Thursday, June 28, 2007
Microsoft Releases Eight Updates for Vista
Update for Windows Vista (KB931836) February 2007 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systemsDownload: x86 x64
Update for Windows Vista (KB932406) The Windows desktop may stop updating correctly after a Windows Vista-based computer has been running for an extended period of timeDownload: x86 x64
Update for Windows Vista (KB935652)June 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows VistaDownload: x86 x64
Update for Windows Vista (KB937077)A high definition audio device may no longer work after you resume Windows Vista from hibernation or from sleepDownload: x86 x64
Update for Windows Vista (KB937123)When running Windows Vista, the 802.1X network authentication times out, fails and network connectivity can not be established.Download: x86 x64
Update for Windows Vista (KB938637)In Internet Explorer 7 on a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot enter user-defined words that are added to the Microsoft IME user dictionaryDownload: x86 x64
Update for Windows Vista (KB929824)Windows Vista cannot connect to any off-link addresses when the default gateway is configured to be the same as the client IP addressDownload: x86 x64
Update for Windows Vista (KB930627)The private data of the DEVMODE data structure may be corrupted when you use raw mode to print a document in a 32-bit application on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of WindowsDownload: x64
Update for Windows Vista (KB932406) The Windows desktop may stop updating correctly after a Windows Vista-based computer has been running for an extended period of timeDownload: x86 x64
Update for Windows Vista (KB935652)June 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows VistaDownload: x86 x64
Update for Windows Vista (KB937077)A high definition audio device may no longer work after you resume Windows Vista from hibernation or from sleepDownload: x86 x64
Update for Windows Vista (KB937123)When running Windows Vista, the 802.1X network authentication times out, fails and network connectivity can not be established.Download: x86 x64
Update for Windows Vista (KB938637)In Internet Explorer 7 on a Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot enter user-defined words that are added to the Microsoft IME user dictionaryDownload: x86 x64
Update for Windows Vista (KB929824)Windows Vista cannot connect to any off-link addresses when the default gateway is configured to be the same as the client IP addressDownload: x86 x64
Update for Windows Vista (KB930627)The private data of the DEVMODE data structure may be corrupted when you use raw mode to print a document in a 32-bit application on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of WindowsDownload: x64
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DFX 8.35 Audio Enhancer
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Thursday, June 14, 2007
Yahoo! Messenger v8.1.0.401
Yahoo! Messenger - Instant messaging allows you to quickly exchange messages with your online friends. Unlike e-mail, instant messages appear as soon they`re sent. By downloading the Yahoo! Messenger application to your computer, you can send instant messages to other people from around the globe, send them files or have a voice conference.
Download : Yahoo! Messenger v8.1.0.401
Download : Yahoo! Messenger v8.1.0.401
K-Lite Codec Pack 3.20 Full / Standard / Basic
K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and DirectShow filters. Those components are needed for encoding and decoding various audio and video formats. This Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files.
There are three versions of the K-Lite Codec Pack: Basic, Standard and Full.* K-Lite Codec Pack Basic contains only the most essential things. It contains everything you need to be able to play the most popular and widespread formats. It is small enough to fit on a single floppy. Also great for including on your movie CDs.* K-Lite Codec Pack Standard contains everything you need to play all the commonly used formats. This package should be enough for the average user.* K-Lite Codec Pack Full contains even more codecs. It also has encoding support for the various formats. This package is for power users and people who do their own encodings.
ChangeLogs:- Updated ffdshow to revision 1282 - Updated x264 to revision 606 - Removed WMV9VCM - Removed Indeo 3, ffdshow will now be used instead - Updated AC3Filter to version 1.45b - Replaced AC3ACM with AC3Filter.ACM - Added Haali shell extension - Removed Orban AAC parser. DC-Bass Source is used instead - Updated Codec Tweak Tool - Improved support for MPEG TS - Automatic Speaker configuration based on Windows audio settings - Minor changes
Download : Basic Mirror
Orbit Downloader 1.5.7
Orbit Downloader is a great speed, super light,easy-to-use and free rich media downloader. It is based on p2p and multi-source downloading technology and supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS and RTSP protocols. Using Orbit Downloader, you can almost download everything online with 500% faster speed, like youtube video, rapidshare files, flash and streaming media etc. Anyway, Orbit Downloader is an indispendsable tool for download acceleration and management.
Download : Orbit Downloader 1.5.7
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus & Internet Security 7.0.0.120
Kaspersky Lab represents a new generation platform for creating applications specifically designated for complex protection of personal computers and workstations.
Download : Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.120 Final Mirror MirrorDownload : Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0.0.120 Final Mirror Mirror
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Microsoft Math 3.0
Microsoft Math will help students learn to solve equations step-by-step, while gaining a better understanding of fundamental concepts in pre-algebra, algebra, trigonometry, physics, chemistry and calculus.
Microsoft Math provides a set of mathematical tools that helps students get school work done quickly and easily. With a full-featured graphing calculator that's designed to work just like a handheld calculator, it offers a wide range of additional tools to help students with complex mathematics.
Microsoft Math has these great features: - The Graphing Calculator, with extensive graphing and equation-solving capabilities. - Step-by-Step Math Solutions that guide students through problems in subjects from pre-algebra to calculus. - The Formulas and Equations Library, with more than 100 common math equations and formulas to help students identify and easily apply the right equation. - The Triangle Solver, a graphing tool that students can use to explore triangles, and understand the relationship between different components to solve sides, angles, values and formulas. - The Unit Conversion Tool lets students quickly and easily convert units of measure including length, area, volume, weight, temperature, pressure, energy, power, velocity and time. - New! Ink Handwriting Support works with Tablet and Ultra-Mobile PCs, so students can write out problems by hand and have them recognized by Microsoft Math.
Download : Microsoft Math 3.0 Website
Microsoft Math provides a set of mathematical tools that helps students get school work done quickly and easily. With a full-featured graphing calculator that's designed to work just like a handheld calculator, it offers a wide range of additional tools to help students with complex mathematics.
Microsoft Math has these great features: - The Graphing Calculator, with extensive graphing and equation-solving capabilities. - Step-by-Step Math Solutions that guide students through problems in subjects from pre-algebra to calculus. - The Formulas and Equations Library, with more than 100 common math equations and formulas to help students identify and easily apply the right equation. - The Triangle Solver, a graphing tool that students can use to explore triangles, and understand the relationship between different components to solve sides, angles, values and formulas. - The Unit Conversion Tool lets students quickly and easily convert units of measure including length, area, volume, weight, temperature, pressure, energy, power, velocity and time. - New! Ink Handwriting Support works with Tablet and Ultra-Mobile PCs, so students can write out problems by hand and have them recognized by Microsoft Math.
Download : Microsoft Math 3.0 Website
Webroot Spy Sweeper with AntiVirus 5.3.2.2361
Award-winning anti-spyware combined with powerful antivirus protection! Get complete protection from the two most dangerous threats on the Internet - spyware and viruses - in a single, easy-to-use solution.Spy Sweeper with AntiVirus is the only tool you need to stay safe from viruses and spyware. It offers award-winning anti-spyware software combined with powerful antivirus protection. When you install Spy Sweeper with AntiVirus on your PC, you can go anywhere on the Internet without fear of infection. Spy Sweeper with AntiVirus gives you 360 degrees of protection. Powerful Smart Shields block threats as you browse - before they ever reach your computer. If your PC is already infected, your Spy Sweeper with AntiVirus software uses advanced discovery methods to find and completely destroy malicious programs hiding within your PC. Virus and spyware attacks can wreck your computer – making it impossible to use. Spy Sweeper with AntiVirus quickly and effectively provides maximum protection with minimal interaction. The software is easy for users of all abilities to stay protected. Now compatible with Windows Vista.Download: http://www.webroot.com/download/trial/ssfsetup1_1920325733.exe
Ultimate Boot CD 4.1.0
Run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives. More and more PCs are shipped without floppy drives these days, and it is such a royal pain when you need to run diagnostic tools on them. Free yourself from the slow loading speed of the floppy drive. Even if you do have a floppy drive, it is still much much faster to run your diagnostic tools from the CDROM drive, rather than wait for the tool to load from the floppy drive. Consolidate as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD. Wouldn't you like to avoid digging into the dusty box to look for the right floppy disk, but simply run them all from a single CD? Then the Ultimate Boot CD is for you! This will create an ISO image which you can use to create a bootable CD with your favorite CD burning software.Download: ftp://192.231.203.131/diagnostics/ubcd410.exeMirror: http://rapidshare.com/files/30117480/ubcd410.exe
Monday, June 11, 2007
Lala.com Offers Online Music Sharing for iPod Users
Tired of carrying that tiny little iPod around? A new Web-based service can make your iPod virtual. Lala.com, which began as a CD-trading site, announced Tuesday that users can upload their iTunes music to its online library, listen to others' music, and access and play music from any computer with an Internet connection
The Palo Alto, California-based service straddles the area pioneered by peer-to-peer sites, portable digital music players, and music that is free of copy protection. Lala.com cofounder Bill Nguyen said in a statement that his company "wanted to create a service that blends the convenience of the Web with the portability and functionality of a truly universal platform."
Lala.com's approach is the third digital music revolution, he added, after Napster and the iPod. With it, users now can share songs "without the threat of PC viruses, spyware, and other risks that are present on illegal P2P sites." At present, there are no subscription fees or ads on Lala.com.
Success Depends on Labels
Any digital music can be hosted on Lala.com, the company said, although it is designed for downloading only to iPods. You can listen to all of your hosted library, via streaming, with any connected Mac or PC. You also can listen to the playlists that others have made, either composed of songs in the Lala.com music library or selections the libraries of other users.
Music can be purchased and downloaded to an iPod or purchased as a CD, but, at present, only songs from Warner Music Group are sold on Lala.com.
Lala said in a statement that it has an "agreement in principle" with Warner Music Group to make that record company's music available on the site. News reports indicate that talks are underway with other major music companies as well.
The success of Lala.com "is dependent on the participation of the other three major labels," said Susan Kevorkian, program manager of consumer markets at industry research firm IDC. "But they're off to a strong start."
She also noted that Lala, which is "well-funded," still has options for other kinds of revenues, such as subscriptions or ads.
Cofounder Nguyen has been quoted as saying that he expects the service to lose about $40 million in the first two years, with free-play licensing fees as high as $160 million during that time.
Lala's Charitable Side
Lala.com has created the "Z" Foundation, whose inspiration came from the creation of the Motion Picture Relief Fund and United Artists by Charlie Chaplin and others.
The Foundation receives monthly contributions of $10,000 to $50,000, depending on Lala.com's sales volume, and the money will be used to provide health and dental care for musicians in need. Currently, the Foundation's only income is generated by Lala.com's CD-trading activities, not its online music service.
The "Z" is in honor of Fr. Brian Zinnamon SF, a Jesuit priest who influenced the charitable work of Lala.com's cofounders, Nguyen and John Cogan.
Source: Yahoo! News
The Palo Alto, California-based service straddles the area pioneered by peer-to-peer sites, portable digital music players, and music that is free of copy protection. Lala.com cofounder Bill Nguyen said in a statement that his company "wanted to create a service that blends the convenience of the Web with the portability and functionality of a truly universal platform."
Lala.com's approach is the third digital music revolution, he added, after Napster and the iPod. With it, users now can share songs "without the threat of PC viruses, spyware, and other risks that are present on illegal P2P sites." At present, there are no subscription fees or ads on Lala.com.
Success Depends on Labels
Any digital music can be hosted on Lala.com, the company said, although it is designed for downloading only to iPods. You can listen to all of your hosted library, via streaming, with any connected Mac or PC. You also can listen to the playlists that others have made, either composed of songs in the Lala.com music library or selections the libraries of other users.
Music can be purchased and downloaded to an iPod or purchased as a CD, but, at present, only songs from Warner Music Group are sold on Lala.com.
Lala said in a statement that it has an "agreement in principle" with Warner Music Group to make that record company's music available on the site. News reports indicate that talks are underway with other major music companies as well.
The success of Lala.com "is dependent on the participation of the other three major labels," said Susan Kevorkian, program manager of consumer markets at industry research firm IDC. "But they're off to a strong start."
She also noted that Lala, which is "well-funded," still has options for other kinds of revenues, such as subscriptions or ads.
Cofounder Nguyen has been quoted as saying that he expects the service to lose about $40 million in the first two years, with free-play licensing fees as high as $160 million during that time.
Lala's Charitable Side
Lala.com has created the "Z" Foundation, whose inspiration came from the creation of the Motion Picture Relief Fund and United Artists by Charlie Chaplin and others.
The Foundation receives monthly contributions of $10,000 to $50,000, depending on Lala.com's sales volume, and the money will be used to provide health and dental care for musicians in need. Currently, the Foundation's only income is generated by Lala.com's CD-trading activities, not its online music service.
The "Z" is in honor of Fr. Brian Zinnamon SF, a Jesuit priest who influenced the charitable work of Lala.com's cofounders, Nguyen and John Cogan.
Source: Yahoo! News
YouTube to test video ID with Time Warner, Disney
Top online video service YouTube will soon test a new video identification technology with two of the world's largest media companies, Time Warner Inc. and Walt Disney Co.. The technology, developed by engineers at YouTube-owner Google Inc., will help content owners such as movie and TV studios identify videos uploaded to the site without the copyright owner's permission, legal, marketing and strategy executives at YouTube told Reuters in an interview on Monday.
The so-called video fingerprinting tools, which identify unique attributes in the video clips, will be available for testing in about a month, a YouTube executive said.
"The technology was built with the Disney's and Time Warner's in mind," Chris Maxcy, YouTube partner development director, said, adding that, since early this year, Google has been testing audio-fingerprinting tools with record labels.
These tools will be used to identify copyrighted material, after which media companies can decide if they would like to remove the material or keep it up, as part of a revenue-sharing deal with YouTube, which can sell advertising alongside it.
Once proven to work, the technology could be used to block the uploading of copyrighted clips, YouTube product manager David King said. It aims to make the tools widely available to any copyright owner later this year.
YouTube has come under fire from several other traditional media companies, which say it has dragged its heels in offering reliable ways to identify video clips uploaded by regular users without permission.
Unable to reach a distribution agreement, MTV Networks-owner Viacom Inc. sued Google and YouTube for more than $1 billion in damages in March, charging the company with "massive intentional copyright infringement" after demanding the removal of clips of its popular shows "Colbert Report" and "Daily Show," hosted by comedian Jon Stewart.
Media companies have eyed the wildly popular video-sharing site as a mixture of opportunity and threat as they seek to reach consumers wherever they spend time.
On one hand, they view YouTube as a powerful promotional medium to drive viewers back to television or their own sites. On the other, YouTube's traffic has soared as users upload copyrighted shows globally onto the service.
Nine months ago, YouTube said such tools would be made available to media companies for testing by the end of 2006. But the reliable identification of content has proved a complex task that required Google to develop its own technology tools.
Maxcy said other media companies planned to test the technology, but he declined to name these other parties. "There are a couple," he said, referring to Disney and Time-Warner. "There are more that we can't talk about right now," he said.
YouTube officials said they have quietly been testing ways to help identify the audio tracks of video clips with major record labels using technology from privately held Audible Magic as early as the first two months of 2007.
These tools will be made available to all content owners later this year depending on the results of the tests, YouTube executives said on Monday.
"It's typically not something we talk about," Maxcy said, adding, however: "We wanted to clear the air."
Maxcy said that over time, Google planned to add additional layers of technology to better spot content on its service.
Source: Yahoo! News
The so-called video fingerprinting tools, which identify unique attributes in the video clips, will be available for testing in about a month, a YouTube executive said.
"The technology was built with the Disney's and Time Warner's in mind," Chris Maxcy, YouTube partner development director, said, adding that, since early this year, Google has been testing audio-fingerprinting tools with record labels.
These tools will be used to identify copyrighted material, after which media companies can decide if they would like to remove the material or keep it up, as part of a revenue-sharing deal with YouTube, which can sell advertising alongside it.
Once proven to work, the technology could be used to block the uploading of copyrighted clips, YouTube product manager David King said. It aims to make the tools widely available to any copyright owner later this year.
YouTube has come under fire from several other traditional media companies, which say it has dragged its heels in offering reliable ways to identify video clips uploaded by regular users without permission.
Unable to reach a distribution agreement, MTV Networks-owner Viacom Inc. sued Google and YouTube for more than $1 billion in damages in March, charging the company with "massive intentional copyright infringement" after demanding the removal of clips of its popular shows "Colbert Report" and "Daily Show," hosted by comedian Jon Stewart.
Media companies have eyed the wildly popular video-sharing site as a mixture of opportunity and threat as they seek to reach consumers wherever they spend time.
On one hand, they view YouTube as a powerful promotional medium to drive viewers back to television or their own sites. On the other, YouTube's traffic has soared as users upload copyrighted shows globally onto the service.
Nine months ago, YouTube said such tools would be made available to media companies for testing by the end of 2006. But the reliable identification of content has proved a complex task that required Google to develop its own technology tools.
Maxcy said other media companies planned to test the technology, but he declined to name these other parties. "There are a couple," he said, referring to Disney and Time-Warner. "There are more that we can't talk about right now," he said.
YouTube officials said they have quietly been testing ways to help identify the audio tracks of video clips with major record labels using technology from privately held Audible Magic as early as the first two months of 2007.
These tools will be made available to all content owners later this year depending on the results of the tests, YouTube executives said on Monday.
"It's typically not something we talk about," Maxcy said, adding, however: "We wanted to clear the air."
Maxcy said that over time, Google planned to add additional layers of technology to better spot content on its service.
Source: Yahoo! News
NY man pleads guilty to spamming AOL subscribers
A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty on Monday to sending spam e-mails to more than 1.2 million subscribers of America Online in a scheme that foiled the Internet company's spam-filtering system.
Adam Vitale, 26, pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to breaking anti-spam laws. He was caught making a deal with a government informant that sent spam e-mails advertising a computer security program in return for 50 percent of the product's profits, prosecutors said.
According to prosecutors, Vitale and another man, Todd Moeller, defeated AOL's filter system by using several different computer servers to relay the e-mails and changed the e-mail header information to ensure the spam e-mails could not be traced back to them.
Moeller told the informant via instant messaging he had 40 different servers to send spam e-mails from and made $40,000 a month from other spam e-mails promoting stocks, court papers said.
The indictment said that in less than a week in August 2005, Vitale and Moeller sent e-mails on behalf of the informant to more than 1,277,000 addresses of subscribers at AOL, the online division of Time Warner Inc.
Vitale will be sentenced on September 13 when he faces a maximum sentence of 11 years in prison. Moeller, who lives in New Jersey, faces the same charges
Source: Yahoo! News
Adam Vitale, 26, pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to breaking anti-spam laws. He was caught making a deal with a government informant that sent spam e-mails advertising a computer security program in return for 50 percent of the product's profits, prosecutors said.
According to prosecutors, Vitale and another man, Todd Moeller, defeated AOL's filter system by using several different computer servers to relay the e-mails and changed the e-mail header information to ensure the spam e-mails could not be traced back to them.
Moeller told the informant via instant messaging he had 40 different servers to send spam e-mails from and made $40,000 a month from other spam e-mails promoting stocks, court papers said.
The indictment said that in less than a week in August 2005, Vitale and Moeller sent e-mails on behalf of the informant to more than 1,277,000 addresses of subscribers at AOL, the online division of Time Warner Inc.
Vitale will be sentenced on September 13 when he faces a maximum sentence of 11 years in prison. Moeller, who lives in New Jersey, faces the same charges
Source: Yahoo! News
Apple takes on Microsoft with Windows Web browser
Apple Inc. is introducing a version of its Safari Internet browser for Windows, Chief Executive
Steve Jobs' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> Steve Jobs said on Monday, taking on Microsoft Corp. in its key stronghold of Web access software.
The move by Apple, which has expanded beyond its
Macintosh' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> Macintosh computer core with iPod media players and the upcoming iPhone, could let the company control how large numbers of people use the Web at a time when services and programs are increasingly Internet-based.
Jobs also said Apple would let outside developers create applications for the iPhone by tapping Safari, softening the company's previous position that the device would not support other software due to security concerns.
But investors were disappointed that Jobs -- known for his surprise announcements -- did not have bigger news to unveil -- and Apple shares sank nearly 3.5 percent, their biggest one-day fall in about four months.
"Apple always hits a home run, and when they hit a triple, it's a disappointment," said Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray & Co. who has an "outperform" rating on Apple stock.
Consumers and investors have been particularly hungry for any iPhone news ahead of the product's June 29 launch for use on AT&T's wireless network.
Apple shares fell $4.30 to close at $120.19 on Nasdaq. The stock has doubled over the past year and has risen 10 percent in the last month.
Speaking at Apple's annual developers' conference in San Francisco, Jobs put Microsoft's dominant Internet Explorer browser squarely in his sights, saying that test versions of the new Safari 3 were twice as fast at loading Web pages.
"We would love for Safari's market share to grow substantially," Jobs said. Safari has 5 percent of the browser market compared to 78 percent for Internet Explorer.
A free test version of Safari 3 is available to the public now as a download and the final version will be available as a free download to users of both Mac
OS X' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> OS X and Windows in October, the company said.
The focus on Safari sets the stage for a new browser war nearly a decade after Microsoft knocked off pioneering rival Netscape by including Internet Explorer for free in Windows.
Analysts said Apple clearly hopes to replicate its success in making a Windows version of its iTunes media program, a move that helped drive sales of its iPod media players as well as Mac computers.
Soleil Equity Research analyst Shannon Cross said the availability of Safari on Windows would boost popularity of the software and encourage Web site creators to make their sites compatible with the browser.
"It should also help increase Apple's exposure to the Windows community and potentially attract a larger audience of switchers," Cross wrote in a research note.
Addressing concerns that the iPhone would not support programs not created by Apple, Jobs said independent developers could write application software for Safari, which is included in the multimedia device.
"It's an innovative new way to create apps for mobile devices ... and it gives us tremendous capability, more than has ever been in a mobile device," Jobs said.
ThinkEquity analyst Jonathan Hoopes said developers writing applications to run on Safari could have their software run on either a Mac or Windows-based computer. "That same app should be able to run on the iPhone," he said.
The bulk of Jobs' speech was dedicated to showing off new bells and whistles in the updated operating system, such as the inclusion of a program to let Mac users run Windows.
"It helps with market share and helps with customers that are on the fence trying to move to the Mac," Phil Schiller, head of Apple's product marketing, said in an interview.
After the event, Goldman Sachs raised its 12-month price target on Apple stock to $135 from $120, saying the company was poised to outperform expectations.
"Software remains Apple's biggest competitive advantage," analyst David Bailey said in a report.
Source: Yahoo! News
Steve Jobs' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> Steve Jobs said on Monday, taking on Microsoft Corp. in its key stronghold of Web access software.
The move by Apple, which has expanded beyond its
Macintosh' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> Macintosh computer core with iPod media players and the upcoming iPhone, could let the company control how large numbers of people use the Web at a time when services and programs are increasingly Internet-based.
Jobs also said Apple would let outside developers create applications for the iPhone by tapping Safari, softening the company's previous position that the device would not support other software due to security concerns.
But investors were disappointed that Jobs -- known for his surprise announcements -- did not have bigger news to unveil -- and Apple shares sank nearly 3.5 percent, their biggest one-day fall in about four months.
"Apple always hits a home run, and when they hit a triple, it's a disappointment," said Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray & Co. who has an "outperform" rating on Apple stock.
Consumers and investors have been particularly hungry for any iPhone news ahead of the product's June 29 launch for use on AT&T's wireless network.
Apple shares fell $4.30 to close at $120.19 on Nasdaq. The stock has doubled over the past year and has risen 10 percent in the last month.
Speaking at Apple's annual developers' conference in San Francisco, Jobs put Microsoft's dominant Internet Explorer browser squarely in his sights, saying that test versions of the new Safari 3 were twice as fast at loading Web pages.
"We would love for Safari's market share to grow substantially," Jobs said. Safari has 5 percent of the browser market compared to 78 percent for Internet Explorer.
A free test version of Safari 3 is available to the public now as a download and the final version will be available as a free download to users of both Mac
OS X' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> OS X and Windows in October, the company said.
The focus on Safari sets the stage for a new browser war nearly a decade after Microsoft knocked off pioneering rival Netscape by including Internet Explorer for free in Windows.
Analysts said Apple clearly hopes to replicate its success in making a Windows version of its iTunes media program, a move that helped drive sales of its iPod media players as well as Mac computers.
Soleil Equity Research analyst Shannon Cross said the availability of Safari on Windows would boost popularity of the software and encourage Web site creators to make their sites compatible with the browser.
"It should also help increase Apple's exposure to the Windows community and potentially attract a larger audience of switchers," Cross wrote in a research note.
Addressing concerns that the iPhone would not support programs not created by Apple, Jobs said independent developers could write application software for Safari, which is included in the multimedia device.
"It's an innovative new way to create apps for mobile devices ... and it gives us tremendous capability, more than has ever been in a mobile device," Jobs said.
ThinkEquity analyst Jonathan Hoopes said developers writing applications to run on Safari could have their software run on either a Mac or Windows-based computer. "That same app should be able to run on the iPhone," he said.
The bulk of Jobs' speech was dedicated to showing off new bells and whistles in the updated operating system, such as the inclusion of a program to let Mac users run Windows.
"It helps with market share and helps with customers that are on the fence trying to move to the Mac," Phil Schiller, head of Apple's product marketing, said in an interview.
After the event, Goldman Sachs raised its 12-month price target on Apple stock to $135 from $120, saying the company was poised to outperform expectations.
"Software remains Apple's biggest competitive advantage," analyst David Bailey said in a report.
Source: Yahoo! News
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Google complains to DoJ about Vista search
Google Inc. has complained to federal antitrust officials that the search tool in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista discourages customers from using its own search utility, the company confirmed Sunday.
Stories posted to the Web sites of the New York Times (registration required) and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Saturday first revealed that Google's complaint centered on Vista's built-in desktop search software, dubbed Instant Search. Google, said both newspapers, accused Microsoft of designing Vista to discourage users from running its indexing and search software.
Sunday, Google spokesman Ricardo Reyes confirmed the charge. "Microsoft's current approach with Vista desktop search violates its agreement with the government and hurts consumers." he said in an e-mail to Computerworld. "The search boxes built throughout Vista are hard-wired to Microsoft's own desktop search product, with no way for users to choose an alternate provider from these visible search access points. Likewise, Vista makes it impractical to turn off Microsoft's search index."
According to postings on Microsoft's support forums, the only way to completely disable Vista's search is to stop the Windows Search service in the Microsoft Management Console.
Microsoft disputed Google's charges. "We've been working with state and federal antitrust officials for the past two years to ensure that there are no problems with any of the features in Windows Vista," said company spokesman Jack Evans. "These desktop search issues were reviewed at length with regulators prior to the release of Windows Vista and resulted in more than a dozen changes at their request."
Source: ComputerWorld
Stories posted to the Web sites of the New York Times (registration required) and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Saturday first revealed that Google's complaint centered on Vista's built-in desktop search software, dubbed Instant Search. Google, said both newspapers, accused Microsoft of designing Vista to discourage users from running its indexing and search software.
Sunday, Google spokesman Ricardo Reyes confirmed the charge. "Microsoft's current approach with Vista desktop search violates its agreement with the government and hurts consumers." he said in an e-mail to Computerworld. "The search boxes built throughout Vista are hard-wired to Microsoft's own desktop search product, with no way for users to choose an alternate provider from these visible search access points. Likewise, Vista makes it impractical to turn off Microsoft's search index."
According to postings on Microsoft's support forums, the only way to completely disable Vista's search is to stop the Windows Search service in the Microsoft Management Console.
Microsoft disputed Google's charges. "We've been working with state and federal antitrust officials for the past two years to ensure that there are no problems with any of the features in Windows Vista," said company spokesman Jack Evans. "These desktop search issues were reviewed at length with regulators prior to the release of Windows Vista and resulted in more than a dozen changes at their request."
Source: ComputerWorld
Vietnam frees prominent cyber-dissident
Vietnam has released a prominent government critic convicted of spying against the communist government, two weeks before Vietnam's president makes a historic visit to the U.S., an official said Sunday. Nguyen Vu Binh, 39, was released from Nam Ha prison on Saturday under a presidential amnesty, said Pham Hong Canh, deputy director of the prison in Ha Nam province, 40 miles south of Hanoi.
Binh, a former journalist, was one of Vietnam's first "cyber-dissidents," who used the Internet to spread pro-democracy views. In late 2003, he was convicted of spying and sentenced to seven years in prison and three years of house arrest. The court said he had committed espionage by gathering anti-government information and documents for overseas "reactionary organizations."
Binh's early release comes as Washington has grown increasingly concerned about the arrest and jailing of a number of dissidents in Vietnam.
Last month,
President Bush' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> President Bush met at the White House with four Vietnamese-American pro-democracy activists, including one who had been held in a Vietnamese prison. National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Vietnam's crackdown on expression was "out of keeping with Vietnam's desire to prosper, modernize and take a more prominent role in world affairs."
President Nguyen Minh Triet is scheduled to make a June 22 visit to the United States, the first by a Vietnamese president. After the White House formally invited Triet to Washington, Vietnamese Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang announced last week that Hanoi would release three dissidents before the two presidents meet. He did not say which prisoners would be released.
Binh was arrested in September 2002 for writing an article that circulated on the Internet criticizing a border agreement between Vietnam and China. A month earlier, he joined 20 others in signing a petition to government leaders demanding legal reforms to protect human rights and establish an independent anti-corruption body.
That same year, he also submitted written testimony to the U.S. Congress criticizing Vietnam's human rights record.
Binh left his job at the Tap Chi Cong San newspaper in 2001 after applying to form an independent opposition political party. The Communist Party, Vietnam's only political party, strictly forbids any calls for a multiparty system.
Last month, a Vietnamese court sentenced three pro-democracy activists to up to five years in prison apiece after convicting them of spreading subversive propaganda. The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi issued a statement saying it was "deeply troubled" by the convictions, and noting a "disturbing increase" in the harassment of dissidents.
In March, a Catholic priest was sentenced to eight years in prison for disseminating materials intended to undermine the government and communicating with anti-communist groups overseas.
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Binh, a former journalist, was one of Vietnam's first "cyber-dissidents," who used the Internet to spread pro-democracy views. In late 2003, he was convicted of spying and sentenced to seven years in prison and three years of house arrest. The court said he had committed espionage by gathering anti-government information and documents for overseas "reactionary organizations."
Binh's early release comes as Washington has grown increasingly concerned about the arrest and jailing of a number of dissidents in Vietnam.
Last month,
President Bush' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> President Bush met at the White House with four Vietnamese-American pro-democracy activists, including one who had been held in a Vietnamese prison. National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Vietnam's crackdown on expression was "out of keeping with Vietnam's desire to prosper, modernize and take a more prominent role in world affairs."
President Nguyen Minh Triet is scheduled to make a June 22 visit to the United States, the first by a Vietnamese president. After the White House formally invited Triet to Washington, Vietnamese Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang announced last week that Hanoi would release three dissidents before the two presidents meet. He did not say which prisoners would be released.
Binh was arrested in September 2002 for writing an article that circulated on the Internet criticizing a border agreement between Vietnam and China. A month earlier, he joined 20 others in signing a petition to government leaders demanding legal reforms to protect human rights and establish an independent anti-corruption body.
That same year, he also submitted written testimony to the U.S. Congress criticizing Vietnam's human rights record.
Binh left his job at the Tap Chi Cong San newspaper in 2001 after applying to form an independent opposition political party. The Communist Party, Vietnam's only political party, strictly forbids any calls for a multiparty system.
Last month, a Vietnamese court sentenced three pro-democracy activists to up to five years in prison apiece after convicting them of spreading subversive propaganda. The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi issued a statement saying it was "deeply troubled" by the convictions, and noting a "disturbing increase" in the harassment of dissidents.
In March, a Catholic priest was sentenced to eight years in prison for disseminating materials intended to undermine the government and communicating with anti-communist groups overseas.
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Adobe offers new tools to run Web programs offline
Systems Inc. is releasing new design tools that further blur the divide between software that runs offline on computer desktops and programs that work on the Web, the company said on Sunday. Adobe, a leading independent maker of software programming tools, is allowing the newest generation of Internet software, nicknamed "Web 2.0," to run both online, in Web browsers, and offline, on desktop computers, without rewriting the code.
On Monday, the company is introducing a public test version of its software, code-named Apollo, that helps programmers to write advanced programs called Rich Internet Applications (RIA) for desktop computers, even when not connected to the Web.
"Apollo is for when developers want to take online applications and make them work offline on a computer," Michele Turner, Adobe's vice president of platforms, said in a phone interview. "We don't think the browser is going to go away."
Consumers stand to benefit from a more flexible generation of Web software that works both online and offline and comes from a wide range of independent software makers.
Especially data-intensive or multimedia applications stand to benefit in situations where local wireless connections fail, for example, Turner said. These capabilities allow programmers to create simple-to-use "drag-and-drop" software that runs both online and offline.
Among the early customers is online auction giant eBay Inc., which plans to announce this week at a conference in Boston that it is using the Apollo programming language to create notification services for its sellers to manage auctions outside of an Internet browser. Sellers also can upload photos or pricing data without constantly being connected to the Web.
Adobe is working with financial-services companies seeking to make it easier for clients to fill out mortgage loan forms when only periodic Web access is available, and with Finetune, an online music store that works offline, too, Turner said.
Apollo, also called Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), which means independent software developers can build hybrid Web and desktop applications that run independent of Windows or
Macintosh' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> Macintosh software, the Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc. operating systems, simplifying and speeding how developers write new software.
Apollo brings to desktop computer programs a way to build rich multimedia applications akin to how Adobe's widely used Flash programming language is used to create Web programs.
Microsoft offers a rival online/offline programming system, including its recently introduced Silverlight framework, which allows Flash-like Web programs to run on local computers.
New features in the test version of Adobe AIR include an embedded local database, the reading of Adobe Acrobat ".pdf" files, expanded JavaScript programming, and deeper integration with Adobe Flex, the company's Rich Internet Application software development system. AIR and Flex are due out commercially in the fourth quarter.
Key elements of Adobe AIR are open source -- meaning that developers are free to use and enhance the code in exchange for sharing any improvements -- including the local database that stores online data offline.
In May, Google said it was working with Adobe to develop its own approach to building software that works both online and offline. Google has embraced some of the same open-source tools that Adobe is using in Apollo, although the overall efforts of the companies remain independent of each other.Source: Yahoo! News
On Monday, the company is introducing a public test version of its software, code-named Apollo, that helps programmers to write advanced programs called Rich Internet Applications (RIA) for desktop computers, even when not connected to the Web.
"Apollo is for when developers want to take online applications and make them work offline on a computer," Michele Turner, Adobe's vice president of platforms, said in a phone interview. "We don't think the browser is going to go away."
Consumers stand to benefit from a more flexible generation of Web software that works both online and offline and comes from a wide range of independent software makers.
Especially data-intensive or multimedia applications stand to benefit in situations where local wireless connections fail, for example, Turner said. These capabilities allow programmers to create simple-to-use "drag-and-drop" software that runs both online and offline.
Among the early customers is online auction giant eBay Inc., which plans to announce this week at a conference in Boston that it is using the Apollo programming language to create notification services for its sellers to manage auctions outside of an Internet browser. Sellers also can upload photos or pricing data without constantly being connected to the Web.
Adobe is working with financial-services companies seeking to make it easier for clients to fill out mortgage loan forms when only periodic Web access is available, and with Finetune, an online music store that works offline, too, Turner said.
Apollo, also called Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), which means independent software developers can build hybrid Web and desktop applications that run independent of Windows or
Macintosh' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> Macintosh software, the Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc. operating systems, simplifying and speeding how developers write new software.
Apollo brings to desktop computer programs a way to build rich multimedia applications akin to how Adobe's widely used Flash programming language is used to create Web programs.
Microsoft offers a rival online/offline programming system, including its recently introduced Silverlight framework, which allows Flash-like Web programs to run on local computers.
New features in the test version of Adobe AIR include an embedded local database, the reading of Adobe Acrobat ".pdf" files, expanded JavaScript programming, and deeper integration with Adobe Flex, the company's Rich Internet Application software development system. AIR and Flex are due out commercially in the fourth quarter.
Key elements of Adobe AIR are open source -- meaning that developers are free to use and enhance the code in exchange for sharing any improvements -- including the local database that stores online data offline.
In May, Google said it was working with Adobe to develop its own approach to building software that works both online and offline. Google has embraced some of the same open-source tools that Adobe is using in Apollo, although the overall efforts of the companies remain independent of each other.Source: Yahoo! News
Cool DVD Player 7.0.2.0
Cool DVD Player is a high-definition DVD player software which supports multiple video formats. This software can put the super computation capability of dual-core CPU into full play and the latest decoding technology makes your computer a perfect HD video & audio playback platform. Software License: Shareware Operating Systems Support: Microsoft Windows Download Link: Cool DVD Player 7.0.2.0 Homepage: Cool DVD PlayerSource: Soft-News
Wondershare Photo Story Platinum 2.0
Wondershare Photo Story Platinum is a powerful yet easy-to-use utility to create photo albums with dazzling themed templates, music, animated intro / end movie, animated text caption, cliparts and scene effects. With Photo Story Platinum, you can easily design your own engaging digital photo albums in quick steps - import photos, add backgournd music, choose intro/end movie and apply decoration. Simply delivery your memory to friends and family via Internet, DVD or so. Software License: Shareware Operating Systems Support: Microsoft Windows Download Link: Wondershare Photo Story Platinum 2.0 Homepage: Wondershare Photo Story Platinum
Source: Soft-News
Source: Soft-News
Wondershare Scrapbook Studio 2.0
Wondershare Scrapbook Studio allows to create eye-catching photo scrapbook, miscellaneous web graphics, share with friends via email directly and print the scrapbook layout quickly with high-quality. Plus, it's well suited for stunning slideshow effect. With background images, audio tracks, easy-to-use design space and fabulous scrapbook content, you'll be making spectacular creation in no time! It's unique compared with other general graphics editors. Software License: Shareware Operating Systems Support: Microsoft Windows Download Link: Wondershare Scrapbook Studio 2.0 Homepage: Wondershare Scrapbook StudioSource: Soft-News
ThunderStor 2.6.1
ThunderStor offers the user a simple, fast and effective method to extract ThunderBird Mail from the mail box files to individual standard email message files. (requires .NET framework) Extracts Attachments (with merge option)! Now with better international encoding and greatly simplified U3 usb smart drive support. Software License: Shareware Operating Systems Support: Microsoft Windows Download Link: ThunderStor 2.6.1 Homepage: ThunderStor
Source: Soft-News
Source: Soft-News
Aimersoft Apple TV Movie Converter 1.0
Aimersoft Apple TV Movie Converter is a super fast Apple TV Video Converter that provides an easy way to convert video to Apple TV. With advanced technology, it supports a great range of video formats, including AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, RM, RMVB, DivX, ASF, 3GP, FLV, convert these video formats to Apple TV Video and Audio formats, such as MP4, MP3 and M4A with high speed. Software License: Shareware Operating Systems Support: Microsoft Windows Download Link: Aimersoft Apple TV Movie Converter 1.0 Homepage: Aimersoft Apple TV Movie ConverterSource: Soft-News
PictureRiver 1.6
PictureRiver is a spectacular slideshow screensaver with over 40 stunning special effects. With this screensaver, even inexperienced users can turn pictures and digital photos into a memorable slideshow screensaver that will become an object of envy to others. This screensaver is also 100% customizable. You can set any delay time, apply various transition effects and alter other screensaver parameters. Software License: Shareware Operating Systems Support: Microsoft Windows Download Link: PictureRiver 1.6 Homepage: PictureRiverSource: Soft-News
Flash Video Converter 1.7
Flash Video Converter is the most professional video program designed for Converting web flash video files flv, swf, gvi, wmv into different formats and various codecs. Program to allow you transform flash .swf & .flv video into 3GP, M4V, AVI, DVD, SVCD, WMV, MOV, QT formats for compatibility with various multi media devices PC, iPod, iZune, PSP, Mobile phones - Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Archos, different auto media and standart home DVD players etc. Software License: Shareware Operating Systems Support: Microsoft Windows Download Link: Flash Video Converter 1.7 Homepage: Flash Video Converter
Source: Soft-News
Source: Soft-News
nBinder 5.1.1
nBinder is a file binder, compressor and icon changer. nBinder combines the advantages of archives with the direct functionality of the uncompressed files and many more other options like password protection and anti hacking protection for executables or complex commands that enhance functionality. Files compressed with nBinder are transformed into standalone executable files (.exe) that when executed they act the same as the packed files would if run uncompressed, maintaining their full direct functionality. Software License: Shareware Operating Systems Support: Microsoft Windows Download Link: nBinder 5.1.1 Homepage: nBinder
Source: Soft-News
Source: Soft-News
Cistone DVD Converter 1.0
Cistone DVD Converter can convert video file to DVD movie just in 1 hour with high quality and ultra speed. Features like: support all popular video format, support all popular subtitle format, support NTSC/PAL video format, support 4:3/16:9 video aspect, support AC3/MP2 audio format, support 128-224Kbps audio bitrate, support 1-5 disc number, support 3700-8500MB disc capacity, support DVD chapter length setting, support preview when converting, shutdown computer when completed. Software License: Shareware Operating Systems Support: Microsoft Windows Download Link: Cistone DVD Converter 1.0 Homepage: Cistone DVD ConverterSource: Soft-News
jv16 PowerTools 2007 v1.7.0.388 Final
jv16 PowerTools 2006 is a complete toolkit to maximize the performance of any PC. With a user base comprising several million downloads, the program is used by both home and power users as well helpdesk and support personnel around the globe.jv16 PowerTools allows users to remove hidden traces of previously uninstalled software, to clean the computer's Windows registry for optimal performance and stability, and to fix many registry-based problems with a single mouse click. The ultra-streamlined multilingual user interface allows the software to be used in all major languages, while automatic backup and safety features make the program very safe to use.
Jv16 PowerTools has main tools:- Software Manager - Startup Manager - Registry Manager - Registry Cleaner - Registry Finder - Registry Find and Replace - Registry Monitor - Registry Compactor - Registry Information - File Finder - File Cleaner - File Organizer - Duplicate File Finder - File Tool - Directory Finder - Directory Tool - Disk Wiper - Start Menu Fixer - History/MRU Cleaner - History Manager - Cookie Manager - Privacy Protector
New features of jv16 PowerTools 2007:• New registry cleaner engine and user interface - The very first stateful registy cleaner ever made. The new engine doesn't analyze the registry entry by entry but as a whole, a single registry error can be relating to numerous registry entries and keys. Read more...• New software uninstallation engine - the Software Manager is more accurate and can detect more leftover data than before. The tool can now also detect files and folders related to the software that is being uninstalled, not only registry data. Read more...• New history cleaning engine and user interface - the History Cleaner can find more history data and MRU (most recently used) lists from both the registry and hard drives than before. And thanks to the fully redesigned user interface the tool is even easier to use. Read more...• New user interface elements, such as new main graphics, new kind of message reporting, more detailed error reporting for advanced users and so on.
Download : jv16 PowerTools 2007 v1.7.0.388 Final
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Jv16 PowerTools has main tools:- Software Manager - Startup Manager - Registry Manager - Registry Cleaner - Registry Finder - Registry Find and Replace - Registry Monitor - Registry Compactor - Registry Information - File Finder - File Cleaner - File Organizer - Duplicate File Finder - File Tool - Directory Finder - Directory Tool - Disk Wiper - Start Menu Fixer - History/MRU Cleaner - History Manager - Cookie Manager - Privacy Protector
New features of jv16 PowerTools 2007:• New registry cleaner engine and user interface - The very first stateful registy cleaner ever made. The new engine doesn't analyze the registry entry by entry but as a whole, a single registry error can be relating to numerous registry entries and keys. Read more...• New software uninstallation engine - the Software Manager is more accurate and can detect more leftover data than before. The tool can now also detect files and folders related to the software that is being uninstalled, not only registry data. Read more...• New history cleaning engine and user interface - the History Cleaner can find more history data and MRU (most recently used) lists from both the registry and hard drives than before. And thanks to the fully redesigned user interface the tool is even easier to use. Read more...• New user interface elements, such as new main graphics, new kind of message reporting, more detailed error reporting for advanced users and so on.
Download : jv16 PowerTools 2007 v1.7.0.388 Final
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Spyware Terminator 1.9.2.141
Spyware Terminator will effectively remove spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, home page hijackers and other malware threats even dangerous threats like WebRebates, Look2Me, BetterInternet, VX2, and CWS. It is easy to use, requires minimal PC resources and has ultra fast scanning speed. Protect your computer with powerful real-time protection shield, advanced system scanning and safe quarantine for found spyware. Scan your computer manually or schedule full system sweeps. Perform in-depth scans of your computer's hard drives, memory, process, registry and cookies to seek out and remove all known spyware threats. Real-Time Protection guards your computer, privacy, and personal information.
Download : Spyware Terminator 1.9.2.141+WebSecurity
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Download : Spyware Terminator 1.9.2.141+WebSecurity
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JetAudio 7.0.3
JetAudio is integrated multimedia software made of a single compact rack. Not only does it play various music and video files, it also has features such as CD burning, recording, and conversion to other file formats. You get the ability to create your own Internet broadcast by using JetCast, provided with JetAudio. Play all major file formats, including WAV, MP3, MP3Pro, OGG, WMA, MPEG, AVI, WMV, MIDI, RM, and video and audio CD tracks. Convert among audio file formats, and record analog audio to various formats. The program features visualization plug-ins, including Sound2Vision; tag editing for MP3, OGG, and WMA files; sound effects including wide, reverb, and x-bass; multichannel sound output; speed control of audio playback; crossfading for smooth transition between two songs; a skinnable user interface; and synchronized lyrics display (karaoke) for MIDI and MP3 files.
Besides Audio/video playback and recording, You can also broadcast your own music through internet in MP3, OGG or WMA with jetCast. jetCast mixes music and microphone input, and send it to listener through internet.
Download : JetAudio 7.0.3 Source: 9down
Besides Audio/video playback and recording, You can also broadcast your own music through internet in MP3, OGG or WMA with jetCast. jetCast mixes music and microphone input, and send it to listener through internet.
Download : JetAudio 7.0.3 Source: 9down
VMware Fusion Beta 4 Build 48339
VMware Fusion is a great way to run Windows, Linux, or Solaris at the same time as Mac OS X - without rebooting. Built from the ground up for the Mac, it leverages nearly a decade of virtualization expertise to harness the full power of your Mac hardware.
Download: VMware Fusion Beta 4 Build 48339 MoreInfoSource: 9down
Download: VMware Fusion Beta 4 Build 48339 MoreInfoSource: 9down
JkDefrag 3.14
Free (released under the GNU General Public License) disk defragment and optimize utility for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/X64. Completely automatic and very easy to use, fast, low overhead, with two optimization strategies, and can handle floppies and USB disks/sticks. Included are a Windows version, a commandline version (for scheduling by the task scheduler or for use from administrator scripts), a screensaver version, a DLL library (for use from programming languages), and versions for Windows X64.
Download : JkDefrag 3.14Download : 64-Bit Source: 9down
Download : JkDefrag 3.14Download : 64-Bit Source: 9down
Lycos Mail Beta Offers 3GB of Storage
Lycos said Wednesday it had released a beta of the latest version of its Web-based mail service, offering users 3GB of storage and the capability to send unlimited attachments of any size. The company said Lycos Mail is intended for those who need to share large file attachments. In comparison, most other services only permit files of up to 10MB to be attached to e-mails. Lycos said the remaining feature set of the service was essentially the same as the previous version. The webmail ofering is the second service to be imported from parent company Daum Communications of Korea. In October, the service launched Lycos Planet, a version of Daum Planet, which is an interactive networking site.
Source: 9down
Google to buy YouTube for $1.6B
Google is in discussions to acquire YouTube Inc. for about $1.6 billion, although the deal is far from done and the talks could collapse, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter. Google's reported interest in YouTube would reflect a sense of urgency on the part of the search engine giant to improve its position in the red-hot online video market.
Google entered the market in early 2005, at about the same time YouTube was founded. But so far the success has gone to the scrappy startup, not Google.
In September, YouTube nabbed almost 46 percent of all U.S. visits to video Web sites, while the video section of News Corp.'s MySpace.com came in second with 21.2 percent, according to Hitwise Pty. Ltd. Google Video came in third with 11 percent, followed by Microsoft Corp.'s MSN Video with 6.8 percent and Yahoo Inc.'s Yahoo Video with 5.6 percent.
YouTube, in typical startup fashion, approached the market aggressively, opening up their service to anyone wanting to upload their videos, and quickly became a phenomenon. It embraced tagging and sharing features, creating the most popular online video community.
Meanwhile, Google took a much more conservative approach, at first only featuring videos obtained through formal agreements with professional production houses. Consequently, users had to pay to view many of the videos in the catalogue. Months later, it added an upload feature for regular users, but closely policed submissions. It wasn't until recently that it opened wide the service's door and added tagging and sharing capabilities.
Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL LLC are also playing catch-up to YouTube, whose model these large Internet companies are adopting.
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL need a strong position in this market, due to the increasing popularity of online video. Collectively, traffic to the top 10 video Web sites increased 164 percent between February and May of this year, according to Hitwise. As traffic to online video sites increases, so does the interest of advertisers, who in turn generate most of the revenue for Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL.
For many years, online video remained an unfulfilled promise, hobbled by high broadband prices, inferior image quality and reluctance by TV networks and film companies to put their shows and movies on the Web. However, in the past 18 months, video on the Web has gained momentum, helped by a critical mass of users with broadband access, improved quality and a willingness by production companies to distribute their films and programs online.
The deal clearly would strengthen Google's position in online video, but it might also saddle Google with potential copyright liability issues, said analyst Greg Sterling of Sterling Market Intelligence, in an interview.
Critics have blasted YouTube for being lax about ridding its catalogue of copyrighted videos uploaded without permission. Some predict entertainment companies will sue YouTube out of business.
Thus, Google needs to walk a fine line between copyright protection and preserving the appeal of YouTube's rich catalogue, Sterling said.
Still, gaining YouTube's audience gives Google an enormous opportunity to boost its fledgling efforts in video advertising, of which it has done very little, Sterling said.
Most of Google's revenue comes from text ads that run along with Web search results. Google is trying to diversify its business with other types of ads, such as banners and video.
However, its video ad efforts have been hurt by Google Video's relatively weak position in the market, Sterling said.
For YouTube, getting bought by Google would mean salvation from death by copyright litigation, wrote Josh Bernoff, a Forrester Research Inc. analyst, on his blog Friday.
Google has the technical resources YouTube lacks to implement a system to automatically detect and remove copyrighted material, Bernoff wrote.
If dealing with lawsuits, Google -- unlike YouTube -- can negotiate with plaintiffs and reach amicable resolutions to ligitation, according to Bernoff. "By itself, I still think YouTube is toast. But with Google -- maybe not," Bernoff wrote.
Source: InfoWorld
RealPlayer 11 PREVIEW
Real Networks today revealed RealPlayer 11, the next major version of its media player software. The jukebox is the first to focus attention on capturing web-based video instead of simply offering tools to play it back. A unique extension to the player's web plugin can automatically detect videos that are recordable from the web and saves multiple clips at one time; this works for both live video events as well as prerecorded shows, Real says. The software is intelligent enough to also recognize copy protection on certain streams and will refuse downloads when DRM appears. Any video can be linked to a friend through a sharing feature to save the trouble of recreating the link.
Equally new in version 11 is Video CD recording. Any saved video recognized by RealPlayer can be burned as a standard VCD, which works both in a large number of DVD players as well as some playback tools on computers without any version of RealPlayer installed. The paid Plus version will also burn directly to DVD.
Overall performance has been given a boost, Real claims, in terms of load times as well as an improved visual interface and a less intrusive install routine. Support for multiple player-specific formats such as QuickTime and Windows Media will carry over from earlier versions.
A public beta of RealPlayer 11 will be available for free beginning in June, the company says, but at first will require Windows as well as either Firefox or Internet Explorer for viewing and saving web-based streams. A Mac version is promised but will be posted later in the year.
Download : RealPlayer 11
Equally new in version 11 is Video CD recording. Any saved video recognized by RealPlayer can be burned as a standard VCD, which works both in a large number of DVD players as well as some playback tools on computers without any version of RealPlayer installed. The paid Plus version will also burn directly to DVD.
Overall performance has been given a boost, Real claims, in terms of load times as well as an improved visual interface and a less intrusive install routine. Support for multiple player-specific formats such as QuickTime and Windows Media will carry over from earlier versions.
A public beta of RealPlayer 11 will be available for free beginning in June, the company says, but at first will require Windows as well as either Firefox or Internet Explorer for viewing and saving web-based streams. A Mac version is promised but will be posted later in the year.
Download : RealPlayer 11
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