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New Tweet Buttons

2010-08-12T10:25:00.000-07:00

Twitter has just launched the “Tweet Button” an official option for web publishers to count retweets and let their readers easily share content.

The Tweet Button is not only simple for users, but for publishers of all sizes, too. Recreational bloggers to large media companies can quickly and easily add the Tweet Button to their sites. It only takes a few lines of code. The Tweet Button will help publishers grow traffic and increase their Twitter following.

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How to Create Search Engine in Blogger

2010-08-11T10:08:00.000-07:00

This Search Engine is use to find articel in your blog, not to find articel at all website in the world. It's very easy, just follow the trick below you will have search engine in your blog. Here's the step:

1. Login to Blogger, Go to "Layout --> Page Elements". Klick "Add a page elements" then chose "HTML/Java Script".
2. Put the code below into "Content" Box

Change yourblogname with your blog's name. The number "30" is width of your search engine, you can change it for appropriate to your layout.

Microsoft Launches Outlook Facebook Integration

2010-07-14T21:48:00.000-07:00

Microsoft is announcing today that it has integrated Facebook and Windows Live Messenger into Outlook, bringing the streams of millions of Facebook users into inboxes across the world.

On Page Optimization

2010-05-18T02:50:00.003-07:00

On Page Optimization is the most important and complex part of search engine optimization. This website helps your search engine ranking through their keywords need. It should be kept based on which some great tips on optimizing your site for articles while the page is going.

This website helps you rank your page or your keywords to increase search engine ranking will depend on the page of your website search engine optimization on any kind of score. It is mainly seen on page factors of your index page, set your keyword rankings.

Page optimization is often forgotten these days, because we focus more and inbound links with targeted anchor text to get more of our time. – Optimization page, but you quickly to do something yourself an extra boost in the SERPS can offer.

There is great for a list page SEO technique that search engine optimization is considered in the evaluation process. Recognizing these factors, but are not limited to: words in the web page URL, title tags, meta tags, headlines, sub headlines, keyword density, words start page, page content, words that are bold in touch , words, site navigation, website link structure and a number of other reasons.

On page optimization tips:

URL Naming:
If your domain name as possible, try to prime your targeted keywords, if still does not include your keywords in the url.
Title Tag:
Title tag, the first words that you place your keywords Place and after using the word can attract visitors
Meta Description:
Many search engines use the description tag at any time, but it is best to set it properly just in case. Put your keywords in the beginning of the first meta description, meta description and your website attract visitors do yo tour.
Meta Keywords:
Yes many search is now not counted meta keywords, but use less engine search engine keyword tags, meta keywords using the search engine is still worth something to have your site rank
Use Alt Text for Image Optimization:
Are unable to see images for Crawlers. Thus, appropriate displays using Alt tag your content with targeted keywords to optimize the images,
Static URL:
Remember that all of your important pages should be short and static URLs.
Use Headings:
H1, h2, and use the h3 title tag to define their key subject categories, and putting your keywords in style at least once a title.
Valid HTML:
Use the W3C HTML validator on your page’s HTML is valid. A web page for more HTML errors will create not rank well in SERPS.
Robot. Txt:
Your website for search engines with robots.txt file you can restrict access. Check on your website with robot.txt is apposite crawler information is required.
Sitemap XML:
Create your XML Sitemap XML Sitemap using search engines crawl your pages.
Keep Your Body Text To Read
Use your keywords in the text body, but keep your body text readable. Not in my drywall text keywords you drywall drywall stuff by humans until the drywall dry wall is unclear.
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Search Engine Optimization Off the Page

2010-05-18T02:50:00.001-07:00

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In the area of development of links, there are many important factors to remember. After all, development of links is the most important in achieving a high position in search engines.

There are many things that can significantly impact the growth and spread of links to your site as.

Make sure your site has something that others would be interested to link webmaster.
Create content that people want to link, even if not directly give economic value, this site worthy of being linked raise the authority and position of every page of your website.
Whenever possible, try to have your keywords in many of the links pointing to your pages.
Sign up for blogs and forums, participating or exchange links with sites related to your topic.
Create your discussions on topic.
Look for places where you can get free high quality links (such as local libraries or chambers of commerce).
If you have a good internal content, try to get direct links to your internal pages.
Write articles and affiliate to sites with more authority.
Start a blog and writes interesting and unique about your issues, products, news and other sites in your community.
Comment on other sites with helpful comments, relevant and valuable.
Participate in forums to learn what your potential customers think is important.

What questions do often?
How could solve their problems? etc. ..
While developing a great website is half of the equation of SEO, the other half is advocacy.

Search engines are very particular regard to improving their ability to detect manipulation and artificial junk bond, thus an effective SEO you want to promote your sites in total length must use a process of development of natural and organic links in order to succeed in seo.

LOST USER PASSWORD (linux)

2010-05-18T02:49:00.000-07:00

Now, just imagine, you have a sudden strike of growing old, and, you forgot your user password. I know it´s hard to figure, but weirder things happen !

The solution however is simple:

CODE

$ su
<>
# passwd bruno

( if that is your username, don´t use mine )

Type in a new password ( you will likely get an error message, ignore it )
Type in the same password again !

Log out as root and log in as user with your new password !

( I said is was easy ! )

Next time we will attack the forgotten ROOT password ! A bit more complicated but it sure can be done.

Add the Quick Launch Bar to the Taskbar in Windows 7

2010-05-18T02:47:00.000-07:00

The above screenshot is the Windows 7 taskbar after changing back to XP/Vista mode, and adding the quick launch bar back. Looks just like Vista doesn’t it?

Adding the Quick Launch Bar Back to Windows 7

To add the toolbar back, you’ll want to right-click on an open area of the taskbar, and choose Toolbars \ New Toolbar from the menu. You should probably also unlock the taskbar at this point.

Now’s the slightly tricky part… you’ll want to paste the following path into the location bar:

%appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

Make sure that the location bar shows the full path, like the next screenshot, before you choose the “Select Folder” button.

You’ll immediately notice the Quick Launch toolbar on the taskbar, but it’s all the way over on the right, so you’ll want to click on the dotted lines and then drag the toolbar all the way to the left (which is slightly tricky sometimes). Note that you’ll need to right-click and unlock the taskbar before you can move the toolbar.

There we go, it’s over on the left… but now you’ll want to adjust the regular taskbar toolbar to be closer to the left, so use the dotted lines to drag it over as well.

The normal Quick Launch that we’re used to doesn’t have text, so right-click on the dotted lines and uncheck “Show Text” as well as “Show Title” from the menu.

Once you’re sure it’s the way you want it, you should check the “Lock the taskbar” again.

And there you are, the quick launch bar has returned and there’s virtually no way anybody would know this is Windows 7.

HOW TO: Clean Up Your Facebook Profile

2010-04-08T03:56:00.000-07:00

As the number of your Facebook friends and apps you (and them) are using increases, your Facebook news feed and wall can turn into one big mess. It’s nice to communicate with your friends, but if you can’t find useful posts amidst all those silly apps, or your real friends amongst all the unknown people you’ve befriended, it’s time to clean up your Facebook profile.

Facebook offers extensive options for fine tuning what individual applications and people can see or do on your Facebook profile, but if you haven’t been following all the changes (and Facebook likes to change often), you might feel lost in all the options. We’re offering a rundown of the most efficient ways to make more sense of your Facebook experience.

Hide Them From the Feed!

The simplest way to control what shows up in your News Feed is to click “Hide” on an item you don’t want to see. Facebook will ask you whether you want to hide that person or page, once you confirm it, you won’t see anything from them again.

If you want to bring some of the hidden stuff back, don’t worry. Once you hide something, Facebook will warn you with the message “XXX has been hidden from your News Feed. To manage who appears in News Feed, Edit Options.”

Now, click on Edit Options and you’ll see a list of all the people and Pages you’ve hidden. From there, you can restore the visibility of the items you’ve hidden, and set some additional options, such as the maximum number of friends shown in Live Feed.

Friends & Lists

Just like MySpace, Facebook is a place for friends. But let’s face it: in most cases, only a small number of your friends on Facebook are good, real-life friends. You’ve also got acquaintances, business partners, coworkers, and if you’re really trigger happy when it comes to friending, a bunch of people you don’t know at all.

Luckily, you can organize them into Friend Lists, which will let you filter your news feed and the chat box. The process can be a little tedious, but trust us, it can make a huge difference.

We’ve got a detailed article explaining how to create and manage friend lists on Facebook, and for the most part, it’s still accurate. However, Facebook changed its layout after the article was written, and some details about how lists are displayed and managed have changed, too.

Lists are now displayed under Friends in the Facebook homepage; click on it to see all the lists you’ve created. Furthermore, to edit lists, click on Account – Edit Friends. From there, you can add or remove friends from your lists, delete lists or create new ones.

To use lists, simply go to your homepage, and click on a list; you’ll only see news items created by the people you’ve added to that list. Perhaps even more importantly, the lists extend to the chat box. Once you’ve created one or more lists, you’ll see that the chat box now displays them separately. Click on Friend Lists; from there you can choose which lists do you want to see in the chat box. Fantastic if you have a lot of friends, but you only chat with a handful.

Apps

Dividing your friends into lists should help you organize and clean up your profile tremendously, but it still doesn’t rid you of all the apps your friends are using, some of which keep popping up on your wall. For example, if you’re not interested in Farmville, you probably don’t want to see how your friends’ crops are doing.

Again, it’s possible to fine tune which apps can do what to your profile, and we recommend doing this not only for the sake of clarity, but also for the sake of privacy and security. Click on Account – Application Settings, and choose Show – Authorized from the drop down menu. You’ll probably be amazed at how many apps you’ve authorized; the list can become huge over time.

There’s a couple of ways to deal with these apps. If you see an app you really don’t need, you can simply remove it by clicking the x next to it. This is a bit drastic, however, as you can also change the settings for each individual application. Click on Edit Settings; from there, you can deny the app to “Publish recent activity (one line stories)” to your wall (under Additional Permissions). You can also choose whether you want the app to be located in your Bookmarks, and you can limit the visibility of that app’s tab on your profile.

What Now?

After you’ve cleaned up your apps, you’ll see a lot less clutter on your Facebook profile; however, bear in mind that this is an ongoing process. After a while, you’ll likely authorize new apps, and your profile will once again become cluttered with stuff you don’t really need to see on a daily basis. The best way to deal with it is to do regular maintenance of your Facebook profile every couple of months.

Still, if you’ve followed the instructions in this article, your Facebook is now a different place – more organized, less cluttered and generally more enjoyable. We hope it helped! If you’ve got any additional tips on how to clean up your Facebook profile, let us know in the comments!

From:- mashable.com

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Beta Leaked, Screenshots Surface

2010-04-08T02:38:00.000-07:00

An early build of Windows 7's first service pack has been leaked, leading to thousands of downloads on a whole host of various torrent Web sites.

As with every Windows operating system (OS) release, improvements and fixes often arrive in the form of a service pack, and only last month the Windows team discussed the upcoming Windows 7 SP1 release in a blog post. The team detailed that the first service pack would feature a number of minor updates for the popular OS. However, it is worth noting that the Windows team did not mention a final release date for the completed service pack .

This leaked beta, which was compiled on March 27 and identifies itself as build number "6.1.7601.16537.amd64fre.win7.100327-0053," gives an incomplete indication as to what progress is being made on the upcoming service pack, and as such should not be seen as a complete product.

Early reports from those who have gone ahead and installed the beta have already surfaced. Downloaders say that the Windows 7 installation procedure is considerably faster than the service pack installation experienced when using Windows Vista.

Microsoft has not officially announced when the final first service pack will be available. If you have tried the 'unofficial' beta be sure to let us know in the comments.

More images of the installation process can be found on Geek Smack.

On Page SEO Factors

2010-04-05T22:23:00.001-07:00

Page optimization is often forgotten these days, because we focus more and inbound links with targeted anchor text to get more of our time. - Optimization page, but you quickly to do something yourself an extra boost in the SERPS can offer.

On page optimization tips:

URL Naming:
If your domain name as possible, try to prime your targeted keywords, if still does not include your keywords in the url.
Title Tag:
Title tag, the first words that you place your keywords Place and after using the word can attract visitors
Meta Description:
Many search engines use the description tag at any time, but it is best to set it properly just in case. Put your keywords in the beginning of the first meta description, meta description and your website attract visitors do yo tour.
Meta Keywords:
Yes many search is now not counted meta keywords, but use less engine search engine keyword tags, meta keywords using the search engine is still worth something to have your site rank
Use Alt Text for Image Optimization:
Are unable to see images for Crawlers. Thus, appropriate displays using Alt tag your content with targeted keywords to optimize the images,
Static URL:
Remember that all of your important pages should be short and static URLs.
Use Headings:
H1, h2, and use the h3 title tag to define their key subject categories, and putting your keywords in style at least once a title.
Valid HTML:
Use the W3C HTML validator on your page's HTML is valid. A web page for more HTML errors will create not rank well in SERPS.
Robot. Txt:
Your website for search engines with robots.txt file you can restrict access. Check on your website with robot.txt is apposite crawler information is required.
Sitemap XML:
Create your XML Sitemap XML Sitemap using search engines crawl your pages.
Keep Your Body Text To Read
Use your keywords in the text body, but keep your body text readable. Not in my drywall text keywords you drywall drywall stuff by humans until the drywall dry wall is unclear.
Internal Link
Internal link between the construction related posts

eBay Launches One Stop Shop For All Things Fashion

2010-04-05T22:21:00.000-07:00

EBay has never been known as the premier fashion mecca in the online retail world. Yes, you can find designer goods on the auction site, but the validity of these goods has been tarnished slightly by reports and subsequent lawsuits of fake designer items being sold on the site. But the e-commerce giant is hoping to change this. eBay recently launched FashionVault, a site that sells designer clothes and includes Gilt Groupe-like flash sales on designer items. And today, the company is launching eBay Fashion , a “new enhanced shopping destination for clothing, shoes and accessories on the world’s largest online marketplace.” It’s sort of like a one-stop-shop for all things fashion on eBay.

The site promises more advanced and customized features to surface and showcases the new, vintage, branded and designer merchandise included on the 19 million average daily listings on eBay. New features include enhanced browsing capabilities, with a dedicated “Fashion Tab” in the top navigation on the eBay homepage. Users are given the choice to shop by boutique, brand, category, similar items and trends.

Other new functionality includes a “More Like This” feature that will surface other apparel and accessories items that are similar in color, shape, pattern and more; and tailored boutiques for categories like Women’s Clothing, Men’s Clothing, Women’s Shoes, Men’s Shoes and Handbags. eBay is also soliciting tips and advice from fashion insiders and stylists that will curate shopping lists and looks from the Marketplace.

It seems that this new fashion-focused site is more than just a push towards getting fashionistas to visit eBay. eBay recently sectioned off its classified site to this could be representative of a strategy towards fencing off their marketplace sections to create niche retail and content portals.

comScore: Android Market Share Continues To Gain On The iPhone

2010-04-05T22:20:00.000-07:00

comScore has just released its latest report on smartphone marketshare, and the trend we saw last month has continued: Google’s Android is gaining quickly on the iPhone, as Palm and Microsoft’s shares continue to dip. The report compares smartphone market share averaged over the three-month period ending November 2009 against the three months ending February 2010.

The report concluded that 45.4 million people in the United States were using smartphones in the period ending in Feb. 2010, which is a 21% increase over period ending last November. RIM still has a strong lead over the field, with 42.1% of the smartphone market share, and it rose by 1.3% over this period. But the most interesting story is the rapid rise of Android, whose share grew 5.2%. Apple’s share has remained stable, with a .1% drop.

It’s important to note that while Android is clearly growing quickly, it still has a long ways to go to match Apple’s mobile user base. Apple’s iPhone OS is also used by the iPod Touch (and now, the iPad); Android still hasn’t been deployed on any popular devices that aren’t phones.

Microsoft to Launch "Pink" Smartphones on April 12?

2010-04-05T22:16:00.000-07:00

Microsoft stirred up some speculation on Monday with invitations to a mysterious press event on April 12. The invitations, sent by snail-mail in circular packages, feature the message "It's time to share," along with an invitation to the mystery event.

According to the author of the WindowsPhoneSecrets Blog, Paul Thurrott, as well as an unnamed CNET source and an unnamed ComputerWorld source, the event will be centered on the unveiling of the new Microsoft smartphone platform code-named "Pink."

Two new phones, code-named the "Pure" and the "Turtle," are also expected to be unveiled at the event. Both phones were designed by Danger--the makers of the T-Mobile Sidekick handset--and manufactured by Sharp. Images of the Pure and Turtle were leaked in September of last year, and specs were leaked just last month. According the most recent leak, which came from Gizmodo, the OS on both phones is, like Windows Phone 7 and the Zune OS, based on Windows CE.

The new phones are targeted at a younger crowd--the same crowd at which the Sidekick was initially targeted. While the Sidekick focused more on texting and less on media, the new phones are expected to feature lots of social networking support for the Twitter-and-Facebook crowd, as well as the Zune music service.

The new phones are not expected to run Windows Phone 7; they're expected to run a modified version of the Danger OS (with Windows CE as the core). ZDNet also suggests (based on the Tweets of custom rom maker Conflipper) that there are two other (CDMA) phones in the works, code-named "Lion" and "Pride." All Pink phones are expected to be launched on the Verizon network, with the rumored tagline: "Make your network more social."

Some pundits are also speculating that Microsoft may also debut its is-it-real-or-not dual-screen tablet, dubbed the "Courier," just a week after Apple's iPad release. However, it's still most likely that we'll just see new phones. Thurrott believes so, too, writing on his blog that the upcoming event is "not a Courier event."

Microsoft has done a pretty good job of drumming up speculation with its mysterious event invitations, but Apple still seems to be pulling ahead: Apple announced Monday that it will be giving the public a sneak peek of the iPhone OS 4.0 on April 8, just four days before Microsoft's event.

Top 10 WordPress SEO Plugins

2010-03-17T10:29:00.000-07:00

1. Platinum SEO plugin

It's an ultimate WordPress SEO plugin offering most popular features. Some of the exclusive features of the Platinum SEO plugin includes optimizing post and page titles for search engines. It generates SEO relevant meta tags automatically. With the plugin you can add meta description and meta keywords tags to Wordpress Categories and Wordpress Tag pages. It allows you to add index, noindex, follow or nofollow, noarchive, nosnippet, noodp, noydir meta tags to any post/page. Further, you can change your permalink from your admin panel without worrying about loss of page rank or google penalty.

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2. Google XML Sitemaps

Using this plugin you can create Google sitemaps compliant XML-Sitemap for your blog. It not only supports all the WOrdPress generated pages, but also the custom ones that you create. Each time you edit or create the post your sitemap would be updated. All the major search engines like ASK.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO will be able to read the sitemap.

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3. All in one SEO Pack

This is a one of the most handy pack Wordpress SEO plugin that allows you to control the meta descriptions and page titles. It also allows you to tag posts with categories. The pack includes most efficient SEO plugins that enables you to perform most SEO functions. Some of its key features are canonical URLs, automatic optimization of titles for search engines, generate meta tags automatically and fine tune page navigational links.

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4. SEO Friendly Images

SEO Friendly Images is a Wordpress optimization plugin which automatically updates all images with proper ALT and TITLE attributes. If your images do not have ALT and TITLE already set, SEO Friendly Images will add them according the options you set. Additionally this makes the post W3C/xHTML valid as well.

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5. Redirection

With this WordPress SEO plugin you can manage up to 301 re-directions. What's more you can monitor the 404 errors. This would allow you to manage all the loose ends of your site. Redirection can be a quite useful if you are migrating pages from an old website, or are changing the directory of your WordPress installation.

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6. Robot Meta

This SEO plugin provides you the easiest way to add meta robots tags to the WordPress pages. It prevents the indexing of the search result pages, but still allows the search engines to follow the links on them. Robot Meta plugin disallows indexing of the subpages to your homepage, category pages, author pages and tag pages, to prevent duplicate content.

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7. WP Backlinks

With this plugin you can easily trade and manage backlinks on a weblog. It provides a form on the side navigation of your webblog that the weblog owners would have to fill out, providing details and the url of the weblog article that has a link to your site. Filling the form will ensure that WP Backlinks would spider that page and make sure that they put a link to the weblog on that page. WP Backlinks will also log the page rank of that page. Further, in the admin section you would have to approve any new links to be displayed on yourweblog. This would ensure that you don't have any inappropriate links going on the weblog.

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8. Automatic SEO Links

There may have been several instances when you forgot to put links manually. With Automatic SEO Links you can choose a word and a URL and this plugin will replace all the matches in your blog post. For each link you can set - title, target and rel. Additionally, you will be able to know how many times a word has been changed. If the WordPress plugin finds more of once the same word in a post, it will only change the first one. This is to avoid black seo and inconveniences to the users.

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9. Simple SEO for paged comment

Typically, WordPress generates duplicate content with the paged comments. This SEO plugin has been designed to fix this in two steps. It replaces content by an excerpt with a link on paged comments and sets an unique title for each page of comments.

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10. SEO Smart Link

This WordPress plugin automates SEO for your site in addition to custom keywords lists, nofollow and other facilities. It automatically links keywords and phrases in your posts and comments with corresponding pages, posts, categories and tags on your blog.

Tips on Choosing a Good Domain Name

2010-03-17T09:41:00.000-07:00

Before you rush out and choose your domain name or name your website, you might want to consider the following points:

1. Your Domain Name Should Be Your Website Name

Naming your site after your domain may seem obvious to some of you, but you'll be surprised to learn that not every website is named after the domain name even when the webmaster owns that domain name.

Naming a site after its domain name is important, for the simple reason that when people think of your website, they'll think of it by name. If your name is also your URL, they'll automatically know where to go. For example, when people think of thefreecountry.com, they don't have to wonder what URL to type into their browser to get there. The name of the site is also the URL.

Imagine if your business (or website) is called "Acme", but somebody else holds that domain name. Instead, you have some obscure domain name called, say, "mybusiness.com". What happens when your customers, recalling that Acme has a product they want, type "www.acme.com"? They'll wind up at your competitor's website. One lost sale.

In the modern world of the Internet, where people automatically turn to the Web for information, it pays to have a domain name that reflects your site or business. There are just fewer things for your customers or visitors to remember. Moreover, you don't seriously think that they'll try to memorise an unrelated URL just because you want them to, do you? The only people who'll memorise it are you and your competitors who want to compare your prices.

What if you cannot get the domain name of your choice? It really depends on how committed you are to that particular name. If you have an existing brand name that you're known for, you'll probably not want to ditch that name just because you couldn't get the domain name. After all, it took you a lot of time and money to establish that name. If so, you might simply want to try to buy over the domain name from the current owner. Check up the "whois" information for the domain, and contact that person listed to see if they're willing to sell it. You probably should be aware that they are likely to want to charge a higher fee than you'll normally get when buying new domains (assuming they want to sell it in the first place).

On the other hand, if you're just starting out, you might prefer the cheaper alternative of trying to obtain a domain name first, and then naming your website (or business) after the domain that you've acquired. So if you've acquired, say, the domain name "acme.com", then your website and business might be named "Acme" or "acme.com". I know this seems a bit like putting the cart before the horse, but that's the reality if you don't want to lose out on the Internet.

2. Generic Names Or Brand Name Domains?

I know that a number of people seem to think that your domain name really must be some generic name like "cars.com" if you are selling cars. Witness, for example, how much money those generic names are being sold for. But seriously, if you were looking for a car, you'll probably already have some brands in mind, and you're more like to try out things like generalmotors.com or toyota.com rather than just cars.com.

For that reason, I personally feel that a domain name that matches your brand name is very important. The very name that you use to advertise your product is the name that you will want for your domain, because that is the first thing that people will try in their browser. It is also the easiest thing for them to remember, and whatever that is easily remembered, will be more likely to be tried out than the obscure domain name.

3. Long or Short Domain Names?

Domain names can be of any length up to 67 characters. You don't have to settle for an obscure domain name like avab.com when what you mean is AcmeVideosAndBooks.com.

Having said that, there appears to be some disagreement about whether a long or short domain name is better.

Some argue that shorter domain names are easier to remember, easier to type and far less susceptible to mistakes: for example, "getit.com" is easier to remember and less prone to typos than "connecttomywebsiteandobtainit.com".

Others argue that a longer domain name is usually easier on the human memory - for example, "gaepw.com" is a sequence of unrelated letters that is difficult to remember and type correctly, whereas if we expand it to its long form, "GetAnEconomicallyPricedWebsite.com", we are more likely to remember the domain name.

Some of these arguments are actually academic. It's increasingly difficult to get short meaningful domain names. I have not checked, but I'm fairly certain that names like "getit.com" and "good.com" have long been sold. If you manage to get a short domain name though, the key is to make sure it's a meaningful combination of characters and not the obscure "gaepw.com" in my contrived example above.

Long domain names that have your site keywords in them also have an advantage in that they fare better in a number of search engines. The latter give preference to keywords that are also found in your domain names. So, for example, if you have a site on free C++ compilers with a domain name like freecpluspluscompilers.com, it might fare better in a search for "free C++ compilers" than my other site, thefreecountry.com.

Which would I go for? I'd go for the shorter name if I can get a meaningful one, but I'm not averse to longer names. However, I would probably avoid extremely long names verging on 67 characters. Aside from the obvious problem that people might not be able to remember such a long name, it would also be a chore typing it and trying to fit it as a title on your web page.

4. Hyphenated Names?

Should you get a hyphenated name? There are a few things to consider here:

a. Disadvantage: It's easy to forget the hyphens when typing a name. Many users are used to typing things like freecpluspluscompilers.com but not free-c-plus-plus-compilers.com. They'll probably leave out the hyphens and wind up at your competitor's site.

b. Disadvantage: When people recommend your site to their friends verbally, having hyphens in your domain name leads to more potential errors than when the name does not contain hyphens. For example, how do you think your visitors will refer to your site if it is named "acme-books-and-videos.com"? They might say, "I visited Acme Book and Videos dot com yesterday. It was fabulous." Their friends, remembering that comment later, might type into their browsers "acmebooksandvideos.com". Oops.

c. Disadvantage: It's a pain in the neck to type. Enough said.

d. Advantage: Search engines can distinguish your keywords better and thus return your site more prominently in search results for those keywords occurring in your domain name.

e. Advantage: The non-hyphenated form may no longer be available. At least this way, you still get the domain name you want.

Personally, I prefer to avoid hyphenated names if I can, but I guess it really depends on your domain name and your situation.

5. Plurals, "The", and "My" Forms of the Domain Name

Very often, if you can't get the domain name you want, the domain name registrar will suggest alternate forms of the name you typed. For example, if you wanted website.com, and it was taken (of course it is), it might suggest forms like:

thewebsite.com
mywebsite.com
websites.com

and the like, if they were not already taken as well. The question is, should you take them?

My personal opinion is that if you take the "the..." and "my..." forms of the domain name, you must always remember to promote your site with the full form of the name. Otherwise, people are likely to forget to affix the necessary "the" or "my". For that reason, I always advertise my sites as "thesitewizard.com" and "thefreecountry.com" in their full domain name forms, rather than just "Free Country" or "Site Wizard" (without the article).

On the other hand, I would not take the plural form of the domain name (eg, websites.com) if I cannot also get "website.com", since the chance of the visitor failing to type the "s" in the name is very great. Think about the famous name tussle between etoys.com and etoy.com. Many people wanting to go to etoys.com were apparently going to etoy.com instead. If it happened to them, it can happen to you too.

6. COM, ORG, NET, etc?

One common question I encounter is from people who can't get the ".com" domain of their choice, but find the ".net", ".org" or other country-specific top level domains (TLDs) available (like .de, .nu, .sg, etc). Should they try for these?

The answer is not as straightforward as you might think. If your website or business caters to the local community, such as a pizza delivery business or recruitment agency or the like, then it makes sense to get a country-specific domain. You actually benefit from having such a local domain because the people in your country know that they're dealing with a local entity, which is what they want. After all, if they stay in (say) the United Kingdom, they're not likely to want to try to order pizza from pizzaparlour.com, which suggests a US or an international site. You'll have better luck calling it pizzaparlour.co.uk, ie, with a UK domain.

What if yours is a site or business that can benefit from an international audience? There are actually many schools of thought on this. I'll just mention a few common ones.

The first school of thought goes on the premise that it is better to have a domain name of your choice "myperfectdomain" even if it has a TLD of ".net", ".org" or some other country specific extension, than to wind up choosing an obscure domain name for the simple reason you can't get your first choice. Thus they would settle for domain names like "myperfectdomain.de" or "myperfectdomain.net" or whatever. Against this is the argument that if you get a country specific domain, people might think that your business only caters to that country.

Another school of thought finds that ".net" and ".org" extensions are actually quite acceptable domain names. For some, the ".org" extension actually describes the non-profit nature of their organisation. So, for example, the famous Apache web server can be found at "apache.org".

Others settle for the ".com" extension and no less. As grounds for their arguments, they cite the browser algorithms used to locate a website when a user simply types a name like "acme" into the browser. Apparently, the browser searches for a domain name "acme.com" before attempting "acme.net", etc. As such, people who do that will be delivered to your competitor's site if you do not also own the ".com" extension. Indeed, even if people do not rely on their browser to complete their typing, many simply assume a ".com" extension when they type a domain name, so if your business is "Acme", they'll just assume your domain name is "acme.com" rather than "acme.net" or some other such name.

As you can see, there are actually good grounds for accepting any of the above views. My personal footnote to the above arguments is that if you get a domain name with an extension other than ".com", make sure that you promote your business or website with the full domain name. For example, if your domain name is "dogandcatfood.net", make sure that when you advertise your site or business, call it "dogandcatfood.net" not "dogandcatfood". Otherwise people will assume a ".com" extension and travel to the wrong place.

7. In Conclusion...

In case the forest got lost in the trees (or the reverse) in my arguments here, let me reiterate the main point of this article: get that domain name before you start your site or business.

Don't make the mistake of attempting to retrofit your domain name to your business or website. thefreecountry.com did not originally start out with that name, and I encountered a huge hassle (and lost visitors) as a result of the URL changes. Don't make that mistake too.

Top 10 Directories for SEO

2010-03-17T09:35:00.000-07:00

While directories are not as beneficial as they used to be they are still a good foundation for link building campaigns. Below is list of the top 10 SEO friendly directories that pass on PageRank to your site, thereby increasing your PR.

1. Librarians’ Internet Index (PR9)- A very high-quality free link, but very difficult to get. Websites must go through a thorough review and must contain alot of informative content.

2. DMOZ (PR8)- The Open Directory Project is a great authority link and its free. Unfortunately it can take up to a year to be indexed depending on the editor for the category you are submitting to. Don’t keep resubmitting your site, it only puts you at the end of the line.

3. Yahoo Directory (PR8)- Another great authority link if your site is not commercial inclusion is free but can be slow. Commercial listings are $299 a year.

4. Business.com (PR7)- Great link for business sites submission cost $299 a year make sure to get the standard listing not the PPC which is a redirected link.

5. Best of the Web (PR7)- Free link for non-commercial sites. Otherwise its $69.95 a year or $199.95 for a permanent link. Many of BOTW’s category pages have high Google Page Rank without that many outgoing links making this a solid backlink.

6. JoeAnt.com (PR6)- $39.99 one-time fee, free for editors guaranteed review within two business days.

7. The Hot VS. Not Directory (PR6)- High Page rank directory $60 for a year $200 for a permanent link.

8. Directory World (PR5)- Professional web directory for 24.95 annually.

9. GoGuides (PR5)- Websites are instantly included $69.95 per site.

10. Rubber Stamped (PR4)- Solid link from an up and coming directory $29.95 one time review fee.

Top 10 SEO Extensions For Joomla 1.5

2010-03-17T09:34:00.000-07:00

Many of us have found Joomla to be one of the best options for building websites quickly and easily for a variety of industries. This is because it’s ease of use, has many plugins, and its scalability has earned great applause. Unfortunately, Joomla is a little backward SEO wise, and makes it difficult for your content to rank well. Never fear, we have listed here 10 great plugins we have used on clients sites and seen great results. So make 2010 a year of SEO zen with your Joomla website. Please keep in mind that these plugins are somewhat exclusive, while some can be combined, others cannot. Proceed with caution.

1. RS SEO- This great component does a number of invaluable SEO tasks including: crawl your website and index all the pages, modify the Meta Keywords, Meta description and Title on the fly, grade each page for SEO effectiveness, create Google and Yahoo! sitemaps, constantly monitor your competitors and compare them to you, monitor important keyword positions, and set permanent redirects for old links.

2. iJoomla SEO- Another great full featured component with a plethora of SEO features including: position of keywords in Google, use of h1, h2, h3 tags instead of contentheading tag, individual metatag control per page, automatic linking based on keyword, 301 redirects, ability to add nofollows to links (or leave dofollow, if you prefer), and image seo optimization.

3. SEF Service Map 2 (with PingBack system)- This component creates a complete XML sitemap of your site which it then uses to actively report (ping) new or modified items to Google, Yahoo, and other services. (Pinging is one of the tools that makes WordPress so AWESOME for SEO!) Thanks to that, indexing robots (spiders) will visit your site much more often and the site can index itself without your further activity. Make sure to sign up with Google Webmaster, Yahoo Site Explorer, and Bing Webmaster Center to tell these services the location of your sitemap.

4. sh404SEF This component adds search engine friendly url’s to Joomla but is much more robust than the built in SEF. sh404SEF lets you create unlimited short URLs for any page, remove duplicate URLs, customize the page title and page description, automatically emphasize all your article titles with “Heading tags,” spam and hacker management, and IP blocking. It also works with or without .htaccess support.

5. Joomla 1.5 SEO Patch- This patch solves the issues in regards of the settings within the html head section of your Joomla pages. The patch allows you to gain fully control over the META and title settings in the http header settings in Joomla 1.5 generated pages.

6. SEO Canonicalisation Plugin- SEO Canonicalisation is a system plugin for Joomla! 1.5 that enables site ‘canonicalisation’, which means that when a user hits your site from another domain than your preferred (for example, www.website.com instead of website.com), Joomla! will redirect the user to the appropriate hostname. Previously this would have to be accomplished by adding a .htaccess rewrite rule to handle the redirect.

7. SEOSimple- This simple Joomla 1.5 plugin takes the starting chunk of text from the page content and applies that as the value for the meta description tag in the page head. Search engines often use a Web page’s meta description in the SERPs, and as such it is important that these meta descriptions have relevant text related to the page content.

8. J!Redirect301- This extension works just as it sounds. The plugin 301 redirects your domains to one domain so that only one version of your site is indexed and also can be used to redirect individual pages to a new a page so search engine results are not lost.

9. Website Name- This Joomla 1.5 plugin displays the Website name in the page title. This is useful for SEO purposes, because it shows relationship between pages of your site. You can choose to display it before or after the Content Title.

10. GD SEO Verify- This nifty little plugin makes verifying your sites at Google Webmaster, Yahoo Site Explorer, and Bing Webmaster Center much easier on the backend of Joomla.

how to get traffic to your blog

2010-03-17T09:30:00.000-07:00

In this article, as the title implies, I discuss different ways to generate traffic to your site. I’m going to start off with the assumption that you know nothing about internet marketing, traffic building, SEO, and social marketing. Even if you already know some (or even a lot) about these things, I’m sure this article will still be a valuable read. My goal is to provide you with a launching point; there is tons of stuff you can build on in this article. It should provide you with ample material and information to begin and boost traffic to your site, whether it’s a first-week site, or a four-year-old competitive blog. Also, when talking about social sites, I try to outline general principles so that you can take them and apply them to a wide range of sites. So, on to the content.

Why Do People Even Come to Your Site?

The internet is a truly amazing technology. It allows us to share information with others, and, more importantly, to make money from the comfort of home. But before you can make any money, you’re going to need people to come to your site; traffic.

If you’re new to building traffic, it may seem like a really big, really confusing world. It’s hard to know where to start, and even if you have been trying to build traffic for a long time, you are probably always looking for more ways to increase the numbers.

First off, generating masses of traffic really isn’t a magical thing that only a few people know how to do. There isn’t a god of internet who sits in a server on the France/Switzerland border dealing out huge amounts to certain lucky (and random) sites, and taking away traffic from other sites. Getting traffic is much more scientific. Here’s my formula for traffic Generation:

Unique, Quality content + Lots of Hard Work = Lots of Quality Traffic

Now of course, you have to know what to work on. But that’s why I’m writing this article.

One thing that I can’t stress enough is the need for quality content. This is probably the most key point to traffic generation. If something is interesting, unique, and informative, people will want to read it. That’s why the internet was invented, to share information. If you realize that people are looking for information, and you give them what they’re looking for, then all you have to do is get the word out about your content, and people will come.

Now of course, if you’re selling a product, the same basic principles hold true. If you have a unique and quality product, all you have to do is tell people about that and they’ll be happy to buy.

So if someone comes to your site, he is probably looking for information on some topic or another. If you can offer him that information, you are all set.

The Two Basic Traffic Sources of the Internet

There are two sources of traffic on the internet. These are the search engines, and the social sites. There are many other minor sources, but none make much of an impact on anything. They just give you a random visit here and there.

These two methods of traffic generation are becoming more and more integrated. Search engines rank sites according to content and links. Social sites give out TONS of links. It’s a pretty simple conclusion that social sites are a major benefit to SEO. Now, on to some specific strategies for building traffic via SEO, and more importantly, Social Sites.

Social Sites Strategies

If you don’t really know anything about social sites, it can be very hard to know where to even begin, let alone WHAT to begin. The world of social sites is growing, actually, it’s more than growing, it’s exploding at an exponential rate. I don’t know the exact statistics, but at the very least, multiple new sites pop up every day.

(1) Invest in the future. Here is my long term investment strategy: become an authority on small, relatively new sites. Why? Because the internet and the number of people who use social sites is expanding so quickly, in a year or two, small sites have the potential to be as big as stumbleupon, digg, del.icio.us, and reddit are now. Of course, it would be stupid not to exploit the power of these 800 pound gorillas now, but I also like to invest in the future traffic of my site.

(2) Build a large network of friends. The best strategy in social sites is to build a large network of friends. Even if this means an "I’ll add you, you add me" approach, it’s worth it. Once you build a network of friends, you have your authority spread out through a site; you essentially have roots that help you to grow the tree of traffic to your site. Generally, the more friends you have, the more internal links you have planted somewhere in the site, giving you more authority in the eyes of the site. So just get down and sludge through a site, getting anyone you can to be your friend. This is a major point, especially in big sites (more below).

(3) How do you get your stuff shared or bookmarked? You give people good content. It seems obvious, but sometimes the obvious is the most hard to see: people are looking for good content when they go on these sites, so if you give them what they’re looking for, then they’ll give you their support. Don’t even bother to bookmark or share average or trash material, because it will get you nowhere, and it will be a waste of time. Here are 5 things that people tend to bookmark or share:

-Funny or disgusting. Let’s face it, your average internet surfer is probably looking for a way to pass the time. People like to laugh, and they like to be grossed out (I don’t know why, but think about it, it’s true). He’s trying to entertain himself. If you give him entertainment, he’ll support you.
-Truly useful information. People actually look for information. If you can offer useful, fresh information to someone, he will appreciate that and support you.
-Bashing people, brand-names, and companies. People can get very emotional about companies or websites or people they dislike. Out of pure resentment or identification, people will support something that bashes someone or something they don’t like. Get people to identify with your article.
-Controversial topics. This is similar to the one above. People can get very emotional, and will many times support something just because they feel strongly about it.
-Breaking news. News stories that are the first to tell about a major event that people care about also go up very fast in bookmarking and sharing sites.

(4) If you have good content, how can you get people to find it? The nice thing about the social sharing sites is that they are viral. If one person likes it, they’ll tell his two friends, who will then tell their two friends… etc. etc. It builds on itself. But you have to get the first group of people. This can be challenging, but there are a couple of ways to work it out. First of all, utilize the friends that you have on that given website (this is where having a large network of friends comes in handy). Send a shout out, or leave a comment somewhere so that your content gets exposed directly on that website. Next, you’ll want to utilize any social networking sites your a part of (i.e. facebook, myspace, bebo, etc). Send a message to your friends and tell them briefly about the site. It will give you more traffic exposure. Another thing you should do is make it very easy to bookmark or share your page; put up buttons directly on your page if possible.

SEO Strategies

SEO is basically about two things: links and content. If you can get a lot of both, then you’re all set. Again, it will be a huge help if you have original

(1) How do you get good quality inbound links? Well, there are multiple ways. The best linking strategy is this: find some sort of portal where you can put up content, and link back to your site after writing an article. Make sure to use a good keyword when linking back to your site. Don’t just say, "For more info, click here." Use a keyword phrase, for example, if your site was on red racing cars… "A good site for information on red racing cars." Here are some examples of sites you could use to post content wit backlinks.
-A Squidoo lens
-A blogger devoted to this purpose
-A hub on Hubpages.com
-An article on ezinearticles.com
-An article on goarticles.com
-An article on Gather.com
-A Myspace blog
Don’t just post links to your homepage; if you have a blog, link to specific posts as well as your main bog URL, if you own a multi-page website, link to relevant subpages off the homepage. Now posting content with backlinks on those sites alone could get you through a whole SEO career, so don’t take this part lightly. Granted, there are many other little things you can do, but much of the rest is up to other people linking to you, which may or may not happen. Putting up content on these sites also serves a double purpose, you can get a lot of direct incoming traffic form these links. If people like your article or portal, then they’ll click through your links, and it won’t be just search engine spiders coming through. Here are two other small things you can do to boost your rankings.

(2) Look at blogs related to the topic your site is on. This way, you can stay up to date on your topic, you can see what other people think, and best of all, you can comment on their blogs with a link to your site. It’s a bad idea to just put up a comment with a link to your site; that’s spam. But if you take the time to just skim a post and write a comment addressing the post with a link at the end, people appreciate that, and sometimes they’ll even check out your blog (always a bonus).

(3) If you want to rank for a certain term, make sure you mention that keyword at least a few pages on the page you’re trying to rank in the search engines. Also, try to use that keyword, or a variant, when linking back to the page.

how to install g++ on ubuntu

2010-03-17T09:27:00.000-07:00

The GNU C compiler is also called gcc and C++ is called g++. You
may also require the GNU make utility. All of them can get installed
by getting the build-essential package.
Just use this command:

Code:

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install g++

JaJee.net - Share your life with Friends

2010-01-30T05:49:00.000-08:00

JaJee.net - Share your life with Friends

Google Nexus Phone to Focus on BusinessGoogle Nexus Phone to Focus on Business

2010-01-10T06:39:00.000-08:00

The Nexus One smartphone might be a fun phone for consumers, but Google is aiming for the business-minded customer with its handset, says Google's Andy Rubin, quoted by Reuters.

Manufactured by HTC, maker of other Android phones (G1, MyTouch 3G, Hero), the Nexus One is a nice addition to the consumer line-up of Android smartphones, but doesn't have the business users at heart due to the lack of a physical keyboard.

But Google is planning to address this issue with the next version of the Nexus One (Nexus Two?), which will feature a hardware keyboard. The Google exec, who was behind the creation of the Android OS, didn't give any other details in his interview with Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg.

The news comes hot off the heels of Google's announcement of the Nexus One earlier this week, which rippled through the smartphone industry. Google has previously stated that it won't make phones, but instead chose HTC to manufacture the Nexus One under their brand and then sell it with or without a contract through their website.

Google hopes to solidify the position of the Android OS on the market through a sleeve of devices running the OS, including its own Nexus One. In recent months, Motorola made headlines when it launched the previous flagship device of the Android platform, the Droid (sold on Verizon).

Unlike the Droid, the Nexus One features a newer version of the Android OS (2.1) and a much speedier processor (1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon), but the Droid holds an advantage over the Nexus One with its (average) physical keyboard.

Motorola might not have been happy about Google launching their own Android smartphone, but now they have even more reasons to worry, as a keyboard-touting Nexus is on the way. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion could have reasons to worry as well, though the company still dominates the enterprise cellphone market.

From
Daniel Ionescu, PC World

Free FaceBook Ads Coupon Codes

2010-01-05T03:13:00.000-08:00

The process is quite simple, and it’s completely legit. You can use the $100 coupon to try out the Facebook Ad system and see if it can work for your business.

Here’s what you do to get $100 in free Facebook Ads:

1. Add the Visa Business Network Facebook application to your account. This application is focused on helping business owners meet each other and network.

2. Complete the Visa Business Network process to register the application. I had to add the application to my page as well as my profile.

3. Check for an email from the Facebook Ads Team with the subject “Facebook Ads Alert: Coupon Code Assigned.” This email will contain your $100 coupon code.

4. Add the coupon code to your Facebook Ads account: Log into your Facebook Ads account. Click on the “Billing” at the top of the Ads Manager. Click on the “Funding Sources” tab on the Billing Summary page. Click on “Enter Coupon Code” and enter your code as shown in the email.

5. Create your ad and use the coupon!

Save Web Sites Offline

2009-11-07T02:09:00.001-08:00

Saving just a page, even with images, is easy. (I'll get to saving a whole site in a moment.) In Firefox, for example, you select File**Save Page As. In the ‘Save as type' field, select Web Page, complete, then save the file. Firefox will save the page as an HTML file, but will also save all the supporting files in a local folder.

Even this doesn't work perfectly, however. Complex formatting may not get properly reproduced.

I recommend HTTrack for saving an entire site. This free program will save all the pages within a domain, including images, while maintaining the link structure. It does not save the pages from external links like those in advertising.

The user interface is a bit ugly, and it throws up some techy terminology that not everyone will be comfortable with. But if you just stick with the default settings, everything should be fine.

Downloading a whole site can take some time, of course (I gave up on downloading pcworld.com while testing HTTrack). Luckily, once you've downloaded a site, HTTrack can also update it with new pages.

Should You Use Standby or Hibernate?

2009-11-07T02:06:00.001-08:00

It's an age-old question: When you're done using your laptop, or just taking a break from work, should you put it to sleep, let it hibernate, or turn it all the way off?

Allow me to answer by way of a mnemonic: hibernate is great. You see, sleep mode (a.k.a. standby) puts your system into an off-like state, allowing you to pick up where you left off after just a few seconds (unlike rebooting, which can take minutes). But a PC in standby mode continues to consume battery power, so it's not uncommon to return to a "sleeping" PC to find that it's just plain dead.

Hibernate, on the other hand, writes your machine's current state to a temporary hard-drive file, then shuts down completely (much like "off"). When you start it up again, it loads that file and returns you to where you left off--no booting required.

Both ends of the hibernate process take a little longer than standby (usually 10-20 seconds, in my experience), but you avoid any of the issues that can arise when Windows suddenly loses power. What's more, standby is a notoriously flaky mode. I've encountered plenty of systems that refuse to wake up properly, so you end up losing whatever work you were trying to preserve.

Consequently, unless you're running your laptop on AC power, I recommend using hibernate most of the time.

Windows 7 Themes for XP

2009-11-07T01:52:00.000-08:00

SevenVG Black Theme

This theme is a Black version of "SevenVG" theme for Windows XP which is the first Windows 7 look-a-like theme for Windows XP and almost all other themes available on net are based on it.

Download SevenVG Black Theme for Windows XP

Apple Kills Hackintosh Netbooks with Snow Leopard Update

2009-11-03T02:53:00.000-08:00

Apple is reportedly breaking Hackintoshes -- meaning netbooks illegimately installed with Mac Oapple osx hackintoshS X -- with its latest update to Leopard.

The current developer build of OS X -- 10.6.2 -- will not run on the Intel Atom processor commonly used in netbooks that ship with Windows or Linux, according to an account in Wired, attributing the report to a hacker named Stellarola.

"Apple appears to have changed around a lot of CPU-related information" in the build, says Stellarola. "One of the effects of this is Apple killing off Intel's Atom chip."

Stellarola suggests that while most Hackintosh users should stick with 10.6 for now, they might try upgrading to 10.6.2 if they're running an older or modified kernel, according to OS X Daily.

The software in question is only a developer build, and it still might change before Apple releases a real update.

But Apple has already drawn fire lately for actions such as blocking Palm Pre users from iTunes aapplend banning Google Voice users from its App Store.

With Apple refusing to release an affordable low-end mobile PC of its own, hacked netbooks from Dell and other manufacturers have been turning into an increasing popular alternative in the Macintosh community.

10 Essential Windows 7 Downloads

2009-11-03T02:52:00.000-08:00

Nov 1, 2009 1:36 am

Windows 7 may be brand new, but that doesn't mean you can't find free or cheap tools to tweak its settings, supplement its features, or smooth an upgrade from XP or Vista. We've compiled a list of ten valuable software tools--many of them free--that can make your Win 7 experience a lot more rewarding. (Click on any of the images for a closer look at that tool.)
Microsoft Security Essentials

Like its predecessors, Windows 7 doesn't provide built-in protection against malware such as viruses and spyware. (It does have a firewall, however.) You could pay McAfee or Symantec for this service, but why bother with their protection racket when Redmond's service does the same thing for free? Microsoft Security Essentials provides solid protection for home PCs, and it's gratis. If you prefer third-party security, check out AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition instead.
Ninite

Brave souls upgrading to Windows 7 from XP must do a clean install, a tedious process that includes, among other things, reinstalling all apps. Instead, why not load most of your free and open-source programs all at once? Ninite does just that. First, go to the Ninite site and pick the programs you want (for instance, Firefox, iTunes, and Skype). Next, download Ninite, which installs the apps on your PC without introducing additional crapware. Ninite is free for personal use.
Windows Live Photo Gallery

To keep Windows 7 slim and trim--and to avoid the code bloat that slowed Vista--Microsoft left a few utilities out of its new operating system.

One such app, Photo Gallery, is a free, easy-to-use photo manager/editor that's worth a download, particularly if you aren't already using Google Picasa to organize your pics and videos.
Windows Easy Transfer

If you are moving to Windows 7 from XP or Vista, you should check out this free download, which helps you copy files and settings from one PC to another. (Windows 7 comes with Easy Transfer.)

The new version of Easy Transfer adds a file explorer, which simplifies the task of selecting the specific files you want to copy. Easy Transfer won't hang if it comes across a file or setting it can't move. Rather, it will complete the transfer and then provide a report detailing everything it couldn't copy. The bad news: Easy Transfer won't copy your programs. For a PC-to-PC connection, you'll need an Easy Transfer Cable (about $20). Other transfer options include a USB flash drive, an external hard disk, or a network connection.
Ultimate Windows Tweaker v2

This free customization tool detects whether you're running Windows 7 or Vista, and offers only the tweaks relevant to your OS. "Ultimate" is a fitting description for this mega-tweaker, which provides dozens of configuration options for UI, network, security, and system settings. If you're all about personalizing Windows 7, this app is for you.
WinZip 14 Standard

If Windows 7 has zip compression built in, you're undoubtedly wondering, why do I need the latest version of WinZip? Well, if you seldom use zip archives, you probably don't. But zip fans will appreciate the improvements in WinZip 14 Standard, which has simplified the process of zipping and mailing archives in Win 7.

The latest version offers better compression ratios too. WinZip 14 Standard costs $30.
EnhanceMySe7en Free

Windows 7 may be easier to use than Vista or XP, but diagnostic and maintenance chores remain tricky. EnhanceMySe7en is a handy utility for anyone interested in doing a little system housekeeping.

This free app conveniently helps you select which programs to permit to load at startup; lets monitor your hard drive's performance, health, and temperature; and enables you to fiddle with the Registry--if you dare.
Image Resizer Powertoy Clone

Need to resize pictures in Windows 7? This free utility makes it easy. Simply right-click one or more image files in Windows Explorer. You can select one of four sizes: small (640 by 480); medium (800 by 600); large (1024 by 768); or handheld PC (240 by 320). You can create your own custom sizes, too.
Systerac Tools for Windows 7

This bundle of 16 tools from Systerac has everything you'll need to keep Windows 7 running smoothly. You can tweak Windows' performance and appearance, optimize memory, clean up the hard drive, cover your tracks by shredding files, and so on. The Systerac interface is aesthetically appealing, nicely organized, and a snap to learn. The $20 Windows 7 version runs on Vista as well.
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor

Don't upgrade to Windows 7 before running this free utility from Microsoft. Upgrade Advisor scans your PC to see if it's ready for Windows 7. If it detects any potential problems--from insufficient memory to incompatible hardware to outdated software--it'll let you know in a summary report.

Yahoo's 'It's You' Ad Campaign to Skip China

2009-11-03T02:51:00.000-08:00

Yahoo celebrated 10 years in Taiwan by launching the "It's You" advertising blitz on Tuesday, but executives said the US$100 million global branding campaign will skip China.

"This ad campaign won't run in China," said Rose Tsou, head of Yahoo's Asia operations, at a news conference in Taipei. "Alibaba runs everything at Yahoo China. We only have an investment in the operation."

Failing to include Yahoo China in the global "It's You" branding campaign is yet another example of how the China operation is left out of global deals. Yahoo's agreement to work more closely with Microsoft in Internet search earlier this year also left Yahoo China out. Executives at Yahoo in Asia have said the unique qualities of the China market, including government regulations and local tastes, make it best to let local partner Alibaba take the Yahoo brand forward there.

Yahoo obtained a 40 percent stake in Alibaba Group in 2005 in return for control over Yahoo China.

Yahoo China currently ranks as the sixth most popular Internet portal in China, according to CR-Nielsen, a joint venture Internet research company. The top portal is QQ.com, which is owned by Internet company Tencent.

Yahoo has done far better in other parts of Asia. The site ranks first in a slew of categories in Taiwan, which shares similar language and cultural ties with China, including top portal and auction site, according to Nielsen/Netratings. Yahoo Japan also ranks at the top.

China has proven tough for many U.S. companies. Baidu.com, for example, leads Internet search in China, not Google, while eBay is not the top auction site, and Yahoo China is the only U.S. brand to show up in China's top ten portals. And it's not run by the U.S. company.

Tsou originally ran Yahoo Taiwan as general manager in 2000. The site faced an uphill battle in Taiwan until it bought front runner Kimo.com. Yahoo continues to use Kimo's Chinese name on its Taiwan brand.

Windows 7 system requirements

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1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

Additional requirements to use certain features:

Internet access (fees may apply)
Depending on resolution, video playback may require additional memory and advanced graphics hardware
Some games and programs might require a graphics card compatible with DirectX 10 or higher for optimal performance
For some Windows Media Center functionality a TV tuner and additional hardware may be required
Windows Touch and Tablet PCs require specific hardware
HomeGroup requires a network and PCs running Windows 7
DVD/CD authoring requires a compatible optical drive
BitLocker requires Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2
BitLocker To Go requires a USB flash drive
Windows XP Mode requires an additional 1 GB of RAM, an additional 15 GB of available hard disk space, and a processor capable of hardware virtualization with Intel VT or AMD-V turned on
Music and sound require audio output

Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require advanced or additional hardware.

Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts

2009-10-19T22:29:00.000-07:00

Windows 7 may just be the most keyboard-friendly operating system yet. Without ever laying a finger on your mouse, you can dock windows, quick-launch your favorite apps, enable external displays, and much more. Sure, you have to memorize a few new key-combos, but once you’ve integrated them into your daily routine, you’ll wonder how you ever got along without them.

Start-Menu Searches: Windows key

This carryover from Vista is arguably one of Windows’ must underused and undervalued features. A simple tap of the Windows key activates the Start menu, where you can type the first few letters of a program name, Control Panel setting, Word document, or whatever and then hit Enter to launch it. Why reach for the mouse?

Minimize (Almost) All Windows: Win + Home

This combo lets you send all open windows packing--except the one that’s currently active. Sure beats clicking Minimize on a bunch of individual windows. When you tap the shortcut a second time, it restores all previously open windows.

Make Windows Transparent: Win + Space

This is the keyboard equivalent of mousing over the transparency tool in the right corner of the System Tray--great for those times when you need to something on the desktop (like a gadget) but don’t want to minimize all your windows. After tapping Win-Space, your windows will stay see-through until you let go of the Windows key.

Quick-Launch Taskbar Apps: Win + (1-9)

As you know, Windows 7 makes it a snap to “pin” frequently used programs to the taskbar. But did you also know that these programs are automatically assigned a number and corresponding Windows-key shortcut? Just press Windows-1 to launch the first pinned program (the one closest to the Start button), Windows-2 to launch the next one, and so on. Fastest app-launching known to man! Except, of course, for this…

Quick-Launch Any App: Hotkey

Like Vista before it, Windows 7 lets you assign a quick-launch hotkey to any installed program. Just right-click the program’s icon, choose Properties, and then click the Shortcut tab. Click once in the Shortcut key field, then press the hotkey combo you want to assign (Ctrl-Shift-H, for instance). Click OK and you’re done! Assuming you have a good memory, app launching doesn’t get any faster than this.

Dock Active Windows: Win + Left or Right Arrow

A great shortcut for users with widescreen monitors, this combo docks the active window to the left or right half of the screen (depending on which arrow you tap), at the same time maximizing it top-to-bottom.

Magnify Your View: Win + (+)

Windows 7’s built-in magnifier lets you zoom in wherever you place your cursor. Just tap Win-plus (that’s the Windows key and the plus key) to enable the magnifier and set a 200% zoom level. When you mouse to any edge of the screen, your view scrolls accordingly. The more you tap the keys, the higher the zoom. Of course, you can just as easily zoom out again with Win-minus.

Open Presentation Settings: Win + P

Good news for business users constantly struggling to get Windows to cooperate with projectors: A quick tap of Win-P activates a monitor-settings panel. Click Duplicate or Projector only to send your display to the big screen, or Extend if you’ve connected a second monitor and want extra screen real estate.

Create a New Folder: Ctrl + Shift + N

Forget the old way of creating new folders. In Windows 7, all it takes is a tap of Ctrl-Shift-N. This works in any open Explorer window, but also on the desktop. After the new folder appears, just type in a name as usual and hit Enter.

Bring Gadgets to the Fore: Win + G

Now that Windows’ gadgets are no longer relegated to the Sidebar, they’re free to sit anywhere on your desktop. Of course, that means they can get obscured by other windows. As you now know, a tap of Win-Space makes those windows temporarily see-through, but what if you want to put the gadgets on top of your windows? No problem: Just tap Win-G.

Google puts The Pirate Bay back in its search index

2009-10-05T10:10:00.000-07:00

Google has restored The Pirate Bay to its search engine index after briefly removing it last week following a copyright infringement complaint
The complaint, dated Aug. 22, came from Destined Enterprises, which specializes in adult entertainment, according to a copy of the complaint posted on ChillingEffects.org. It cites the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which exempts service providers from liability if infringing content is removed.

The complaint lists Web pages with infringing content, most of which appear at least by name to be adult oriented. Google has removed at least some of them from its index, including direct links to bit torrents indexed by The Pirate Bay. However, the main home page for the site is back in the index.

Google officials in London could not be immediately reached for comment.

The Pirate Bay is a search engine that finds torrents, or small information files used to download digital content via the peer-to-peer BitTorrent filing-sharing network. It also is a tracker, which coordinates the download of material with the torrents.

Although by no means the only torrent search engine, it is among the most popular and loathed by the entertainment industry for facilitating the download of material under copyright without permission.

The Pirate Bay has had an eventful year. Swedish authorities charged four of its operators with being accessories to crimes against copyright law. The operators were each sentenced in April to one year in prison and ordered to pay around 30 million Swedish kronor (US$3.6 million) in damages. They appealed, and a hearing is scheduled to start Nov. 13 in Stockholm.

In another twist in the site’s saga, one of the lay judges who was supposed to hear the appear was dismissed last week after it was revealed he works as a product developer for the streaming music service Spotify. In Sweden, lay judges serve alongside professional judges in most Swedish courts, and The Pirate Bay appeal will be heard by three professional and two lay judges.

The appeal comes as a Swedish company is still working out issues related to its proposed acquisition of The Pirate Bay. Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) has offered to pay 60 million Swedish kronor (US$8.64 million) in cash for the site.

But GGF was delisted from the Sweden’s AkieTorget stock exchange on Sept. 9 due to irregularities in the way it informed the market about the transaction, which has been approved by GGF shareholders. Its stock will start trading again on Wednesday on Mangoldlistan, a Swedish exchange run by a securities brokerage company.

T-Mobile Ties Wi-Fi BlackBerries to PBXes

2009-10-05T09:45:00.000-07:00

T-Mobile USA is expanding beyond its consumer roots on Monday with T-Mobile Wi-Fi Calling with MobileOffice, a service that lets businesses extend capabilities of their desk phones to BlackBerry smartphones.

The service will tie into office PBX (private branch exchange) systems so employees can use their T-Mobile BlackBerries in the office on Wi-Fi, using the same number as on their desk phones. They will also have one voicemail box and call filtering system for both phones. Companies could even remove their desk phones and simply use the BlackBerry.

Extending PBX features to mobile phones is nothing new, but creating a service offering specifically for businesses is a rare move for T-Mobile. The nation's fourth-largest mobile operator has overwhelmingly marketed to consumers, making its name with devices such as the youth-oriented Sidekick texting phone. The carrier, based in Bellevue, Washington, tends toward prepaid and less-expensive monthly plans than the larger U.S. operators.

But T-Mobile already utilizes Wi-Fi in its HotSpot@Home service, which lets customers make unlimited calls with a Wi-Fi-enabled cell phone over their home wireless networks. Adapting this idea to enterprises could make for a compelling option for cost savings and convenience. The system can save customers money on international long-distance calls and roaming, as well as reduce the consumption of domestic minutes, according to the carrier.

Wi-Fi Calling with MobileOffice works with a wide variety of PBXes and lets administrators apply authentication, call logging and security to employees' use of the BlackBerries in the office, T-Mobile said.

T-Mobile will work out the price of the underlying BlackBerry Mobile Voice System with each customer, according to a representative from the carrier's PR agency. Companies with more than 100 T-Mobile voice and data lines will get free unlimited Wi-Fi calls on BlackBerries nationwide and from abroad to the U.S. Companies with fewer than 100 lines will pay US$9.99 per line, per month.

Toshiba Shows First TV Based on Cell Chip

2009-10-05T09:40:00.000-07:00

Hoping to set itself apart from other television makers, Toshiba will soon put on sale in Japan the first television based on the powerful Cell multimedia processor, the same chip that's used in the PlayStation 3. The Cell Regza TV boasts several advanced features including the ability to simultaneously record eight high-definition channels.

The TV represents more than the culmination of four years of research and development. No other company has yet talked about putting such powerful processing inside a TV and Toshiba is betting that the functions enabled by the inclusion of the Cell give it an edge in an increasingly competitive marketplace. (Click on the images for a closer look)

The 55-inch TV will go on sale in Japan in early December and will cost around ¥1 million [m] (US$11,175). Toshiba expects to sell about 1,000 of the TVs per month when it first launches in Japan. It will first arrive in the U.S. sometime in 2010, with a European release set to happen after that, but no other details on international availability were announced.

The Cell chip was developed by Toshiba, IBM and Sony and each chip contains a single Power PC core and eight co-processors. Together the chips make heavy-duty processing of video a breeze. Compared to one of Toshiba's current TVs, the Cell Regza has 143 times the arithmetic processing capacity.

The simultaneous recording function uses two-thirds of the space on an internal 3TB hard-disk drive to provide, when run continuously, the last 26 hours of television on-demand from eight channels. Alternatively it can be switched to record fewer channels at different times to result in a longer overall library of programs. For example, if set just to record during primetime then up to a week's programming can be stored.

The eight channels corresponds to the number of terrestrial TV stations available in metropolitan areas of Japan.

The remaining terabyte of disk space can be used to record desired programs and keep them for longer than the simultaneous recording function allows.

Other visual tricks are also capable with the TV, such as the ability to have eight TV channels displayed on the screen at the same time. By keeping each of the TV tuners set to a different channel it's also possible to quickly step up and down through digital channels without the delay that is now common on most digital sets.

The hard-disk, Cell chip and most of the other intelligence and processing systems for the set are included in an external box, which is roughly the size of a a Blu-ray Disc player of a few years ago. The

The TV is being unveiled to the public at Ceatec, Japan's biggest electronics show that kicks off on Tuesday near Tokyo. At the exhibition Toshiba is also talking about future directions for the technology including the use of the Cell chip to power a 3D television and a version with a 4k x 2k screen, which has four times as many pixels as current high-def TVs.

Some of the technology from the set is also expected to make its way down to smaller TVs.

Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Comes to Smartphones

2009-10-05T09:35:00.000-07:00

Adobe unveiled the Flash 10.1 player, which will enable all Adobe Flash content to be accessible on smartphones. This means you'll be able to play Flash-based games and view Flash-based videos and Web sites. And yes, that includes Hulu.

iPhone owners, however, aren't so lucky. Adobe said that they are still working to make the Flash Player compatible on the iPhone OS, but are hindered by limitations within the platform. Although Apple is left out this time around, the absence of Flash probably won't hurt the iPhone. The iPhone is already above and beyond other OS's in terms of its multimedia and gaming capabilities.

Apple will want to jump on board soon, though; Flash Player 10.1 opens up some interesting multimedia possibilities for other platforms. The player supports multitouch, accelerometer and screen orientation, all of which makes for the optimal video-watching experience. It also supports gesture-based controls, which is a boon for gaming. Adobe said that the player won't be a drain on battery life, either. For example, the player goes to sleep when you receive an incoming call.

A public developer beta will be available for Windows Mobile and Palm webOS will be available later this year. Betas for RIM BlackBerry OS, Nokia Symbian and Google Android will arrive in 2010. Adobe said that they are working with 19 out of the 20 major handset manufacturers so it is likely the Flash 10.1 player will eventually be available for non-smartphones as well.

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IBM Aims at Google, Microsoft With New Webmail

2009-10-02T02:35:00.000-07:00

IBM has launched LotusLive iNotes, an on-demand e-mail, calendaring and contact management system meant to compete with the likes of Gmail and Microsoft Exchange, the company said Friday.

Pricing starts at US$3 per user per month, undercutting Google Apps Premier Edition, which costs $50 per user per year.

IBM is aiming the software at large enterprises that want to migrate an on-premise e-mail system to SaaS (software as a service), particularly for users who aren't tied to a desk, such as retail workers. It is also hoping to win business from smaller companies interested in on-demand software but with concerns about security and service outages, such as those suffered by Gmail in recent months.

LotusLive iNotes is based on technology IBM purchased from the Hong Kong company Outblaze.

"What we brought to Outblaze and to the marketplace is what you'd expect from IBM in terms of security, reliability and privacy," said Sean Poulley, vice president of online collaboration.

While alluding to Google's service outages, Poulley acknowledged that no company can guarantee 100 percent uptime for on-demand applications. But IBM has a long-standing track record of running "the world's mission-critical systems," he said.

IBM will also have an opportunity to win customers from Microsoft who aren't ready to migrate to the upcoming Exchange 2010 release, given the headaches and investments involved, Poulley said.

Overall, the main point of interest in IBM's announcement is price, said Gartner analyst Matt Cain.

"Outblaze always sold low-cost mailboxes and that's what this is," he said. "Google's long been in it, Microsoft's long been in it. Now IBM's in it."

However, that's not to say IBM's brand on the software isn't of some value, Cain added. ."From an enterprise perspective, you'd rather buy e-mail from IBM than a company called Outblaze."

It's unlikely that IBM's pricing strategy will cause competitors to lower fees for their offerings, according to Cain. For one thing, Microsoft already has a $2 per month Exchange Online option called "Deskless Worker," Cain noted.

Google Chrome OS Arriving Next Month?

2009-10-02T02:25:00.000-07:00

Google first announced its entry into the the operating system space back in July. At that time, Google stated that Chrome OS would not be available to consumers until sometime in 2010. However, various Chinese sources have today claimed that devices running the upcoming open-source OS could be seen as early as next month.

Accoridng to Shanzi.com, Chinese hardware manufacturer Lemote may ship its line of budget netbooks with preview builds of Google's Chrome OS. These Chome OS-based netbooks could hit the market in late October. Chinese manufacturers, as Liliputing speculates, may be more willing to try new, untested technology, whereas western manufacturers may be more hesitant to take new tech on board without performing rigorous testing first.

Rumors regarding the early release of the Chrome OS are, of course, nothing new, and Google has not responded to any of the supposed claims, including those of various 'leaked' screenshots. So with Google being tight-lipped and providing no solid hint as to when we can expect to see the final OS on shelves, reports such as these can only be taken with a pinch of salt.

Amazon Settles Kindle "1984" Lawsuit

2009-10-01T10:09:00.001-07:00

That didn't take long. Two months after a high school student sued Amazon for removing George Orwell's "1984" from his Kindle e-reader, along with all his notes, Amazon has settled the lawsuit.

Techflash dug up the the settlement, which was filed in Seattle on September 25. Amazon will give $150,000 to the plaintiff's lawyers, and lead law firm KamberEdelson LLC said it will donate its share to charity. It's not clear from Techflash's report how much money 17-year-old Justin Gawronski of Michigan and a co-plaintiff, Antoine Bruguier, will get.

In July, Amazon remotely wiped Orwell's "1984" and "Animal Farm" from all Kindle e-readers, because the publisher of the e-books didn't have the rights to sell them in the United States. The move was seen as Orwellian in itself, and raised questions of whether the consumer really owns digital content that is downloaded and paid for.

Shortly after the incident, Amazon apologized and said it wouldn't happen again. People who had downloaded the e-books, who were already refunded after the deletion, were offered their e-books back along with their notes, or they could take a $30 gift certificate instead.

In the settlement, Amazon promises never to repeat its actions, under a few conditions. The retailer will still wipe an e-book if a court or regulatory body orders it, if doing so is necessary to protect consumers from malicious code, if the consumer agrees for any reason to have the e-book removed, or if the consumer fails to pay (for instance, if the credit card issuer doesn't remit payment).

So, the answer is still "no," you don't own the digital books you download. Though I can understand the reasoning behind some of the exceptions Amazon lays out, Amazon still maintains control over your e-books. It is not the same as having a book all to yourself once you leave the bookstore.

The "judicial or regulatory order" clause is the one that concerns me most. Theoretically, if the dispute over Orwell's e-books came to blows in court, and Amazon was ordered to wipe out all copies that it distributed, we'd be in the same situation. The only difference is that Amazon can point its finger at the court system or the government, instead of taking the blame for enabling remote deletion in the first place.

When that happens, it's "1984" all over again.

Nvidia Says Its New Fermi CPU Will Run Supercomputers

2009-09-30T22:39:00.000-07:00

Nvidia showed off a new GPU architecture on Wednesday that it hopes will allow it to move beyond gaming to play a greater role in the supercomputing market.

The new Fermi architecture should provide more realistic graphics for gamers, but it also includes technologies that make it well-suited to highly parallel computing environments, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said in a speech at the company's GPU Technology conference, which was webcast from San Jose, California.

He showed a graphics card on stage with a prototype of the new chip inside it, but he didn't announce any specific product plans Wednesday or say when Fermi would hit the market.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory will use Fermi chips in a supercomputer for scientific tasks such as climate modeling, said Jeffrey Nichols, associate lab director, who joined Huang on stage. The lab currently has the Jaguar supercomputer developed by Cray, which is based on Advanced Micro Devices Opteron processors.

The Fermi chip has 3 billion transistors and 512 processor cores, and includes a new technology called GigaThread 3.0 that can manage thousands of threads in parallel, Huang said.

Fermi will succeed Nvidia's G80 GPU architecture, which was introduced last year and is used in the company's GeForce GT200 graphics cards, which include up to 240 processor cores.

Fermi also contains an ECC memory correction technology to shield bits of data from electromagnetic waves or particles from the environment that can affect thread execution. The GPU will double the memory bandwidth of current architectures with support for GDDR5 DRAM memory, and support up to 1TB of GPU memory, Huang said.

The architecture also supports double-precision floating point, which could provide up to an eight-fold performance boost for certain scientific and mathematical tasks, Nvidia said. And it will support C++ programming, in addition to the C programming of current designs.

The Fermi chips will also be compatible with Nvidia's CUDA development environment, which helps developers to write parallel code. Also, Nvidia and Microsoft jointly announced Nexus, a development environment for the Fermi architecture that has been integrated into Microsoft's Visual Studio developer environment.

Panasonic Shows Prototype 3D Plasma TV

2009-09-27T21:15:00.000-07:00

Panasonic has unveiled a prototype 50-inch television and companion glasses that together give the viewer the illusion of three dimensions. The TV is being unveiled less than a month after Panasonic said it plans to commercialize 3D home entertainment products next year.

The system works by quickly switching between left and right frames of the video being shown. Viewers wear active glasses that switch in-sync with the TV so that the right image is seen by the right eye and then the left image seen by the left eye.

The images are at full high-definition resolution of 1,920 pixels by 1,080 pixels.

This rapid switching necessitated the development of new PDP materials and chips so that pixels can be illuminated faster without sacrificing overall screen brightness, Panasonic said in a statement. The company also used new phosphers that have a short luminescence decay time to reduce the chance of lingering images when the frames are switched.

The prototype TV was unveiled at the company's headquarters in Osaka on Monday morning and will make its first public appearance next week at the Ceatec electronics show near Tokyo.

At the IFA electronics show in Berlin earlier this month both Panasonic and Sony said they plan to launch 3D TVs sometime in 2010. Both companies are targeting home theater systems and working with the Blu-ray Disc Association to develop a standard method for encoding 3D data on Blu-ray Disc. Sony has also said it plans to add 3D technology to its PlayStation 3 games console and Vaio PCs.

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Apple Releases Mac Mini, SuperDrive Updates

2009-09-03T09:09:00.001-07:00

Apple on Monday released firmware updates for the Mac mini and for certain SuperDrive-containing systems.

The company says that Mac mini EFI Firmware Update 1.2 improves compatibility with the latest Apple memory kits on Mac mini computers, although doesn't specific which Mac mini models it's intended for.

SuperDrive Firmware Update 3.0 is designed to eliminate the noise made by your Mac's optical drive during system startup and wake from sleep. It works with the mid 2009 20-inch iMac, early 2009 24-inch iMac, and early 2009 Mac mini. Apple explains how to determine whether your Mac needs the update in a support document. It requires a Mac mini with today's firmware update, or an iMac with iMac EFI Firmware Update 1.4 installed.

Both updates require OS X 10.5.7 or later.

Konami releases Krazy Kart Racers for iPhone

2009-09-03T09:07:00.000-07:00

Konami Digital Entertainment—makers of Frogger, Metal Gear Solid Touch and other games for the iPhone and iPod touch—have announced the release of Krazy Kart Racers, a new $8 game available for download from the App Store.

Krazy Kart Racers is a go-kart racing game featuring 16 different race tracks and 10 well-known Konami characters. There are five different single player modes as well as local and Internet-based multiplayer support for up to six players at a time.

As you speed around each track trying to get the fastest lap you can pick up nitro boosts, obstacles that slow down your opponents and other powerups. Each character sports different capabilities, too.

Philips Set to Debut Wireless HDMI

2009-09-03T09:03:00.001-07:00

Philips has announced a wireless HDMI product that lets consumers connect home electronics products, like a television and a Blu-Ray player, without using any wires, it said on Thursday.

Philips will start shipping the Wireless HDMI Link September in Germany. Details on availability in other parts of the world weren't available.

The product consists of two boxes; the image source -- for example, a set top box or a Blu-Ray player -- is connected to a transmitter box and the TV or the projector is connected to a smaller receiver box. The Wireless HDMI Link only makes sense if the two products are not located next to each other, but in different parts of the living room.

The distance between the transmitter and receiver can be up to 25 meters, but only if the two are located in the same room, according to Georg Wilde, spokesman at Philips. The product supports resolutions of up to 1080p.

But getting rid of wires in the living room won't be cheap; the Wireless HDMI Link will cost €600 (US$850).

Free Stuff for Your Phone

2009-09-01T02:12:00.000-07:00

The only thing better than cool iPhone apps? Free iPhone apps. Of course, iTunes' App Store doesn't do a particularly good job highlighting the freebies. This week I've got a Web site that alerts you to newly free iPhone apps, a service that lets you exchange electronic business cards via phone, and a few ways to locate iTunes' weekly freebies.

Find Free Apps for Your iPhone

FreeAppAlert catalogs all newly free iPhone apps. The site (a must-bookmark for iPhone and iPod Touch owners) lists an updated-daily collection of each newly free app along with its former price tag and one or more thumbnail screenshots.

When you mouse over a thumbnail, the full-size version of the screenshot appears immediately--a nice alternative to clicking all the way through to the App Store just to see what an app looks like.

Likewise, you can show or hide an application's description by clicking View Description; no need to leave the page.

FreeAppAlert has a Twitter feed; you can also become a fan on Facebook and subscribe to an RSS feed.

Bottom line: If you like free apps, you'll like FreeAppAlert.

Opera Offers Browser Update

2009-08-26T09:50:00.000-07:00

Opera Software has unveiled the release candidate version of its web browser Opera 10.

Opera said the Release Candidate is "feature complete, with a surprising array of new features, a fresh look and feel, a new application icon, and enhanced speed and performance". The full version of the web browser is expected to be made publicly available on September 1. (See also "Hands on with the Opera 10 Web Browser Beta")

Opera 10 benefits from Opera Turbo, the new bandwidth-booster for slow Internet connections. The browser also features improvements to Opera Mail, Opera's built-in e-mail client, as well as resizeable thumbnail tabs for tabbed browsing and the chance to personalise the overall look and feel of the start page. Opera claims the browser is more than 40 percent faster than Opera 9.6.

"The release candidate pushes us closer to the final launch of Opera 10," said Jan Standal, vice president of Desktop Products, Opera.

"We paid special attention to the mail client, which is one of our most enduring and popular features. Now, we are very close to releasing the best browser in Opera's long history."

Opera 10 Release Candidate can be downloaded from Opera's website.

Wikipedia Changes Editing Policy

2009-08-26T09:43:00.000-07:00

he innovative online user-written encyclopedia Wikipedia is growing up, and with its growth comes a massive change to how it operates. Back in its early days, Wikipedia could be edited by anyone. Then it nixed the concept of anonymous edits and required authentication. Now contributors can write what they want, but if editing certain articles, the changes must be verified by an experienced volunteer before publication.

The Wikimedia Foundation, the parents behind the Wiki Empire, calls the new philosophy "flagged revisions." Changes to certain articles on the site are invisible until approved by an "experienced volunteer," which, according to Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, may be "anybody who has been around a very short period of time [on the site] and hasn't been blocked." Once approved, the changes will appear, but it's uncertain exactly how long the process might take -- could be hours, weeks, or months.

At the moment, a few thousand articles on the U.S. site are beholden to the new rule -- such as those about President Obama, Michael Jackson, and Britney Spears -- but Wikipedia wishes to broaden its scope and apply these new rules to every article about a living person. The German language version of Wikipedia already restricts editing on all of its articles, so it's not a long shot that a similar attitude may hit the U.S. site soon. (A programmer pulled back the veil on that anonymous editing a few years ago with a tool that exposed the source of edits, so readers could assess their credibility.)

Vandalism is the reason behind the change. All too often Wikipedia pages are marred by opposing political views, immature writers, and false information. A recent example was the falsely reported death of Senator Edward Kennedy in January; a sad proclamation that is now, unfortunately, all too true.

This may come as a shock, an affront to the democratic philosophy behind Wikipedia. Some bloggers claim this is a "failure," and that the credo of Wikipedia has died hard. But exactly the opposite may be true: I feel as though this is a necessary step in taking a Web site from the playground to the stadium. Wikipedia should now be taken more seriously, rather than taken with a grain of salt.

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Kontakt Player Launched

2009-08-06T09:45:00.000-07:00

Native Instruments has introduced Kontakt Player, a free software instrument based on its Kontakt 3 sampler. It offers universal playback for available Kontakt libraries and forms the basis of a new category of "Kontakt-powered" instruments.

The new player is the central instrument for all Kontakt sound materials for both studio and live performance environments. It accommodates all regular Kontakt-format libraries as well as all generations of third-party Kontakt Player instruments, including Kompakt and Intakt formats as well as Native Instruments' Akoustik Piano, Elektrik Piano, and Bandstand instruments.

The new player is based on the Kontakt 3.5 engine, and features 64-bit support, extended memory addressing, advanced DFD streaming, true multiprocessor support, and more. It provides complete playback functionality with universal import and sound manipulation via its Performance View panels. It omits only the in-depth editing features of the full-featured Kontakt 3.5. All sound libraries are managed in a graphical library browser, providing an overview of your sound collections.

Kontakt Player is also the basis for a new range of self-powered, sample-based instruments, which will be available for download and purchase directly from Native Instruments. Now available are the company's new Maschine Drum Selection--hard-hitting drum and percussion sounds for modern electronic and club music styles--and Evolve Mutations--a new instrument for movie, TV, and game composers.

The Maschine Drum Selection, priced at $59, contains 20 full drum kits adapted from the company's Maschine factory library. As a Kontakt-Powered instrument, the Maschine Drum Selection is ready to play both as a standalone instrument and as a plug-in for all major instrument hosts, providing an assortment of gritty urban kits, heavily processed acoustic drums, and vintage analog samples for various electronic music genres. It offers soundshaping controls, and includes a flexible graphical step sequencer that can be used to set up intricate grooves directly within Kontakt Player and Kontakt 3. All kits are also included in additional formats for use within Kore 2, Kore Player, and Battery 3.

Developed in collaboration with sound design house Heavyocity, and powered by the Kontakt engine, Evolve Mutations includes instruments, rhythms, and ambiences designed to add depth and impact to dramatic music. It contains 275 new instruments based on 2GB of exclusive sample material. It offers playback and sound shaping functionality within the Player software, including efficient envelope, filter and effects control. All sounds can also be loaded into the full version of the Kontakt 3 sampler for advanced sound editing. It sells for $119.

The launch of Kontakt Player is also accompanied by the free Kontakt Factory Selection, a 650MB download featuring 50 instruments from the Kontakt 3 library. This collection features sounds and instruments from Kontakt's Band, Synth, Urban Beats, Vintage, and World libraries.

Kontakt Player runs as a stand-alone application or as VST or Audio Units plug-in, and as RTAS under Pro Tools 7 or 8. The Kontakt Player requires Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5, a G5 running at 1.8GHz or an Intel Core Duo processor running at 1.66GHz, plus 1GB RAM.

Microsoft Takes Windows 7 RTM Public

2009-08-06T09:40:00.000-07:00

Microsoft will kick off the public roll-out of Windows 7's final code Thursday when it posts the official "release to manufacturing" (RTM) build of the OS on its for-pay developer and IT professional sites.

As Microsoft announced last month when it declared Windows 7 finished, RTM will be delivered first to TechNet and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers.

Only the English-language editions of Windows 7 will hit the download sections of the two services tomorrow. Other language-specific versions of the new operating system will be available on TechNet and MSDN Oct. 1.

Software and hardware vendors will be able to download Windows 7 RTM Thursday as well, from either MSDN or Microsoft Connect, the company's primary beta software portal.

Some beta testers will also be able to grab Windows 7 RTM on Thursday. Last week, Microsoft did a 180 and said that people who participated in its invitation-only Technical Beta Program will be rewarded with a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, which they can download from Connect.

Companies with Software Assurance plans can download RTM starting Friday.

The general public, however, will have to wait until Oct. 22, Windows 7's launch day, to put eyes legally on the final version. Pirated copies of RTM have been widely available on file-sharing sites since mid-July.

Users not on Windows 7's A-list can still download the Release Candidate (RC), which Microsoft makes available free-of-charge on its Web site. Although the company had originally pegged Aug. 15 as the drop dead date for Windows 7 RC, it has since extended the deadline to Aug. 20.

Firefox Hits 1 Billion Downloads

2009-08-01T06:04:00.000-07:00

Mozilla's Firefox Web browser has just hit a new milestone, reaching its 1 billionth user download. The big event happened Thursday night, according to the company's official download counter.

To be clear, that's 1 billion total downloads since Firefox's 2004 debut -- an atypical type of statistic to flaunt. Still, if you look at the more standard measures of success, Firefox is showing impressive growth, while the long-time industry giant continues to slide.

Firefox 3.5

2009-07-31T05:34:00.001-07:00

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Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls, a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.

Firefox 3.5 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform, which has been under development for the past year. Firefox 3.5 offers many changes over the previous version, supporting new web technologies, improving performance and ease of use, and adding new features for users: It is now available in more than 70 languages, includes a Private Browsing mode, better performance and stability with the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, the ability to provide Location Aware Browsing using web standards for geolocation, support for native JSON, and web worker threads, support for new web technologies such as: HTML5 <> and <> elements, downloadable fonts and other new CSS properties, JavaScript query selectors, HTML5 offline data storage for applications, and SVG transforms.

Version 3.5.1 introduces a fix for a critical security hole, improving stability, and speeding launch time on some Windows systems

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LG Introduces Ultra-Slim LCD TVs

2009-07-31T05:25:00.000-07:00

At LG’s fifth annual summer line show in New York City, the company introduced two new HDTV lines, the SL80 and SL90. Both caught my attention for their attention to design.

The SL90 LG had on display was still a prototype; the company flew the display unit in especially for its media showcase. And even though this prototype had a rough edge or two, it clearly showed off the potential for this TV to transform the design landscape for LCD HDTVs.

The 47SL90 on show uses a Super IPS LCD panel, and has seamless, edge-to-edge glass. The effect is highly effective: The glass coating of the panel stretches elegantly from one side to the other, with a slim (less than one-inch) bezel. The edge-to-edge glass looks very striking; LG is the first to offer this technology. Slim HDTVs were all the rage at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2008, but the furor died down and few products made it to market.

The SL90 Series (available in 42-inch and 47-inch screen sizes)uses LED backlighting technology with local dimming. The SL90 Series supports 120Hz for improved fast-motion performance, but not LG’s even better 240Hz technology. LG’s Tim Alessi, director of new products development for home entertainment, says that the SL90 LG could only be produced with 120Hz technology because the edgelit backlighting used by the LEDs can’t be used in conjunction with the scanning backlight technology used by the company’s approach to 240Hz.

Because the SL90 Series uses LED technology, though, the set is extremely thin: It measures just 1.15 inches in depth.

The SL80 Series, also introduced today, is a little deeper: This slim CCFL-based display measures 1.8 inches deep. The SL80 otherwise looks the same as the SL90, with edge-to-edge backlighting, and it uses LG’s 240Hz technology for handling fast action. The SL80 will be available in 42-inch, 47-inch, and 55-inch screen sizes, and will carry a $200 premium over the LG LH55 Series, the company’s current high-end 240Hz series.

The SL90 will ship in October; pricing has yet to be announced. The SL80 will ship at the end of August.

Thunderbird 3's latest beta out now

2009-07-26T22:22:00.000-07:00

now available to download for Windows, Mac, and Linux users. The beta introduces some significant improvements to the open-source desktop client, from performance to interface.

The new beta is built on Mozilla's Gecko 1.9.1.1 platform, keeping it up to date with the latest changes that affect Firefox. Mozilla also claims that there are more than 500 changes in this version, and hints at more alterations to come by stating in a press release that many of them are ''laying the groundwork for future changes''. On his blog, Chief Technical Officer of Mozilla Messaging Dan Mosedale said that many of the improvements will help support the new global database search engine. Based on these comments, more betas of Thunderbird 3 are expected.

The interface and behavioral changes in this beta are significant and should be easy to spot for longtime 'bird-watchers. The biggest is that Thunderbird now supports e-mail tabs. If you've checked out the highly unstable Shredder version of Thunderbird, or Postbox, a competitor that's based on Thunderbird's own open-source code, you've known that this feature has been due for a while.

Hitting Enter or double-clicking a message will now open it in a new tab and make it your focus. Middle-click an e-mail to open it in a new tab but retain your focus on the current tab--usually the folder pane. You can switch tabs via the hot key combo CTRL+Tab, and the new tab menu button on the right side of the tab bar will help you manage your tabs.

Another new feature is the message summary view, which you can see when you select multiple messages at once. They'll open in the message preview pane. Changes to folders include a Smart Folders mode, which gives users the ability to combine inboxes from multiple accounts, and the new ability to customize column headings on a per-folder basis.

Gmail integration has existed in Thunderbird for a while, but improvements to the feature in this beta include better recognition and integration of Gmail's special folders. These include Sent and Trash, and non-English versions of Gmail. All Mail defaults in Thunderbird to the Archives folder.

The account setup wizard has been overhauled. Reachable under File, then New, Mail, and Account (Quick Setup), Thunderbird now looks to mozillamessaging.com to look for additional information on how to configure the account. Mosedale stressed in his blog that only the domain name from your e-mail address gets sent to Mozilla's servers, and that the entire process falls under the Mozilla's privacy policy. Nevertheless, it's a move that's likely to cause some concern among privacy advocates.

The compact header mode has been deleted, which is sure to annoy those who like using Thunderbird on smaller-form computers like netbooks. Mosedale cited bandwidth issues as well an ongoing need to improve the design and configurability of the feature.

In my own experiences with Thunderbird 3 beta 3 for half a day, users with large inboxes should be careful to note that Thunderbird now adds all your messages to its search archives. This can hamper performance until it's completed. Also note that the calendar extension Lightning isn't compatible with beta 3 unless you're using the nightly build.

Malware Expected to Set Records This Year

2009-07-26T10:29:00.000-07:00

Security firm McAfee has identified more than 1.2 million different types of malware in the first half of 2009.

McAfee said that this is over double the 500,000 unqiue pieces of malware it identified in the same period in 2008. In total, the security firm identified 1.5 milliion types of malware in 2008, and it expects the 2009 figure to top this.

"In the first half of 2009, we have seen about three times the unique malware discovered in the same period in 2008," said Dave Marcus, director of security research and communications at McAfee.
"This tremendous growth is a signal of daunting times for users, as malware infiltrates more and more of the platforms we trust."

McAfee also revealed that around 40 percent of all password-stealing Trojans can be found on websites connected to gaming and virtual worlds, while 80 percent of all banking e-mail recieved by Web users are phishing scams.

McAfee also said on average victim's of phishing scams lose £520 per scam.

Adobe Flash Flaw Exploited in Web Sites, Researcher Warns

2009-07-26T10:24:00.001-07:00

A vulnerability that Adobe has confirmed to exist in a number of its Reader, Flash Player, and Acrobat products is being exploited through malicious Flash code in Web pages, according to one researcher.

[As reported previously, the vulnerability is also being exploited via a malicious PDF file attack that can potentially crash Windows, Macintosh, and Linux operating systems and according to Adobe, "potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system."]

However, there is also another way the Adobe Flash vulnerability is being exploited, according to Paul Royal, principal researcher at Purewire, says the Adobe Flash vulnerability is being exploited through Web pages with the Flash exploit embedded in them as multimedia.

Royal described this form of attack as including "a Flash movie of one-frame length. This malicious Flash file is being embedded in Web pages, sometimes of legitimate Web sites that are compromised."Purewire's research indicates this malicious Flash movie file is just different enough from the PDF file exploit that it isn't being detected by many anti-malware software packages yet.

But Royal adds that just last week more anti-malware vendors have worked to update their software to detect the malicious PDF file exploit, generally sent as an e-mail spam attachment. The malicious PDF file appears to be used mostly in targeted attacks against specific corporations.

In its advisory, which is being updated as needed, Adobe states "A critical vulnerability exists in the current versions of Flash Player (v9.0159.0 and v.10.022.87) for Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems, and the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat v.9x for Windows, Macintosh and Unix operating systems. This vulnerability could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system."

Adobe, which says it is in contact with several antivirus and security firms concerning the Flash vulnerability, states it intends to provides fixes for most of the affected products by the end of the month.

WebOS Update Re-enables ITunes Sync on Palm Pre

2009-07-24T10:21:00.000-07:00

Palm released webOS 1.1 on Friday as a free update to all existing Palm Pre owners. The update features slight enhancements and UI improvements across the board, a handy new feature that reminds you of specific tasks related to someone when a call from them comes in (so you never miss any opportunity to remind that one friend how much he owes you), and a new application from Sprint that allows you to watch or listen to live NFL games on the Pre itself.

Amazon's Jeff Bezos Apologizes for Removing Digital Books

2009-07-24T10:19:00.000-07:00

In an era when corporate CEOs are urged by consultants to quickly apologize for mistakes, Amazon.com's founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has taken that advice to heart.

In an extraordinary blog posted yesterday, Bezos apologized for Amazon's handling of illegally sold copies of George Orwell's 1984 and other novels on the Amazon Kindle e-reader.

"Our 'solution' to the problem was stupid, thoughtless and painfully out of line with our principles," Bezos wrote. "It is wholly self-inflicted, and we deserve the criticism we've received. We will use the scar tissue from this painful mistake to help make better decisions going forward, ones that match our mission."

It's Done! Windows 7 Released to Manufacturers

2009-07-23T09:56:00.000-07:00

Microsoft has announced this afternoon that Windows 7 has been released to manufacturing. In other words, Windows 7 development has wrapped up, and it'll now go on to PC manufacturers so they can prepare for October's Windows 7 launch.

According the the Windows 7 Team Blog, the RTM is build 7600. The public beta was build 7000, and the release candidate was build 7100. Microsoft has also announced that Windows Server 2008 R2 has also reached RTM status.

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Yahoo Home Page Gets a New Look

2009-07-21T20:02:00.000-07:00

Yahoo today launched what some are calling a significant overhaul to its home page. Yahoo says the new home page is designed to help you stay on top of what is going on in your world, and on the rest of the planet. What the search company has really done, however, is tweaked its old design and added some new, more flexible features that just might pull more users into its sphere. This includes adding more personalized features and the ability to pull a wide range of third-party services into Yahoo in ways that weren't previously available.

Here's what's new:

My Favorites

The most significant change is in Yahoo's right-hand column, which has been renamed My Favorites. Under the old home page, this column was filled with Yahoo services including games, shopping, Yahoo personals and other features. The new design allows you to choose from a wide range of third-party sites and services, including Facebook, news sites, and e-Bay. Yahoo has also moved Yahoo Mail, Messenger, and other Yahoo service over to the "My Favorites" section. When you hover over any of these widgets, a display pops up with an advertisement and your information.

App Maker

In addition to the more than 65 widgets you can place on your new Yahoo homepage, you can also make your own. Just click on 'Add' at the bottom of the My Favorites list, and then at the very top of the widget list you can enter the Web address for anything you want to keep track of and give it your own name. If the import is successful, you now have a new widget on your home page.

Trend Setter

Taking its cue from Twitter's Trending Topics, Yahoo now features the current top ten favorite searches. The Trend Setter box is located on the top left of the home page, where users used to access their e-mail, messenger, games and weather under the old design

Personalized News

The news tabs have moved down a bit, but now have a local news section. Just type in a U.S. City or Zip and Yahoo delivers news from local news outlets.

PC To Mobile Sync

This feature isn't available yet, but Yahoo says that soon your Yahoo mobile page will match the edits you've made on the desktop version.

If you want to try out the new features you have to opt-in when you arrive at Yahoo's home page; alternatively, you can go to Yahoo.com/trynew. Today's launch is only available to users in the United States, and availability will expand over the coming week to users in France, India, and the U.K. Mobile device users will also see the new Yahoo home page this week, but the company didn't specify which countries would see the mobile version first. If you live in the rest of the world, Yahoo says it will be rolling out the new home page to more countries in the coming months.

Microsoft: Portable Xbox Device is Coming

2009-07-21T19:57:00.001-07:00

It's just a matter of time before a mobile Xbox device becomes available. That's the word from Microsoft corporate vice president Shane Kim, who dropped the bombshell in an interview with game-enthusiast site Kikizo.

Kim, a major player in Microsoft's Xbox program, made the statement toward the end of a wide-ranging chat with Kikizo's Adam Doree, who asked how the Xbox brand might extend into the mobile-gaming arena.

Kim explained that while Microsoft has focused lately on the "living room experience," its recent efforts do segue logically into mobile gaming. These include the ability for users to buy and download Xbox 360 games via Xbox live; and Project Natal, a motion-sensing technology that lets you control video games and Xbox 360 menus with body movements rather than with a peripheral controller:

With the emergence of the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch as portable gaming systems, the massive success of the Nintendo DS, and ongoing rumors of Sony's intentions to launch a PlayStation phone, it's no shocker than Microsoft has major plans for a mobile Xbox platform.

But if Microsoft chooses to build its own Xbox portable, how might the device differ from the upcoming Zune HD, Redmond's answer to the iPod touch? From a competitive standpoint, the Zune HD should be able to play games, and not just Solitaire and Minesweeper.

Other reports have Xbox 360 games migrating to a variety of cell phones, so Microsoft take that path rather than building its own Xbox-branded hardware devices.

SyncMate 2.0 released

2009-07-19T10:59:00.000-07:00

Eltima released a new version of its SyncMate synchronization tool this week. The latest release, SyncMate 2.0, gives Mac users the ability sync their computers with Nokia series 40 mobile phones, Google accounts, and other Macs in addition to Windows Mobile devices.

Version 2.0 also feature interface enhancements and new plugins.

Features

Multitasking Now SyncMate provides you with the possibility to synchronize many devices simultaneously. You can sync your Mac with another Mac, your Windows Mobile device, Nokia series 40 phone or your Google account. You can do that all at once and have an instant access to synchronized devices from the main toolbar!

Calendars synchronization Never miss a day or a date! Synchronize your iCal calendars and even your Google calendars to numerous devices at a time.

Contacts synchronization With SyncMate we tried to help you keep your address books organized at all your devices. You can simply synchronize your phone or Pocket PC with your Mac, Mac with other Macs and other devices at a time! Plus you can backup your valuable contacts to secure online storage and access them from your Mac whenever you need. Synchronize your Google Contacts, too!

SMS reader Read all your text messages not even touching your mobile device!

Firefox 3.5.1 Fixes Critical Security Flaw

2009-07-19T10:34:00.000-07:00

The Mozilla Corp. has released Firefox 3.5.1, a new version of their Web browser. The new release corrects a security problem the company acknowledged earlier this week as “critical.” Firefox is available for free download from the Web site.

Firefox 3.5.1 corrects the security flaw identified in Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2009-41: a problem with the software’s “Just-In-Time” (JIT) compiler used for JavaScript. A crash could result in an exploitable memory corruption problem that could, under certain cases, be exploited by an attacker to run arbitrary code, like malware.

Express Burn 4.26

2009-07-18T03:56:00.000-07:00

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Express Burn you create and record MP3/WAV formats to CD in Windows for free. With Express Burn you can record a CD quickly and easily by dragging the files you want onto the Express Burn icon and clicking 'Burn'. The software then does the rest, including converting the files to .cda. Audio is recorded with direct digital recording (so perfect audio quality is maintained). Audio CD burning supports wav, mp3, wma, au, aiff, ra, ogg, flac, aac and a number of other audio file formats. Can burn audio CDs in seamlessly mode (with no pause between tracks). Normalize audio volume of tracks. Supports multi session recording to Audio CD. Records CD Recordable (CDR) and CD Re-recordable (CDRW) discs. Features a trial of Paid functionality - Video DVD Authoring and Data DVD Recording.

Sony Ericsson Launches 8.1-megapixel Camera Phone

2009-07-16T19:30:00.000-07:00

Drag, drop, enjoy - Media Go™

The perfect entertainment organiser - Media Go™ makes it easier than ever before to bring your media with you, wherever you go. Transfer your media files between your phone and PC via drag and drop. File conversion is hassle-free, too: Media Go™ automatically converts films and music files to give you the best possible quality.

New applications

View the latest video clips on YouTube™, print your photos via Snapfish, capture the smile with Smile Shutter™, find your way with Wayfinder Navigator™ or start a chat-style SMS conversation – you can do it all with the C905.
If you already own a C905 and need to get these goodies

Bring out the photographer in you

With incredible detail, true colours and Smart Contrast, the C905 is a truly extraordinary camera for capturing those extraordinary moments. Take a look at a selection of images shot by Danish photographer Casper Sejersen using nothing but the C905 Cyber-shot™.

PlayNow™ arena

Instant access to music, games and all the other stuff you need to spice up your phone. The PlayNow™ arena is more than a store; it’s a unique multimedia experience. Let your phone be your shopping window or enter the PlayNow™ arena from your PC.

Cyber-shot™

Sony Ericsson’s megapixel digital camera gives you crisp high resolution every time and added features more common to standalone cameras.

Face detection

Want the people in your photos to come out sharp and clear? With the Face detection function activated, the camera automatically finds - and focuses on - the face in your viewfinder.

DLNA sharing

Your phone has DLNA support, allowing you to connect wirelessly to other electronic devices via Wi-Fi. See your photos on your TV, for example - just connect, sit down and enjoy.

The Wi-Fi alternative

For a fast Internet connection in hotspots, your phone has Wi-Fi support.

Media player

Enjoy music and video playback using the integrated Media player. Several file formats are supported.

Palm Pre

2009-07-11T10:59:00.000-07:00

The Palm Pre is a multimedia smartphone designed and marketed by Palm, Inc. with a multi-touch screen and a sliding keyboard. The phone was launched on June 6, 2009, and is the first to use Palm's new Linux-based operating system, webOS. The Pre functions as a camera phone, a portable media player, a GPS navigator, and an Internet client (with text messaging, email, web browsing, and local Wi-Fi connectivity).

The Pre has received very positive reviews from technology critics, winning CNET's Best in Show, Best in Category: Cell Phones & Smartphones, and People's Voice for 2009.

Screen and input

The Pre features a 3.1-inch capacitive touchscreen over a 24-bit color 320×480 resolution HVGA liquid-crystal display. The touchscreen allows for manipulation of the UI with fingers instead of a stylus, commonly used with older Palm phones and PDAs. Below the display is the so-called "Gesture Area", a touch-sensitive area with LED underlighting that permits additional touch commands.

Like other recent Palm phones, the Pre features a full QWERTY keyboard. On the Pre, the keyboard slides out, and is curved to follow the contour of the human face. In addition to the keyboard, the device features a single button in the center of the Gesture Area, a volume rocker switch on the side, and a ringer switch on the top.

The Pre features three input sensors that allow it to respond to its surroundings. An accelerometer automatically changes the orientation of the display between landscape and portrait when the device is rotated in the user's hands. An ambient light sensor allows the Pre to automatically adjust the brightness of its display. A proximity sensor allows the Pre to disregard touch inputs when the phone is held close to a user's face during a call.

The Pre also has an integrated 3 megapixel digital camera with LED flash

Connectivity

The Pre will be available with high-speed connectivity on either EVDO Rev. A or UMTS HSDPA, depending on location. The Pre also includes 802.11b/g WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR with support for A2DP stereo headsets. A-GPS with support for turn-by-turn navigation is also included. For charging and data-transfer, the Pre uses a microUSB connector with USB 2.0 support, and audio output is supported by a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack. While the phone reports support for the Bluetooth DUN protocol, Sprint is not permitting use of the Pre in tethered (or "Phone as Modem") mode, and has made no announcements that this mode will be offered in the future.

Internal Storage Capacity

The Pre has 8.0 GB of internal flash storage (approximately 7.4 GB of which is user accessible). The Pre does not have a flash memory card slot

Charging

The Pre is one of the first smartphones to feature wireless charging, using electromagnetic induction through an optional wireless charging dock (dubbed the "Touchstone") and a special back cover, which also is sold separately. Users can still charge the phone using the supplied MicroUSB cable.

Software

The Pre is the first Palm device to use webOS, the Linux based platform that replaces Palm's previous Palm OS. Developed from scratch for use in mobile phones - whereas Palm OS was originally designed for PDAs - webOS is capable of supporting built-in first party applications, as well as third party applications.

Interface

The webOS interface is based around a system of "cards" used to manage multitasking. Applications can be launched from either the "Launcher", which displays up to 3 pages of applications icons in a scrollable grid, or the Quick Launch bar, which displays 5 icons inline horizontally. The user switches between running applications by clicking the front-face button to bring up the "cards" and then flicking left and right on the screen. Applications are closed by flicking a "card" up - and "off" - the screen.

webOS also supports multi-touch gestures, enabling most navigational input to be made using the touchscreen. However, since the Pre includes the slide-out keyboard, it does not include a virtual keyboard as many other touchscreen smartphones do.

Synergy

webOS includes a feature called Synergy that integrates information from many sources. webOS allows a user to sign in to accounts on Gmail, Facebook, and Microsoft Outlook (via Exchange ActiveSync). Contacts from all sources are then integrated into a single list. Calendars from multiple sources can be viewed together or one at a time. For messaging, Synergy combines all conversations with each contact into a single chat-style window. For example, instant messages and SMS text messages are viewed together.

Web Browser

The webOS web browser is WebKit-based and, thus, pages appear the same as they do in other WebKit-based browsers like Safari, the iPhone browser, Google Chrome, and Nokia Web Browser for S60. The browser can be viewed in either landscape or portrait orientation, switched by rotating the device. In addition, on February 16, 2009, Adobe announced that it will be developing a version of Adobe Flash Player for webOS.

Syncing
The device makes use of the cloud based services model, but uses no desktop sync client (in the style of Palm's HotSync synchronization method).

Palm has referenced a number of solutions for users who need to sync with their desktop software like Palm Desktop, Microsoft Outlook, or IBM Lotus Notes. Additionally, Mark Space Software has announced Macintosh desktop sync software, and Chapura such software for Windows. Palm has offered an online guide to help customers.

iTunes syncing

Palm has announced that the Pre will be capable of "seamlessly" synchronizing with Apple's iTunes via its Media Sync feature. The Pre is believed to achieve this by switching its USB Product and Vendor IDs to those of an Apple iPod, thereby mimicking or "spoofing" the Apple device.

Third-party applications

Third parties are able to develop web apps that run natively within webOS. In addition, Palm has announced that they have partnered with certain trusted third-parties that have been given greater access to Pre functionality. At launch, 18 applications were available in the Palm App Catalog. One of the apps, available at launch, is "Classic", a Palm OS emulator that can run a large number of the roughly 50,000 apps for the Palm OS.

Adobe and HTC Bring Flash Platform to Android

2009-07-09T11:45:00.000-07:00

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and HTC, a global designer of mobile phones, today announced that the new HTC Hero is the first Android phone to ship with support for Adobe® Flash® Platform technology. The new phone delivers a more complete Web browsing experience and provides access to a broad variety of Flash technology based content available on the Web today.

“As the first Android device with Flash, the new HTC Hero represents a key milestone for Android and the Flash Platform. With close to 80 percent of all videos online delivered with Adobe Flash technology, consumers want to access rich Web content on-the-go.” said David Wadhwani, vice president and general manager, Platform Business Unit at Adobe. “The collaboration with HTC offers people a more complete Flash based Web browsing experience today and presents an important step towards full Web browsing with Flash Player 10 on mobile phones in the future.”

The new HTC Hero is a key element of the HTC experience and a new generation of HTC mobile phones and devices. Users can browse and discover a broad set of Web content and applications not supported by mobile phones in the past. People can also view YouTube videos using Flash technology, and enable full screen viewing mode by simply double tapping the screen.

“Adobe Flash is an important core technology for people interacting and experiencing the Web, it is only natural to be offering it on the new HTC Hero first,” said John Wang, chief marketing officer, HTC Corporation. “We look forward to continuing our close collaboration with Adobe and to bringing Flash Player 10 support to our phones in the future.”

The HTC Hero delivers powerful, compatible video playback performance using Flash technology, and interactive content enabled by ActionScript® 2.0. Users can enjoy and navigate through Web videos using intuitive video controls. With progressive streaming of large MP3 audio files from a Web server and the local file storage, the HTC Hero provides a seamless audio experience. Support for Sorenson and On2 VP6 codecs enables higher quality video and playback of existing Web content. A demo of the user experience enabled by the Flash Platform on the HTC Hero and the Android operating system can be viewed at www.adobe.com/go/htchero.

Safari 4.0.2

2009-07-09T11:20:00.000-07:00

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Safari is the fastest and most innovative web browser for Mac and PC. Now, with Safari 4, you can choose your favorite sites from a stunning wall of graphical previews with Top Sites. Flip through websites as easily as you flip through albums in iTunes with Cover Flow. Easily retrieve sites you”ve seen before with Full History Search.

System Requirements

Mac OS X 10.4.11 or 10.5.7
Security Update 2009-002
Windows XP and Vista

Windows Media Player 11

2009-07-09T11:09:00.000-07:00

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Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP offers great new ways to store and enjoy all your music, video, pictures, and recorded TV. Play it, view it, and sync it to a portable device for enjoying on the go or even share with devices around your home all from one place.

Simplicity In Design: Bring a whole new look to your digital entertainment. More of the Music You Love: Breathe new life into your digital music experience. All Your Entertainment in One Place: Store and enjoy all of your music, video, pictures, and recorded TV. Enjoy Everywhere: Stay connected with your music, video, and pictures no matter where you are. Check out the new Media Sharing feature.

Digital SLR Camera Nikon D90

2009-07-08T06:08:00.000-07:00

Stunning 12.3-megapixel image quality, broad control and the world’s first* digital SLR movie function combine to deliver unsurpassed creative freedom in a D-SLR.

TOKYO – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce the introduction of its newest DX-format digital SLR, the D90. More than just a new camera, the D90 represents a new era of digital SLR fun and creativity.

The first thing that will amaze photographers about the D90 is its stunning image quality, which takes its inspiration from Nikon’s flagship DX-format digital SLR, the D300. The D90’s image sensor and 12.3 effective megapixels combine with Nikon’s exclusive EXPEED image processing to deliver outstanding images featuring fine details, smooth tones, rich colors and low noise across a wide ISO sensitivity range.

The D90 is the world’s first* digital SLR camera with a movie shooting function that delivers genuinely cinematic results, enhanced by the creatively shallow depth of field made possible by the DX-format sensor. This is further refined by the optical quality and broad selection of NIKKOR lenses — the same lenses relied upon by professional photographers the world over. Thanks to the D90’s large image sensor, D-Movie images exhibit less noise than those of a typical camcorder, most notably in low-light situations.

The D90 also provides remarkable performance and operability, featuring Nikon’s exclusive Scene Recognition System that advances precision in auto focus, auto exposure, and auto white balance in diverse shooting situations. Live View mode allows shooting while confirming the subject on the large 3-in., approx. 920k-dot high-density color LCD and offers three contrast-detect AF modes to allow photographers to focus on any point in the frame, enabling a greater variety of composition. In addition to wide and normal area AF, the D90 offers face priority AF in Live View mode for even sharper pictures of people.

All of these powerful features and more are housed in a compact, comfortable-to-hold body, with intuitive controls. In other words, the D90 is a camera that will satisfy the requirements of passionate photographers who demand superior image quality and crave exciting new photographic possibilities.

*As of August 27, 2008, according to research conducted by Nikon Corporation

Nikon D90 Feature Highlights

Newly designed Nikon DX-format CMOS image sensor with wide ISO sensitivity range with low noise

D90’s 12.3 effective megapixels provides outstanding resolution, delivering images with extraordinarily defined detail and expanded enlargement capacity. The extremely wide sensitivity range of ISO 200 to 3200 delivers incredibly low-noise characteristics throughout. Furthermore, sensitivity can be increased to Hi 1 (ISO 6400 equivalent) and decreased to Lo 1 (ISO 100 equivalent) to expand shooting versatility. The camera also employs the Image Sensor Cleaning function that works to free image-degrading dust particles from the sensor’s optical low-pass filter.

EXPEED for smooth tones, rich colors and fine details

Nikon’s comprehensive digital image-processing EXPEED technology is optimized for the D90 to realize the high-quality, high-speed image processing capability. EXPEED also contributes to the outstanding performance of other powerful features such as Live View and the new Face Detection System.

D-Movie: the world’s first* D-SLR movie mode

In a world first* for D-SLRs, the D90 offers a movie function, allowing you to shoot 320 x 216 pixels, 640 x 424 pixels or HD720p (1,280 x 720 pixels) movies at the professional smoothness of 24 frames per second in motion JPEG format. The D90’s sensor, which is much larger than the sensor of a typical camcorder, ensures higher image quality and exceptional low-noise, high ISO sensitivity performance, even during movie shooting. Capturing creative movie clips or the drama of life’s moving moments is further enhanced by the wide selection of incredibly sharp NIKKOR interchangeable lenses that are available, from fisheye to wide-angle to super-telephoto. And Micro NIKKOR lenses bring the magic of extreme close-up imagery to movie making.

*As of August 27, 2008, according to research conducted by Nikon Corporation
Note: Autofocus and some other functions are not available when recording movies.

Scene Recognition System integrated with Face Detection System

The D90 precisely reads the color and brightness information of each scene from the 420-pixel RGB sensor, and applies this to auto focus, auto exposure and auto white balance. The D90 also recognizes human faces using the new Face Detection System, data which is incorporated during calculation, resulting in faces with newfound definition and accuracy as well as enabling face priority AF in Live View mode and immediate zoom into people’s faces in playback zoom.

Easy-to-use Live View mode

One press of the Live View button activates the D90’s Live View mode, delivering a bright, crisp image to the 3-in., approx. 920k-dot color LCD and allowing comfortable shooting without looking through the viewfinder. There are three contrast-detect AF modes that let you focus on any point in the frame: Face priority AF automatically detects up to five faces and focuses on that calculated to be the closest. Wide area AF offers a large AF area suitable for handheld shooting, and normal area AF provides focus with pinpoint accuracy when using a tripod. And when Nikon VR (Vibration Reduction) lenses are in use, photographers will enjoy the benefit of a VR-smoothed image, even in Live View mode.

Picture Control System: Customize the visual style of your images

Nikon’s Picture Control System enables users to customize the look and mood of images. Six original setting options are available — Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait and Landscape — for easy customization of image preferences.

Active D-Lighting for smooth tone reproduction in high-contrast lighting

The D90’s Active D-Lighting accurately restores details in the shadows and highlighted areas, which are often lost in high-contrast lighting situations, by localizing tone control while shooting. There are four levels, including the new “Extra High.” Active D-Lighting can be used manually or set to Auto mode. It is also possible to bracket your pictures, allowing the capture of one image with Active D-Lighting and one without.

Versatile, practical 11-point AF system

Thanks to the Multi-CAM 1000 autofocus module, the D90’s 11-point AF system offers fast and precise autofocus coverage across the frame with the most sensitive AF sensor operating from the center. In addition, the D90 features versatile AF-area modes to handle most shooting situations: Single-point AF is recommended for stationary subjects, dynamic-area AF for moving subjects, auto-area AF for spontaneous shooting and 3D-tracking (11 points) AF for when you want to change the composition after focusing on your subject.

Bright pentaprism viewfinder featuring frame coverage of approx. 96%

The D90 has a precise eye-level pentaprism viewfinder with approx. 96% (centered) frame coverage and an easy-to-view 19.5 mm eyepoint (at -1.0 m^-1). The built-in 16-frame superimposed grid display can be activated to assist in the creation of better-balanced compositions.

Advanced Scene Modes for superior image quality

The D90 features Advanced Scene Modes: Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports and Night Portrait. These modes not only adjust exposure and image processing, but also judge the optimum Active D-Lighting and Picture Control settings to obtain the best results. The D90 also recognizes if VR (Vibration Reduction) is on or off and minimizes noise even in dimly lit scenes.

Extensive palette of in-camera Retouch Menus

The D90’s designers incorporated a wide variety of image editing functions, making it easy for users to enhance images within the camera. The D90 introduces several new retouch options: Distortion Control adjusts lens aberration, Straighten corrects inclination of the image, while Fisheye produces optical effects similar to a fisheye lens.

Engineered for precision and durability

Accurate exposures rely on precise shutters and the D90’s electronically timed shutter mechanism was specifically engineered for long, accurate service. To ensure this, D90 shutters, assembled in D90 bodies, underwent exhaustive 100,000 shutter-release cycle testing.

Nikon D90 Other Features

Gives you quick response, with 0.15-second start-up, 65 ms shutter release time lag (CIPA standard) and 4.5 fps continuous shooting.
3-in., approx. 920-k dot high-resolution LCD monitor with wide viewing angle that lets you change composition of the frame during shooting from various angles and easily confirm your image during playback.
Built-in flash with 18mm lens coverage, guide number of approx. 17/56 (ISO 200, m/ft., 20°C/68°F) and Nikon’s original i-TTL flash control; works as a commander; controlling up to two groups of remote Speedlights.
Highly efficient energy-saving design allows approx. 850 images on a single charge of the Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL3e. (CIPA standard, with AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, with 50% of pictures taken with flash)
Extensive playback functions offer ample options for viewing and selecting the right shot, including 72-frame playback, calendar playback and histogram display for magnified portion of the image.
Versatile Pictmotion menu creates slideshows combining five choices of both background music and image effects.
Compatible with HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) output.
Supports the Nikon Creative Lighting System when using the SB-900, SB-800, SB-600 Speedlight, or Wireless Close-up Speedlight System R1C1; ensures accurate exposures via i-TTL flash control.
Multi-Power Battery Pack MB-D80 (Optional, in common with the D80) gives you the choice of using one or two Rechargeable Li-ion Batteries EN-EL3e or six R6/AA-size batteries to extend battery life.
New optional Remote Cord MC-DC2 enables shutter release and long time exposures (bulb) remotely.
With the new optional GPS Unit GP-1, location information such as latitude, longitude, altitude and time is automatically recorded to each image’s EXIF data.
Included Nikon ViewNX image browsing and editing software lets you organize, label and select images as well as perform RAW (NEF) image editing adjustments and conversions.
Optional Capture NX 2 photo-editing software features patented U Point™ technology and powerful tools for quick and easy photo editing including enhanced RAW (NEF) Editing.

Nikon Digital SLR Camera D90 Specifications

Type	Single-lens reflex digital camera
Lens mount	Nikon F mount (with AF coupling and AF contacts)
Effective picture angle	Approx. 1.5 x lens focal length (Nikon DX format)
Effective pixels	12.3 million
Image sensor	23.6 x 15.8 mm CMOS sensor
Total pixels	12.9 million
Dust-reduction system	Image Sensor Cleaning, Image Dust Off reference data (optional Capture NX 2 required)
Image size (pixels)	4,288 x 2,848 [L], 3,216 x 2,136 [M], 2,144 x 1,424 [S]
File format	• NEF (RAW) • JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1:4), normal (approx. 1:8), or basic (approx. 1:16) compression • NEF (RAW) + JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats
Picture Control System	Can be selected from Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, Landscape; storage for up to nine custom Picture Controls
Media	SD memory cards, SDHC compliant
File system	DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) 2.0, DPOF (Digital Print Order Format), Exif 2.21 (Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras), PictBridge
Viewfinder	Eye-level pentaprism single-lens reflex viewfinder
Frame coverage	Approx. 96% horizontal and 96% vertical
Magnification	Approx. 0.94 x (50mm f/1.4 lens at infinity; -1.0 m^-1)
Eyepoint	19.5 mm (-1.0 m^-1)
Diopter adjustment	-2 to +1 m^-1
Focusing screen	Type B BriteView Clear Matte screen Mark II with focus frame (framing grid can be displayed)
Reflex mirror	Quick-return type
Depth-of-field preview	When depth-of-field preview button is pressed, lens aperture is stopped down to value selected by user (A and M modes) or by camera (other modes)
Lens aperture	Instant return, electronically controlled
Compatible lenses	• DX AF Nikkor: All functions supported • Type G or D AF Nikkor: All functions supported (PC Micro-Nikkor does not support some functions). IX-Nikkor lenses not supported. • Other AF Nikkor: All functions supported except 3D color matrix metering II. Lenses for F3AF not supported. • AI-P Nikkor: All functions supported except 3D color matrix metering II and auto focus. • Non-CPU: Autofocus not supported. Can be used in exposure mode M, but exposure meter does not function. Electronic rangefinder can be used if lens has a maximum aperture of f/5.6 or faster.
Shutter type	Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter
Shutter speed	1/4,000 to 30 s in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV, Bulb
Flash sync speed	X = 1/200 s; synchronizes with shutter at 1/200s or slower
Release modes	Single-frame, continuous low speed, continuous high speed, self-timer, delayed remote, quick-response
Frame advance rate	Continuous high speed: up to 4.5 fps, continuous low speed: 1-4 fps
Self-timer	Can be selected from 2, 5, 10 and 20 s duration
Exposure metering	TTL exposure metering using 420-pixel RGB sensor
Exposure method	• Matrix: 3D color matrix metering II (type G and D lenses); color matrix metering II (other CPU lenses) • Center-weighted: Weight of 75% given to 6-, 8- or 10-mm circle in center of frame • Spot: Meters 3.5-mm circle (about 2% of frame) centered on selected focus point
Exposure range (ISO 100 equivalent, f/1.4 lens, 20°C/68°F)	• Matrix or center-weighted metering: 0-20 EV • Spot metering: 2-20 EV
Exposure meter coupling	CPU
Exposure modes	Auto modes (auto, auto [flash off]), Advanced Scene Modes (Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Close-up, Night Portrait), programmed auto with flexible program (P), shutter-priority auto (S), aperture-priority auto (A), manual (M)
Exposure compensation	±5 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV
Exposure bracketing	2 or 3 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 or 2 EV
Exposure lock	Luminosity locked at detected value with AE-L/AF-L button
ISO sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index)	ISO 200 to 3200 in steps of 1/3 EV, can also be set to approx. 0.3, 0.7 or 1 EV (ISO 100 equivalent) below ISO 200, or to approx. 0.3, 0.7 or 1 EV (ISO 6400 equivalent) over ISO 3200, ISO sensitivity auto control available
Active D-Lighting	Can be selected from Auto, Extra high, High, Normal, Low or off
Active D-Lighting bracketing	2 frames
Autofocus	Nikon Multi-CAM 1000 autofocus module with TTL phase detection, 11 focus points (including 1 cross-type sensor) and AF-assist illuminator (range approx. 0.5-3 m/1 ft. 8 in.-9 ft. 10 in.)
Detection range	-1 to +19 EV (ISO 100 equivalent, 20°C /68°F)
Lens servo	• Autofocus: Single-servo AF (S), Continuous-servo AF (C), Auto-servo AF (A), Predictive focus tracking automatically activated according to subject status in single- and continuous-servo AF • Manual (M): Electronic rangefinder supported
Focus point	Can be selected from 11 focus points
AF-area modes	Single-point AF, dynamic-area AF, auto-area AF, 3D-tracking (11 points) AF
Focus lock	Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (Single-servo AF) or by pressing AE-L/AF-L button
Built-in flash	Auto, Portrait, Close-up, Night Portrait modes: Auto flash with auto pop-up P, S, A, M: Manual pop-up with button release
Guide number (m/ft.) at 20°C/68°F	• At ISO 200: Approx. 17/56, 18/59 with manual flash • At ISO 100 equivalent: Approx. 12/39, 13/43 with manual flash
Flash control	• TTL: i-TTL balanced fill-flash and standard i-TTL flash for digital SLR using 420-pixel RGB sensor are available with built-in flash, SB-900, SB-800, SB-600 or SB-400 • Auto aperture: Available with SB-900, SB-800 and CPU lenses • Non-TTL auto: Supported flash units include SB-900, SB-800, SB-28, SB-27 or SB-22s • Range-priority manual: Available with SB-900 and SB-800
Flash modes	Front curtain sync, slow sync, rear-curtain sync, red-eye reduction, red-eye reduction with slow sync
Flash compensation	-3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3, or 1/2 EV
Flash bracketing	2 or 3 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 or 2 EV
Flash-ready indicator	Lights when built-in flash or SB-900, SB-800, SB-600, SB-400, SB-80DX, SB-28DX, or SB-50DX is fully charged; blinks for 3 s after flash is fired at full output in i-TTL or auto aperture modes
Accessory shoe	Standard ISO 518 hot-shoe contact with safety lock
Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS)	Advanced Wireless Lighting supported with built-in flash, SB-900, SB-800, or SU-800 as commander and SB-900, SB-800, SB-600 or SB-R200 as remotes; Auto FP High-Speed Sync and modeling illumination supported with all CLS-compatible flash units except SB-400; Flash Color Information Communication and FV lock supported with all CLS-compatible flash units
White balance	Auto (TTL white-balance with main image sensor and 420-pixel RGB sensor); 12 manual modes with fine-tuning; color temperature setting; preset manual white balance
White balance bracketing	2 or 3 frames in steps of 1, 2 or 3
Live View AF modes	Face priority AF, wide area AF, normal area AF
Live View focus	Contrast-detect AF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point automatically when face priority AF is selected)
Movie image size (pixels)	1,280 x 720/24 fps, 640 x 424/24 fps, 320 x 216/24 fps
Movie file format	AVI
Movie compression format	Motion-JPEG, with monaural sound
LCD monitor	3-in., approx. 920k-dot (VGA), low-temperature polysilicon TFT LCD with 170° viewing angle, approx. 100% frame coverage, and brightness adjustment
Playback function	Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 9 or 72 images or calendar) playback with playback zoom, movie playback, Pictmotion, slide show, histogram display, highlights, auto image rotation, and image comment (up to 36 characters)
USB	Hi-Speed USB
Audio video output	Can be selected from NTSC and PAL; simultaneous playback from both the audio video output and on the LCD monitor available
HDMI output	HDMI Mini connector; camera monitor turns off when HDMI cable is connected
Accessory terminal	• Remote Cord MC-DC2 (Optional) • GPS Unit GP-1 (Optional)
Supported languages	Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
Battery	One Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL3e
Battery pack	Multi-Power Battery Pack MB-D80 (optional) with one or two Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL3e or six R6/AA-size alkaline, Ni-MH, lithium or nickel-manganese batteries (Battery Holder MS-D200 is required when using R6/AA-size batteries.)
AC adapter	AC Adapter EH-5a (optional)
Tripod socket	1/4 in. (ISO 1222)
Dimensions (W x H x D)	Approx. 132 x 103 x 77 mm/5.2 x 4.1 x 3.0 in.
Weight	Approx. 620 g/1 lb. 6 oz. without battery, memory card, body cap or monitor cover
Temperature	0-40°C/32-104°F
Humidity	Less than 85% (no condensation)
Supplied accessories (may differ by country or area)	Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL3e, Quick Charger MH-18a, Eyepiece Cap DK-5, Rubber Eyecup DK-21, USB Cable UC-E4, Audio Video Cable EG-D2, Camera Strap AN-DC1, LCD Monitor Cover BM-10, Body Cap, Accessory Shoe Cover BS-1, Software Suite CD-ROM

Google Chrome OS

2009-07-08T06:01:00.000-07:00

When Google first launched its Chrome Web browser, many of us immediately saw Chrome as Google’s extension of an operating system. Now, that prophecy is fulfilled with news of Google’s plans to open-source the Chrome OS code later this year with view to have it available in the second half of 2010. But immediately, this raises fundamental questions about what, exactly, defines an operating system, and what will distinguish Android, the open-source mobile OS spearheaded by Google, from Chrome OS.

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2009-07-08T05:48:00.001-07:00

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Cheaper Music Royalties Pull Internet Radio Back from the Brink

2009-07-08T01:03:00.000-07:00

The future is looking bright for various Web-based radio services such as Pandora, Blip.fm and CBS-owned Last.fm. A new long-term solution for music services such as Pandora includes the reduction of more than 40 percent in the royalties formerly paid by such music-streaming sites to the record industry.

The previously high royalty rates had been widely blamed for the looming collapse of Web streaming services, many of which faced possible shutdown for the past two years. Pandora is now safe from the threat of closure, after reassuring users that long-term agreements and acceptable royalty rates are now in place.

However, for free users of Pandora’s services, this new measure comes at a price. Any free user who now listens to 40 hours of music per month will be asked to pay 99 cents to keep listening. If they agree, they can then listen to unlimited music for the rest of the month. Currently, this will only affect 10 percent of Pandora’s user base.

The U.S.-only agreement between all parties involved will be in effect until 2015, when the future of web-based radio services can be analyzed once again.

Windows 7 to Ship In Six Different Versions

2009-06-27T10:27:00.000-07:00

Six different editions of Windows 7 will be available: OEM, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate. You won't however see in the shops all the above edition. Marketing efforts will be concentrated only on the Home Premium and Professional editions.

Windows 7 Starter Edition

The Starter Edition (SE) is mainly aimed at emerging market and netbook users. With SE, customers will be able to run only three applications at the same time but will benefit from user interface (UI) improvements such as the new taskbar and JumpLists. Also, users will be able to join a Home Group (to share media files over a local network).

Windows 7 Home Basic

The Home Basic Edition (HB) is basically the equivalent of Vista's Media Center edition and will allow the use of unlimited applications at the same time, while bringing further UI enhancements such as live thumbnail previews and 'enhanced visual experience.' Additionally, HB enables advanced networking support like Internet connection sharing (including over wireless) and provides the Mobility Center (power management for laptops).

Windows 7 Home Premium

The Home Premium (HP) version will bring all the visual goodies of Windows 7 like the Aero Glass UI and the advanced window navigation. Besides touchscreen implementations (handwriting recognition, multitouch), the Home Premium edition also brings improved media format support and enhancements to Windows Media Center and media streaming.

Windows 7 Professional

The Professional edition of Windows 7 brings along more security and networking features like the Encrypting File System, advanced network backup and joining managed networks with Domain Join. Also, the Pro version supports location-aware printing.

Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows 7 Ultimate

Whether you're a home user or a business, the Enterprise and Ultimate editions (probably differentiated by price in the end) will bring a similar set of advanced features like bitLocker data protection for internal and external drives, DirectAccess for corporate networking based on Windows Server 2008 R2, and will lock unauthorized software from running with AppLocker.

Windows 7 Upgrade FAQ

2009-06-27T10:21:00.000-07:00

Microsoft is readying its next major release of the Windows operating system. After months of demos, early testing, beta releases, and finally announced launch plans, here's what you can expect in an upgrade.Windows 7, the next major operating system (OS) release from Microsoft after Vista, will be officially available on October 22. The first beta of the OS was released in February and a Release Candidate (RC) followed in May. The beta version will expire next week, while the RC will remain a free download until August 15.
How many versions of Windows 7 will there be?

Six different editions of Windows 7 will be available: OEM, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate. You won't however see in the shops all the above edition. Marketing efforts will be concentrated only on the Home Premium and Professional editions.

The other editions, including a non-Internet Explorer version for users in Europe, will be available for various markets around the world.

Residents in the U.S., Canada, and Japan can now pre-order an upgrade version of Windows 7 for a temporarily reduced price. The Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade is available for $49.99 and the Professional Upgrade version is $99.99.

The deal will last until July 11 in the U.S. and Canada, and only until July 5 in Japan. The number of copies available is not unlimited and Microsoft did not say how many will be available.

The Windows 7 pre-order deal is available only online. In the U.S. it can be purchased from Amazon, Best Buy, Costco, Fry's Electronics, Office Depot, Office Max, Sam's Club, Staples, Tiger Direct, Wal-Mart, NewEgg. In Canada, Staples, Future Shop, Best Buy, London Drugs, Amazon, and the Source are supplying the updates; in Japan, Yodobashi Camera, Amazon, Yamada Denki, and Bic Camera carry the deal.

Both special prices upgrades are available for Windows XP and Vista users. Windows XP users will have to do a clean install. Moving from a 32-bit version of Windows to a 64-bit one will require a clean install as well.

For the UK, France and Germany, pre-orders will start on July 15.

What are the minimum hardware requirements for Windows 7?

microsoft windows 7Microsoft says Windows 7 is designed to run well on PCs that meet the recommended system requirements for Windows Vista.

Before you upgrade to Windows 7, be sure to compare your PC's specifications with the Windows 7 system requirements as follows:

1GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1GB RAM (32-bit) / 2GB RAM (64-bit)
16GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

2009-06-23T00:23:00.000-07:00

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Nokia N810 Internet Tablet

2009-06-20T10:06:00.000-07:00

Price Range $179.99 - $383.33

The Nokia N810 Internet Tablet is an Internet appliance from Nokia, announced on 17 October, 2007 at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Despite Nokia's strong association with cellular products, the N810 is not a phone, but instead allows the user to browse the Internet and communicate using Wi-Fi networks or with a mobile phone via Bluetooth. It builds on the hardware and software of the Nokia N800 with some features added and some removed.

The Nokia N810 features the Maemo Linux distribution,[2] based on Maemo 4.0, which features MicroB (a Mozilla-based mobile browser), a GPS navigation application, new media player, and a refreshed interface.

Technical specifications

Size

* Volume: 128 cc
* Weight: 226 g
* Length: 72 mm
* Width: 128 mm
* Thickness: 14 mm

Display

* High-resolution 4.13” WVGA display (800 x 480 pixels) with up to 65,000 colors

Processor

* TI OMAP 2420, 400Mhz

Memory

* DDR RAM 128MB
* Flash 256MB

Camera

640 × 480 VGA Camera (currently supports photos and video)

Storage

* Up to 2GB internal memory
* Support for compatible miniSD and microSD memory cards (with extender). Supports cards up to 8GB. (SD cards over 2GB must be SDHC compatible.)

Operating Times*

* Battery: Nokia Battery BP-4L
* Continuous usage (display on, wireless LAN active): up to 4 hours
* Music playback: up to 10 hours
* Always online time: up to 5 days
* Standby time: up to 14 days

*Operating times may vary depending on the radio access technology used, configuration and usage. The availability of the product and its features depend on your area and service providers, so please contact them and your Nokia dealer for further information.

Other characteristics

* Smooth slide with integrated QWERTY keyboard
* Built-in GPS receiver
* High quality stereo speakers and sensitive microphone
* High-resolution widescreen display
* Integrated desk stand
* Integrated VGA web camera
* HW key to lock touch screen and keys
* Ambient light sensor

Connectivity

* WLAN standard: IEEE 802.11b/g
* Bluetooth specification v.2.0 . +EDR (profiles supported: HID, FTP, DUN, GAP, SPP, HSP, SAP and OPP)
* USB high speed for PC connectivity
* 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug (Nokia AV Connector)

Language support

* HW keyboard variants: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish-Portuguese, Scandinavian and Russian
* User interface languages: British English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, American English, Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian French, Latin American Spanish, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese
* User guide languages: British English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, American English, Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian French, Latin American Spanish, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese,

Internet Tablet OS: maemo Linux based OS2008

* The seamless update functionality allows internet tablet users to automatically receive and install the latest software updates
* Extra applications available from the Internet

Web Browsing

* Browser based on Mozilla technology with state-of-the-art web standard support including AJAX
* Page navigation with scrolling, panning or using hardware buttons, zooming in and out of web sites.
* Full desktop Adobe® Flash® 9 plugin, including video and audio streaming

Media

* In-built media player for viewing and listening to downloaded, transfered or streamed media content and easy-on-device management of media library
* Direct access to shared media over Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
* Supported video formats: 3GP, AVI, WMV, MP4, H263, H.264, MPEG-1, MPEG-4, RV (RealVideo)
* Supported audio formats: MP3, WMA, AAC, AMR, AWB, M4A, MP2, RA (RealAudio), WAV
* Supported playlist formats: M3U, PLS, ASX, WAX, WVX, WPL

Communications

* Internet messaging and calling with video
* Effortless and automated presence and contacts application for centralizing communication tasks
* SIP support and interoperability with industry standard services

Map

* Map application with pre-loaded maps including points of interest
* Premium services available on purchase including Wayfinder navigation.

E-mail

* Browser access to familiar webmail services
* Get an easy start to desktop email with pre-configured email services
* E-mail application for personal e-mail usage with IMAP, STMP, and POP3 support

Images

* Full-screen image viewing and slideshow functionality
* Supported Image formats: BMP, GIF, ICI, JPE, JPEG, PNG, TIF/TIFF, SVG, Tiny, WBMP

RSS Reader

* Reader for subscribing, managing and keeping up-to date with web feeds
* Support for RSS 1.0/2.0 and Atom 1.0

Utilities

* File manager
* PDF reader
* Clock
* Games: chess, blocks, mahjong and marbles
* Backup and restore

Input methods

* HW keyboard, full screen finger keyboard and on-screen keyboard

Standard Sales Package Contents

* Nokia N810 Internet Tablet
* Nokia Battery BP-4L
* Nokia Stereo Headset HS-48
* Nokia Travel Charger AC-4
* Nokia Car Holder CR-89
* Pouch CP-223
* Nokia Connectivity Cable CA-101
* Get started guide
* Safety, warranty, and other product information booklet

Major changes from the N800

The Nokia N810 has much in common with the N800 and Internet Tablet OS 2008 will operate on both, but there are some significant differences between the two. Here are the new features in the Nokia N810:

* Sliding, backlit keyboard
* Front-facing webcam (replacing pop-out rotating device)
* Ambient Light Sensor
* Integrated GPS
* 256 MB & 2GB integrated internal storage
* MiniSDHC card slot (replacing two full-size SDHC slots, one internal, one external)
* Sunlight readable transreflective display
* Micro-USB (replacing a Mini-USB type B)
* No longer has an FM tuner

Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition

On 1 April 2008, Nokia announced a WiMAX equipped version of the N810 called the "N810 WiMAX Edition". This device was to be identical in specifications to the original N810 but includes a WiMAX radio for use initially on Sprint's Xohm network, and featured a color change from Light Gray to Black, as well as a larger case-back bulge to accommodate the module.

The production of a Wimax Edition of the Nokia N810 was canceled in January 2009.

Maemo

The N810, like all Nokia Internet Tablets, runs Maemo, which is similar to many handheld operating systems, and provides a "Home" screen — the central point from which all applications and settings are accessed. The Home screen is divided into areas for launching applications, a menu bar, and a large customisable area that can display information such as an RSS reader, Internet radio player, and Google search box for example. Maemo is a modified version of Debian GNU/Linux.

The N810 is bundled with several applications including the Mozilla-based MicroB browser, Adobe Flash, Gizmo, and Skype

New iPhone 3G S

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The Fastest iPhone Ever

The first thing you’ll notice about iPhone 3G S is how quickly you can launch applications. Web pages render in a fraction of the time, and you can view email attachments faster. Improved performance and updated 3D graphics deliver an incredible gaming experience, too. In fact, everything you do on iPhone 3G S is up to 2x faster and more responsive than iPhone 3G.

Video

Now you can shoot video, edit it, and share it — all on your iPhone 3G S. Shoot high-quality VGA video in portrait or landscape. Trim your footage by adjusting start and end points. Then share your video in an email, post it to your MobileMe gallery, publish it on YouTube, or sync it back to your Mac or PC using iTunes.

3-Megapixel Camera

The new 3-megapixel camera takes great still photos, too, thanks to built-in autofocus and a handy new feature that lets you tap the display to focus on anything (or anyone) you want.

Voice Control

Voice Control recognizes the names in your Contacts and knows the music on your iPod. So if you want to place a call or play a song, all you have to do is ask.

Compass

With a built-in digital compass, iPhone 3G S can point the way. Use the new Compass app, or watch as it automatically reorients maps to match the direction you’re facing.¹

Cut, Copy & Paste

Cut, copy, and paste words and photos, even between applications. Copy and paste images and content from the web, too.

Landscape Keyboard

Want more room to type on the intelligent software keyboard? Rotate iPhone to landscape to use a larger keyboard in Mail, Messages, Notes, and Safari.

Messages

Send messages with text, video, photos, audio, locations, and contact information. You can even forward one or more messages to others. MMS support from AT&T coming in late summer.

Search

Find what you’re looking for across your iPhone, all from one convenient place. Spotlight searches all your contacts, email, calendars, and notes, as well as everything in your iPod.

Accessibility

iPhone 3G S offers accessibility features to assist users who are visually or hearing impaired. These features include the VoiceOver screen reader, a Zoom feature, White on Black display options, Mono Audio, and more.

Internet Tethering

Surf the web from practically anywhere. Now you can share the 3G connection on your iPhone with your Mac notebook or PC laptop. Tethering is not currently offered in the U.S. and some other countries. See your carrier for availability.

Voice Memos

Capture and share a thought, a memo, a meeting, or any audio recording on the go with the new Voice Memos application.

Nike + iPod

iPhone includes built-in Nike + iPod support. Just slip the Nike + iPod Sensor (available separately) into your Nike+ shoe and start your workout.

Stocks

Stocks on iPhone shows you charts, financial details, and headline news for any stock you choose. Rotate iPhone to see even more detailed information.

YouTube

Watch YouTube videos wherever you are. Log in to your YouTube account to save and sync bookmarks and rate your favorites.

Everything you love about iPhone.

Phone, iPod, and Internet device in one, iPhone 3G S offers desktop-class email, an amazing Maps application, and Safari — the world’s most advanced mobile web browser. And your iPhone does even more when you add apps from the App Store.

Compare iPhones.

The fastest, most powerful iPhone yet.

$199 16GB $299 32GB

Improved performance
3-megapixel autofocus camera
Video recording
Voice Control
Digital compass
Cut, Copy & Paste
MMS
Spotlight Search
Landscape keyboard
Voice Memos

New features. New price.

$99 8GB

2-megapixel camera
Cut, Copy & Paste
MMS
Spotlight Search
Landscape keyboard
Voice Memos

Source www.apple.com

LimeWire 5.1.3

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(15.75MB)

License :Free

Operating Systems : Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me,
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98
Windows NT,

Additional Requirements: No additional requirements

LimeWire is a P2P file-sharing application for all types of computer files, including music, video, pictures, games, and text documents. Other features include dynamic querying, file previews during download, advanced techniques for locating rare files, and an easy, clean user interface.

LimeWire's new spam blocker gets rid of junk results, and automatic updates will keep you sharing faster than ever with the latest version. You can search for Creative Commons and Weedshare licensed files, and publish your own creative works with Creative Commons licensing. LimeWire continues its guarantee of no adware or spyware. Includes built-in bittorent support.

Version 5.1.3 fixes a bug with the single file sharing widget, a rendering bug with the share widget, and removed the check box for the multi file sharing widget.

FreeZ Online TV 1.10

2009-06-09T10:21:00.000-07:00

FreeZ Online TV program that can receive over 500+ free online channels of daily and live broadcasts from around the world.

License: Free

Operating Systems:Windows 2003, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98

Additional Requirements: No additional requirements

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Tested spyware free

There is no need for a PC TV card because the TV channels are streamed through your Internet connection. It allows watcher to watch directly into TV. You can watch in regular or full-screen mode. This software comes with automatic TV station updates so it will never be out of date. Download now and get access to live TV and watch TV online anywhere, anytime all from the comfort of your PC.

More new channels and FreeZ TV Toolbar.

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Advanced SystemCare Free 3.3.1

2009-06-01T10:18:00.000-07:00

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License: Free
Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Additional Requirements:
No additional requirements

Slow down, freeze, crash, and security threats are over. Advanced SystemCare Free is a comprehensive PC care utility that takes a one-click approach to help protect, repair, and optimize your computer. It provides an all-in-one and super convenient solution for PC maintenance and protection. All work will be done with 1 click and 1 minute. Compared with its nearest competitor, Advanced SystemCare Free provides the more essential and practical formula for Windows: Removing Spyware and Adware, Preventing Security Threats, Privacy Protection, Fixing Registry Errors, Temporary Files Cleanup, Startup Cleanup, Repairing Windows, Speeding up System and 1-click Mechanism.

Version 3.3.1 is a maintenance release.

MacBook Pro

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Size and weight

15-inch MacBook Pro

Height:: 0.95 inch (2.41 cm)
Width:: 14.35 inches (36.4 cm)
Depth:: 9.82 inches (24.9 cm)
Weight:: 5.5 pounds (2.49 kg)¹

17-inch MacBook Pro

Height:: 0.98 inch (2.50 cm)
Width:: 15.47 inches (39.3 cm)
Depth:: 10.51 inches (26.7 cm)
Weight:: 6.6 pounds (2.99 kg)¹

Connections and expansion

MagSafe power port
Gigabit Ethernet port
One FireWire 800 port (up to 800 Mbps)
15-inch MacBook Pro: Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps)
17-inch MacBook Pro: Three USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps)
Mini DisplayPort
Audio line in
Audio line out
ExpressCard/34 slot
Kensington lock slot

Communications

Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi wireless networking² (based on IEEE 802.11n draft specification); IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible
Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)

Audio

Built-in stereo speakers
Built-in omnidirectional microphone (located under left speaker grille)
Combined optical digital input/analog line in (minijack)
Combined optical digital output/analog line out (minijack)
Supports Apple Stereo Headset with microphone

Environmental Status Report

MacBook Pro is designed with the following features to reduce its environmental impact:

Highly recyclable aluminum and glass enclosure
Mercury-free LED-backlit display
Arsenic-free glass
BFR-free internal components
PVC-free internal cables
Meets ENERGY STAR requirements
EPEAT Gold rating

Display

15-inch MacBook Pro

15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support for millions of colors
Supported resolutions: 1440 by 900 (native), 1280 by 800, 1152 by 720, 1024 by 640, and 800 by 500 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio; 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio; 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio stretched; 720 by 480 pixels at 3:2 aspect ratio; 720 by 480 pixels at 3:2 aspect ratio stretched

17-inch MacBook Pro

17-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support for millions of colors; optional antiglare display
Supported resolutions: 1920 by 1200 (native), 1680 by 1050, 1280 by 800, 1152 by 720, 1024 by 640, and 800 by 500 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio; 1280 by 1024 pixels at 5:4 aspect ratio; 1280 by 1024 pixels at 5:4 aspect ratio stretched; 1600 by 1200, 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio; 1600 by 1200, 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio stretched; 720 by 480 pixels at 3:2 aspect ratio; 720 by 480 pixels at 3:2 aspect ratio stretched

Graphics and video support

15-inch MacBook Pro

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics processor; 256MB of GDDR3 memory on 2.4GHz configuration; 512MB of GDDR3 memory on 2.66GHz and 2.93GHz configurations
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory³

17-inch MacBook Pro

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics processor; 512MB of GDDR3 memory
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory³

All Models

Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors
Mini DisplayPort
Built-in iSight camera

Video output options

DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter (optional)

VGA output using Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter (optional)

Dual-link DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter (optional)

Input

Built-in full-size backlit keyboard with 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys, including 12 function keys and 4 arrow keys (inverted “T” arrangement)
Multi-Touch trackpad for precise cursor control; supports two-finger scrolling, pinch, rotate, three-finger swipe, four-finger swipe, tap, double-tap, and drag capabilities

Processor and memory

15-inch MacBook Pro

2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache running 1:1 with processor speed; or 2.66GHz or 2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 6MB shared L2 cache
1066MHz frontside bus
2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) or 4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 4GB

17-inch MacBook Pro

2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 6MB on-chip shared L2 cache running 1:1 with processor speed; or 2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 6MB shared L2 cache
1066MHz frontside bus
4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 8GB

Storage

15-inch MacBook Pro

250GB or 320GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive⁴
Optional 250GB or 320GB Serial ATA 7200-rpm hard drive⁴
Optional 128GB or 256GB solid-state drive⁴

17-inch MacBook Pro

320GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive⁴
Optional 320GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive⁴
Optional 128GB or 256GB solid-state drive⁴

Optical drive

8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Maximum write: 8x DVD-R, DVD+R; 4x DVD-R DL (double layer), DVD+R DL (double layer), DVD-RW, DVD+RW; 24x CD-R; 10x CD-RW
Maximum read: 8x DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-ROM; 6x DVD-ROM (double layer DVD-9), DVD-R DL (double layer), DVD+R DL (double layer), DVD-RW, DVD+RW; 24x CD

Battery and power⁵

15-inch MacBook Pro

Removable 50-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery

17-inch MacBook Pro

Built-in 95-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery

85W MagSafe Power Adapter with cable management system
MagSafe power port

Electrical and operating requirements

Line voltage: 100V to 240V AC
Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz
Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F
(10° to 35° C)
Storage temperature: -13° to 113° F
(-24° to 45° C)
Relative humidity: 0% to 90% noncondensing
Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet
Maximum storage altitude: 15,000 feet
Maximum shipping altitude: 35,000 feet

What’s in the box

MacBook Pro
Display cleaning cloth
85W MagSafe Power Adapter, AC wall plug, and power cord

Install/restore DVDs
Printed and electronic documentation

Software

Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard (includes iTunes, Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools)
iLife ’09 (includes iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand)

Configurations

	15-inch, 2.4GHz MacBook Pro (MB470LL/A)	15-inch, 2.66GHz MacBook Pro (MC026LL/A)	17-inch, 2.66GHz MacBook Pro (MB604LL/A)
Enclosure	Precision aluminum unibody
Processor	2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo	2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo	2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
L2 cache	3MB shared	6MB shared
System bus	1066MHz
Memory	2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; supports up to 4GB	4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; supports up to 4GB	4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; supports up to 8GB
Hard drive⁴	250GB Serial ATA; 5400 rpm	320GB Serial ATA; 5400 rpm
Slot-loading optical drive	8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics processor; and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory³
Graphics memory	256MB GDDR3	512MB GDDR3
Video	Built-in iSight camera; Mini DisplayPort output port with support for DVI, VGA, and dual-link DVI (requires adapters, sold separately)
Display	15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display, 1440-by-900 resolution		17-inch (diagonal) high-resolution LED-backlit glossy widescreen display, 1920-by-1200 resolution
Expansion	Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps) One FireWire 800 port (up to 800 Mbps)		Three USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps) One FireWire 800 port (up to 800 Mbps)
Audio	Built-in stereo speakers, built-in omnidirectional microphone, combined optical digital input/analog line in, combined optical digital output/analog line out
Networking	Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) Ethernet
Wireless	Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi (based on IEEE 802.11n draft specification)²; built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module
Hardware accessories	85W MagSafe Power Adapter, AC wall plug, power cord
Limited warranty and service	Your MacBook Pro comes with 90 days of free telephone support and a one-year limited warranty. Purchase the AppleCare Protection Plan to extend your service and support to three years from your computer’s purchase date. Only the AppleCare Protection Plan provides you with direct telephone support from Apple technical experts and the assurance that repairs will be handled by Apple-authorized technicians using genuine Apple parts. For more information, visit Apple support or call 800-823-2775.
Apple and the global environment	Learn more about Apple’s dedication to reducing the environmental impact of our products and processes. The Apple Product Environmental Specification details the environmental attributes of our products.
Recycling	Apple takes a holistic view of materials management and waste minimization. Learn more about how to recycle your Mac.

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