Archive for June, 2007
Saturday, June 30th, 2007
MetaProducts Download Express is a Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista program that allows you to download individual files from the Web and FTP sites at the maximum possible speed. Multiple channels technology significantly reduces download time. MetaProducts Download Express is a small (about 680 Kb) application. Currently it supports Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla FireFox browsers. MetaProducts Download Express has the auto-learn feature. It will ask you about including filename extensions when you add files with a new extension using browser click hot keys. When you cancel, MetaProducts Download Express opens a file window for unwanted file types and asks if you want to exclude this extension from its file types list.
MetaProducts Download Express is free for non-commercial use.
Download: Download Express 1.9 Build 341
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
If successful, case could make Google liable for content of entire worldwide web
Google is being sued by a UK businessman who claims the search engine directed people to ‘deeply offensive and commercially damaging’ material about his comapnies on the internet.
The case, brought by Brian Retkin, 48, is the first of its kind in this country that seeks to make search engines responsible for the content of the internet.
Read more: computing.co.uk
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
While I’m not convinced a dual format Blu-ray/HD DVD disc is really the way forward (a standard will win!) Warner seems determined to push one through, but the arrival date has just slipped…
Dubbed ‘Total HD’ or ‘THD’ (a common typo on my computer), the discs had been scheduled to arrive in the second half of this year but with Q2 just a few days away the Hollywood giant has been forced to admit it won’t make this timeframe. Instead Warner is now quoting an ‘early 2008′ release date and maintains there is a role for a format which may only service to further confuse an already befuddled public.
Read more: trustedreviews.com
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
The Mobile Media Converter uses ffmpeg to convert MP3 / WAVE / WMA audio files to AMR files (Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec, *.amr) and vice-versa (AMR to MP3). Also, it can convert your WMV (except WMV ver.9) / MPEG video files to 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project, *.3gp) and vice-versa (MPEG to 3GP).
The program has a very easy-to-use and simple GUI (Graphical User Interface) that helps even the most amateur user. Most of the times, the only data that you must enter is the input file(s) or just drag ‘n’ drop the input file! The 3GP and AMR formats are used by mobile phones for MMS, for video and sound recordings, etc.
Download: Mobile Media Converter 1.3 Windows, Linux
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
Once FreeWish is installed in your PC or notebook, it instantly turns your PC or notebook into a social networking website, where you can publish your personal photo, music, video, bookmark, web page, document automatically, whether they are just a few or in thousands, access and share them online.
For Windows XP/2000/2003/Vista
Download: FreeWish 1.4
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
Analysis: Check your calenders. Today is the day when pilgrims line the streets. No, it’s not Easter, Shavuot or Eid ul-Fitr. The faithful are not waiting for manna. They wait for another gadget from Jobs.
The iPhone is here (or soon to be, later today).
There’s a whole shipment of the miraculous devices in their pristine packaging just waiting to be plucked from the shelves at your local Apple or AT&T stores. They go on sale tonight at 6pm and you can get yours for $499 for 4 gigabytes of flash memory or $599 if you’re feeling indulgent for 8 gigabytes.
Some have been lining up already, such as near the Apple Store in midtown Manhattan.
Full story: internetnews.com
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
MailWasher Server is an open-source, server-side junk mail filter package for businesses. MailWasher Server differs from other open-source server anti-spam packages in that it offers a polished, well-integrated web interface and built-in quarantine management facilities. MailWasher Server is easier for administrators to set up and manage and easier for users to use the product on a day-to-day basis. MailWasher Server fully supports Windows Server/Exchange Server systems, in addition to Unix-based systems such as Linux and Solaris.
Download: MailWasher Server 2.2.3
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
Better cooled servers to allow for denser data centres
Dell has partnered with data centre cooling expert Emerson Network Power in an effort to boost its services business while cutting power consumption in the data centre.
The two companies will combine sales forces in selling Emerson’s XD cooling system and offer joint data centre assessments. . Dell servers will also be certified for Emerson’s cooling technologies. The companies project 30 to 50 per cent power savings or an 80 per cent increase in system performance.
Read more: vnunet.com
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.
You need Firefox to use FireFTP.
Download: FireFTP 0.97
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
XviD is an open-source research project focusing on video compression and is a collaborative development effort. All code is released under the terms of the GNU GPL license.
The Xvid video codec implements MPEG-4 Simple Profile and Advanced Simple Profile standards. It permits compressing and decompressing digital video in order to reduce the required bandwidth of video data for transmission over computer networks or efficient storage on CDs or DVDs. Due to its unrivalled quality Xvid has gained great popularity and is used in many other GPLed applications, like e.g. Transcode, MEncoder, MPlayer, Xine and many more.
Download: Xvid 1.1.3 Windows, Linux
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Microsoft has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the operators of “Longhorn Reloaded,” a project that was dedicated to reviving an earlier beta of Windows Vista from before the company removed certain features, such as WinFS. The operator of the site has since posted a message saying that he had removed the download link, and this was followed up by a statement from Jean-Marie Houvenaghel—the founder of the web site Joejoe.org and supervisor of the Longhorn Reloaded project—that the project was officially discontinued.
Read more: Ars Technica
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
XviD is an open-source research project focusing on video compression and is a collaborative development effort. All code is released under the terms of the GNU GPL license.
The Xvid video codec implements MPEG-4 Simple Profile and Advanced Simple Profile standards. It permits compressing and decompressing digital video in order to reduce the required bandwidth of video data for transmission over computer networks or efficient storage on CDs or DVDs. Due to its unrivalled quality Xvid has gained great popularity and is used in many other GPLed applications, like e.g. Transcode, MEncoder, MPlayer, Xine and many more.
Download: Koepi’s XviD 1.1.3 Final | XviD for Linux
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Google Desktop gives you easy access to information on your computer and from the web. It’s a desktop search application that provides full text search over your email, computer files, music, photos, chats and web pages that you’ve viewed. By making your computer searchable, Google Desktop puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails and bookmarks. It makes searching your computer as easy as searching the web with Google.
Google Desktop doesn’t just help you search your computer; it also helps you gather new information from the web with Sidebar, a new desktop feature that shows you your new email, weather and stock information, personalized news and RSS/Atom feeds, and more. Sidebar is personalized automatically, without any manual configuration required (though you can certainly make your own customizations if you want to).
Requires glibc 2.3.2+, gtk+ 2.2.0+
Download: Google Desktop for Linux
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Microsoft has introduced two new online services to its Windows Live line-up and said it plans to release more web offerings this year to beef up its internet strategy.
Microsoft plans to take on web competitors Google and Yahoo with its “software plus services” strategy, that aims to leverage its dominant market position for software running on the computer to a new suite of services delivered over the Internet.
The company offers a suite of online services including e-mail and Web search under its Windows Live brand. Microsoft said it will introduce test versions of two new free services: Windows Live Folders and Windows Live Photo Gallery.
Full article: stuff.co.nz
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
NoMachine NX is a Terminal Server and Remote Access solution based on a comprising set of enterprise class open source technologies. Thanks to the outstanding compression, session resilience and resource management developed on top of the X-Window system, and the integration with the powerful audio, printing and resource sharing capabilities of the Unix world, NoMachine NX makes it possible to run any graphical application on any operating system across any network connection as if you were sitting in front of your computer.
The NoMachine’s wide range of free NX clients is a lightweight mean to carry with you all the power of your office workstation.
NX speed is really astonishing! If you think that your remote access solution is fast, give NX a try and you’ll look at network computing from a different perspective.
Supported Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX and Solaris
Download: NX Client Desktop Edition 3.0.0-65 | Screenshots
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Google was set to launch late on Wednesday a beta version of Google Desktop search for Linux in a sign of encouragement by the search giant for Linux on the desktop.
Google Desktop allows people to search the Web while also searching the full text of all the information on their computer, including Gmail and their Web search history. Because the index is stored locally on the computer, users can access Gmail and Web history while offline.
Full article: news.com
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is the efficient new way for professional photographers to import, select, develop, and showcase large volumes of digital images. So you can spend less time sorting and refining photographs, and more time actually shooting them. Its clean, elegant interface literally steps out of the way and lets you quickly view and work with the images you shot today, as well as the thousands of images that you will shoot over the course of your career. Because no two photographers work alike, Adobe Lightroom adapts to your workflow, not the other way around.
Lightroom lets you view, zoom in, and compare photographs quickly and easily. Precise, photography-specific adjustments allow you to fine tune your images while maintaining the highest level of image quality from capture through output. And best of all, it runs on most commonly used computers, even notebook computers used on location.
Download: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.3.1 for Mac OS X Mac OS X
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Microsoft has launched another low-cost PC effort in India, this time partnering with chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices in an effort to get more computers into the hands of students.
Beginning next month, Microsoft and its partners plan to start selling the IQ PC through computer retailers, bookshops and other stores in Bangalore and Pune, with plans to sell it throughout the country by November. The company expects the machines to start selling for 21,000 Indian rupees ($513), though it hopes to bring those prices down over time.
Full article: ZDNet News
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
GestWin is a helpfull software for beginners PC users and it help to take Windows reactive and clean.
Download: GestWin 1.0
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