Sunday, May 9, 2010

AutoPatcher Updated To Support Windows 7

Quite a while ago Microsoft put a lid on third-party Windows update downloader AutoPatcher forcing them to shutdown, but it seems the utility is still available and now have been updated to support Microsoft Windows 7. For starters AutoPatcher let users and system administrators download updates once and apply them to as many computers they like without needing an active internet connection.

Download Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Preview

The web-browser war is once again going to get interesting with Internet Explorer 9 Preview now available for public download promising impressive upcoming features, boasting 100% support for W3C Web Standards (see comparison table after the jump) IE9 will support hardware assisted page rendering, background compiled JavaScript and GPU-powered HTML5 graphics for superior performance.

The Pale Moon Project - Custom Build Faster Firefox Browser For Modern CPU's

The biggest advantage of open-source software is that developers are free to make changes to existing code and create completely customized version of the software, benefiting from the same "Project Pale Moon" is making Firefox faster by upto 25% on Windows platform by removing unwanted code (for most users) and optimizing it to benefit from latest CPU features making full use of enhanced instruction sets of newer CPUs.

To achieve it's faster Firefox build goal "Pale Moon" disables features like ActiveX and ActiveX scripting, Accessibility features, Parental controls, Javascript debugging support, crashreporter and automatic updater by design. Also, do note that since "Pale Moon Browser" is specifically optimized for current processor generation that is 7th or later generation CPU with SSE2 support the browser will not run or will have problems on older hardware configurations.

Google Chrome Vs Potato Gun - An Official Test !

While every other web-browser is claiming to be the world's fastest, Google has their own interesting way of demoing Chrome as the real crown holder by comparing it's webpage speed rendering times with a potato gun and lighting.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Apple iTunes 9.1 Available For Download

Apple iTunes 9.1 download is now live offering iPad syncing with ability to download iBooks, the latest update also allows users to rename, rearrange, or remove Genius Mixes.


However, if you are using a tethered Blackra1n jailbroken iPhone 3.1.2 you will experience syncing issues with iTunes 9.1 but no worries as we now have a fix from iH8sn0w dubbed blackbreeze.

Kaspersky PURE - Complete Protection For Your Digital Life

 
Kaspersky Lab has came up with a new premium security suite for PC users, interestingly named "Kaspersky PURE" the suite offers complete protection against digital threats, additionally providing complete backup and parental control features.
Kaspersky PURE has all KIS 2010 functionality, plus a host of interesting new features which prevent users from malicious content, digital-identity theft and spam effectively erasing any data-trail for maximum protection, the software also provides advanced backup tools, anti-phishing technology and a secure password management system coupled with an centralized security management interface for one-stop-shop for home network protection.

Grab A Free License For Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC 2010

Almost an year ago we posted about an ongoing Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC 2009 promo and today we have another chance to grab a fully-functional 1-Year license (3-PC) for the latest version - Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC 2010, the PC optimization utility worth $29.95 scans user computer to identify the processes, files and settings that are slowing it down, before wielding a powerful range of tools to optimize your system for improved performance. With single click simplicity, network settings, RAM and CPU function are all scanned, cleaned and tuned for speed, while junk files are deleted for space. The result is a computer that works faster and better.

ilivid Player - Watch Videos While They Download From Rapidshare, Hotfile And Megaupload

One of the biggest limitation with videos hosted on one-click file-sharing websites like Rapidshare, Megaupload and Hotfile has been that you are not able to watch the video until all volumes of a split-archive gets downloaded, but we now have a solution to this in form of free Windows utility ilivid player which allows users to watch the video while it’s downloading to their computer.
 
ilivid Player knows it's job well and works with all types of rar archives including multi-volume files with password protection, the utility fully supports Rapidshare (Free and Premium), Megaupload and Hotfile services and also comes with an optional toolbar which automatically grabs all video links from a web-page, starting playing the video just seconds after download of the very first link begins.

FSSJ - Smart Freeware To Split And Join Files With Password Protection

Popular multi-platform freeware utility HJSplit has been the numero-uno software for splitting and joining files but a better alternative might soon change this, As the name suggests FSSJ - The Fastest File Splitter and Joiner is an fast and efficient free file splitter and joiner for Windows with added smart features like option to delete split parts after joining, password protected file splits, support for file join and split operations from context menu and MD5 checksum integration to verify data integrity.

Adobe CS5 Trial Download Links Now Available

Cracked copies of Adobe CS 5 made there way on to warez websites and torrent portals days before being available to retail users, now Adobe is finally making fully functional standard 30-days free trial versions of Adobe CS5 products available for download at there website.

The trial downloads are made available both as separate installers for each product (like Adobe Photoshop CS5) and the full suite versions like Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection. The trial version allows users to try out almost all features of the retail version for 30 days without any charges and can be converted to full-version after purchasing and entering an valid serial number.

Download Spirit Jailbreak For iPad and iPhone

Much awaited Spirit jailbreak from Comex is out now and can be downloaded right now for Windows and Mac, the untethered jailbreak for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch works on the latest firmwares 3.1.2, 3.1.3, or 3.2.