Thursday, January 15, 2009
Tweetstalk: Following Without Knowing in Twitter
Free Download: Google Hacks
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Google Chrome 2.0 Pre Beta
Free Download: Skyfire Beta
Mobile Firefox/Fennec M10 Alpha 2
Free Avira AntiVr Premium Edition (6 Month Subscription)
Windows Live Essentials RTW for Windows 7 Beta is Available to Download Now!
Friday, January 09, 2009
Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta is Available to Download Now!
Windows 7 Public Beta is Available to Download Now!
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta Download
Windows Vista SP2 supports new types of hardware and emerging standards that will grow in importance in the coming months and years. It improves the administration experience and eases certain management and support challenges. By providing these fixes integrated into a single service pack, covering client and server versions, Microsoft provides a single high-quality update that minimizes deployment and testing complexity for customers.
Service Pack 1 is a prerequisite for installing Service Pack 2. Please make sure that your system is running Service Pack 1 before you install Service Pack 2. Windows Server 2008 SP2 Beta and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta - Five Language Standalone version can be installed on systems with any of the following language versions: English, French, German, Japanese, or Spanish.
FEATURES: Emerging Hardware Support
• SP2 contains Blue tooth 2.1 feature pack supporting the most recent specification for Blue tooth technology
• Ability to record data on Blu-Ray media,
• Adds Windows Connect Now (WCN) Wi-Fi Configuration to Windows Vista SP2,
• exFAT file system now supports UTC timestamps, which enables correct file synchronization across time zones.
• SP2 provides support for new form factors, such as ICCD/CCID. new form factor support --example USB form factor as opposed to PCMCIA).
• Support for the new VIA 64-bit CPU
Security
• SP2 includes all previously released security updates, and builds on the proven security benefits of Windows Vista
• Secure Development Lifecycle process updates, where we identify the root cause of each security bulletin and improve our internal tools to eliminate code patterns that could lead to future vulnerabilities
• Reliability
• SP2 addresses previously released reliability updates, as well as addressing crashes, caused by Microsoft code, discovered since the launch of SP1
Performance
• Resume performance when Wi-Fi connection is no longer available after resume from sleep
• Inclusion of Windows Search 4 for improved indexing performance, improved relevancy in search, broader indexing scenario inclusion, as well as new Group Policy integration for Windows Search,
• Improvements to the RSS feeds sidebar gadget to improve update performance and responsiveness,
Application Compatibility
• It is our goal that applications that run on the Windows Vista Operating System today and are written using public APIs will continue to work as designed on Windows Vista SP2.
• Previously released Application Compatibility updates are included in Windows Vista SP2.
• Spysweeper and ZoneAlarm now working with POP3 email accounts
Administration and Support Improvements
• Customers installing .net framework 3.5 service pack 1 will notice shorter download and installation times with Vista service pack 2 or Windows 2008 service pack 2 already installed,
• Service Pack Clean up tool (Compcln.exe): This tool helps restore the hard disk space by permanently deleting the previous versions of the files (RTM & SP1) that are being serviced by Service Pack 2.
• Single installer for both Vista & Server 2008
• Ability to detect an incompatible driver and block service pack installation or warn users of any loss of functionality
• Better error handling and providing more descriptive error messages where possible
• Better manageability through logging in system event log
• Componentization for Serviceability of the installer
Some Specific Fixes/Additions Include:
· Inclusion of Hyper-V
· Event logging support in SPC
· DNS Server now listens over ISATAP address
· Fixes DRM issues from WMP upgrades
· Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless
· Reduction of resources required for sidebar gadgets
· Improved power settings for WS08
Download:
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta - Five Language Standalone (KB948465) x86 - 32 Bit
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta - Five Language Standalone (KB948465) x64 - 64 Bit
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Free Intuit QuickBooks Cash Register Plus (US/CAN Version)
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* Run reports that give you key insights into your business
* Balance your cash drawer quickly and accurately with a simple wizard
* Save time on bookkeeping by transferring data right to QuickBooks
* Simple screens that look just like a cash register make it easy to learn and use.
Cash Register Plus lets you do all of this right on your own PC. You'll spend less time running around and more time running your business. And now get Cash Register Plus free!*
*Offer Expires February 28, 2009
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Monday, January 05, 2009
Free iolo AntiVirus (1 Year Subscription)
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Its fully integrated email protection works transparently in the background automatically scanning and disinfecting messages as they are transmitted, and an intuitive interface makes it easy to activate scheduled system inspections for a permanently virus-free PC.
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The high-performance always-on scanner prevents infections from ever occurring without impacting system performance by providing instant detection and removal of viruses and other threats in real-time.
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iolo AntiVirus automatically scans and disinfects email messages sent and received by your PC as they are being transmitted.
Breakthrough disinfection technology surgically removes dangerous message attachments, leaving the remainder of potentially important messages intact and readable.
Automatic protection eliminates the need to manually scan messages before or after they arrive.
No-hassle setup instantly integrates with any POP3 email program.
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