ability to choose what is installed and where to install it using the public redistributable. After installation you can select to remove specific portions without removing the entire package. You can also re-add the removed items at any time.
Download: http://www.ziddu.com/download/11860065/Win7codecs_v264.exe.html

Boost your Internet Speed Significantly with Internet Cyclone

2010-11-09T16:05:00.000+07:00

If you feel your internet connection is slower than usual, you should give a try to this internet speed booster software. This software is used to increase the speed of your internet connection by adjusting some hidden settings on Windows operating system. Internet Cyclone is a powerfull, easy-to-use, Internet Optimizer designed to automatically optimize your Windows settings wich will boost your Internet connection up to 200%.

Internet Cyclone is compatible with all modems and high speed LAN, ISDN, CABLE, DSL, T1 or other connections. This software will still be useful to you after upgrading your Internet connection.

Using this software you will gain guaranteed faster Internet speed for the time you're online. Surfing, downloading files, emailing, playing online games, and anything else you do online will be faster. This is excellent software for slow dial-up modems as well as high speed access connections.
This software will be extremely valuable to you as you continue to upgrade your computer and connections. It will work with all connections and all browsers so it will still be extremely useful to you in the future. You should use Internet Cyclone as a REAL alternative to expensive upgrades.

What can Internet Cyclone offers to you ?

Internet Cyclone optimizes your Windows settings automatically or you can customize them.
You can speed internet connection without changing your Hardware.
Works with all Browsers.
It is compatible with all Dial-Up modems and high speed LAN, CABLE, DSL, DSL (PPPoE), T1 or other connections.
nternet Cyclone will speed up web surfing, online gaming, e-mailing, chat and video conference and it will even speed up downloads.

While the actual maximum transfer speed of your Internet connection cannot be changed except by upgrading your hardware, Internet Cyclone can increase the performance of your existing modem/network hardware by optimizing Windows modem/network settings to maximize the efficiency of your current hardware. By default, your Windows PC does not manage Internet connections as optimally as possible.

Internet Cyclone is designed to automatically change many registry settings in Windows such as: Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU), Maximum Segment Size (MSS), Time To Live (TTL), TCP Receive Window (Rwin), Cache Size (NDI), PMTU Black Hole Detect, PMTU Auto Discovery (PAD), Session Keep Alive (SKA) and some Windows Extra settings like: Selective Acknowledgement (SACK), Maximum Duplicate Acknowledge (Max DupAcks), Large Window Scaling, Ports COM, VCache value, Combuffer value, Internet Explorer settings, Maximum connection per server.

If these settings are not correctly optimized then you will not get the best performance of your Internet Connection. Internet Cyclone is a proof method to change these settings easily and quickly. If you are an experienced user, then with this Internet optimizer you can set these values manually and speed up Internet connection at maximum.

System Requirements:

486DX2/66 required, Pentium class or higher recommended
Microsoft(r) Windows(r) NT, 2000, 2003, XP, Me, 98, 95
16Mb of Memory or Higher
Any connection to the net.
2 MB of free disk space

Download here

HaoZip :a powerful free compression software

2010-11-06T16:56:00.000+07:00

HaoZip is a powerful Archive Manager, a free compression software.Good pressure compression software (HaoZip) use very simple and convenient configuration options not much, only in Explorer to complete all the work you want, and with estimated compression, the compressed file before you can get by ZIP, 7Z two of the three compression compression tool around under the compression ratio; have a strong history of energy; and relatively small footprint, strong solid compression, intelligent image compression and multimedia document processing function is the most compression tools not available.
Full support 7Z/ZIP/TAR files compression and decompression, and can create sub-volume compressed files, self-extracting files, also supports the encryption of the compressed file.
Supports RAR, ISO, UDF, ISZ, ACE, UUE, CAB, Bzip2, ARJ, JAR, LZH, RPM, Z, LZMA, NSIS, CHM, DMG, HFS, WIM, DEB, MSI, CPIO, XAR and other formats unzip the file, while supporting a variety of self-extracting file to decompress.

The perfect support for the mouse drag and drop operations and Windows right-click menu, property sheet shell extensions
To support internal image viewer, a picture inside the compressed file directly without extracting Image Preview
WinRar/WinZip/7-Zip fully compatible with other similar compression software generated compressed file
Support custom skin, you can customize your favorite software icon
Support multi-threading technology, effective use of multi-core CPU, improve the speed of compression and decompression

New Feature:

a higher compression rate show good pressure compression software generally 10% higher than similar software compression rate of 30%!
Drag the mouse free compression decompression support the implementation of the directory tree / file browser interface, drag and drop each other, perform, such as compression, decompression, copying and other common operations, significantly improve the work efficiency!
Original compressed file filter list to filter the list of original, intelligent processing of documents is not high compression ratio, significantly improves the compression speed!
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Secrets of the Start menu - Feature on Windows 7

2010-11-04T13:13:00.001+07:00

If you use Windows 7, you almost certainly use the Start menu on a daily basis. But how much do you really know about it? Sure, it's the default way to launch applications and even to search for files and programs.

But there's more to the Start menu - much more. Microsoft has tucked away lots of little surprises and a surprising amount of customisation options in the updated Start menu.

Read on for a taste of what you have probably been missing.

Launch URLs
Launching programs is just the beginning of what you do with the Windows 7 Start orb. You can think of the Start menu as a web browser, too - or at least a launchpad for web pages. For example, you can go directly to any domain by opening the Start menu and typing the web address, as in http://aiofree.com.

Or, even better, you can use the Start menu just like a search engine. To do so, first open the Start menu and type "gpedit.msc," and then press Enter. The Local Group Pollicy Editor will open.

From there, in the left-hand pane under User Configuration, expand the Administrative Templates folder, and then select Start Menu and Taskbar. In the right-hand pane, double-click "Add Search Internet link to Start Menu," and click Enabled in the resulting dialog box.

Click OK. Once you have done that, you can open the Start menu and type any search phrase, just as you would in a search engine. Directly above the search field will be an item labeled "Search the Internet." Click that, and your web browser will launch, with the search results for your phrase displayed immediately.

Pin apps and files
Applications find their way to the top level of the Start menu according to how recently or how often they are used. That's a handy feature, but most of us have programs that we'd like to have always pinned to the top level for quick access.

There are a couple of ways to pin programs permanently to the top level of the Start menu. First, if you open your Start menu and see a program that you'd like to have permanently on the top level, just grab it with your mouse cursor and start dragging it to the top of the Start menu.

The words "Pin to Start menu" will appear, and at that point you can simply let the icon go, and it will be pinned to the top of the menu.

If you are a couple of levels into the Start menu and you see a program you want pinned to the top level, just right-click the icon and select "Pin to Start menu" from the context-sensitive menu. Again, the application will be pinned to the top of the menu.

You can also pin documents or files to the top of your Start menu. To do so, locate the file using Windows Explorer or another file selection tool, and drag the file to the Start orb. When you see the words "Pin to Start menu," just release your mouse button, and your file will snap to the top of the Start menu.

Customise it
If you haven't customised your Windows 7 Start menu, find out what you have been missing. Right-click the Start menu, and select Properties from the pop-up menu. In the resulting Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box, click the Customise button to launch the Customise Start Menu dialog.

There, you'll see a couple dozen ways that you can make the Start menu your own - and make it much more useful than it is by default. Many of the options there control the items that appear on the right side of the Windows 7 Start menu.

For instance, you can give yourself direct Start-menu access to features you probably considered the domain of other applications. Your browser's Favourites menu, for example, can be ported directly to the right side of the Start menu, as can links to your network, documents, homegroup, downloads, and videos.

You can even bring back the Run command, which was available by default in the Start menu of earlier version of Windows. You can also create more space in the Start menu by turning off the "large icons" option.

Finally, notice the "Number of recent programs to display" setting at the bottom of the Customise Start Menu dialog box. Adjust this number up or down to change how many recently-launched applications show on the top level of the Start menu - on the left-hand side. Increasing the number from the default of 10 will, of course, make your Start menu longer.

If you end up being unhappy with your customisations of the Start menu and want to return to the default settings, click the Use Default Settings button.

Windows 7 Logon Screen Rotator

2010-11-02T02:26:00.001+07:00

Till Windows Vista & Xp there was no support for changing Login Screen background and you have to use third party apps like logon studio for changing login screen background. However in Windows 7 Microsoft has done good job by allowing users to change Windows 7 Logon Screen without need of third party apps.

We have already revived Logon changer & LogonUI Changer for Windows 7. Here is another cool utility Windows 7 Logon Screen Rotator developed by one of Neowin forum member which lets you to rotate Windows 7 Logon background screen randomly.
You can select upto 10 images and Logon Screen Rotator will automatically rotate your Windows 7 logon screen.

Screenshot of Windows 7 Logon Screen Rotator

To use the application run the exe and choose your images, then click “Enable Settings and Exit” & specify set of images you want to rotate through on Windows 7 Logon Screen.(via)
Download Windows 7 Logon Screen Rotator : LogonScreenRotator.zip

Transformers Images For Your Desktop

2010-11-01T15:39:00.000+07:00

Transformers are alien robots, originally from a Hasbro line of toys, popularized by the Transformers TV series and the subsequent Transformers movies, released in 2005 and 2009 respectively. To commemorate the release of Transformers – Revenge of the Fallen, today we have 16 powerful, destructive Transformers images to decorate your desktop.

To use one as your wallpaper, find here: http://www.presidiacreative.com/16-powerful-transformers-images-for-your-desktop/ to download the full sized image. If you have any other Transformers wallpapers that I have missed, be sure to link it in the comments.

CPU-Z 1.5.6 new released

2010-10-28T13:46:00.000+07:00

CPU-Z is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system.
CPU-Z 1.56 improved the support of the latest Intel "Sandy Bridge", "Gulfton" and AMD "Caspian" processor in CPU-Z. It does now display the processor name and logo, as well as the memory frequency and timings.
News are :
- Intel Core i3/i5/i7 "2000" serie processors (Sandy Bridge) with new logos.
- Intel Core i7 970 "Gulftown".
- Intel P67 chipset.
- AMD Phenom II, Athlon II and Sempron II "Caspian" processors.

Feature

CPU

Name and number.
Core stepping and process.
Package.
Core voltage.
Internal and external clocks, clock multiplier.
Supported instructions sets.
Cache information.

Mainboard

Vendor, model and revision.
BIOS model and date.
Chipset (northbridge and southbridge) and sensor.
Graphic interface.

Memory

Frequency and timings.
Module(s) specification using SPD (Serial Presence Detect) : vendor, serial number, timings table. System
Windows and DirectX version.

Install and Remove Since version 1.51, CPU-Z includes an installer. The installation offers several advantages in comparison to the stand-alone version :

The installation creates program entries in the start menu and on the desktop.
The kernel mode driver used by CPU-Z is installed on the system, that avoids to install / remove it at every run. That makes the process more stable and slightly faster.

Installation Run the setup executable file, and let it guide you for the installation process. The setup installs a service, that is started the first time that you run CPU-Z. After that first run, you can run CPU-Z from any account, even without administrator privileges. Removal You can remove the program either from the Add or Remove Programs window (from Settings, Control Panel), or choose Uninstall CPU-Z from Start menu, Programs, CPUID, CPU-Z. Special Keys The F5 key allows to save a screenshot as a bmp file in the application directory. These are named cpu.bmp, cache.bmp, mainboard.bmp and memory.bmp. The F6 key copies the current page in the clipboard. The F7 key saves the validation cvf file in the current directory. The F9 key switches between CPU clock computation methods. Cache Latency Computation The cache latency computation tool allows to gather information about the cache hierarchy of the system. For each cache level, it provides its size and its latency. Please note that code caches are not reported. The latency tool can be downloaded here. Supported :

VIA VX900/VX900M and VN1000/VN1000M chipsets.
Intel Core i5-760, Core i7-875K and Core i5-655K processors.
Intel Core i7-940XM, 840QM, 740QM mobile processors.
Intel Core i5-450M, 540UM, 430UM, Core i3-370M mobile processors.
Intel Pentium P6000 processor.
New parameter in cpuz.ini : UseDisplayAPI

Download version 1.56: 1.56 setup, english 1.55 setup, chinese (installation, includes 32 and 64-bit binaries) 1.55 64-bit, english 1.55 64-bit, chinese (.zip, no installation) 1.55 32-bit, english 1.55 32-bit, chinese (.zip, no installation) 1.55 Win98 (.zip, no installation)

The QuickTime

2010-10-27T19:39:00.002+07:00

The QuickTime family of digital media creation, delivery and playback software lets you deliver live or pre-recorded video and audio to an audience of any size. When combined with QuickTime Player and QuickTime Pro, these applications work together to provide the industry’s first end-to-end, standards-based digital media delivery system.

Information about the file:
Name: QuickTime
Version: 7.9.2.15
Year: 2010
Interface: English
OS: All Windows
crack: Present
Size: 24 mb
Format: .rar
Download QuickTime :http://www.4shared.com/file/YvIt8O3j/QuickTimeInstaller.html

MyDefragPowerGUI: Easily Defragmentation

2010-10-27T08:36:00.000+07:00

MyDefragPowerGUI is a Graphical User Interface which allows you to easily select all the features MyDefrag, a freeware defragmentation tool made by Jeroen Kessels has to offer. MyDefragPowerGUI can do much more.

MyDefragPowerGUI can schedule a defragmentation, install MyDefrag or it’s screensaver but can also do some small maintenance to your computer. It can be used to schedule a defragmentation of your system files like pagefile and registry files. MyDefragPowerGUI also supports CCleaner which can be used instead of the internal cleaning function. It can also erase any information which is left behind on your hard disk after erasing files.
MyDefragPowerGUI is created for people who don’t have the skills of an advanced user but still want to use the powerful features MyDefrag has to offer or for those people who like an advanced GUI instead of manually editing complex scripts.
Main Feature:

Defrag your computer disks
Shutdown your computer after defragmentation
Install MyDefrag to your local computer
Install MyDefrag Screensaver
Schedule a defragmentation from with the settings you like
Install and schedule defragmentation of your paging files and registry hives
Clean your computer
Optimize and compact your registry
Automatically check for updates of MyDefrag, NTRegOpt, CCleaner and Inno unpacker
Wipe deleted data of free hard disk space
View MyDefrag user and debug logfiles
Run customized programs before and after defragmentation

System requirements:

Windows 2000 , XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008 or Windows 7 operating system
A minimum of 9 MB of disk space

MyDefragPowerGUI is compatible with the U3 technology.

The settings are saved on the U3 memory pen and will stay there during the use of MyDefragPowerGUI. MyDefragPowerGUI ends your defragmentation when your U3 memory pen is ejected or removed from your system. Store your data and carry software applications! Imagine carrying your software on the same flash drive that carries your files. That’s what you can do with a U3 smart drive. You can plug it into any PC and work, play a game, message friends, send email, edit photos and defrag or clean your computer with MyDefragPowerGUI. An U3 smart drive makes any PC more like your own PC and hen you unplug it, it

Download: MyDefragPowerGUI 1.0.2 or MyDefragPowerGUI 1.0.2 for U3

66% Of All Windows Users Still Use Windows XP

2010-10-24T10:53:00.000+07:00

Almost one year after the introduction of Windows 7 it appears that the hype surrounding the operating has faded. The overall market share of Windows has turned into a slight decline again. Windows 7 is gaining share, but cannot keep pace with the loss of Windows XP and Vista. Especially Windows XP users seem to be happy with what they have and appear to be rather resistant to Microsoft’s pitches that it is time to upgrade to Windows 7.

It is no secret that Windows users have learned that change is something Windows computers don’t like. Often, it is much easier to leave the Windows version that came with a PC as it was and avoid the pain of upgrading. Vista may have been an exception as the operating system itself was worth the extra pain (or not), while Windows XP was a solid software that works well for the majority of computer users worldwide even today.

New market share data recently released by Net Applications puts XP’s market share at 60.03%, down from 60.89% in the month before. Windows Vista fell from 14.00% to 13.35%, while Windows 7 gained 1.25 points to 17.10%. It is interesting to see that Vista and XP lost a combined 1.51 points in September: The difference between the gain of 7 and the loss of Vista/XP represents 100% of the Windows market share loss, which was down 0.25 points to 91.08% in September.

Since the launch of Windows 7 in October 2009, the operating system was able to post a net gain of market share in only three months, according to Net Applications, and was hit with a net market share loss of 1.44 points over the past 11 months. If we believe the data published by Net Applications, then Windows 7 has not been able to stop the market share bleeding of Windows, even if it has slowed a bit: In the past 9 months, Windows lost only 0.92 points, while Windows lost 1.14 points in the 9 nine months directly preceding the launch of Windows 7.

Windows XP has dropped in market share from 70.48% to 60.03% since the launch of Windows 7. When Windows 7 was introduced, Windows XP had a 76% share among all Windows users; now it is estimated at 66%. Windows 7 has already a 19% share among all Windows users and is likely to overtake Windows Vista in this discipline within the next two months: Windows Vista never had a greater share among Windows users than 20.35%, according to Net Applications. Vista had a share of 14.66% among all Windows systems that have been counted by Net Applications in September.

Windows XP drops less than 1 point in overall market share every month. Given the fact that it still has about 60% of overall share it could take another year until the operating system will drop below 50%, unless some miracle happens or we are finally seeing ancient computer systems in business environments being replaced. It is simply amazing that an operating system that will celebrate its 10th birthday next year is still, by far, the most popular operating system worldwide. To be fair, I should mention that Windows XP is still actively sold and will be kicked to the curb, this time for real, this month: The deadline is October 22.

It is unlikely that this will change something dramatically for the market share of Windows XP in the short term and the fact that Microsoft thoroughly screwed itself with a crappy Windows Vista release doesn’t help. You could always send Microsoft your ideas how to get rid of those stubborn Windows XP users and convince them to upgrade to Windows 7. I personally believe that it was a mistake to pitch Windows as a new operating system, as we know that it was simply a massive patch that finally brought up Windows 7 to the level it should have had in the first place. It was a brave move to sell Windows 7 as a new operating system release, but if Microsoft really wanted people to upgrade, it would have needed to offer Windows 7 as a free or nearly free update. Sort of a service pack. A smoother upgrade process would also help. Many users are just tired of upgrades that require a lot of effort and come with the notion that the computer may not boot after the upgrade.

Net Applications’ data does not reveal who gains from Microsoft’s market share losses. Both MacOS X (5.03%) and Linux (0.85%) are stable and the only operating system that shows gains is Apple’s iOS, which is now at a share of 1.18%.

Editor’s Note: Yes, we are keeping an eye on StatCounter’s data as well. The analysis firm currently estimates Windows XP’s market share at 53.99%, Vista’s share at 16.59% and 7’s share at 22.04%. The overall trend reflects Net Application’s trend, even if the absolute numbers are very different. StatCounter’s data suggests that XP’s share among all Windows systems is about 58%, Vista’s share is about 18% and 7’s share is about 24%. The data also indicates that Windows 7 is close to Vista’s record market share of 25.28%, which was reached in October 2009.
Source: windows7newsinfo