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Sandboxie:Create A Virtual Space To Run Your Application

2009-02-02T19:04:00.005+08:00

As a computer use most of us will experience virus or spyware attack by running untested or unknown program we have downloaded somewhere on the internet.

Sandboxie is a great program you could use to actually test your program and run your web browser securely.It will create a virtual space for you to run the application so that it will prevent the program or application to make permanant changes to you Pc.

Seeing is believing I have been using the Sandboxie for a while and is really a great program to use .

A few things I have been using Sandboxie for:
-Web surfing using the virtual space and after finish browsing,I will delete the content on the sandbox thus very secure browsing experience.
- PPstream is a great china P2P video streaming application,but bad things the program does is it will create a large tem file when is streaming the video.Hence every time I stream a video it will occupy my a couple gig of my hard disk space.With Sandboxie is really a saver after each session of streaming I would delete of the virtual space thus saving my precious hdd space.
-Testing an a untested program for virus.Run a untested application and it will list down files it created and use.After this you scan the file with an antivirus to see whether is a virus or Trojan program.

So enjoy the program that I have enjoy very much.
Download here : http://www.sandboxie.com/

Create free iphone ringtone from itunes

2008-08-31T20:44:00.005+08:00

One of the things that Apple hasn’t made easy for iPhone owners is providing a way to create custom ringtones in Windows. If you’re a Mac owner you can use GarageBand, but Apple doesn’t provide that application on Windows. Instead what they expect you to do is purchase a song for $0.99, and then convert it to a ringtone for another $0.99.

As it turns out in a few steps you can actually convert a DRM-free song into a ringtone using only iTunes in Windows. The trick also works for Mac users, but using GarageBand is a lot simpler so we’re focusing primarily on the Windows side.

Here’s what you need to do:

Start iTunes and find the [DRM-free] song you want to convert to a ringtone. Right-click on it and select the Get Info option.
On the Options tab locate the Start Time and End Time options. This is where you want to specify the portion of the song you wanted converted into a ringtone. Check both of the boxes, and make sure your ringtone is under 30-seconds. Press OK when finished.
Right-click on the song you just modified, and choose the Convert to AAC option. If you don’t see this in the context menu navigate to Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Importing, and make sure the AAC Encoder is selected in the Import Using menu.
Once the song has finished being converted to the new format it will appear in your music list, and the “Time” should reflect the correct duration of the ringtone (which should be less than 30-seconds). Now navigate to your iTunes music folder to find the converted song. Here’s an example of where my Green Day ringtone was located:
Make sure you’re able to see the file’s extension (.M4A) like in the screenshot above. If you don’t see the extension go to Tools -> Folder Options -> View (Organize -> Folder and Search Options on Vista), and uncheck the Hide extensions for known file types box. Then click OK.
Copy the music file (with the .M4A extension) to your desktop. Once you’ve done that rename the file’s extension to .M4R which will make iTunes recognize it as a ringtone.
In iTunes go to File -> Add File to Library, and then browse for the file from step 6. Once you’ve selected it press the Open button. iTunes will place the ringtone in the respective section in your library:
Sync your iPhone with iTunes and your newly created ringtone should get transferred over. If it doesn’t be sure to check the Ringtones tab in the iPhone configuration section of iTunes to verify that it is setup to sync your ringtones.

Source from:The Apple Blog

Spybot - Search & Destroy Remove Spyware And Threats

2008-07-18T20:13:00.005+08:00

Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer.

Spybot was written by the German software engineer Patrick Michael Kolla, and is distributed by Kolla's Irish company Safer Networking Limited. Development began in 2000 when Kolla, still a student, wrote a small program to deal with the Aureate/Radiate and Conducent TimeSink programs, two of the earliest examples of adware.

Spybot features

Spybot-S&D can fix problems with system internals (Registry), Winsock LSPs, ActiveX objects, browser hijackers and BHOs, and can to some extent protect a user's privacy by deleting usage tracks like tracking cookies. Spybot also includes an "Immunize" feature to block the installation of spyware before it occurs e.g. by modifying the hosts file. Another tool included in Spybot is a file shredder, for the secure deletion of files. Spybot is not intended to replace anti-virus programs, but it does detect some common trojans.

Spybot-S&D also recently added an anti-rootkit function.^[2]

The TeaTimer module can be optionally enabled, providing a level of active, real-time protection from undesirable registry changes and the like.

Some programs ship with attached spyware or adware and refuse to run when the undesired co-programs are removed; newer versions of Spybot replace the spyware binaries with inert dummies (designed to fool programs which require the spyware's presence).

In order to efficiently detect recently created programs, detection updates are released weekly along with other improvements such as added languages and better heuristics algorithms. These updates are downloaded from within the software from a variety of mirrors and are then automatically installed.

Spybot-S&D is available for all versions of Windows from Windows 95, and offers more than two dozen different languages and several skins to users. Instructions are available on the website to enable users to design their own skins.

Technical support is currently supplied by means of Internet forums^[3]and support e-mails (with a usual response time of no more than 24 hours).

Why wait ! secure your computer,remove spy ware and Trojan,detect root kit and have ease of your mind while browsing your computer.

Download Current Version
Click Here .

Hope You find this useful! I' have been using it for About 2 years plus and it solve most of my spyware issue .
Golden Rule :Please keep your spybot program updated frequently : )

Blender Foundation Big Buck Bunny 3D Animation 2008

2008-07-11T18:18:00.008+08:00

In May 2008, the Blender Foundation released their second open-movie project: “Big Buck Bunny,” a funny and furry 3D short about a giant rabbit who gets even with bullying rodents. This session brings together the key people who created the movie and presents all the aspects of an open-source and open-content-based animation studio, and how this affects the creative process.

I hope everyone Like this beautiful created and funny 10min plus animation.
Video comes in many format dvd iso, HD version,Standard definition,youtube Streaming and more..

File Types

Find out which file works best for you:

	AVI Mpeg4 video, AC3 surround sound - Plays with recent video players
	MOV H264 video, AAC surround sound - Apple Quicktime Compatible. (has audio playback problems with VLC and possibly other non-QT players on stereo systems; VLC users should choose one of the other formats)
	OGG Theora Video, Vorbis stereo sound - Plays on linux and other systems with VLC.
	AVI Microsoft mpeg4, mp3 stereo sound - Compatible with Windows XP

Download Here.

NEW FIrefox Final 3.0 Web Browser Is OUT

2008-07-11T18:07:00.004+08:00

What’s New in Firefox 3

Firefox 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform, which has been under development for the past 34 months. This new platform includes more than 15,000 changes to improve performance, stability, rendering correctness, and code simplification and sustainability. Firefox 3 is built on top of this new platform resulting in a more secure, easier to use, more personal product with a lot more under the hood to offer website and Firefox add-on developers.

More Secure

One-click site info: Click the site favicon in the location bar to see who owns the site and to check if your connection is protected from eavesdropping. Identity verification is prominently displayed and easier to understand. When a site uses Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates, the site favicon button will turn green and show the name of the company you're connected to. (Try it here!)
Malware Protection: malware protection warns users when they arrive at sites which are known to install viruses, spyware, trojans or other malware. (Try it here!)
New Web Forgery Protection page: the content of pages suspected as web forgeries is no longer shown. (Try it here!)
New SSL error pages: clearer and stricter error pages are used when Firefox encounters an invalid SSL certificate. (Try it here!)
Add-ons and Plugin version check: Firefox now automatically checks add-on and plugin versions and will disable older, insecure versions.
Secure add-on updates: to improve add-on update security, add-ons that provide updates in an insecure manner will be disabled.
Anti-virus integration: Firefox will inform anti-virus software when downloading executables.
Vista Parental Controls: Firefox now respects the Vista system-wide parental control setting for disabling file downloads.
Effective top-level domain (eTLD) service better restricts cookies and other restricted content to a single domain.
Better protection against cross-site JSON data leaks.

Easier to Use

Easier password management: an information bar replaces the old password dialog so you can now save passwords after a successful login.
Simplified add-on installation: the add-ons whitelist has been removed making it possible to install extensions from third-party sites in fewer clicks.
New Download Manager: the revised download manager makes it much easier to locate downloaded files, and you can see and search on the name of the website where a file came from. Your active downloads and time remaining are always shown in the status bar as your files download.
Resumable downloading: users can now resume downloads after restarting the browser or resetting your network connection.
Full page zoom: from the View menu and via keyboard shortcuts, the new zooming feature lets you zoom in and out of entire pages, scaling the layout, text and images, or optionally only the text size. Your settings will be remembered whenever you return to the site.
Podcasts and Videocasts can be associated with your media playback tools.
Tab scrolling and quickmenu: tabs are easier to locate with the new tab scrolling and tab quickmenu.
Save what you were doing: Firefox will prompt users to save tabs on exit.
Optimized Open in Tabs behavior: opening a folder of bookmarks in tabs now appends the new tabs rather than overwriting.
Location and Search bar size can now be customized with a simple resizer item.
Text selection improvements: multiple text selections can be made with Ctrl/Cmd; double-click drag selects in "word-by-word" mode; triple-clicking selects a paragraph.
Find toolbar: the Find toolbar now opens with the current selection.
Plugin management: users can disable individual plugins in the Add-on Manager.
Integration with Windows: Firefox now has improved Windows icons, and uses native user interface widgets in the browser and in web forms.
Integration with the Mac: the new Firefox theme makes toolbars, icons, and other user interface elements look like a native OS X application. Firefox also uses OS X widgets and supports Growl for notifications of completed downloads and available updates. A combined back and forward control make it even easier to move between web pages.
Integration with Linux: Firefox's default icons, buttons, and menu styles now use the native GTK theme.

More Personal

Star button: quickly add bookmarks from the location bar with a single click; a second click lets you file and tag them.
Tags: associate keywords with your bookmarks to sort them by topic.
Smart Location Bar: type in all or part of the title, tag or address of a page to see a list of matches from your history and bookmarks; a new display makes it easier to scan through the matching results and find that page you're looking for. Results are returned according to their a combination of frequency, and recency of visits to that page, ensuring that you're seeing the most relevant matches. An adaptive learning algorithm further tunes the results to your patterns!
Library: view, organize and search through your bookmarks, tags and browsing history using the new Library window. Create or restore full backups of this data whenever with a few clicks.
Smart Bookmark Folders: quickly access your most visited bookmarks from the toolbar, or recently bookmarked and tagged pages from the bookmark menu. Create your own Smart Bookmark Folders by saving a search query in the Library.
Web-based protocol handlers: web applications, such as your favorite webmail provider, can now be used instead of desktop applications for handling mailto: links from other sites. Similar support is available for other protocols (Web applications will have to first enable this by registering as handlers with Firefox).
Download & Install Add-ons: the Add-ons Manager (Tools > Add-ons) can now be used to download and install a Firefox customization from the thousands of Add-ons available from our community add-ons website. When you first open the Add-ons Manager, a list of recommended Add-ons is shown.
Easy to use Download Actions: a new Applications preferences pane provides a better UI for configuring handlers for various file types and protocol schemes.

Improved Platform for Developers

New graphics and font handling: new graphics and text rendering architectures in Gecko 1.9 provides rendering improvements in CSS, SVG as well as improved display of fonts with ligatures and complex scripts.
Color management: (set gfx.color_management.enabled on in about:config and restart the browser to enable.) Firefox can now adjust images with embedded color profiles.
Offline support: enables web applications to provide offline functionality (website authors must add support for offline browsing to their site for this feature to be available to users).
A more complete overview of Firefox 3 for developers is available for website and add-on developers.

Improved Performance

Speed: improvements to our JavaScript engine as well as profile guided optimizations have resulted in continued improvements in performance. Compared to Firefox 2, web applications like Google Mail and Zoho Office run twice as fast in Firefox 3, and the popular SunSpider test from Apple shows improvements over previous releases.
Memory usage: Several new technologies work together to reduce the amount of memory used by Firefox 3 over a web browsing session. Memory cycles are broken and collected by an automated cycle collector, a new memory allocator reduces fragmentation, hundreds of leaks have been fixed, and caching strategies have been tuned.
Reliability: A user's bookmarks, history, cookies, and preferences are now stored in a transactionally secure database format which will prevent data loss even if their system crashes.

Grab it Now Everyone.............

Enjoy The Fastest Browsing Experience...........

Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 (Final Version Soon To Be Release)

2008-05-19T09:12:00.008+08:00

The highly anticipated Mozilla Firefox is finally out on the market. Firefox 3 Release Candidate in known as an intermediate step between the beta version and the final release and it will be used by developers to test their codes against the browser before its official general release.

The new Firefox will be easier, faster and surely more secure. The aspect changes are very insignificant, but the usability changes definitely make up for it.

The new address bar begins searching the user’s bookmarks and web sites history for matches as soon as an address begins to be typed in.

Both history window and the bookmarks window are displayed together in an Structured Query Language (SQL) database. Several new options are now available, including dragging an URL from the history column directly into a bookmarks folder. Also, a new Smart Bookmarks offers a complete categorization of the user’s folders, guided by the most frequently visited, recently bookmarked, and recently tagged web sites.

Firefox’s memory management and speed were also improved, passing the Acid2 test and managing to score 71 out of 100 on Acid3, with only 4 points behind Safari 3.1. A number of issues when dealing with web sites such as Gmail or Windows Live Mail still need a fix but without a doubt all problems will be resolved for the final version.

A large number of changes have been made by Mozilla for the user interfaces on Vista, XP, Mac OS X and Linux, changes requested through the users feedback.

Article Source From: Eflux Media
Information on Firefox 3: Firefox Main Website And Release Notes

Download firefox 3(RC1) using logo link below.

Related Article : Firefox beta 5 Browser (Dated:19.4.08)

Analogx Dns Fast Cache:Improve Your Web Browsing And Network Throughput By Improving DNS Response Time

2008-05-18T16:51:00.016+08:00

Improve Your Web Browsing And Network Throughput By Improving DNS Response Time.

Program And Information Needed.

ANALOGX FAST CACHE: http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/fc.htm

OPENDNS: http://www.opendns.com/

OPENDNS SERVER: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220

DNS - Domain Name Server/Service is a service that translates domain names into IP addresses. Because domain names are alphabetic, they’re easier to remember. The Internet however, is really based on IP addresses. Every time you use a domain name, therefore, a DNS service must translate the name into the corresponding IP address. The DNS system is its own network. If one DNS server doesn’t know how to translate a particular domain name, it asks another one, and so on, until the correct IP address is returned.

In fact, your ISP DNS server isn’t always that reliable. Perhaps you should really try on OpenDNS and FastCache .

OpenDNS helps you navigate the Internet in a safer, faster, smarter and more reliable way. No need to download and doesn’t replace your existing Internet connection, it just makes it better. It’s pretty simple by just changing your currently ISP’s DNS to the preferred DNS and gives you more reliable internet connection. Please feel free to drop by.

At it’s core, FastCache really is a simple caching DNS proxy server - it speeds up your browsing by caching Web site domain addresses which sits between programs on your computer accessing the Internet and the DNS servers that map domain names to IP addresses. This means the first time you go to a certain domain/website, it takes the normal amount of time to look up the domain name, but each subsequent time you return should be instant (as long as it remains in the cache). But what good is saving a FRACTION of a second!?!? In and of itself, not of much value at all, but the beauty of DNS is that you don’t normally just make a couple of requests a day - with normal browsing you can literally make hundreds of requests, and that starts to add up.

:::Configuring your computer:::

Configuring your computer to send requests through FastCache involves changing your networks settings.

1. Open the “Control Panel”

2. Doubleclick on “Network Connections”

3. Rightclick on the connection and choose “Properties”

4. Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and click “Properties” on the General tab

5. Turn ON “Use the following DNS server addresses”

6. Set the preferred address to 127.0.0.1

IMPORTANT STEP:

7. Configure FastCache by entering the OpenDNS IP: 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220

Analogx shows my stats saying - Caching has just saved 6h 17min in my life! in 4weeks 5hours online time.

Start Browsing the Internet faster by saving time thru DNS caching and download AnologX FastCache.

It works,I’ve personally tested it!

Get Freeware :AnalogX Dns Fast Cache

Vista Speed Secrets

Product: Vista Speed Secrets
Website: http://www.vistaspeedsecrets.co.uk
Rank: #1
Cost: $19.97 E-Book
Extras:7 Weeks Money Guarantee

Description: In a nutshell, Vista Speed Secrets will show you exactly how to fully optimize and speed up Vista from it's natural sluggish state into a snappy and responsive operating system

Vista Speed Secrets Vista Speed Secrets

Satellite TV for PC

Product: Satellite TV for PC
Website: www.satellitetvtopc.com
Rank: #1
Cost: $49.95
Extras:8 Weeks Money Guarantee

Description:Instantly Turn your Computer into a Super TV.

The Satellite TV for PC Satellite TV for PC is the product of more than 7 years of dedicated research and development to create an easy-to-use computer program
that legally accesses thousands of television channels from all over the world and sends them to your computer through the internet! .

Eboostr:Vista Ready Boost for Window XP

2008-05-05T20:23:00.017+08:00

Give Your Windows XP a Boost!

eBoostr™ is an alternative solution to Vista’s ReadyBoost and SuperFetch technologies now available on Windows XP

It speeds up your PC and improves application responsiveness by using flash memory and free RAM as an extra layer of performance-boosting cache for your PC. Use up to four inexpensive flash devices to speed up your system. Add more speed to your PC without any hardware upgrade!

Highlights

Vista’s ReadyBoost and SuperFetch benefits on your Windows XP PCs;
Smart caching of frequently used applications and files for maximum performance;
Supports both USB and non-USB removable media devices (CF, SD/SDHC, MMC, xD and other memory cards), as well as additional hard disks;
Allows up to 4 devices for simultaneous smart caching;
Cache file size of up to 4GB on each device (NTFS has no limit on the size);
Compatible with all “Enhanced for ReadyBoost” devices.
Memory caching (if you have plenty of RAM installed);
Exclude list (the most requested feature);
Power saving mode;
More than 4GB cache file size (on NTFS file system only);
One flash drive use on different computers;
Unlimited number of files in cache;
Build cache process improvement (including initial statistics used from XP prefetch information);
Load balancing mechanism improvements;
And many small fixes and enhancements;
And finally 16 new languages added: Portuguese, Ukrainian, Finnish, Czech, Danish, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Polish, Korean, Swedish, Sinhalese, Lithuanian, Arabic, Belarusian, Japanese and Thai.

Personal Test.
-I've tested on my xp machine with 384mb of ram and guess what it actually worked .
-Tested on a AMD Turion 1.8GHZ 768mb ram note book.Actually extend my battery life cause
there is least activity on my hdd.
-firefox,Mircrosoft office ,Gimp,Adobe Software and others actually load faster
-Operating the software is very simple just get a 1gb,2gb ,4gb or 8gb of thumb drive and you got instant performance boost on your XP

To get grab a copy,Do a google search or go link.
Official webpage: http://www.eboostr.com/

Enjoy

Free Precise Online Text To Speech Recognition To Learn A Language

2008-04-23T14:13:00.018+08:00

Day by day basis we communicate via speech, written text and body language .Electronic text is the widest tool around to share information in today world, via the internet and electronic communication "E-mail, sms, web pages, forum, blog, irc, and more is channel trough the globe.

Today computer advancement allows speech recognition and text speech recognition to go to the next round.
So what kind of speech we are looking at?
-Human like voice
-Real time translation
-A computer that understand vast majority of language.

Here I wish to recommend an online web tool that will be good use for all of us whom are eager to learn a second, third or more written and spoken language by your own.
Forget about text book we use to learn language. Internet is the future speech learning.

The best method for you learn a language is to
-Read the text
-Learn the meaning
-Speak with proper enunciation
-Learn the way to use the words that display meaning
-Practice and practice.

Internet is our text book of learning a language. Most of us would say but the worldwide web is just full of text with different language. How could I learn without ever able to listen how does a particular language sound and learn the language.

The answer is text to speech recognition.
Feature:
TTS Voice engine converts text into lifelike spoken audio in a variety of languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Russian.

-get best quality voice and pronunciation
-practice your speaking and listening skills
-see real-time spoken text selection
-realistic speaking characters personalize your language experience
-use voice player functions to replay text

Test text with the application Below.
English-I Love You
Simplified Chinese-我爱你
Japanese-私は愛する
Korean- 나는 너를 사랑한다
Portuguese- Eu te amo
Italian -Ti amo
German- Ich liebe Dich
Spannish- Te quiero

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Firefox 3.0 beta5 browser

2008-04-19T21:08:00.015+08:00

Great News!
Firefox 3.0 beta5 final is release .
Done testing with this current version and it works great

To note:The final beta actually consume less memory and is much more stable compare previous beta version.

-Support Open source and enjoy Internet the Most .
-Expand the functionality of firefox with the vast list of plug in and addon.
-beautify firefox Gui with vast library of beautiful and unique skins

Why wait grab a copy of the latest firefox browser.

Firefox 2.0 download

Firefox 3.0 beta5 download

Enjoy Web with firefox .......

Change Log.
Firefox 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform, which has been under development for the past 32 months. Building on the previous release, Gecko 1.9 has more than 12,000 updates including some major re-architecting to provide improved performance, stability, rendering correctness, and code simplification and sustainability. Firefox 3 has been built on top of this new platform resulting in a more secure, easier to use, more personal product with a lot more under the hood to offer website and Firefox add-on developers.

Improved in Beta 5

Firefox 3 Beta 5 includes more than 750 changes from the previous beta, improving stability and web compatibility, providing platform and user interface enhancements, and resulting in the fastest Firefox ever. Many of these improvements were based on community feedback from the previous beta.

More Secure

One-click site info: Click the site favicon in the location bar to see who owns the site and to check if your connection is protected from eavesdropping. Identity verification is prominently displayed and easier to understand. When a site uses Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates, the site favicon button will turn green and show the name of the company you're connected to. (Try it here!)
Malware Protection: malware protection warns users when they arrive at sites which are known to install viruses, spyware, trojans or other malware. (Try it here!)
New Web Forgery Protection page: the content of pages suspected as web forgeries is no longer shown. (Try it here!)
New SSL error pages: clearer and stricter error pages are used when Firefox encounters an invalid SSL certificate. (Try it here!)
Add-ons and Plugin version check: Firefox now automatically checks add-on and plugin versions and will disable older, insecure versions.
Secure add-on updates: to improve add-on update security, add-ons that provide updates in an insecure manner will be disabled.
Anti-virus integration: Firefox will inform anti-virus software when downloading executables.
Vista Parental Controls: Firefox now respects the Vista system-wide parental control setting for disabling file downloads.
Effective top-level domain (eTLD) service better restricts cookies and other restricted content to a single domain.
Better protection against cross-site JSON data leaks.

Easier to Use

Easier password management: an information bar replaces the old password dialog so you can now save passwords after a successful login.
Simplified add-on installation: the add-ons whitelist has been removed making it possible to install extensions from third-party sites in fewer clicks.
New Download Manager: the revised download manager makes it much easier to locate downloaded files, and you can see and search on the name of the website where a file came from. Your active downloads and time remaining are always shown in the status bar as your files download.
Resumable downloading: users can now resume downloads after restarting the browser or resetting your network connection.
Full page zoom: from the View menu and via keyboard shortcuts, the new zooming feature lets you zoom in and out of entire pages, scaling the layout, text and images, or optionally only the text size. Your settings will be remembered whenever you return to the site.
Podcasts and Videocasts can be associated with your media playback tools.
Tab scrolling and quickmenu: tabs are easier to locate with the new tab scrolling and tab quickmenu.
Save what you were doing: Firefox will prompt users to save tabs on exit.
Optimized Open in Tabs behavior: opening a folder of bookmarks in tabs now appends the new tabs rather than overwriting.
Location and Search bar size can now be customized with a simple resizer item.
Text selection improvements: multiple text selections can be made with Ctrl/Cmd; double-click drag selects in "word-by-word" mode; triple-clicking selects a paragraph.
Find toolbar: the Find toolbar now opens with the current selection.
Plugin management: users can disable individual plugins in the Add-on Manager.
Improved in Beta 5-Integration with Windows: Firefox now has improved Windows icons, and uses native user interface widgets in the browser and in web forms.
Improved in Beta 5 -Integration with the Mac: the new Firefox theme makes toolbars, icons, and other user interface elements look like a native OS X application. Firefox also uses OS X widgets and supports Growl for notifications of completed downloads and available updates. A combined back and forward control make it even easier to move between web pages.
Improved in Beta 5- Integration with Linux: Firefox's default icons, buttons, and menu styles now use the native GTK theme.

More Personal

Star button: quickly add bookmarks from the location bar with a single click; a second click lets you file and tag them.
Tags: associate keywords with your bookmarks to sort them by topic.
Location bar & auto-complete: type in all or part of the title, tag or address of a page to see a list of matches from your history and bookmarks; a new display makes it easier to scan through the matching results and find that page you're looking for. Results are returned according to their frecency (a combination of frequency and recency of visits to that page) ensuring that you're seeing the most relevant matches. An adaptive learning algorithm further tunes the results to your patterns!
Smart Bookmarks Folder: quickly access your recently bookmarked and tagged pages, as well as your more frequently visited pages with the new smart bookmarks folder on your bookmark toolbar.
Improved in Beta 5 - Places Organizer: view, organize and search through all of your bookmarks, tags, and browsing history with multiple views and smart folders to store your frequent searches. Create and restore full backups whenever you want.
Web-based protocol handlers: web applications, such as your favorite webmail provider, can now be used instead of desktop applications for handling mailto: links from other sites. Similar support is available for other protocols (Web applications will have to first enable this by registering as handlers with Firefox).
Download & Install Add-ons: the Add-ons Manager (Tools > Add-ons) can now be used to download and install a Firefox customization from the thousands of Add-ons available from our community add-ons website. When you first open the Add-ons Manager, a list of recommended Add-ons is shown.
Easy to use Download Actions: a new Applications preferences pane provides a better UI for configuring handlers for various file types and protocol schemes.

Improved Platform for Developers

New graphics and font handling: new graphics and text rendering architectures in Gecko 1.9 provides rendering improvements in CSS, SVG as well as improved display of fonts with ligatures and complex scripts.
Color management: (set gfx.color_management.enabled on in about:config and restart the browser to enable.) Firefox can now adjust images with embedded color profiles.
Offline support: enables web applications to provide offline functionality (website authors must add support for offline browsing to their site for this feature to be available to users).
A more complete overview of Firefox 3 for developers is available for website and add-on developers.

Improved Performance

Improved in Beta 5- Speed: improvements to our JavaScript engine as well as profile guided optimizations have resulted in continued improvements in performance. Compared to Firefox 2, web applications like Google Mail and Zoho Office run twice as fast in Firefox 3 Beta 5, and the popular SunSpider test from Apple shows improvements over previous releases.
Memory usage: Several new technologies work together to reduce the amount of memory used by Firefox 3 over a web browsing session. Memory cycles are broken and collected by an automated cycle collector, a new memory allocator reduces fragmentation, hundreds of leaks have been fixed, and caching strategies have been tuned.
Reliability: A user's bookmarks, history, cookies, and preferences are now stored in a transactionally secure database format which will prevent data loss even if their system crashes.

Update On Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 : Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 (Final Version Soon To Be Release)[Dated:19.05.08]

How To Convert RMVB to AVI

2008-04-19T09:19:00.009+08:00

How do I convert RMVB files to AVI or DVD?

RMVB files are great for online downloads, but they aren't widely compatible with all available media players. Converting these RealMedia Variable Bitrate files currently requires either purchasing a video converter or hacking together an AVISynth script for VirtualDubMod, which starts getting a little geeky. Below I provide both conversion options, with a link to software that gracefully handles the easy route and step-by-step instructions for converting RMVB files using VirtualDubMod.

Convert RMVB with RM Converter

The simplest method for converting RMVB files, or an RealMedia file is to use Xilisoft RM Converter. For $29, you simply configure a few settings and RM Converter will convert the RMVB file to a format of your choosing, including AVI, WMV, MPEG or DivX. If you have a bunch of RMVB files to convert, there's a batch processing option and the output files are easily imported into any DVD authoring tool to burn to DVD.

Convert RMVB with VirtualDub

There is a second more complicated way to convert your RMVB files. VirtualDubMod, which supports AVISynth scripts and MPEG-2 video importing, is an alternative method for converting RMVB files to a format suitable for DVD. To effectively convert the files, you need a specific set of tools and you need to perform all steps in the correct order.

Required Software:

VirtualDubMod
AVIsynth
Real Alternative

For this method of conversion, the official RealPlayer won't help, because it's missing a component only found in Real Alternative.

Download each of the applications. VirtualDubMod doesn't actually install anywhere. It is self contained. As of this writing the most current version is 1.5.10.2. Get the latest version of the software. After downloading and unzipping VirtualDubMod, download the latest version of AVIsynth 2.5 and install it in the default location. The final part of the install process is to download and install Real Alternative. If you have RealPlayer installed on your system, ignore the part about uninstalling it, you don't need to uninstall anything to get Real Alternative to work. Make sure the option next to RealMedia DirectShow Splitter is checked. You need this for the RMVB conversion process.

After you get all your applications installed, you need to create a couple of AVIsynth scripts. These are simple text files telling VirtualDubMod how to work with your RMVB format file. By creating these two script files, you have access to the scripts automatically anytime you want to covert a new RMVB file.

Notepad will work to create the scripts.

For the first file, copy these two lines of text into your text editor:

#ASYNTHER RMVB 23.976fps
DirectShowSource("%f", fps=23.976, convertfps=true)

Save your file as something meaningful like RMVB2376 with the file extension .avst in the VirtualDubMod template folder. This gives you access to the script from within the VirtualDubMod interface.

The first line is a comment that tells VirtualDubMod that you are calling AVIsynth to process your RMVB file with a script for RMVB files at approximately 24fps.

The second line tells AVIsynth the source is DirectShow to be played at 23.976 frames per second. %f tells AVIsynth to use the file you select in VirtualDubMod's Open dialog box. The convertfps=true tells AVIsynth to convert the video at whatever it's current frame rate is to 23.976fps. You want that last line in there because people encode video at wild framerates that don't match either the 24fps or 30fps standards.

Open another blank text file and paste in these two lines of code:

#ASYNTHER RMVB 29.97fps
DirectShowSource("%f", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)

Save this file with a different name like RMVB2997.avst in the VirtualDubMod template folder.

Again the first line is a comment so you know which script to select in the drop down menu. The second line tells AVIsynth to convert the video to 29.97fps.

With the scripts in the template folder, you are now ready to convert your RMVB file.

Open VirtualDubMod. From the file menu, choose Open Video File.

At the bottom of the open dialog box, choose the RMVB option most closely matching the actual frame rate of your RMVB file. If the RMVB file is 24fps, choose 23.97. If the RMVB file is 30fps, choose 29.97. Switch the Files of type dropdown to All files to locate your RMVB file. Select the RMVB file and click OK.

Assuming you followed all previous steps, your RMVB file will now be open in VirtualDubMod. If you need to edit the file, you can trim sections of it, or you can simple save the file to a different format.

To save the file select Save As from the file menu. Depending on what you want to do with the file later, your choice of file formats may vary. If you simply want a file you can playback on any computer, many portable devices or potentially burn to DVD, converting the file with a DivX compatible codec may be an option because it keeps the file size small while still making the file more manageable than the rather obscure RMVB format. To go straight to DVD, I recommend saving out to AVI first with the default codec and then authoring the DVD, which means simply using the default settings.

You can achieve much smaller file sizes using the XviD and DivX MPEG-4 container formats. The XviD codec is installed during the Real Alternative install. By clicking the Change button, you can select a different video compression option. Choose XviD and click OK.

Now on the main Save As screen the Compression shows as XviD instead of (Uncompress RGB).

After choosing a format to save your video, click the Save button to start the transfer process. When you finish transferring the video, use the AVI file in any DVD authoring application to create a DVD.

Source : http://www.jakeludington.com

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack

2008-04-18T11:57:00.006+08:00

Most Of us might encounter problem playing video files downloaded from the internet.
Either no sound,video, subtitle or error "file format unsupported"
.With the booming internet penetration .Media files being shared between friends,e-mail,mobile phones and file sharing.

Is very common we would encounter audio and video file format listed below. xvid,divx,mkv,mpeg,mpeg2,mp3,ogg,ogm,avi,wmv rmvb,ra,flac,ac3,3gp,Quicktime,flv,mp4...etc.

Internet is rich with multimedia an content hence our personal computer must be capable of decoding and encoding the media we input in.

To get 99% playback of media files we need to install many individual codec.I found is pretty daunting task of installing many codec on your pc.Some of the codec may cause conflict with other codec if is not installed properly and clutter up your program menu.

Here I would like to recommend all to try out K-Lite Mega Codec Pack.
One single installer will provide 99% playback of all media file you feed into your personal Pc.
Also Is totally a freeware Codec ,no additional charge required.

Program feature
K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of VFW/ACM codecs, DirectShow filters and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your audio and movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular audio and video formats and even several less common formats.

The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:

It it always very up-to-date with the newest and/or best components.
All components have been carefully selected for specific purposes. It is not just a random bunch of stuff thrown together.
It is very user-friendly and easy to use.
The installation is fully customizable, meaning that you are able to only install those components that you really want.
For some formats a choice can be made during installation between different filters. This allows you to tweak the pack to your own specific needs and preferences.
Uninstallation removes everything that was installed by the pack. Including all registry keys.
It is extremely easy to make a fully customized unattended installation with the integrated wizard.
It has been very well tested. The pack doesn't contain any conflicting or buggy codecs.
It tries to avoid potential conflicts with other codecs already installed on your computer.
The pack is able to detect broken codecs and filters on your system, and helps you to remove them.
It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies.
This pack has a huge user base. This means that problems are found and resolved quickly.
There are different packages. From small to extra-large.
The pack is suitable for both novice and expert users.

Contents of version 3.9.0:

Player:

Media Player Classic [version 6.4.9.1 rev. 49]

ffdshow:

ffdshow [revision 1937]
ffdshow VFW interface
extra plugins

DirectShow video decoding filters:

XviD [version 1.2.0-dev build 2008-01-10]
DivX [version 6.8.0.0]
On2 VP6 [version 6.4.2.0]
On2 VP7 [version 7.0.10.0]
MPEG-2 (Cyberlink) [version 8.1.0.1513]
MPEG-2 (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.4]
MPEG-1 (MainConcept) [version 1.0.0.78]

DirectShow audio decoding filters:

AC3/DTS/LPCM (AC3Filter) [version 1.46]
Vorbis (CoreVorbis) [version 1.1.0.79]
AAC (CoreAAC) [version 1.2.0.575]

DirectShow audio parsers:

MusePack (MONOGRAM) [version 0.9.1.2 | 0.3.1.2]
WavPack (CoreWavPack) [version 1.1.1]
FLAC (madFLAC) [version 1.8]
Monkey's Audio (DCoder) [version 1.0]
OptimFROG (RadLight) [version 1.0.0.1]
DC-Bass Source [version 1.1.1]
AC3/DTS Source (AC3File) [version 0.5b]
AMR (MONOGRAM) [version 1.0.1.0]

DirectShow source filters:

AVI splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.9]
AVI splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.8.122.18]
MP4 splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.8.122.18]
MP4 splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.4]
Matroska splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.8.122.18]
Matroska splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.3.0]
Ogg splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.8.122.18]
Ogg splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.1]
MPEG PS/TS splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.4]
MPEG PS/TS splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.8.122.18]
FLV splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.4]
CDDA Reader (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.2]
CDXA Reader (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.2]

DirectShow subtitle filter:

DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.38]
DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.33]

Other filters:

Haali Video Renderer [version 1.8.122.18]

VFW video codecs:

XviD [version 1.2.0-dev build 2008-01-10]
DivX [version 6.8.2.6]
x264 [revision 808bm]
On2 VP6 [version 6.4.2.0]
On2 VP7 [version 7.0.10.0]
Intel Indeo 4 [version 4.51.16.2]
Intel Indeo 5 [version 5.2562.15.54]
Intel I.263 [version 2.55.1.16]
huffyuv [version 2.1.1 CCE Patch 0.2.5]
I420 (Helix) [version 1.2]
YV12 (Helix) [version 1.2]

ACM audio codecs:

MP3 (Fraunhofer) [version 3.4.0.0]
MP3 (LAME) [version 3.97]
AC3ACM [version 1.4]
Vorbis [version 0.0.3.6]
DivX ;) Audio [version 4.2.0.0]

Real Alternative:

RealMedia codecs [version 6.0.12.1662]
RealMedia plugin for Internet Explorer
RealMedia plugin for Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape/Opera
RealMedia DirectShow splitter [version 1.0.1.2]

Tools:

Codec Tweak Tool [version 2.2.6]
GSpot Codec Information Appliance [version 2.70a]
MediaInfo Lite [version 0.7.6.3]
VobSubStrip [version 0.11]
GraphEdit [build 061102]
Haali Muxer
FourCC Changer
Bitrate Calculator

Download K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 3.90
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Capcom: Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G exceeds 1.5 million sales in Japan

2008-04-15T17:40:00.012+08:00

Capcom has recently announced that as of today, the game has sold over 1.5 million copies over in Japan. By comparison, Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise has sold over 6.8 million units.

This means that 2nd G alone is attributed to around 22 percent of overall sales. Not bad for a game that's only been out for a little less than two weeks.

That said, Capcom still hasn't revealed when the game - or its accompanying trinkets - will begin shipping outside its home territory.
Consider this news a teaser of the sort reception the game could be picking up when it does hit North America and other markets.

Until then, keep in touch in case we receive any more related info.

Another news:Monster Hunter Portable 2G on sale in Japan; productivity declines nationally

Improve Your Broadband connection "Get cFosSpeed "

2008-04-14T21:19:00.012+08:00

Hi folks,
Tired of tweaking your Broadband connection to get the best speed and response.

Here we have the program for you that will do those automatically.
I Personally tested it and practically enjoy this application .
Believe me you wont regret have this application.

1.It boosted my download speed for my application(ie
:Bittorent ,ftp,http,edonkey,direct connect, )
2.Decrease lag time on gaming
3.Smooth playback on flash video

Feature:
Supported Connections::

* Broadband: Cabel and DSL
* Narrow band: Modem and ISDN
* Mobile (UMTS, HSDPA, GSM, GPRS, HSCSD)
* Media:
o DSL, PPPoE
o DSL, PPPoA (VCmux and LLC)
o DSL, PPTP
o VDSL
o Cable
o ISDN
o IP over AAL
o RFC1483/2684 bridged

Routing:

* Router and dial-up connections
* LAN and WLAN
* Router and Bridge-Mode
* VPN
* Multiple connections simultaneously
* Adjustable routes
* Several IP adresses per adapter

Traffic Shaping:

* Multi-User version
* TX and RX-Shaping
* L7 Protocol Analysis
* Prioritization of Programs
* RTP/VoIP Detection
* 5 priority queues
* Individual rules with filter language

Options:

* Low-Latency Mode
* Auto-MTU optimization

Extras:

* Time and volumen budgets
* Usage Graph
* Overview of connections
* Skin-Windows
* Firewall
* Data and packet logging
* 32-Bit and 64-Bit version
* 12+ languages

Review:

cFos Broadband Connect is a network driver for very fast PPPoE Internet access, like DSL and Cable. While the driver shipped with Windows can only transfer up to 4.5 Mbyte/s (= 36 Mbit/s), cFos Broadband Connect sends up to 50 Mbyte/s (= 400 Mbit/s), tested with Gigabit LAN, Pentium 4 (3GHz).

cFos Broadband Connect is designed for maximum throughput under minimum CPU load. This leaves your CPU power to the actual Internet application, like media players, etc. At full speed cFos Broadband Connect needs only 3% CPU time.

cFos Broadband Connect supports all important PPPoE parameters. These can easily be configured with the phone number used for the Dial-Up connection. With Auto-Detect cFos Broadband Connect finds all Internet access points connected to your system.

cFos Broadband Connect can also accept incoming calls. This way, you can set up your own PPPoE server.

cFos Broadband Connect allows multiple PPPoE sessions simultaneously. You can use any number of incoming and outgoing sessions. With the 'Service-Name' and 'AC-Name' parameters you can restrict connections to certain services or access points.

cFos Broadband Connect supports NDIS 6 under Vista, thereby providing even more network performance.

cFos Broadband Connect is available either as a 30-day trial version (which can be downloaded for free at http://www.cfos.com/download/download_e.htm ) or as the full version, currently starting at a special offer price of €9,95.

Supported Operating Systems:

Windows Vista, XP and Server 2003, x86 and x64 editions.

Grab a Trial copy! Download Here

Big Buck Bunny(Blender Nation Short 3D animation)

2008-04-12T01:09:00.001+08:00

The Peach open movie project.*Big Buck Bunny*

This is a very interesting short 3d animation made by a group of artist using open source software Blender 3D.

For now watch the trailer ...enjoy : )
Download trailer .ogg

Big Buck Bunny - Official Trailer from Andy Goralczyk on Vimeo.

Earn $ CASH With Free File Hosting

2008-04-09T10:46:00.000+08:00

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You will not only get to upload or backup your files online but you may earn $$$. Now days many of us needs storage space to place our files such as pictures or documents. Most file hosting company make you pay for it. But unlike ziddu they pay you instead.

You may earn by referral or let others download your files. So what are you waiting for? just upload-share-earn !!!

you may click on the image file below or my referral id to sign up & start upload-share-earn money.

Ziddu also offers :

* A plethora of photo management tools such as 'Photo Album' and 'Slide Show' to share!
* Flexibility to create Video and Audio libraries to share!!
* Offers all free accounts! No Premium accounts!!
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