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Friday, February 29, 2008

Increase bandwidth by tweaking QoS in Windows XP Pro


The following tweak applies only to Windows XP Professional edition.

The default system behavior is that all 100% bandwidth is available, however, if there is a running application that indicates to the OS it needs to send high priority/real time data, then as long as it has the socket open, Windows XP will restrict “best effort” traffic to 80% of the bandwidth so that high priority traffic can be accommodated. Basically, applications can make this request to the operating system for QoS support using the QoS application programming interfaces (APIs) in Windows and this only applies if a specific app is requesting QoS. If you'd like to change how much bandwidth is reserved for QoS (the default is 20% of the total bandwidth), do the following:

1. Make sure you're logged in as "Administrator" (not just any account with admin privileges).
2. Navigate to START>Run and type: gpedit.msc
3. Navigate to Local Computer Policy > Administrative Templates > Network > QOS Packet Scheduler
4. In the right window, double-click the limit reservable bandwidth setting
5. On the setting tab, check the enabled setting.
6. Where it says "Bandwidth limit %", change it to read 0 (or whatever percentage you want to reserve for high priority QoS data)
7. Click OK, close gpedit.msc

Under START > My Computer > My Network Connections > View Network Connections, right-click on your connection and under Properties (where it lists your protocols), make sure QOS Packet Scheduler is enabled.

The tweak desribed below helps boost priority for DNS & hostname resolution in general. What this means is, it helps web pages load faster, and has negligible effect on downloads (not counting the couple of ms gain with the host resolution at connect-time).

Applying this tweak assumes some proficiency in editing the Windows Registry using Regedit (Start > Run > type: regedit). As always, backup your Registry before making any changes so you can revert to the previous state if you don't like the results.

One more

follow the step:-

go to desktop->My computer-(right click on)->properties->then go HARDWARE tab->Device manager-> now u see a window of Device manager
then go to Ports->Communication Port(double click on it and Open).
after open u can see a Communication Port properties.
go the Port Setting:----
and now increase ur "Bits per second" to 128000.
and "Flow control" change 2 Hardware.

apply and see the result
and please comment me.........



One more



Type this coding in notepad and save as .reg and then execute this file....this will increase ur surfing n downloading speed.....

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentContro
lSet\Servic es\Tcpip\Parameters]
"SackOpts"=dword:00000001
"TcpWindowSize"=dword:0005ae4c
"Tcp1323Opts"=dword:00000003
"DefaultTTL"=dword:00000040
"EnablePMTUBHDetect"=dword:00000000
"EnablePMTUDiscovery"=dword:00000001
"GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize"=dword:0005ae4c

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

HOW TO MAKE YOUR WINDOWS GENUINE:
Right click your desktop and select new text document.

Open that document and paste the following info.
INFO:
==================================================================================

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]
"CurrentBuild"="1.511.1 () (Obsolete data - do not use)"
"ProductId"="55274-640-1011873-23081"
"DigitalProductId"=hex:a4,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,35,35,32,37,34,2d,36,34,30,2d,\
31,30,31,31,38,37,33,2d,32,33,30,38,31,00,2e,00,00,00,41,32,32,2d,30,30,30,\
30,31,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,86,56,4e,4c,21,1b,2b,6a,a3,78,8e,8f,98,5c,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,dd,da,47,41,cc,6b,06,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,38,31,30,32,36,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b5,16,\
00,00,83,83,1f,38,f8,01,00,00,f5,1c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,66,e5,70,f3
"LicenseInfo"=hex:33,b7,21,c1,e5,e7,cd,4b,fd,7c,c6,35,51,fd,52,57,17,86,3e,18,\
d3,f4,8c,8e,35,32,7b,d1,43,8d,61,38,60,a4,ca,55,c9,9a,35,17,46,7a,4f,91,fc,\
4a,d9,db,64,5c,c4,e2,0f,34,f3,ea

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents]
"OOBETimer"=hex:ff,d5,71,d6,8b,6a,8d,6f,d5,33,93,fd

===================================================================================

In notepad click then . For file type in the save dialog box
select "all files" and for the filename type in License Key.reg or whatever you want. It doesn't matter as long as it has the .reg extension. Click save. Double click the file thats now on your desktop. It will ask you are you sure. Tell it yes.

After:


To see that it worked go to Kod:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/downloads/FAQ.aspx




and click on "Validate Windows" over on the right!!!

WORKS 100%!!!

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Microsoft opens the Xbox to amateur game writers

Tens of thousands of 'bedroom developers' are vying to create the next best-selling computer game after Microsoft effectively handed the keys of its Xbox console to the gaming community.

Microsoft has said it wants amateur developers to write games that can be played and downloaded via its Xbox Live web platform, which has ten million users worldwide - and for them to share in the revenues their creations generate.

The software giant said that a 'toolkit' it had released which enables developers to write games for Xbox had been downloaded 800,000 times and was being used by teams in more than 400 universities worldwide.


The first trials of the community-generated games for Xbox are due to begin in the spring, with a full commercial roll-out expected later in the year.

"I think of this as games created by the community, managed by the community and enjoyed by everyone," John Schappert, corporate vice president of LIVE software and services at Microsoft, told the Game Developers Conference in San Fransisco.

Once a game is created for Xbox Live, it will be submitted for 'peer review' by other developers, who will check that it does not contain any prohibited material and that it is correctly labelled for graphic content, Microsoft said. The game will then be uploaded to Xbox Live Arcade and placed alongside other Xbox games that can be bought and downloaded.

Micrsoft also hinted that developers would be able to share the revenue generated from their games - either through download sales, or advertising that appeared alongside free versions - but said that the business model for the new venture was still being worked out.

The company released its free toolkit for creating games, known as XNA, two years ago, but until now the games developed using it could not be shared. Only seven community-generated games have so far been uploaded to the Xbox Live platform, Microsoft said, but by the end of the year this number would swell to more than a thousand.

"There are tens of thousands of developers out there chomping at the bit," Mr Schappert said. "We need to unlock that potential."

Third-party developers have always written games for Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo, but typically the software which enables them to do so is expensive, meaning that only established games developers have been able to afford it.

Microsoft's announcement reflects an increasing desire on the part of the large console makers to tap the skills of the wider developer community. Nintendo has released a similar toolkit - called Wii Ware - and already about a hundred titles are in development, with the first due to be released in the US in May.

"It makes sense for Microsoft and others to develop their online platforms in this way," Piers Harding-Rolls, an analyst at Screen Digest, said. "It doesn't cost them much - other people are generating the content, plus it's a way of maintaining good relations with the online gaming community, and there's also a number of business models they can explore."

Asked whether bedroom developers could compete with the likes of Activision, the company behind games like Guitar Hero, Mr Harding-Rolls said: "You can definitely make extremely interesting, entertaining and addictive casual games that become popular with a huge number of people."

Friday, February 22, 2008

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Thursday, February 21, 2008

The computer that sees love in your eyes

The state of fear or sexual arousal that a person experiences when looking at something will be measurable thanks to a technology which can gauge how pupiles dilate.

A Danish firm has developed an eye sensor which not only analyses where a person is looking but also more minute variations, such as the way pupil size changes and the way they blink. Both measures are related to a person's emotional response to what they are seeing, and are likely to be of use to advertisers keen to monitor the effectiveness of their campaigns.

A person's 'blink rate' relates directly to the heart rate, and in turn to instinctive reactions such as fear and sexual excitement. Pupils work in a similar way - for instance by dilating before an imminent, life-threatening event - making their behaviour an important aspect of the way someone responds to what they see.

To use the equipment, a person sits down in front of a computer, and is shown a series of images. While they watch the screen, a camera behind the screen tracks the movement of their eyes. A computer then rates various aspects of their gaze - including the speed of their blinks and their pupil dilation - on a scale of one to ten.

"A fast blink can indicate a a high state of arousal - there are many different kinds of blinks," Peter Hartzbech, chief executive of iMotions, the company which makes the technology, said.

Techniques for gauging emotional response, for instance by measuring the sweatiness of the skin, or heart rate - both indicators of fear - have been around for decades. But Mr Hartzbech said that his firm's method was unique because it was less intrusive. The subject did not have to be hooked up to any equipment using wires, and the technology also allowed for natural 'noise' in pupil dilation that was caused by variations in light, he said.

Future applications could involve placing a camera above a driver in the car to watch for variations in pupil dilation in the event of a looming accident, and in surveillance to gauge fear in suspects

The technology is initially being targeted at market research companies, which give feedback to advertisers about the effectiveness of campaigns. Executives at such firms were sceptical, however, saying it wasn't clear what could be learnt from the eye-tracker that couldn't be ascertained from traditional 'focus group' studies, during which people are asked about their responses to ads.

"People are quite conscious of their emotions - so it's not as if you couldn't ask them, for instance, whether they were afraid," Dan White, research director of Millward Brown, an arm of the agency WPP, said.

Les Binet, European director of DDB Matrix, a part of DDB London, the London-based agency, said: "You're also only going to be able to pick up certain types of emotions. These techniques might be good at gauging fear, but how are they going to go picking up, say, wry amusement?"

Mr Hartzbech said that "pupilometry" was concerned with more instinctive responses, which people could be dishonest about in a question and answer context. "What we're measuring is something more primitive - a lower-level response similar that has been around since man was in caves," he said.

Emma Kirk, strategic director at User Vision, a Edinburgh-based user experience research firm which is already using the technology, said: "Eye-tracking has been around for a while, but what's different about this is that it gives us an understanding of how engaged a person is. It shows how turned off, excited, and energised a person was."

Richard Storey, chief strategy officer at M&C Saatchi, the London-bsed ad agency, said that the advertising industry had for five years been looking for a "silver bullet" which would "put into a scientific quantitative format what usually resides in a person's gut. "The problem is advertising doesn't work in a straightforward way, and attempting to describe in a single process how ads work is absurd."

Dr Sam Hutton, senior lecturer in experimental psychology at the University of Sussex, said that the technology had potential to be used for advertising research, but that more work was needed first, for instance on how to control the "biggest influence" on pupil size, which was the luminance of an image.

"There are also issues as to whether changes in pupil size can really be interpreted as reflecting emotional changes in the viewer. They are more likely reflecting changes in the amount of cognitive processessing being done. These may correlate with changes in emotional state, but they're not the same thing," Dr Hutton said.

Best Free HTML Editor

Many professional designers and web developers use Adobe software such as DreamWeaver, but quite a few just use a simple text editor and take a certain pride in doing so.

[1] Evrsoft First Page 2006:
Website: http://www.evrsoft.com
Download Link: http://www.evrsoft.com/download.shtml
Author: Evrsoft
Current Version: FINAL 3.00
Version Date: Unknown
License: Free (
Download File size: 9.1 MB
Operating Systems Supported: Windows Me-XP
Additional Software Required: At least MS Internet Explorer 3.02
64 Bit Capable: No
Portable Version Available: No
Non-English Languages Supported: None
Other Relevant Information: There is a premium edition ($89.95) that
includes web templates.

[2] HTML-Kit Tools also known as Build 300:
Website: http://www.htmlkit.com/
Download Link: http://www.htmlkit.com/download/
Author: HTML-Kit.com
Current Version: 20080209
Version Date: 02/09/2008
License: Free
Download File size: 9.1 MB
Operating Systems Supported: Windows 95-Vista
Additional Software Required: At least MS Internet Explorer 3.02
64 Bit Capable: Yes
Portable Version Available: Yes
Non-English Languages Supported: Yes (Dutch, Spanish, German)
Other Relevant Information: Great community and plugins.

[3] Kompozer:
Website: http://kompozer.net/
Download Link: http://kompozer.net/download.php
Author: Fabien Cazenave aka Kazé
Current Version: 0.7.10
Version Date: 2007-08-30
License: Free
Download file size: 7.6 MB
Operating Systems Supported: Linux, Microsoft Windows and Apple
Macintosh users.
Additional Software Required: At least MS Internet Explorer 3.02
64 Bit Capable: No
Portable Version Available: No
Non-English Languages Supported: Yes (cs, da, de, es, fr, hu, it,ja,
nl, pl, pt, ru, zh)
Other Relevant Information: None.

[4] Amaya
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Website: http://www.w3.org/Amaya/
Download Link: http://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/BinDist.html
Author: The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Current Version: 10.0-pre2
Version Date: 07/10/2007
License: Free
Download file size: 7.1 MB
Operating Systems Supported: PC Linux, Windows (NT, XP, 2000, 98) and
Mac OS X
Additional Software Required: At least MS Internet Explorer 3.02
64 Bit Capable: No
Portable Version Available: No
Non-English Languages Supported: Yes (Polish, German)
Other Relevant Information: None.

[5] Selida:
Website: http://selida.camelon.nl/
Download Link: http://selida.camelon.nl/downloadyes.html
Author: Amaryllis Software
Current Version: Selida 3 Beta
Version Date: 04.03.2005
License: Free
Download file size: 3 MB
Operating Systems Supported: Windows
Additional Software Required: At least MS Internet Explorer 3.02
64 Bit Capable: No
Portable Version Available: No
Non-English Languages Supported: No
Other Relevant Information: None.

[6] SeaMonkey:
Website: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
Download Link: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/
Author: Mozilla Foundation
Current Version: 1.1.8
Version Date: 02.07.2008
License: Free
Download File size: 13 MB
Operating Systems Supported: Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows
Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Mac OS X
(10.1 or later preferred), Red Hat Linux 7.0 or later; Debian 3.0 or
later; SuSE 7.2 or later;or a version of Linux with kernel 2.2.14 or later and the
following library versions (or compatible):
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* Libstdc++ 2.9.0
Additional Software Required: At least MS Internet Explorer 3.02
64 Bit Capable: No
Portable Version Available: No
Non-English Languages Supported: Yes (Spanish, Swedish, French,
German, Greek, Italian, Japanese and many more)
Other Relevant Information: It is a suite.

[7] PSPad:
Website: http://www.pspad.com/
Download Link: http://www.pspad.com/en/download.php
Author: Jan Fiala
Current Version: 4.5.3 (2298)
Version Date: 25 November 2007
License: Free
Download file size: 3.43 MB
Operating Systems Supported: Windows
Additional Software Required: At least MS Internet Explorer 3.02
64 Bit Capable: No
Portable Version Available: No
Non-English Languages Supported: Yes ( Česky, Slovensky, English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Russian, Español)
Other Relevant Information: It doesn't require installation.

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There are many clipboard managers out there but only a few that do what I want, the way I want.

[1] http://bluemars.org/clipx/ Freeware, All Windows versions, 108KB
[2] http://www.mlin.net/Clipomatic.shtml Freeware, All Windows versions, 95KB
[3] http://www.clipmagic.com/ Freeware, Win98 and later, 1.88MB
[4] http://www.intelexual.com/products/YC3/ Freeware, All Windows, 1MB
[5] http://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/97/ Freeware. All Windows 600KB.

Best Free Web Mail Accessory

It's a real plus to be able to collect your Hotmail, Yahoo! or other Webmail using your POP3 email client. It used to be simple but these days most Webmail services only provide POP3 access for premium paid accounts. However it's still possible to do it though by using a special utility designed for the job.

[1] http://www.ypopsemail.com/ Free GPL license, Win95 and later, 1.48MB
[2] http://www.freepops.org Freeware, Windows 98 and later, 813KB
[3] http://www.freepops.org/en/tutorial/index.shtml
[4] http://mrpostman.sourceforge.net/ Free Open Source, 1.5MB
[5] http://2mod2.com/mohot/ <= Installing Mr Postman [6] http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=68124 <= MrPostman forum [7] http://www.poppeeper.com/ Freeware, Windows 95 and later, 818KB

Best Free Email Client

Email programs today are a much more sophisticated than they used to be. In addition to simply sending and receiving email, they now can manage your contacts and calendar, read news groups and RSS newsfeeds, and even integrate with various web-based mail systems like GMail and Hotmail.

[1] Mozilla Thunderbird
Website: http://www.mozilla.org/
Download Link: http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
Author: Mozilla Corp.
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Download file size: 6.4 MB
Operating Systems Supported: Windows 98-Vista, Mac OS-X, Various Linux Distros
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Non-English Languages Supported: Many: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/all.html
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Webmail Plugin: http://webmail.mozdev.org/index.html
Guide for Migrating from Outlook to Thunderbird: http://opensourcearticles.com/introduction_to_thunderbird

[2] Foxmail
Website: http://fox.foxmail.com.cn/
Download Link: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/E-mail/E-mail-Clients/Foxmail.shtml
Author: Foxmail
Current Version: 6.10.201.20
Version Date: 9/25/2007
License: Freeware
Download file size: 5.44 MB
Operating Systems Supported: Windows 95-Vista
Additional Software Required: None
64 Bit Capable: No
Portable Version Available: No
Non-English Languages Supported: Chinese
Other Relevant Information:
FoxMail English FAQ: http://www.hazeleger.net/psjs_faqs/index.html
Note: If after installing, the program comes up in Chinese, all you have to do is delete the file chinese.lgb in the installation folder. Developer's website is in Chinese.

[3] Opera (M2 Mail Client)
Website: http://www.opera.com/
Download Link: http://www.opera.com/download/
Author: Opera Software
Current Version: 9.25
Version Date: 1/15/2008
License: Free
Download file size: 4.7 MB
Operating Systems Supported: Windows 95-Vista, Mac OS 7.5-OS X, Various Linux Distros, OS/2, QNX, Various Mobile Phones, and Palm OS 5
Additional Software Required: None
64 Bit Capable: No
Portable Version Available: No
Non-English languages Supported: Many - Available via downloadable language files
Other relevant information:
Opera Language Files: http://www.opera.com/download/languagefiles/
Note: Runs as part of the Opera Web Browser

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Blu-ray, HD DVD and the phoney war


There is nothing more dull than a format war, and the battle between Sony’s Blu-ray standard and the rival HD-DVD standard championed by Toshiba and Microsoft has been more tedious than most. Nobody wants to buy kit that loses a standards fight and becomes obsolete, so the take-up of both technologies has been slower than it might had consumers been offered a simple, single choice. The battle’s not over yet, but the announcement that Warner Brothers is to support Blu-ray, the rumours that Paramount may follow suit, and the stronger sales of Blu-ray in North America and the UK relative to HD-DVD sales are definitely making Sony like the winner at the moment.

However, I’m struggling to get excited about either format. I will admit I have been very impressed by demonstrations of both technologies. There is something extremely, viscerally exciting about the immediacy and vivid impact of these high definition formats. I first saw them in ideal conditions at trade shows, where you’re usually in a darkened, cinema-like tent with a 5.1 sound system that rattles your teeth. In these conditions, the impact can be jaw-dropping. Checking it out at a local electronics retailer, it’s still impressive, but less inspired. This morning I watched scenes from Black Hawk Down on a Blu-ray disc on a PS3, and it was very good, but I was left with a vague feeling of . . . hmmm.

As I survey my extensive DVD collection, I am not filled with enthusiasm at the thought of running out to by the whole lot again in Blu-ray format. The quality I can see on my excellent upscaling DVD player, on a high-quality LCD TV, is already very good, and the improvement in picture quality I’ll get if I switch up to Blu-ray is real, but not earth shattering. Blu-ray’s present good fortune makes me consider buying Sony’s PS3 games console, because there are already a bunch of Blu-ray films available for rental at my local Blockbuster, and I’m sentimental about Sony gaming, but that’s about it. I went to my local Blockbuster and stared hard at the selection of Blu-ray films. It’s a predictable lowest common denominator selection of action films and sci-fi epics, most of which I’ve seen before, some of which look fun. However, I don’t really need to spend £300 to get more popcorn movies in my life.

I’m left with a sense that the fundamental driver for the adoption of new formats is not addressed by Blu-ray. That driver is convenience. It’s no easier, quicker or faster to buy, rent or borrow a Blu-ray disc than the current DVD format, and the incremental picture quality improvement is a nice to have, but not really very compelling. On the other hand, my relationship to music has been completely transformed by breaking the connection between the physical container of music, the CD and its MP3 software content. My iPod, the iTunes store, eMusic, Napster, Sonos, and YouTube provide breathtaking convenience and have changed my music habits forever.

I’ve experimented with creating a similar ecology of film files, using a PC server connected to my television to watch DVDs that I’ve ripped for personal use, and a portable Archos video player to watch film and television on the go. It’s a painfully geeky business at the moment, but it’s worth it.. The convenience of being able to watch what you want to watch when and where you want to watch it is far more important to me than the video quality, and I’m quite sure that this will prove true for many other consumers.

Viewed in this light, the entire next-generation DVD project is a dead end. The film companies want us to buy the films we’ve already bought, again, at higher cost, in exchange for an improvement in quality that is nice to have but essentially pointless. We want to be able to watch the DVDs we’ve already bought on PCs and portable devices, and they don’t want us to, and are prepared to spend endless sums on lawyers to defend these redundant formats.

There are some signs the government is catching on. This week Lord Triesman, the Intellectual Property Minister, called for a change in the law that would make it legal to copy the CDs that you’ve bought for your own use – something which millions of people do, but which is technically illegal. It would be good if similar legal protection was made available to consumers who make back-up copies of DVDs they’ve purchased. As a parent of a toddler, it’s expensive and annoying to see DVDs, which are much more fragile than CDs, get trashed by heavy handling. It’s much more convenient to rip the DVD and watch it via a PC.

We’ll see how this all pans out, but I suspect that Blu-ray and HD-DVD will eventually be seen as the phoney war that it really is. The technology we’re all waiting for is the MP3, iPod and iTunes of the film and TV world. The music business has done everything it can to avoid facing the reality of life in a world of digital bits. The film and television studios will probably be even worse. I suspect we’ll be in for decades of conflict over intellectual copyright before convenience finally triumphs over the intransigence of the film industry.

Best Free File Manager

Windows Explorer is fine for simple file management activities but when you have some serious work to do, you need a multi-pane pane file manager. I use Directory Opus which is IMHO, the best product in this class but costs $59. A good free alternative is xplorer² Lite [1]. It offers a good part of the functionality of Directory Opus and is totally free. As a bonus, its user interface is very similar to Windows Explorer, so most users will find this tool easy to learn and use.

XYplorer is another strong contender. It uses a tabbed view rather than a two pane view which is better when working with multiple folders though not quite as efficient as the two pane approach when working with only two. XYplorer is packed with features included one of the best file-finders I've seen. It's one of those products that impresses more with use. In fact I suspect that if you use it for a month, you'll end up using it permanently. Until the 21st March 2006 it was freeware but has now morphed to shareware but a recent free version (V5.55) is available from the vendor's site [2].

Some folks just love Free Commander [3], a classic two pane Norton Commander style manager. It's certainly powerful but I find the interface a little dated. However it's free for both private and commercial use and that's a big plus.


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[3] http://www.freecommander.com/ Freeware, Windows 95 and later, 1.61MB

Blu-ray delivers fatal sting to rival in battle of high-definition DVDs

They were at the cutting edge of TV recording when they were launched on a wave of publicity just 14 months ago.

But anyone who splashed out £450 on a state of the art HD-DVD high definition player could soon be counting the cost.

Comprehensively outsold by the Sony-developed rival Blu-ray, the Toshiba-backed player is heading for irrelevance, amid growing expectation that its Japanese manufacturer will abandon the technology within days.

An estimated 50,000 HD-DVD players have been sold in Britain — although Toshiba will say only that sales across Europe total 200,000 — as have about 275,000 films. Blu-ray, though, has built up an unassailable lead, with a little over 800,000 films sold in Britain since both technologies were launched. A similar pattern has been repeated globally.



Toshiba insisted yesterday that “no decision had been taken”, although private briefings in Japan indicated that the cave-in would come later this week. In Tokyo, Toshiba shares rose by 6 per cent, in the hope that it can save $450 million by walking away from its white elephant.

The result is mostly good news for British consumers, except those who bought the equipment. Michael Briggs, principal researcher at Which?, said: “If you haven’t yet bought a high-definition DVD player there is now no more confusion over which format to choose — only Blu-ray remains.” That is expected to lead to a substantial growth in high-definition sales.

Woolworth’s is to stop selling HD-DVDs from early March because customers bought Blu-ray, which outsold its rival “by about ten to one” over Christmas.

Five Hollywood studios back Blu-ray, after Warner Brothers said that it would switch to the format at the beginning of the year, leaving HD-DVD owners only with films from Universal, the King Kong studio, and Paramount, home to Transformers.

Alan Wilson, from Romford Home Theatre, a consumer electronics store, which promoted the HD-DVD format heavily online, said: “Warner decided the format war. We sold a lot of HD-DVDs in the early days, but in the last year there was a bit of a stalemate. It’s a shame: you can’t knock HD-DVD in terms of quality.”

Toshiba said yesterday that the players remained “far from useless,” with a library of 800 films available. Its HD-DVD players can help conventional DVD players to “scale up” and play films in near-high-definition quality, and with prices as low as £149 they remain far cheaper than their Blu-ray equivalents. A PlayStation3 with Blu-ray built in costs £279.99.

Blu-ray won because Sony built the player into the PlayStation3 games console. Although Toshiba had support from Sony’s games rival Microsoft, HD-DVD was not built into the Xbox 360, meaning that it was not a default purchase. In America, Blu-ray films are outselling HD-DVD releases by at least four to one; most weeks two thirds of players sold were Blu-ray devices. Blu-ray has built up a similar lead in Japan.

Best Free Anonymous Surfing Service

There are lots of reasons folks have for wanting to surf anonymously, ranging from simple paranoia to possibly being murdered by a malevolent foreign government. Whatever the reasons, commercial services that offer anonymity are doing real well. However one of the best services JAP [1], is totally free. In fact JAP is perhaps a little too good. That's why the German Police insisted in 2004 that a backdoor be put into the product to allow interception of child pornographers. This was done but subsequently removed as a result of court action by JAP.

An alternative to JAP is a system called Tor [2]. It not only allows anonymous browsing but anonymous P2P, email, IM, and IRC chat as well. Given the US Navy origin of Tor, the suspicion arises that this system may indeed have a permanent backdoor. However the source code is now publicly available so that suspicion can perhaps be set aside. More worrying was a raid by German police in September 2006 involving the seizing of some Tor servers in that country. Again, pedophiles were the supposed target but who really knows.

Whatever, both JAP and Tor offer a level of secrecy that is better than many commercial systems though not watertight. Do expect your surfing to slow down as you'll be relayed through a chain of servers particularly with Tor which has been ground to a near standstill by BitTorrent users seeking to hide from the RIAA. Note: the latest V5 release of JAP now allows Tor users to use JAP as a software access point.

A recent development is the release of the XeroBank Browser [3], previously called TorPark, a special version of the Firefox browser that has been configured to work with the free Tor anonymizing service and run directly from a USB flash drive. It's a neat idea; just plug in your USB stick to any PC with a USB port and Firefox V2 is automatically launched, set up for secure and private surfing.

[1] JAP
Website: http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/index_en.html
Download Link: http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/download_en.html
Author: JAP is a software development within the Project Anonymity in the Internet sponsored by the German Research Foundation and the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. The Project works closely with the Independent Center for Data Privacy Schleswig-Holstein.
Current version: 00.09.010
Version date: -n/a-
License: Freeware
Download File size: 15,623,168 Bytes
Operating Systems Supported: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista,
Macintosh, Os/2, Linux/Unix
Additional Software Required: Java (downloadable from http://sun.java.com)
64 Bit Capable: No
Portable Version Available: No
Non-English languages supported: German
Other relevant information: None

[2] Tor
Website: http://tor.eff.org/
Download Link: http://www.torproject.org/download.html.en
Author: Tor Project
Current version: 0.1.2.19
Version date: -n/a-
License: BSD Freeware (information on website)
Download file size: 6.38 MB
Operating Systems Supported: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista,
Mac OS, Linux/Unix
Additional Software Required: None
64 Bit Capable: No
Portable Version Available: No
Non-English languages supported: None
Other relevant information: None

[3] XeroBank Browser
Website: http://www.xerobank.com/xB_browser.html
Download Link: http://update.xerobank.com/distro/XeroBank/xB-Browser_latest.exe
Author: XeroBank
Current version: 2.0.0.10a
Version date: -n/a-
License: Freeware
Download file size: 8.8 MB
Operating Systems Supported: Windows NT and Later
Additional Software Required: None
64 Bit Capable: No
Portable Version Available: No
Non-English languages supported: None
Other relevant information: None

[4] OperaTor
Website: http://archetwist.com/opera/operator
Download Link: http://operator.pbwiki.com/f/OperaTor-2.4b.zip
Author: Arche Twist
Current version: 2.4b
Version date: -n/a-
License: Freeware
Download file size: 6.4 MB
Operating Systems Supported: All Windows
Additional Software Required: None
64 Bit Capable: No
Portable Version Available: No
Non-English languages supported: None
Other relevant information: None

Best Free Intrusion Prevention and Detection Utility for Home Use (HIPS)

These days all users face a real risk of malicious programs secretly installing themselves on their computers. Anti virus and anti spyware products dramatically reduce the chance of infection but are not perfect. In particular they are prone to miss new malware products not yet included in their signature databases. They can also fail to detect malware programs that are cleverly disguised to avoid detection.

[1] ThreatFire
Website: http://www.threatfire.com/download/
Author: ThreatFire
Date: December 20, 2007
Version: 3.0.13
Download File size: 14MB
License: Freeware
Operating systems supported: Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista
64 Bit Capable: yes
Portable version available: no
Other languages supported: no
Additional Software Required: no

[2] Blink
Website: http://www.eeye.com/html/consumer/products/blink/download/index.html
Secondary download mirror: http://www.download.com/Blink-Personal-Edition/3000-2239_4-10658343.html?tag=lst-1
Author: eEye Digital Security
Date: 09/18/2007
Version: 3.2
Download File size: 41.5MB
License: Free for personal or home use
Operating systems supported: Windows 2000, XP, 2003
64 Bit Capable: no
Portable version available: no
Other languages supported: no
Additional Software Required: no

Blu-ray Beats HD DVD: Chalk One Win Up to Sony

Call it karma. Call it odds. For the first time since Sony and Philips released the CD way back in 1982, Sony is finally one with the format that's come out on top: Blu-ray.

Sony jointly developed Blu-ray. The company--again with Pioneer--first showed the technology that evolved into Blu-ray back in 2000.

And Sony joined with nine other consumer electronics companies to formally introduce Blu-ray in 2002.

But Blu-ray stands tall amidst a heap of Sony format misstarts. Remember these?

1975: BetaMax (lost to VHS). The winning VHS tape is on top:

B_beta and vhs tapes.jpg


1991: MiniDisc (never took off due to expense, bulk). Here's what one looked like:

B_Mini-disc.jpg


1993: Sony Dynamic Digital Sound (Dolby and DTS were already in the market, and SDDS ceased operation in 2002)

1998: Memory Stick (another flash memory format, Memory Stick is still prevalent in Sony point-and-shoot cameras, but never gained traction elsewhere due to the more established and more popular Secure Digital card and CompactFlash card formats.) Here's one:

B_Memory_Stick_64MB.jpg


1998: HiFD (High Capacity Floppy Discs held 150MB of data, but CD-Rs were more capacious at 650MB, and they quickly took over)

1999: Super Audio CD (developed with Philips as the successor to audio CD, but stalled in a format war of its own with DVD Audio)

2004: Universal Media Disc (designed for Playstation Portable, this mini optical disc could hold 1.8GB of data. But it held limited appeal, and flash media proved capable of storing content as needed).

2004: Hi-MD (a 1GB version of the Mini-Disc, Hi-MD was too little, too late)

Microsoft connects IM to Xbox 360

Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced to provide instant messaging (IM) on its Xbox 360 game console to enable players to chat with others running Windows Live Messenger on their PCs and mobile phones. As of now, Xbox owners can chat with other Xbox users through the Xbox Live network.

The IM integration update, due for release on May 7, will be offered for free to Xbox users. With this update to Xbox 360, people can connect and chat directly from their television using Windows Live Messenger, a network of more than 20 billion relationships and more than 260 million active accounts.

"Bringing the largest IM community in the world, Windows Live Messenger, to Xbox 360 makes sense, as Xbox Live has really become the largest social network on television," said the Xbox Live product unit manager, Jerry Johnson, in a statement.

In order to support Live Messenger on the Xbox 360, Microsoft will also introduce a QWERTY-style keyboard add-on for the console's controller. The thumb-driven keyboard plugs into the controller's headphone and will reportedly come with its own headset. Neither a price nor a release date has been set, although Microsoft said the latter would be available this summer.


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Nvidia nForce 680i LT SLI

XFX, a global leader in graphic card market, today announced the entry in motherboard segment with the launch of XFX nForce 680i. The India launch coincides with the simultaneous worldwide launch of XFX nForce 680i LT SLI motherboard.

Speaking on the launch Mr. Sunny Narain – VP, Sales and Marketing, XFX – HongKong said “After successfully introducing our range of graphics card, now with the introduction of 680i LT we are strengthening our position for extreme users looking in for high end graphics applications”

He further added “Being the first to introduce 680i LT in India, XFX will gain tremendous mileage doubled with a very attractive price point”.

The soft launch of the product was held during a recently held XFX Channel meet in Mumbai.

Also present at the occasion was Mr. Gramham Kwok, Senior Account Manager, XFX and introducing the motherboard said, “We have coincided the launch with the ongoing cricket world cup to help our partners get an exhilarating response from the gaming community”.

The 680i LT by XFX offers mind-warping speed with unmatched features. Features like DualNet with Teaming, NVIDIA firstPacket and NVIDIA LinkBoost makes it stand apart from the rest of the competition. For hardcore gamers, overclocking is something that they always crave for and XFX 680i LT is capable of overclocking up to 27% more than most of the other competitors.

NVIDIA’s NV BIOS offers more control and power to you manage your BIOS with innovative display. NVIDIA nTune is a bundled unified control screen that makes the board management a child’s play.

XFX 680i LT is available at a suggested end user price of Rs. 14,000 along with a warranty of 3 years (2 years standard + 1 year extended warranty on registration) from all the 50 Rashi branches and select Rashi partners across India.

Seagate Momentus 7200.2 HDD for notebook PC

New Delhi

Seagate announced the worldwide distribution channel availability of the world's first 7200-RPM notebook PC hard drive to combine capacity-boosting perpendicular recording technology with free-fall protection for beefed-up laptop durability.

Seagate's newest Momentus hard drive is also shipping to a major original equipment manufacturer.

Momentus 7200.2 delivers up to 160GB of capacity using perpendicular recording technology and combines a fast Serial ATA 3.0 Gbit/second interface with 7200-RPM spin speed to enable the highest- performance laptops ever.

The hard drive is also offered with an optional free-fall sensor to help prevent drive damage and data loss upon impact if a laptop PC is dropped. The sensor works by detecting any changes in acceleration equal to the force of gravity, then parking the head off the disc to prevent contact with the platter in a free fall of as little as 8 inches.

Momentus 7200.2, Seagate's second-generation 7200-RPM notebook drive, is designed for a wide range of systems including mainstream notebook PCs, workstations, RAID enclosures, and small form factor desktop PCs.

Offered in 80GB, 100GB, 120GB and 160GB capacities, the 2.5-inch drive also is perfect for users looking to upgrade their notebooks to deliver true desktop PC performance.

The entire Momentus series is built tough to withstand up to 900 Gs of non-operating shock and 350 Gs of operating shock to protect drive data, making them ideal for systems that are subject to rough handling or high levels of vibration.


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Via Pico-ITX - a motherboard that fits in your palm

Marvell today introduced the 88W8689 Bluetooth single-chip solution, featuring a Bluetooth Core Specification Version 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR)-compliant baseband, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, and a worldwide FM radio receiver.

The 88W8689 extends Marvell’s family of Bluetooth solutions and supports simultaneous use of Bluetooth applications and FM radio, and includes support for the new Bluetooth Version 2.1 + EDR features.

The integrated chip is optimized for both voice and audio transmissions, enabling an array of ultra-mobile, low-power consumer devices.

"The 88W8689–Marvell’s second device enabling Bluetooth Version 2.0 + EDR features—extends our ability to drive high-volume consumer applications such as cell phones and portable media players," according to Dr. Paramesh Gopi, vice president and general manager of the Embedded and Emerging Business Unit, Communications and Consumer Business Group at Marvell.

"In addition, the 88W8689 will enable our customers to build extremely low-power devices—including hands-free car kits and Bluetooth headsets—that deliver an enhanced Bluetooth experience."

The Marvell 88W8689 is currently sampling with key, tier-one customers and will be in production in the second half of 2007.

Marvell 88W8689 Bluetooth chip

Marvell today introduced the 88W8689 Bluetooth single-chip solution, featuring a Bluetooth Core Specification Version 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR)-compliant baseband, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, and a worldwide FM radio receiver.

The 88W8689 extends Marvell’s family of Bluetooth solutions and supports simultaneous use of Bluetooth applications and FM radio, and includes support for the new Bluetooth Version 2.1 + EDR features.

The integrated chip is optimized for both voice and audio transmissions, enabling an array of ultra-mobile, low-power consumer devices.

"The 88W8689–Marvell’s second device enabling Bluetooth Version 2.0 + EDR features—extends our ability to drive high-volume consumer applications such as cell phones and portable media players," according to Dr. Paramesh Gopi, vice president and general manager of the Embedded and Emerging Business Unit, Communications and Consumer Business Group at Marvell.

"In addition, the 88W8689 will enable our customers to build extremely low-power devices—including hands-free car kits and Bluetooth headsets—that deliver an enhanced Bluetooth experience."

The Marvell 88W8689 is currently sampling with key, tier-one customers and will be in production in the second half of 2007.


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Genius’ CMOS digital camera: G-Shot D5123

Genius has announced the addition to its G-Shot family by launching a new 5.0 mega pixel 4-in-1 CMOS digital camera G-Shot D5123. G-Shot D5123 is a feature rich black camera. Its slide cover and the light body make it extremely portable.

The G-Shot D5123 4-in-1 solution includes functionalities like Digital Camera, Digital Video Camera, Web Camera and Mass Storage Driver. This camera allows you to enjoy the benefit of taking pictures and video with ease and transfer all the files to the PC with no hassles. Although the camera comes with a 32MB memory card, it can be upgraded upto 1GB SD memory card.

G-Shot D5123 enables high quality images up to 12 mega pixel by interpolation to be taken sharply in large size pictures of 12”x18”. The built-in microphone provides voice for your video in 640 x 480 (VGA) and 320 x 240 (QVGA). A 2.0” Color TFT LCD screen makes it easy to frame your subject when capturing images and also displays the images comfortably in playback mode. The camera has 4X digital zoom.

Choosing slide show function in playback mode, one can share photos with family and friends immediately just like a digital photo frame DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) function. One can specify the image and the number of prints while checking the image on the display screen. With 1GB external memory card one can store over 5000 images.

G-Shot D5123 uses two “AAA” batteries and if they run out, you can replace them at any convenient store. Once loaded with batteries, you can take up to nearly 102 shots.

Mr. Sandeep Ramani, Country Manager, KYE Systems (India) Corp. said, “We are proud to launch this wonderful piece of 4-in-1 CMOS Digital Camera G-Shot D5123 that represents the Nouveau Vogue of Genius as it is equipped with all the features that a techno savvy person would like to possess to go along with its slide cover and portable light weight features.”

G-Shot D5123 is available with Transtek Infoways Pvt. Ltd. and Tirupati Enterprises, the authorized distributors for Genius in India and is priced at Rs. 6900.


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XFX GeForce 8500 GT, 8600 GT and 8600 GTS

Confirming virtually all the early claims, the new GeForce 8 graphic card series, XFX today introduced its latest range of graphics card. The new NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT, 8600 GT and 8600 GTS will take gaming to a whole new level, at a price that every gaming enthusiast can appreciate.

Elaborating on the new products series Mr. Sunny Narain, VP, Sales and Marketing, XFX – HongKong said “The GeForce 8 series will deliver unparallel levels of graphics realism and performance and will help gamers to get the best graphics without burning deep pockets.”

For starters, advanced unified architecture will dramatically improve 3D game features creating more lifelike character animation and rich, immersive gaming environments. The NVIDIA Lumenex engine will deliver incredible image quality and stunning High Dynamic Range (HDR) lighting effects with twice the precision of previous generations.

A high-speed memory interface and dual-link DVI output is going to enable extreme HD gaming at resolutions up to 2560×1600.

“DirectX 10 unified architecture in 8600 is going to provide sheer delight and entertainment to gamers as well as well as help improving Vista performance dramatically” said Mr. Kapal Pansari, Business Manager, Rashi Peripherals introducing the new series.

Some of the innovative technologies that the 8600 graphics series boasts of are Dual Dual-Link Technology, HDTV Ready and HD Gaming, SLI Ready, Dual DVI and DVI to Analog adapter. Besides the 8600 GTS series boasts of HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) a technology to protect digital entertainment content. HDCP has been implemented across both DVI and HDMI interfaces.

The latest 8 Series cards are certified for Microsoft Windows Vista, and are essential for accelerating the Windows Vista Experience. The cards will enable faster desktop response time, support multiple monitors and provide instant access to multiple open windows for more efficient multi-tasking.

XFX 8600 series graphics card will be available along with 3 years warranty at a suggested end user price beginning Rs 6,200 for 8500GT, Rs 10,000 for 8600 GT and Rs 16,500 for 8600 GTS from all the 50 Rashi branches and select Rashi partners across India.


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Genius Traveler 355 Laser Opto Mouse

Genius has introduced Traveler 355 Laser - a 1600 DPI Laser Mouse with touch sensor. Genius Traveler 355 Laser uses the latest in optical technology-OptoWheel, an optical sensor to replace the wheel and features a comfortable touch scroll panel. This allows for multidirectional scrolling and is easier to use than the traditional mechanical wheel.

On the bottom of Traveler 355 Laser is the advanced laser technology that makes this mouse work reliably on most types of surfaces and offers much higher tracking power than regular optical mice.

With Genius Traveller 355 Laser, one can browse the Internet or documents more efficiently by just touching the OptoWheel. To enhance its features, just move the OptoWheel slightly and the “turbo-scrolling” function starts. It can scroll forward or backward on websites or documents with rapid speed (up to one hundred pages per second). The “turbo-scrolling” stops by just pressing the OptoWheel, with this expedient function, we can browse any electronic file very quickly and find the page required immediately.

Mr. Sandeep Ramani, Country Manager, KYE Systems (India) Corp., says, "Genius Traveler 355 Laser is an innovative product, which will replace the mechanical scroll wheel by its patented OPTO wheel, a Touch Scroll Panel. This is the worlds First Mouse featuring this technology, only one of its kind which goes best along with a PC or notebook because of its unique, creative features and style."

Traveler 355 Laser will be available with Transtek Infoways and Tirupati Enterprises in a months time and is priced at Rs. 1899.

Asus launches Vista-ready LCD monitors

Mumbai

The burgeoning home theater market is driving the demand for large-format LCD and plasma screens capable of high-definition display resolution. Economy of scale is driving down prices and competition is pushing the advances in their display technology. With the recently released Microsoft Vista operating system supporting widescreens and the increasing multimedia requirements of users, the display market trend is migrating towards higher resolutions and wider screens. In order to cater this huge market, Asus India announced the availability of the MM221U and the MW201U LCD monitors for the Indian market.

Approved by WHQL tests, both monitors are certified for Windows Vista Premium version and bring a more plentiful graphic experience to users.

Francis Kao, Product Manager, Asus India said, “Asus LCD Monitors are created to excel in technology as well as design. The Asus MW221U and the MW201U are our latest LCD Monitors for people who enjoy life with great visual entertainment and who do not wish to compromise on quality.”

The Asus MW221U 22” widescreen monitor, which delivers a high resolution of 1680 x 1050 and wide viewing angles, can fit two A4 size pages side by side on screen. This means that there is ample space for displaying multiple windows simultaneously and perfectly complements the new functions of Windows Vista such as Windows Sidebar and Internet Explorer 7.0.

Both the MW221U and MW201U support HDPC (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) and have built-in DVI input; which is one of requirements for being certified for Windows Vista Premium version. Coupled with built-in stereo speakers and earphone jacks, the MW221U and MW201U will bring multimedia enjoyment to users with ease.

Incorporated with Asus’s Trace Free Technology it accelerates response time to 2ms to enable smooth video quality without ghosting and video delays. The MW221U is currently the fastest and most responsive 22” widescreen in the market. Both monitors display 16.7 million colors for more spectacular Vista experiences.

The approximate end user price for ASUS MW221U LCD monitor is Rs. 23,500 while ASUS MW201U LCD monitor will cost you around Rs. 19,000.


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Yahoo! and News Corp explore tie-up

News Corporation is in talks with Yahoo! over plans to merge their online assets in a move to fend off Microsoft’s $45 billion (£23 billion) hostile takeover offer for the online search engine.

Talks between News Corp, parent company of The Times, and Yahoo! have taken place over the past few days and are understood to be preliminary.

Any deal would include News Corp merging MySpace, the social networking business, and other online assets into Yahoo! and then taking a 20 per cent stake in the group. News Corp declined to comment.

The talks are aimed at helping Yahoo! to fight off an unsolicited offer from Microsoft to buy the internet group, which has suffered eight declining quarters of profitability and shrinking market share.



Ten days ago, Microsoft launched a cash and paper $31 per share offer for Yahoo!, valuing the group at a 62 per cent premium to its closing price the day before the approach was made public.

Since then, Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!, has rejected the offer as undervaluing the company.

Mr Yang is understood to have been trying to explore deals with a number of media and internet companies including AOL, Google and, most recently, News Corp.

It is thought that any deal between News Corp and Yahoo! would include a cash contribution from the media company. A deal would represent the culmination of various tie-ups which have been discussed by the two groups over the past 18 months.

On Wall Street last night Yahoo! shares jumped 1 per cent to $29.84.

After being rebuffed, Microsoft is expected to try to sweeten its offer for Yahoo!

The software group is keen to counter the growing dominance of Google and its lion’s share of the internet advertising market.

Microsoft has threatened that it will launch a proxy fight and seek to replace most of the Yahoo! board in the event that the online search company fails either to accept a deal or to start meaningful discussions.

Barrage of iPhone and iPod Touch Apps Coming Soon


Reports are pouring in saying that the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch's software developer kit (SDK) is nearing completion. The SDK will allow third-parties to develop and sell games, mobile utilities, and services for both the iPhone and iPod Touch through the Apple's iTunes Store.

I'm happy to hear things are apparently ahead of schedule for the SDK. Steve Jobs' initial deadline for release of the SDK is

10 days away.

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(This utility IM+ for Skype is one of many upcoming apps for the iPhone and iTunes that can be found at Tiny-Code.com)

Other facts begin to unveil themselves regarding the SDK is that Apple has hired former renegade iPhone hackers to develop the SDK. A staff member of Tiny-Code.com, a Web site catering to unofficial third party installers released a general statement recently stating that they are working with Apple on the SDK. Apple quickly got the statement pulled.

Too Much of a Good Thing

Pretty exciting news, right? Not so much, I'm still a little worried about what happens after the SDK is released. Current expectations suggest that applications will be made available on the iTunes Store. That is all but fine, but with millions upon millions of aspiring coders and programmers out there looking to make a quick buck, wouldn't one expect to see a barrage of applications ranging from good, bad, and lame flooding iTunes and the iPhone and iPod Touch?

Take for example Apple's Widgets. There are currently 4283 different type of widgets available for download from Apple's Web site. I recently searched for a calculator and conversion widget and encountered 179 different options. How did I know which one was the best? I didn't, so I had to just start trying out Widgets for myself.

This is my biggest concern with the iPod Touch and iPhone SDK. Too many available applications will just release and relentless barrage that will make it impossible to find a very exceptional application to complete the task at hand. So Apple, find a way to regulate, please.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Lenovo ThinkPad R61


A classic ThinkPad, the R61 is full of nice features you don't usually find in a laptop, such as the ThinkLight, an LED that illuminates the keyboard. The R61's 14.1-inch screen and 5.8-pound weight make it an ideal travel companion, too. For a work-oriented notebook decked out with all the trimmings, this model is hard to beat.

The first-rate keyboard includes both a touchpad and an eraserhead nub, as well as dedicated Internet forward and back buttons. An integrated fingerprint reader, located in the right palmrest, makes log-ins a breeze once you set it up. You can hot-swap devices--the dual-layer DVD drive or an extra battery, among others--in and out of the right-side modular bay with one hand. On-screen documentation and system recovery utilities are just a button press away.

The 2.2-GHz Core 2 Duo T7500-equipped R61 performed admirably in our speed tests, with a WorldBench 6 Beta 2 score of 80. The R61's 3-hour, 19-minute tested battery life is good.

The $2004 ThinkPad R61 is a nicely designed machine that deserves consideration as a travel-worthy portable.

Nokia´s rubber tyre telephone


Nokia today gave a tantalising glimpse of the first handset to be made entirely of recycled waste materials, including rubber tyres.

The handset - a sleek, silver device with tinges of green, unsurprisingly - counts among its component parts bits of recycled plastic bottles and "upcycled" metal cans. (The difference between "upcycled" and recycled remained unclear.)

The Nokia "Remade" is still a prototype - "You can´t make calls on it yet - it´s still a concept, but it gives you an insight into the way we´re thinking" the company´s chief executive, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo told an audience in Barcelona, after showing a brief video. Even the electronic components in the device were "non-toxic", Mr Kallasvuo said.

HP Pavilion dv6500t


A beautifully crafted consumer notebook, the new HP Pavilion dv6500t has backlit media controls and a stylish case that's made for showing off.

Capable of serious work as well, it's a strong performer, yet fairly light (6.2 pounds) and easily totable. The keyboard is a tad bouncier than that of its predecessor, the dv6000t. And though bright and readable, the 15.4-inch screen tends to reflect overhead lights. Also, HP downgraded the dv6000t's 1.3-megapixel (1280-by-1024-pixel) Webcam to 0.3 megapixels (640 by 480 resolution) on the dv6500t. These are minor nits, however.

While the dv6500t adds a few more circles to the subtle motif on its designer lid, cosmetically the system is largely the same gorgeous laptop as its predecessor, with the same durable, high-gloss casing and piano-black hinges. New are support for draft-n Wi-Fi (in addition to 802.11a/b/g), a fingerprint reader for security, an HDMI output for connecting to a television, and the option for an HD DVD-ROM drive (though our test unit came with a multiformat, dual-layer DVD writer). The dv6500t has three USB ports and a seven-in-one shared card slot, and the configuration we tested included a 120GB hard drive.

Our $1309 (as of 5/9/07) review model also came equipped with 2GB of RAM and the new 2-GHz Core 2 Duo T7300 chip, which together helped it earn a WorldBench 6 Beta 2 score of 75--just 10 percent behind the fastest laptops we've tested. As a result, the dv6500t can handle any type of application, from mainstream to multimedia, except 3D shooter games. The dv6500t's integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 can use up to 358MB of main system memory; but for real gaming muscle, you'd want to upgrade to the optional 256MB nVidia GeForce Go 7400 graphics chip.

Battery life was excellent: The notebook lasted just 3 minutes shy of 4 hours in our tests.

Multimedia junkies still have the HP QuickPlay feature that was found on the dv6000t. This entertainment menu launches with one tap or a swipe of the touch-sensitive strip at the top of the keyboard, letting you enjoy DVD movies, music, personal videos, and photo slide shows without booting Windows. Meanwhile, fantastic stereo speakers pump out the sound. An ExpressCard TV tuner is remains a $130 option. The Pavilion dv6500t's dazzling look may not be for everyone, but lurking beneath the glossy surface is a serious laptop. If high fashion fits your portable lifestyle, work never looked so good.

-- Carla Thornton

Best Free Rootkit Scanner/Remover

Rootkits are a special kind of software tool used to hide trojans, viruses and other malware from your anti virus scanner and other security products. Unfortunately, they are extremely effective which means that some of you reading this will be infected even though you believe your PC to be totally clean. Thankfully there is a new class of security product now available called rootkit detectors that use specialized techniques to detect these dangerous intruders.


[1] Panda Anti Rootkit
Website: http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/downloads/docs/product/help/rkc/en/rkc_en.htm
Download link: http://www.majorgeeks.com/Panda_Anti-Rootkit_d5457.html
Author: Panda Security
Date: 04/27/2007
Version:1.07
Download File size: 304KB
License: Freeware
Operating systems supported: Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
64 Bit Capable: no
Portable version available: no
Other languages supported: no
Additional Software Required: no

[2] Sysinternals RootkitRevealer
Website: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897445.aspx
Author: Microsoft/Sysinternals
Date: 11/2/2006
Version:1.71
Download File size:231KB
License: Freeware
Operating systems supported: All Windows versions
64 Bit Capable: no
Portable version available: no
Other languages supported: no
Additional Software Required: no

[3] GMER
Website: http://www.gmer.net/index.php
Author: GMER
Date:01/12/2008
Version:1.0.14
Download File size: 679KB
License: Freeware
Operating systems supported: Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista
64 Bit Capable: no
Portable version available: no
Other languages supported: no
Additional Software Required: no

[4] IceSword
Website: http://antirootkit.com/software/IceSword.htm
Author: pjf_
Date:12/7/2007
Version:1.22
Download File size: 2.1MB
License: Freeware
Operating systems supported: Windows 2000, XP, Vista (version 1.20)
64 Bit Capable: no
Portable version available: yes
Other languages supported: yes
Additional Software Required: no

[5] DarkSpy
Website: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/DarkSpy-Anti-Rootkit.shtml
Author: DarkSpy Anti Rootkit
Date: 2/12/2007
Version:1.0.5
Download File size: 626KB
License: Freeware
Operating systems supported: Windows 2000, XP, 2003
64 Bit Capable: no
Portable version available: no
Other languages supported: no
Additional Software Required :no

[6] Dealing with the Rootkit Threat
Website: http://www.techsupportalert.com/rootkits.htm

jntu ece 2-2 online bits

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this zip file has all the subjects except ET

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JNTU JAVA AND DAA ONLINE BITS

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MP1
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MP2
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MP
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PC1
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PC2
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PC2:-

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Ubuntu an OS


What is Ubuntu?

Ubuntu is a community developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. Whether you use it at home, at school or at work Ubuntu contains all the applications you'll ever need, from word processing and email applications, to web server software and programming tools.

Ubuntu is and always will be free of charge. You do not pay any licensing fees. You can download, use and share Ubuntu with your friends, family, school or business for absolutely nothing.

We issue a new desktop and server release every six months. That means you'll always have the the latest and greatest applications that the open source world has to offer.

Ubuntu is designed with security in mind. You get free security updates for at least 18 months on the desktop and server. With the Long Term Support (LTS) version you get three years support on the desktop, and five years on the server. There is no extra fee for the LTS version, we make our very best work available to everyone on the same free terms. Upgrades to new versions of Ubuntu are and always will be free of charge.

Everything you need on one CD, which provides a complete working environment. Additional software is available online.

The graphical installer enables you to get up and running quickly and easily. A standard installation should take less than 25 minutes.

Once installed your system is immediately ready-to-use. On the desktop you have a full set of productivity, internet, drawing and graphics applications, and games.

On the server you get just what you need to get up and running and nothing you don't.


What does Ubuntu mean?

Ubuntu is an African word meaning 'Humanity to others', or 'I am what I am because of who we all are'. The Ubuntu distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.

The fastest way for most people to get Ubuntu is by downloading the CD Installer. The CD Installer is nearly 700MB. If you don't have a fast internet connection you may want to consider requesting a CD from http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

New Packages in "main": http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/newpkg_main

New Packages in "universe": http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/newpkg_universe

some more best for you.....

The Best Windows Backup Software
We are in the process of updating all the backup reviews at our site but I can tell you right now that the top product has blitzed the field for a second year in row. In fact, it's improved so much that it's now a one horse race for our "editor's choice." The updated review of the top product is now online. If you have been looking for a backup program, this is the one.
http://www.backup-software-reviews.com/

The Best Re mote Access Software
Our reviewer had given this product category away as "too slow, tool clumsy and too unreliable" but after reviewing this product he's changed his mind; "... at long last a remote access solution that actually works! Quite frankly we agree with him, it's an impressive product. Read the full review here:
http://www.pcsupportadvisor.com/best_remote_access_software.htm

Review: the best new mobile phones


Nokia N96

Nokia's new N96 handset - the latest in its N-series - is, predictably enough, a blend of elegance and functionality. The 2.8-inch screen makes content viewing a joy, and there's also a whopping 16GB of internet memory - enough for about 12,000 songs or 40 hours of video - as well as a stand on the back so that you can set it up like a mini TV. The device also supports DVB-H, meaning it receives broadcast-quality television. (And the signal is impressive - the snowflakes falling during a Eurosport skiing event were clearly and individually visible.)

As much as the staff on the Nokia were bigging up this feature, it's still unclear what value live TV will have on mobiles - especially as many of the moves in TV are towards on-demand content either streamed or downloaded over the internet.

Of greater interest were the demonstrations of Share on Ovi, Nokia's web-based platform for uploading, managing and sharing media. Share on Ovi has a highly intuitive interface, with scope to upload content directly to the web from your phone, and share it through a variety of channels. It also syncs with other sites, like Flickr, though not Facebook, yet. (Nokia said more partnerships may be announced.)

The bigger picture, of course, is that once it launches Ovi - a broader platform for accessing content such as videos, games and music through the web - Nokia will have a formidable platform linking phone owners with any type of content - professional or their own - via their phone. And from everything that was said at Mobile World Congress this week, that suggests it is highly attuned to the future of mobile.

Out: third quarter of 2008

LG Viewty KU990

LG, meanwhile, is still very camera-focused. It was showing off its KU990, otherwise known as the Viewty, which has a video recorder that shoots at an impressive 120 frames per second (fps). Playback is at 15 fps, meaning that you get a very clear, slow motion picture - perfect if you're filming high-speed action (however often that might be.) The five-megapixel camera has a lot of additional controls, including manual focus, which will appeal to the camera nuts who want that bit more control when they've left their digital camera at home, and a 16x zoom.

LG continues to make highly elegant devices, but if is going to stay relevant in a world where the internet comes to your mobile, it will need to focus more attention on the way its devices allow people to interact with one another and other services over the web.

Out: now

Samsung Soul

The same might be said of Samsung. Its new 'Soul' series of handsets have the principal benefit of a revamped keypad. Samsung's traditional up/down/right/left pad is now a touchscreen, which means the buttons change depending on the mode you're in. (Play/pause/stop for the music player, another combination for the camera etc.) The phone also has a HSPDA (3G) connection which allows downloads at up to 7.2 megabits per second, and audio components from Bang & Olufsen.

Samsung's slogan for Soul - 'Your memories can live on with vivacious brilliance' - shows just how much the focus remains on 'the kit' (ie. the five-megapixel camera) rather than the connectivity and services highlighted by Nokia's Share. Samsung has the advantage, however, od being a member of the Open Handset Alliance, meaning that it is likely to be one of the first manufacturers to release an Android-powered handset, which should provide a welcome boost.

Out: April

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

Perhaps the real wowser of the week was Sony Ericsson's new Xperia X1. This is one covetable device. Housed in an elegant, arc-shaped sliding phone is an interface that really brings the web to the fore. The massive three-inch screen divides into nine panels - some will probably call them widgets - which are arranged at the owner's discretion. They can either be simple applications, like a calculator, or full web pages - e-mail, YouTube, Google and so on. Unlike many phone menus with icons, however, the Xperia's panels aren't just pictures; they're the full page - in miniature, and they glisten before you, updating in real time.

Navigation is via a optical joystick at the side - a bit like a mini mouse pad, with your finger as the mouse - or full touschscreen, like the iPhone. (Though whether it has all the iPhone's screen wizardry is unclear - we couldn't play with it.) The partnership with Microsoft - Sony Ericsson's first - also brings with it the benefit of Windows Mobile, which should make it attractive to the professional market too. Other specs: 3.2-megapixel camera,7.2 megabit per second HSDPA, and ARM's latest series 11 processor, meaning it will be, well, ultraswift.

Out: second half of the year