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antivirus, archiver, audio, browser, Browsers, CD, cd burning, cd ripping, cdrom, divx, download, DVD, editor, file exchange, file of the day, file sharing, Firefox, firewall, free, FTP, ICQ, IE, IM, iso, mail client, Maxton, mozilla, MP3, music, office, open source, p2p, player, sharing, system, tools, video, virtual cd, windows, xp style
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18/06/2008, 01:53, Author: denzab
New version of CloneCD. In this version corrected the problem with the definition of double discs on some DVD-drives, as well as minor errors corrected.
CloneCD - a popular program for the exact copy of CD and DVD. Can bypass some protection systems of copying discs. He has a very simple and user-friendly interface.
CD, cdrom, tools
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11/06/2008, 07:58, Author: denzab
The new version of alternative office package OpenOffice.
OpenOffice is a sufficiently powerful office package distributed on the basis of open source. It is able to become a worthy replacement of office packages from Microsoft. Further popularization of program is only a matter of time, OpenOffice deserves.
The package include: word processor, spreadsheet, presentation program, graphics editor, as well as components for constructing mathematical formulas and diagrams. The package also includes modules for export and import documents in the most common formats, including formats for MS Office.
office, free, open source
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10/06/2008, 03:31, Author: denzab
The SUN company released an updated version of VirtualBox. Overall, the upgrade is aimed at correcting a number of various bugs.
VirtualBox - a program for creating virtual machines. By allocating resources it creates a separate virtual computer system from their own resources, and, most importantly, with its own operating system. For example, the computer operating system is Windows in the two accounts you can create a virtual system, under which use certain resources and install Linux. Or, rather, on computers running Linux install Windows. The program supports the installation of the operating system from a disk or file-image. Everything is very simple and will not cause serious difficulties even for novice users. It remains to add that the program is completely free and distributed on the basis of open source.
The main operating system VirtualBox supports Windows, Linux, Mac OS and Solaris. In the role of a virtual system could be virtually all popular operating systems.
List of changes: GUI: fixed a bug which prevented to add more than one SATA drive from the GUI
- GUI: fixed a regression introduced in 1.6.0: the fullscreen mode was left on every guest video mode switch
- GUI: fixed several minor issues
- Networking: fixed a host interface networking regression introduced in 1.6.0
- VMM: fixed starting of VMs with AMD-V enabled
- VMM: massive performance enhancements for AMD-V
- VMM: stability improvements for AMD-V on Windows hosts
- VMM: correctly detect AMD CPUs with erratum 170 (AMD-V)
- VMM: detect inconsistent timestamp counters on certain AMD Phenom CPUs (Windows host only)
- VMM: fixed KVM check (Linux hosts only) XPCOM: fixed several races
- VMM: fixed a regression introduced in 1.6.0: Windows stuck during installation
- SATA: improved performance with Vista guests
- SATA: fixed statistics counter
- Shared Folders: several fixes (iTunes download, speed up browsing)
- ATA/IDE: fixed boot from CDROM if a medium was added while the boot menu was active
- Networking: provide an Intel PRO/1000 T Server (82543GC) network device emulation which is recognized by Windows XP guests
- Networking: fixes for the E1000 emulation (don’t crash if not attached, fixed a bug in the statistics counter implementation)
- NAT: don’t crash if the guest sent a DHCPRELEASE message with an invalid IP address
- NAT: fixed ARP reply for the NAT gateway and for the NAT name server if the guest IP range was changed
- Internal Networking: fixed shutdown if more than two VMs are connected to the same network
- BIOS: allow to change the DMI informatiton (see chapter 9.13, Con’guring the BIOS DMI information, page 125)
- RTC: fixed UIP emulation to prevent jumping of time in Solaris guests
- Windows host: VirtualBox installation directory corrected for 64 bits Windows
- Windows host: fixed VBoxVRDP.exe symlink
- Windows host: solved locking problems in raw partition VMDK support
- Windows host: fixed stability during high system load (page fault in KeQueryActiveProcessors)
- MacOS X host: fixed crashes under certain conditions
- Shared Folders: limited users without admin rights now also can use Shared Folders on Windows guests
- Linux hosts: fixed default runlevel for the kernel module helper script
- Solaris hosts: enabled support for VT-x and AMD-V
- Solaris hosts: dynamic loading of libdlpi fixes a problem where Solaris 10 was not able to start a VM
- Linux additions: fixed runlevels for kernel module helper scripts
- Linux additions: compatibility fixes with Linux 2.6.26
- Linux additions: fixed occasional guest kernel crash during unload of the vboxadd guest kernel module
free, tools, system, windows
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08/05/2008, 01:37, Author: denzab
Released an updated version of the popular BitTorrent-client BitComet. In this version has minor changes to the interface and corrected bugs.
Client for Peer 2 Peer network BitTorrent. The program has a convenient interface and has a number of useful settings, including: downloadable video viewing, support for DHT, searching for means of several major portals, statistics and other conveniences.
The leader among BitTorrent clients - uTorrent, whose functionality is at a comparable level, but the distribution file size is 20 times less.
file sharing, P2P
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05/05/2008, 02:30, Author: denzab
Updated version of alternative text editor Abiword.
The program is a free text editor with lots of capabilities. This, of course, exaggeration, but we want to say that the program is almost comparable to Microsoft Word. There is support for all popular formats, including MS Word (by importing). Also support for: plug-ins to enhance functionality; spell-checking; styles; unrestricted rollback; search / replacement; paragraphs; formatting and many other functions.
The version for the Linux operating system is available in the repositories distributions.
free, open source
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04/05/2008, 00:56, Author: denzab
Unlocker has been updated. The program allows to delete files and directories, which normally cannot be removed, issuing a message on the impossibility of this action (Cannot delete file: Access is denied and similar). A program simply adds another option in the context menu.
List of changes:
- Fixed bug: Unlocker should not create event logs anymore.
- Fixed bug: Unlocker should not take minutes to close on certain configurations anymore.
- Fixed bug: Unlocker should not lock DLLs not used by Unlocker anymore.
- Fixed bug: Fixed potential driver bug.
- Fixed bug: Miscellaneous handle leaks.
- Improved behavior: Improved deleting/renaming/moving files such as C:WINDOWSsystem32MacromedFlashFlash9e.ocx for example.
- Improved behavior: When right-clicking files or folders and selecting Unlocker, those are automatically deselected. It helps with movie files and removable drives.
- Improved UI: Icon looks correct now on Windows Vista
- Promotional feature: Added fully optional shortcuts to eBay during the installation. Simply untick “eBay shortcuts” in the choose components page during install if you do not wish to have those.
Download:
unlocker1.8.7.exe 255.17 KB
free, tools
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18/04/2008, 02:40, Author: denzab
An updated version of the popular Firefox browser In this version, as in the previous, added bug fixes and resolved some security issues program.
Firefox - is a revised browser of the communications package Mozilla Suite. By removing additional programs (email client, IRC client and HTML editor), the program has become much more compact. It is worth that Firefox supports powerful plugin system, which can greatly enhance the browser functionality by adding a bunch of opportunities.
The highest quality and performance, support for all modern www-standards, user-friendly interface, a stable work, the high speed - is a list of characteristics which browser has every right to be considered the best.
Download:
Firefox Setup 2.0.0.14.exe 5.76 MB
browser, free
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17/04/2008, 01:47, Author: denzab
The updated release of popular audio ripper Easy CD-DA Extractor. This version has a new engine for ripping, and the possibility of a write disk images, improved productivity of the software and corrected the errors. Details can be found on the list of changes.
The most popular program for working with audio CD (ripping, converting and record). The program copies the audio tracks from audio CDs to the hard disk and converting to MP3, Windows Media Audio 8, and 9, Ogg Vorbis, MP4, AAC, FLAC, VQF, WAV, AIFF, and the Monkey's Audio. Creates audio CD of MP4, Windows Media Audio, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, AAC and Monkey's Audio. The program is built player with support for ID3 and ID3V2 tags. You can convert between supported formats. The developers promise that the program will even read discs with errors.
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cd burning, cd ripping
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14/04/2008, 08:42, Author: denzab
The new version of a virtual CD-ROM Virtual CloneDrive. In the new version: support for playback of HD-DVD and Blu-ray images in PowerDVD, improved productivity with images located on the network, improved compatibility with Windows Vista.
The perfect virtual CD-ROM from the company Elaborate Bytes (developer of a popular program for copying CD / DVD CloneCD). The program allows you to work with ready to read CD and DVD as an ordinary CD-drive. The creation of up to 8 virtual CD-ROM's is allowed. Everything is simple and convenient.
If you want to emulate protection, which is often supplied with the disks, protecting them from copying, use the Alcohol 120%.
Download:
SetupVirtualCloneDrive.exe 1.57 MB
CD, Virtual CD
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10/04/2008, 11:26, Author: denzab
Upgrade for the WinZIP. In this version: improved support for Unicode; full support of the LHA archive format; removed support for DOS programs from third-party developers (ARJ, ARC…); minor improvements and corrections.
The program that has received worldwide popularity appeared to be the first archiver with a graphical interface. Since ancient times, a lot of time has passed, and we need to note that in recent years the program heavily deposited it's positions. Competitors like WinRAR, WinACE, 7-Zip, have more features and a higher degree of compression.
The program supports a number of popular formats for archiving, and more precisely: ZIP, RAR, GZIP, Z, ARJ, ARC, CAB, LZH, TAR, MIME, Unix Compress, Uuencode, Xxencode, BinHex. Supports unlimited size ZIP archives. It is also include a tool for backup.
Download:
WinZip 11.2 13.04 MB
compression, archiver
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