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vbDrupal is a fork of the CMS Drupal. It integrates Drupal into the forum software vBulletin.
Drupal and vBulletin are tightly connected with eachother, user accounts and sessions are shared between the two systems. vbDrupal tries to offer the best of both worlds.
vbDrupal is completely free, however it does require that you have a valid vBulletin license.
Download: vbDrupal 5.7.0
MySpace has just announced that they will be launching their developer platform on February 5th. You can pre-register now by going to http://developer.myspace.com (requires login).
Earlier this evening, I spoke with Amit Kapur, who the company is also announcing has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer and will oversee the platform. While MySpace may be a little late to the platform party, it’s clear that they have been closely watching developments in the space and will be addressing many of the growing pains that chief rival Facebook has dealt with from the get-go; most notably privacy, monetization, and data ownership.
Full article: mashable.com
ZoneAlarm ForceField is a new kind of security product built entirely around the browsing experience. ZoneAlarm ForceField creates a virtual you, like a stunt double, for your Internet sessions on any PC, anywhere, anytime.
Feature summary:
· Virtualized surfing – Creates a “bubble of security” around your browsing session that works two ways: it protects your PC from Web site threats such as drive-by downloads; and protects your browsing session from threats on your PC
· Seamless use – surf as you always do without any special knowledge required and no interruptions
· Keylogger jamming – protects your browsing, banking and shopping by disabling keyloggers/screengrabbers that may reside on your PC
· Anti-spyware scanning during your browsing session to protect you as you bank and shop
· Phishing and fraudulent Web site warning and protection
· Dangerous download scanning and protection
· Private browsing to completely erase your surfing tracks from your PC (not yet in the beta)
· Svelte proportions – ForceField can be deployed to any PC within about 30 seconds in its Instant ForceField form (not available in current beta), making it convenient for on-the-go use on shared public computers.
Download: ZoneAlarm ForceField 1.0.217.6 Beta
1’st ZipCommander is a packing center, internet browser with 10 windows and file manager - all in one.
Extracting more then 30 archive files
(Ace, Arc, ArcExe, Arj, ArjExe, Bh, BhExe, Cab, Enc, Gzip, Ha, Jar, Lha, LhaExe, Lzh, LzhExe, MsGz, Pak, PakExe, Rar, RarExe, Tar, UUE, XXE, Z, Zip, ZipExe, ZipMv, Zoo, ZooExe).
Internet browser with 10 windows
10+1 startup and searching page, content expansion (10% - 400%), fast and safe (scripts, java applets, deny picture downloads), integrated pop-up blocker, reference groups.
File commander with 2 windows
More then 80 SKINS
Download: 1'st ZipCommander 15/1/2008
Jungle Disk is an application that lets you store files and backup data securely to Amazon.com’s S3 Storage Service.
· Store an unlimited amount of data for only 15¢ per gigabyte
· No monthly subscription fee, no startup fee, no commitment
· Your data is fully encrypted at all times
· Data is stored at multiple Amazon.com datacenters around the country for high availability
· Access files directly from Windows Explorer, Mac OSX Finder, and Linux
· Automatically backup your important files quickly and easily
Unlike other services, with Amazon S3 there is no mimimum and no maximum amount of data you can store. You pay only for the actual amount of storage you are using.
Download: Jungle Disk 1.50c
eBay’s new president and CEO-elect, John Donahoe, has unveiled fundamental changes to eBay’s fee structure, seller standards and feedback mechanism, including lower listing fees, higher minimum selling standards and incentives and discounts for the best sellers.
The changes, which will be rolled out globally, were unveiled by Donahoe in his keynote address at eBay’s third annual eCommerce Forum. The fee changes, which vary by country, are intended to encourage sellers to list more items and use more pictures in listings, eBay says.
Read more: itwire.com
Sponge allows you to download files from Usenet Newsgroups. An account with a Usenet News Server is required to use Sponge.
Features
· Supports yEnc, uuEncoded, and Mime encoded files.
· Configure multiple news servers for simultaneous use. (This allows you to download from a free server supplied by your ISP and use a pay server to fill in whatever is missing).
· Search Usenet without downloading headers using online search engines.
· Download and decode multiple articles at once.
· Find and filter articles based on keywords.
· View tag clouds from subscribed servers.
· Incremental group update.
· Ability to post articles.
System Requirements: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.
Download: Sponge 2.7.3017.28515
CD Archiver allows you to organize and catalog your disc collection.
Features
· Supports BMP, EMF, GIF, JPG, TIF, PNG, WMF, AVI, PDF, RAR, ZIP, TAR, EXIF, RIFF, Windows · Media, ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags.
· Ability to export reports in HTML, RTF, Text and XML.
· Item information is extracted from the internet (using Amazon, IMDB and FreeDB).
· Thumbnails are generated automatically for the supported file types.
· Report printing.
Requirements: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.
Download: CD Archiver 5.2.3020.22558
Free Spam Filter for Outlook Express and Windows Mail
SpamBrave Lite is free of charge spam filter for Outlook Express and Windows Mail that helps keep your Inbox clean of spam. Once properly installed and trained, it achieves more than 97% accuracy in spam filtering.
Key Benefits
· Statistical Spam Filtering Engine
· Automatic Adaptation to New Spammers’ Tricks
· Allow / Block List
· Integration with the Windows Address Book
· Statistics
· Multilingual User Interface
· Free of charge for personal, non-commercial use.
Download: SpamBrave Lite 5.6 for Outlook Express and Windows Mail
File-sharing service RapidShare has been dealt a blow by a German court and faces severe penalties if it fails to take appropriate measures against the uploading of copyrighted content by its users. The Düsseldorf Regional Court ruled against RapidShare last week in a case brought on by the German version of the RIAA, GEMA. GEMA hailed the decision as a huge victory, and concluded that RapidShare could face shutdown if it’s unable to comply.
RapidShare has long argued that it can’t be held responsible for what its users upload to the site. But the court disagreed, saying that the site must take responsibility for copyright infringement, even when the material in question was uploaded by its members. “This decision marks a milestone in the fight against illegal usage of our repertoire,” said GEMA CEO Dr. Harald Heker in a statement. “It sends out a clear signal that any services, which derive financial benefit from unlawful uses of our works, will have to take extensive measures to protect the rights owners and cannot simply evade liability by referring to the action of individual users. With this landmark decision, the way has been paved for instituting proceedings against other similar services.”
Full story: arstechnica.com
LoudBlog is a sleek and easy-to-use Content Management System (CMS) for publishing media content on the web. It automatically generates a skinnable website and an RSS-Feed for Podcasting. Just upload your audio/video files, add some notes and links, and you’re done!
LoudBlog makes Mediablogging and Podcasting easy. There are a variety of ways to put your media content into the system. You can upload it via your browser, use a free FTP client like filezilla or get the files from the web!
LoudBlog concentrates on what is really useful. With Loudblog you can use Textile or Markdown and create beautiful XHTML-code in no time at all.
Download: LoudBlog 0.8.0a
The LightScribe System Software (LSS) is required for proper operation of your LightScribe system. Updates are released regularly to support new hardware or recently introduced LightScribe CDs and DVDs, and will ensure optimal and reliable operation of your LightScribe Labeling system.
Platform Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Download: LightScribe System Software 1.12.29.2 for Windows | LightScribe System Software for Mac | LightScribe System Software for Linux
After a fairly challenging year, struggling web media company Yahoo posted a 23 percent decline in fourth-quarter earnings and announced plans to cut 1,000 jobs, or roughly 7 percent of its total headcount.
Net income for the quarter was $206 million, or 15 cents per share, down from $269 million, or 19 cents per share, last year. Revenue climbed 8 percent from last year to $1.83 billion.
Despite its cost-cutting plans, CEO Jerry Yang maintains the company is investment mode.
“I strongly believe that increased investment is the only appropriate measure at this time,” Yang said.
Read more: wired.com
ColorMania is an advanced color picker utility, especially created for web-designers, graphic artists and application developers.
It supports various color models and is able to pick colours from anywhwere on your screen. Accuracy on pixel level is even made easier with the built-in screen magnifier.
Features
- Interactively change RGB and HSV values
- Onscreen Eyedropper / Screen Magnifier
- Color display in different formats (including photoshop)
- Save Color Palettes
- Intuitive Interface
- Uninstall support
Platform: Windows 2000, XP, Vista
Download: ColorMania 2.6
Skyfire is a free, downloadable mobile web browser that makes browsing on your phone exactly like browsing on your PC. Now, you can use the web from your mobile phone with unprecedented speed and simplicity.
Requirements:
· A U.S. mobile phone number.
· A mobile phone subscriber data plan with a mobile phone service provider (an unlimited data plan is recommended).
· A mobile phone running Windows Mobile 5 or 6, both touchscreen and non-touchscreen phones are supported.
Download: Skyfire Private Beta
fennec player is a media player, converter, CD ripper, joiner, tag editor which can play/decode nearly 30 built-in formats (inc. ogg, mp3, aac, m4a, wav, wma, aiff…) and convert into nearly 25 built-in formats; and many features.. 2MB, check it out!
Download: fennec player 1.2
Analysts describe the number of unlocked iPhones as “astounding”
Apple’s iPhone was arguably the hottest piece of consumer electronic for 2007. Those who purchased iPhones were expected to activate new contracts on exclusive wireless networks in the U.S. and parts of Europe. This proved difficult for those who desperately wanted iPhones, but were either unwilling or unable to commit with AT&T – such as those who live outside of the officially supported territories.
Such restrictions have led savvy cell phone enthusiasts to acquire iPhone hardware, but evade the attached contract. Those who wish to run iPhone have to unlock the mobile before it may run on any outside GSM network.
Full story: dailytech.com
MovieSlider is a free program which creates slideshow from video of any format. Just specify favourite film and required quantity of frames to receive a small executable file with the information about video, which you can send to a friend. Watching for a few minutes slideshow will allow him to receive representation about a film action, find out favourite actors, define quality of video and receive other information, not downloading huge video.
Operating system: Windows: Vista, XP, 2003, 2000
Download: MovieSlider 1.0
Features designed to better organise results
Google is inviting users to experiment with new ways of using its search engine.
The company announced three “experimental search” modes on Monday which change the way the engine returns results.
The first is a map view option. Location information is normally displayed only if the web page contains its own Google Maps information.
Read more: vnunet.com
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