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Introducing: ZapMessenger
Have you ever had a reaccuring error with MSN Messenger or Windows Live Messenger? Have you tried to uninstall and repair your installation, and still get the same error? Well it's probably because the uninstaller doesn't completely uninstall the files, registry, and .dll files that Messenger leaves behind. Or you could become one of many that encounter a problem in which Messenger can't be uninstalled because some .MSI files are missing (Catastrophic failure (0x8000ffff)). Jonathan Kay, Microsoft MVP and Associate Expert, has created a program that will completely uninstall MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, and Windows Messenger 5.x. Common Questions Will this remove any of my personal customizations – emoticons, display pictures, etc.?
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uTorrent for Mac Officially Released
uTorrent for Windows saw its first public release in September 2005, and soon became the most widely used BitTorrent application. In 2006, uTorrent was acquired by BitTorrent Inc., who continued to develop the application, and promised a Mac version. The uTorrent for Mac projects started roughly two years ago. Initially it was based on libtorrent, but last year the development team decided to make the client a port of its Windows counterpart. A few months ago, an early Alpha release of the Mac version had leaked to the public, the official release, however, has some significant improvements and is much more mature. The Mac release only runs on Leopard/Intel Macs at the moment, and is still in Beta.
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Wiseval Photophant 1.0.7
Wiseval Photophant is a free software for batch resizing, converting and renaming your digital photos and images from and to JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF and GIF formats. The program will help you to prepare your digital photos to upload and publish them in the Internet or send via e-mail. Key Features: • 100% Free for home use. No spyware, adware, banners etc. • Resize, rename and convert images in batch mode • The most fastest image resizing algorithm • Supports JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, and BMP formats • Supports Watermarks • Variable options and settings for advanced users • Built-in size templates: iPod, iPhone, Facebook, DVD etc.
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Safari 3.2.1 update released
Safari browser for Leopard, Tiger, and Windows has been updated to version 3.2.1. The only note about the changes is "This update includes stability improvements and is recommended for all Safari users." This update comes only 12 days after 3.2 was released, so good for Apple on keeping up even with the smaller bugs! From a quick look around the web, it looks like the probable cause is do to some incompatibility with third party software that was causing Safari to crash for many users, which should be fixed now. Download: Safari 3.2.1
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Symantec releases antivirus for gamers
For those who have tried Norton's security products in the past, more often than not they were described as "bloated", "slow" and there were many complaints about the pop-up notifications, although that's common amongst many anti-virus products. This time Norton would appear to have learned from mistakes of the past, by specifically targeting gamers with a "lightning fast and light as a feather" anti-virus program. Whilst the installation still requires 150MB of hard disk space (with definitions), Norton claims that it now requires less than 6MB of memory, a small amount compared to their last release.
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BurnAware Professional 2.1.7
BurnAware Professional is the professional's choice for complete CD and DVD duplication and disc burning. Apart from standard features, such as data, audio and video burning, BurnAware Professional offers a wide scope of advanced functionality, allowing you to duplicate CDs and DVDs, make exact copies of discs on your hard drive, write to multiple drives simultaneously. Also it is permitted for commercial use. What's new: • Updated the Multiburn tool: -> Now you can burn to 8 recorders simultaneously. -> Added "Load Disc" button to close tray of selected recorders. -> Fixed "Access violation" errors. -> Fixed minor bugs. • Re-designed buttons of Welcome Screen. • Simultaneous writing tools moved in additional tab of Welcome Screen.
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Google Chrome to Snag Default Browser Spot from IE?
Google's vice president, Sundar Pichai, noted to The Times that after Chrome exits beta in January 2009, Google will begin an aggressive push to boost the browser's marketshare. More interestingly, he said that Google is exploring new ways to make Chrome more ubiquitous, and that they'll "probably do distribution deals" with OEMs, or original equipment manufacturers. This might mean that Internet Explorer finally has some competition out of the gate. Since IE is bundled with all copies of Windows (at least here in the States), Microsoft has cornered the market on apathetic users. IE does, technically, work, and its position as the default browser is pretty much the only reason for its success these days.
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Skyfire beta updated, one step closer to the real, real web on mobiles
Skyfire pitches its like-named mobile browser beta with the tag line, "The PC web. On your phone. Real fast." Simple yet poignant. Many companies make similar claims yet fail to deliver. Apple, for example, had a long commercial run highlighting the iPhone's ability to display real web pages. That's nice and all, but try to download a file or listen to / watch some embedded media and you're reminded pretty quickly that you're not, in fact, dealing with the real web. S60's browser on the other hand, while a whole lot less visually pleasing, does take things one step further.
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New version of Yellow Dog Linux available
Ten months after releasing its sixth version of Yellow Dog Linux (abbreviated as YDL), Fixstars has released the new, 6.1 edition. This is also the first version released after the company was acquired by Terra Soft. For those who are unfamiliar with YDL, it is a Linux distribution programmed for Sony Playstation 3, PowerStation and Apple G4 and G5. Yellow Dog Linux is based on CentOS, a cousin of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Owen Stampflee, the Director of Engineering in TeraSoft states that this is one of the biggest updates in YDL, and that they have looked over every segment of users. For regular users the update mainly contains software and application updates, like Firefox and OpenOffice.
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ChrisTV PVR 5.25
ChrisTV PVR (Personal Video Recorder) is software designed to control analog TV Cards, Graphic Cards with Video Input (VIVO), Combo Cards (Graphic Card and TV Card), Webcams, DVcam Capture that have WDM drivers(Windows Driver Model) or BDA drivers compatible with DirectShow specifications. Features: - Multituner support - Timeshifting feature - Advanced settings for TV Cards with MPEG Hardware Encoder (Hauppauge PVR series, ATI Theater 550 PRO) - Support for FFDShow postprocessing filter - Recording using any audio/video codecs installed on user's PC advanced recording settings - Advanced Scheduler Settings. - Sleep Timer.
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