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- Recuva 1.10.223
From the makers of CCleaner. Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses!
Changelog:
- Added Piriform styling to main dialog banner
- App now automatically checks for updates
- Incorporated scanning of $LogFile to NTFS scan
- Dynamic changing of language
- UI tweaks and improvements
- Minor bugs fixes
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Download: Recuva 1.10.223
View: Recuva Homepage
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:26:27 +0000 - Firefox 3 Add-ons Manager is almighty too
Firefox Add-ons Manager has finally got extended to feature complete integration with Mozilla Add-ons (AMO) site through a new page added to the Add-ons Manager.
The Get Add-ons page features a search box, a browse all add-ons link that takes you to Mozilla Add-ons, and a list of recommended extensions and themes by default.
Enter a search term, press the search button and a list of matching themes and extensions compatible with your Firefox version is returned with the add-on name, its icon, a brief description and current rating. Click on an add-on for a more detailed description, a thumbnail, and a button to install the add-on without leaving Firefox.
My only suggestion would be to add some visual cue that the add-on is either an extension or a theme before having to select it.
The theme installation processed has also been simplified. In the past, when you installed a new theme, you were prompted to restart only to find that the new theme was not displayed. You had to activate it from the Themes page and restart Firefox yet again. Now, installed themes are automatically activated!
Also, the restart button has been moved to the information bar to drive more attention.
And don't forget a couple of features introduced in the past. First, a new Plugins manager was added to make plugins enabling and disabling a dead simple task.
Second, add-ons updates are much more secure since they require either to happen over an encrypted connection (an prevent someone purporting the update site) or the add-on developer to sign it so updates can be challenged for the appropriate encryption key.
There's also good news in the add-ons compatibility front as Blog of Metrics reported last week that 40% of the add-ons that represent 95% of Mozilla Add-ons usage are already compatible with Firefox 3 Beta 2, the latest development release. And the picture should get even better as developer documentation gets updated and events like today's Add-ons Hygiene and the announced Extend Firefox 3 contest take place.
That's for yet another almighty feature for Firefox 3. Hopefully the search plugins manager will make its way to the Add-ons Manager on time for the final release.
Source: MozillaLinks
Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:56:26 +0000 - FileZilla 3.0.6 Final
FileZilla is powerful Open Source FTP/SFTP client with many features. It includes a site manager to store all your connection details and logins as well as an Explorer style interface that shows the local and remote folders and can be customized independently. The program offers support for firewalls and proxy connections as well as SSL and Kerberos GSS security. Additional features include keep alive, auto ascii/binary transfer, download queue, manual transfers, raw FTP commands and more.
Changelog:
- If deleting or renaming a directory in SFTP, invalidate current working directories
- Allow downloading of files starting with a dash using SFTP
- MSW: /S installer argument works again
- Improve queue on broken servers with a connection limit
Download: FileZilla 3.0.6 Final
View: Filezilla Home Page
Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:47:58 +0000 - Open Hotmail with Firefox from Windows Live Messenger
One of the biggest problems with Live messenger is it automatically assumes that you like Internet Explorer to view hotmail or any other live mail accounts. This is so wrong because most of us use Firefox as our default browsers. So it's a bit annoying when clicking on the email button in messenger directly opens IE and starts loading hotmail.
So here is a nice utility which allows you to customize in which browser you want to open your hotmail page
Even if you set firefox as the default browser, only the links get open. The email button always opens IE to load your hotmail. This is ok if you use IE7 with IE7 pro , and a disaster if you are still using IE6 in older OS, or if you prefer opening hotmail in Firefox.
1 . Install the latest version of Window Live Messenger (not a beta, might not work with a beta)
2. Install Messenger Plus! Live
2. Download StuffPlug and install.
3. Launch Windows Live Messenger and sign in.
4. Try clicking the email icon and see if your Hotmail inbox will be launched in Firefox. If not, then click StuffPlug 3 from menu and select Options. Go to General tab and make sure the option "Open all URLs in default browser" is checked.
OK now you are done, you can open your email links in your default browser, may it be opera or firefox.
Source: dotNETwizard
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:32:49 +0000 - Flock 1.0.8
Flock is a social Web browser, open source, cross platform and based on Mozilla technologies. Currently, the browser implements support for del.icio.us and Flickr. Users can also install alternative hosted bookmarks or photo sharing services. In the search box and the blog manager, Flock offer users a number of choices and the ability to install other services using open standards. Expect the same, over time, for hosted bookmarks, photo-sharing and other services Flock integrates. Flock is based on the open source Mozilla code base.
Flock is focused on fundamentally evolving the browser, bringing a refreshing new approach to how people use and participate on the web and simplifying social and web-based applications by bringing them one step closer to the user and integrating them directly into the browser.
When using Flock, people can easily discover, access, create and share videos, photos, blogs, feeds and comments across social communities, media providers, and popular websites.
Download: Flock 1.0.8
View: Flock Home Page
Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:17:49 +0000 - Conflict Denied Ops Demo
Eidos has released a playable demo for Conflict- Denied Ops, allowing you to try out this upcoming military action game from developer Pivotal Games. The 953 MB download offers a English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish sample of both the single-player and the cooperative multiplayer aspects of the game that's due for release next month.
Conflict: Denied Ops puts you in command of two hardened CIA paramilitary operatives in intense missions set across South America, Africa and Siberia. Experience ruthless real-world action. Go loud, go stealthy. Switch between your two-man squad under intense crossfire or join a buddy in the 2 player co-op campaign. Take cover as your surroundings are blown to pieces in massively destructible environments featuring Puncture Tech.
Download: Conflict Denied Ops Demo | Mirror
View: Demo Video
View: Conflict Denied Ops Demo Home Page
Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:45:20 +0000 - Google Docs Uploader
Google released a basic application for Windows that lets you upload files to Google Docs by using drag and drop. The application is more like a sample for Google Docs API, but it's pretty useful if you want to upload a lot of documents. There's also an option to add "Send to Google Docs" to the contextual menu so you can upload files directly from Windows Explorer.
The application requires .NET Framework 2.0.
Download: Google Docs Uploader
Source: GoogleSystem
Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:45:08 +0000 - FileZilla 3.0.6 RC 1
FileZilla is powerful Open Source FTP/SFTP client with many features. It includes a site manager to store all your connection details and logins as well as an Explorer style interface that shows the local and remote folders and can be customized independently. The program offers support for firewalls and proxy connections as well as SSL and Kerberos GSS security. Additional features include keep alive, auto ascii/binary transfer, download queue, manual transfers, raw FTP commands and more.
Changelog:
+ Site Manager improvements:
+ Remember dialog size
+ Site Manager will remember which folders are expanded or collapsed
+ Sites can be moved and copied using Drag & Drop
+ F2 key can be used to rename sites in Site Manager
+ Add context menu for local directory tree
+ *nix: Basic man pages
- Do not allow empty names for filters and filter sets
- custom file associations did not work if system associations were inherited
- MSW: Fix Reboot/shutdown queue completion actions
Download: FileZilla 3.0.6 RC 1
View: Filezilla Home Page
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:22:39 +0000 - Flock 1.0.7
Flock is a social Web browser, open source, cross platform and based on Mozilla technologies. Currently, the browser implements support for del.icio.us and Flickr. Users can also install alternative hosted bookmarks or photo sharing services. In the search box and the blog manager, Flock offer users a number of choices and the ability to install other services using open standards. Expect the same, over time, for hosted bookmarks, photo-sharing and other services Flock integrates. Flock is based on the open source Mozilla code base.
Flock is focused on fundamentally evolving the browser, bringing a refreshing new approach to how people use and participate on the web and simplifying social and web-based applications by bringing them one step closer to the user and integrating them directly into the browser.
When using Flock, people can easily discover, access, create and share videos, photos, blogs, feeds and comments across social communities, media providers, and popular websites.
Download: Flock 1.0.7
View: Flock Home Page
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:14:09 +0000 - Yahoo! Messenger for Vista Refresh
Yahoo has released a new Refresh edition of the yahoo messenger for vista, with more stability and lots of bugfixes. This one signs in faster than the old one (sign in time was an issue on the previous vista edition), seems like they have fixed it and on the road to a good release.
So far there's the ability to change the layout and colors of your IM contact list, a tabbed conversation window for simplifying multiple conversations, and a sidebar gadget that gives you the option of keeping important contacts separate from the conversation window. This sidebar gadget appears to be taking advantage of some of the Vista APIs that were announced in October. The overall look is very Vista-y, as you can tell by the screen shots below. In terms of sharing items with your contacts, you can send files as large as 2 GB. There's also the ability to send IMs to both your Yahoo and Windows Live Messenger contacts.
Download: Yahoo! Messenger for Vista Refresh (2008.01.11.428)
View: Yahoo Messenger For Vista Home Page
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:11:02 +0000 - Windows 7 to be released next year?
A recently-release roadmap for the next major Window release Windows 7 indicates that Microsoft is planning to release the new operating system in the second half of 2009, rather than the anticipated release date of some time in 2010.
There are apparently three milestone builds planned for 2008, and the first one M1 has already shipped to key partners for code validation. M1 is for the English language build only, but is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 will most likely be the last Windows operating system available in 32-bit, and given the rapid advances Windows Vista is making in the 64-bit computing market, this seems a sensible decision.
(Is this Windows 7: this screenshot, floating around on online forums, purports to be from an alpha of Windows 7. Probably fake, but interesting nonetheless.)
M2 should ship around April/May, and M3 some time in the third quarter of 2008. Theres no available roadmap information about further milestone, beta or release candidate builds, except the updated RTM release date of H2 2009.
If Windows 7 is released in the second half of 2009, this will be three years after Windows Vista which went RTM in November 2006. A three-year major product cycle would take the Windows operating system out of cycle with Windows Server, which is on an approximate four-year cycle.
The big question is who in the market will respond to an early release. The transition to Windows Vista seems to have caused a lot of angst amongst users, but I think has far more to do with moving out of the Windows XP comfort zone, rather than any indication of Vistas quality or stability. In which case, perhaps a shorter product cycle from here on in will get users and businesses thinking ahead much quicker, not to mention the hardware vendors who were the major contributors to Vistas shaky start.
Source: APC
Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:00:09 +0000 - BurnAware Free Edition 1.2 Beta
BurnAware Free Edition allows you to easily perform the most common disc burning tasks: write to all CD/DVD media types, including Blu-Ray; write Audio CDs and DVD-Video files; create and burn disc images; write multi-session discs and much more.
BurnAware Free Edition has a modern interface and supports Windows 98/NT/2000/XP and Vista (32 and 64 bit). The application is free and contains absolutely no adware or annoying banners.
Features:
Absolutely FREE. No spyware, no adware, no banners
Writes to all CD/DVD media types including Blu-Ray (BD-R/BD-RE)
Writes discs from disc images
Writes DVDs from DVD-Video files
Writes Audio CDs from WAV, MP3, or WMA files
Creates disc images
Supports all current hardware interfaces
On-the-fly writing for all image types
Writes Multi-Session to all supported media formats
Auto-verification of written files
Supports unicode for multi-byte languages
Clean, flexible, easy to use interface
Supports Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista (32 and 64 Bit)
Download: BurnAware Free Edition 1.2 Beta
View: BurnAware Free Edition
Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:49:55 +0000 - Join Pownce Now
Pownce has lifted their invite-only status and added a ton of new features. Sign up to send files, links, events and messages to your friends.
With Pownce you'll create a network of friends that you want to share items with, then you can choose whether to send it to the whole list, or specific people. Basically, whoever you want to read or see you item, will be able to. It's free, and ad supported
You might send an event out to a dozen of your friends letting them know you're hosting a party this Friday. They could easily get the event details you entered, respond with questions or comments and then quickly rsvp.
Say you had a great photo you wanted to share with all of your friends. Just add the file and all of your friends will get it right away. They'll be able to reply and tell you if it's cool. You could even post songs you recorded in your home studio to share with your friends.
View: Join Pownce
Download: Pownce Desktop Client
Download: Adobe AIR (Desktop Client requires this)
View: Pownce Tray
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:42:30 +0000 - The Gimp 2.4.3
The GIMP is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool. GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. The GIMP is suitable for a variety of image manipulation tasks, including photo retouching, image composition, and image construction.
It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.
GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.
Note that, if this is the first time you're installing The GIMP, you will also need GTK+ 2 Runtime Environment from here. Note that the Gimp help files are also available from the same place.
This is only a brief list of GIMP features:
- Full suite of painting tools including brushes, a pencil, an airbrush, cloning, etc.
- Tile-based memory management so image size is limited only by available disk space
- Sub-pixel sampling for all paint tools for high-quality anti-aliasing
- Full Alpha channel support
- Layers and channels
- A procedural database for calling internal GIMP functions from external programs, such as Script-Fu
- Advanced scripting capabilities
- Multiple undo/redo (limited only by disk space)
- Transformation tools including rotate, scale, shear and flip
- File formats supported include GIF, JPEG, PNG, XPM, TIFF, TGA, MPEG, PS, PDF, PCX, BMP and many others
- Selection tools including rectangle, ellipse, free, fuzzy, bezier and intelligent
- Plug-ins that allow for the easy addition of new file formats and new effect filters
Download: The Gimp 2.4.3 (Windows)
View: Gimp Home Page
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:05:56 +0000 - vLite 1.1
Windows Vista from Microsoft takes a lot of resources, we all know that. So here is the tool for easy removal of unwanted components and bootable ISO creation in order to make Vista run faster and to your liking. This tool doesn't use any kind of hacking, all files and registry entries are in their original form and protected as they would be if you install the full version only without the components you select for the removal.
It configures the installation directly, before the installation, meaning you'll have to remake the ISO and reinstall it. This method is much cleaner, not to mention easier and more logical than doing it after installation on every reinstall.
Change log:
new: Boot.wim cleanup (automatic with removed components)
new: Third Apply method - Rebuild All
new: Hide individual components (right-click menu)
new: Power button tweaks
new: 'Network Explorer'
new: 'Firewire (1394)'
new: 'Storage Controllers'
fix: UAC tweak
fix: UAC removal (Network Center, Users panel)
fix: Natural Language breaking Search
Download: vLite 1.1
View: vLite Home Page
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:02:22 +0000
