Folder Guard Professional 8.3 Portable

Folder Guard Professional 8.3 Portable | 5.50 Mb
Folder Guard Professional is a powerful computer security software that you can use to control access to files, folders, and other Windows resources, such as Control Panel, Start Menu, and so on. You can use Folder Guard to lock your personal files and folders with passwords, to stop other users from peeking into your records. You can even completely hide your private folders from virtually all applications, and such folders would remain invisible until you enter a valid password. You can also protect sensitive system files from modification or destruction, disable access to the removable drives, restrict access to Control Panel, and more.


Folder Guard Professional Edition for Windows Vista, XP, 2000, Server (both 32-bit and 64-bit)
This edition combines the 32-bit and x64 editions of Folder Guard in one convenient package. When installed on the 32-bit versions of Windows it offers the same functionality as Folder Guard 32-bit Edition. When installed on the x64 versions of Windows, it works in the same way as Folder Guard x64 Edition. The older MS-DOS-based releases of Windows (such as Windows, 95, 98, Me) are NOT supported by this edition.

Why should you choose Folder Guard:
>> Folder Guard lets you password protect your files and folders.
You can protect with password virtually any folder or file, allowing only the authorized users to open the protected files or folders. You can protect an unlimited number of files and folders, each with its own password, or you can use the Master Password of Folder Guard to unprotect them all at once.

>> Folder Guard can hide your personal folders from other users.
You can set up Folder Guard to hide your private folders (or make them appear empty). The folder would be hidden from virtually any program, including Windows Explorer, Office, MS-DOS programs, etc.

>> Folder Guard can restrict access to Control Panel, Start Menu, Desktop, etc.
You can set up Folder Guard to allow only certain users to change the computer settings with Control Panel, while denying that to other users. You can control access to various settings of Start Menu, Desktop, Taskbar, and other Windows resources. You can remove the Run and Search commands on the Start menu, hide specific drives, lock the Internet settings, and more.

>> Folder Guard can protect access to the floppy, CD-ROM and other removable drives
You can configure Folder Guard to allow or deny access to the removable drives, restricting the user's ability to run or install unauthorized programs on your computer.

>> Folder Guard is suitable for a wide range of the computer security tasks.
You can stop other users of your computer from peeking into your personal files. You can protect the system files and folders from destruction by cyber-vandals. You can allow specific users to run a program while deny it to others. You can allow users to use the removable drives to store their documents while prevent them from running unauthorized programs from the removable disks.

>> Folder Guard protects your files without encrypting them.
There is no risk of losing your documents if you lose your encryption key: with Folder Guard all your files remain intact, without modification of any kind.

>> Folder Guard lets you quickly enable or disable the protection via a "hot key".
You can choose a specific keyboard combination as the hot key of Folder Guard, to be able to quickly enable or disable the protection of your computer. Of course, the "hot key" is protected with your password, too, only you can use it!

>> Folder Guard can operate in the "stealth mode".
You can set up Folder Guard to operate in the stealth mode, to hide its own files and shortcuts from being seen by other users. You would still be able to control Folder Guard via the "hot key".

>> Folder Guard supports easy recovery in case of emergency.
If you forget your password, or experience other problems, simply use the Emergency Recovery Utility (free download) to quickly restore access to your protected folder.

>> Folder Guard works with drives of any format.
If your computer can handle it, Folder Guard can protect it. You don't have to format your hard drive with the NTFS file system: Folder Guard can protect files and folders on both NTFS and FAT/FAT32 disks.

>> Folder Guard runs on a wide range of Windows platforms.
From Windows 2000 to Windows XP to Windows Vista and later, with all service packs and hotfixes, all are supported by at least one of the available editions of Folder Guard.

>> Folder Guard is easy to use.
Folder Guard sports one of the most intuitive user interfaces, that makes it easy to use for both novice users and computer professionals.

>> Folder Guard "speaks" plain English.
You don't have to be a computer professional to understand how to use Folder Guard. The Quick Start Wizard can guide you through the steps necessary to set up the password protection of your personal folders. Folder Guard Advisor warns you about situations that may require your attention and offers possible workarounds. Folder Guard User's Guide describes its commands and operation in plain English, without "pseudo-techno" or "geeky" talk. (And it does not baby-sit you either).

>> Folder Guard is not a toy.
Folder Guard is used by large corporations and small businesses, schools and police departments, universities and correctional facilities, libraries and hospitals (to name a few).

>> Folder Guard is widely used.
Hundreds of thousands of copies of Folder Guard have been downloaded by computer users from virtually all countries of the world.

>> Folder Guard offers the best value for the money.
None of our competitors offers a product that would come close to Folder Guard.

>> Folder Guard is flexible.
Although Windows lets you restrict access to folders located on a NTFS drives, it cannot hide them. With Folder Guard, you can not only restrict access to, but also hide folders, or make them look empty. Unlike Windows, Folder Guard lets you protect only some files within a folder, and keep the rest of the files visible and accessible, if you wish. Or, you can protect files and folders each with its own individual password, and then unlock them separately from each other (Windows cannot do that).

>> Folder Guard can be used with other disk tools.
You can designate your anti-virus and other disk maintenance tools to be the "trusted" programs, to make them able to work with your protected disks without restrictions.

>> Folder Guard is extensible.
You can fine-tune the access rules to the files and folders of your computer by creating appropriate filters.

>> Folder Guard will save you hours of learning time.
You don't have to learn how to use the Group Policies, user groups, Access Control Lists, privileges, and other built-in security features of Windows, because Folder Guard does the hard work for you: its visual and intuitive user interface lets you manage the restrictions with ease.

>> Folder Guard is actively maintained.
Since its first release back in 1997, we've been continuously extending, enhancing, and improving Folder Guard. Now in version 7.92, Folder Guard gives you more power than ever.

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Portable XP Tools Pro 9.8.23

Portable XP Tools Pro 9.8.23 | 6.8 MB
XP Tools: Fix, Speed up, Maintain and Protect your PC! XP Tools is a collection of tools to fix, speed up, and maintain your PC! These utilities include Disk Cleaner, Registry Cleaner, Uninstall Plus, StartUp Manager, Folder Guard, Tracks Washer, Driver Backup, Auto Shutdown, Windows Manager, Process Manager and Super Shell. With a cool and user-friendly interface makes it easy for anyone to use XP Tools. These powerful tools will keep your system running faster, cleaner and error free!

Install
1. Unpack using any archiver
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The Logo Creator MEGA Pak 5.2 - Portable

The Logo Creator MEGA Pak 5.2 - Portable | 172.19 MB
Create incredible logo designs that look like a Photoshop guru spent hours laboring over! It's like having your own logo design studio... without the studio!

With The Logo Creator logo design software - you'll get a portfolio full of logo designs that you can modify and customize yourself... for far less than what a logo maker will charge.

Sell the logos you create! - That's right! If you're a graphics or logo design company, logo maker, webmaster, small business owner, entrepreneur or service provider ... you can sell the logos you create to your own customers!

The MEGA Pak
ALL of our logos in one huge easy to install package!

Over 380 professionally designed logos that you can mix, match and manipulate ... in minutes! 380 logos, over 800 logo elements to mix, match and manipulate!

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Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC 2010 v4.2.7.5 - Portable

Windows Software | Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC 2010 v4.2.7.5 - Portable | 8 MB
SpeedUpMyPC – the award winning utility software that ensures your PC is automatically optimized for maximum performance in just a few easy clicks. SpeedUpMyPC is a system utility that helps you get the most out of your computer without being a Windows expert. It can can free up memory (RAM) and other resources, detect and optimize your internet connection, reassign CPU resources to improve performance and prevent crashes. It also includes a startup manager, that enables you to make Windows load faster dy disabling programs that you do not want to start automatically. The built-in bandwidth monitor allows you to keep an eye on your internet connection and can automatically detect your true connection speed. Additional features include browser optimization, automatic RAM cleaning and an interactive tray icon display. SpeedUpMyPC makes it easier than ever before to optimize your settings, free up resources, and remove resource hogs. With simple explanations and real-time graphs for all vital system resources, SpeedUpMyPC identifies performance bottlenecks in minutes. With a heavy-duty arsenal of optimization tools, such as RAM recovery, CPU optimization, startup management, and automatic crash recovery, SpeedUpMyPC is THE must-have utility for both beginner and power users.


SpeedUpMyPC makes it easier than ever before to optimize your settings, free up resources, and remove resource hogs. With simple explanations and real-time graphs for all vital system resources, SpeedUpMyPC identifies performance bottlenecks in minutes. With a heavy-duty arsenal of optimization tools, such as RAM recovery, CPU optimization, startup management, and automatic crash recovery, SpeedUpMyPC is THE must-have utility for both beginner and power users.

- Dramatically optimize your use of CPU processing power and boost critical applications for extra speed
- Use powerful disk defrag and optimization features that are faster and more efficient than the standard built-in versions
- Remove unnecessary background and auto-start applications for noticeably faster start up times.
- Improve your data security with new File Shredder and Privacy Protection tools to completely remove unwanted files and folders, permanently.
- Use File Clean Up to automatically free up even more disk space, quickly
- Optimize your internet connection settings for improved bandwidth, faster browsing and quicker downloads.

SpeedUpMyPC FEATURES

User Interface:
- Windows Familiar GUI
- Automatic Performance Scan
- System Overview and Recommendations
- Extensive Manual and Help
- System Optimization State
- System Tray Shortcut
- Detailed System Graphs

Optimization:
- CPU Usage Overview
- CPU Booster Functionality
- Memory Usage Overview
- RAM Optimization
- Disk Usage
- Disk Analyzer and Defrag
- Internet Speed Analyzer
- Internet Speed Optimizer
- Startup Manager
- Process Viewer

Clean-Up :
- Junk Clean-Up Scan
- Detailed Junk Clean-Up Scan Results
- Privacy Protector Scan
- Detailed Privacy Protector Scan Results
- File Shredder
- Uninstall Manager

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AVG PC Tuneup 2011 10.0.0.22 ML Portable

AVG PC Tuneup 2011 10.0.0.22 ML Portable | 12.0 Mb
You already know how AVG can protect you online. Now we take that expertise one step further by fixing problems that slow you down. AVG PC Tuneup is your one-stop shop to help you get the most out of your PC.


Optimize your Internet connection
Internet optimizer

Internet optimizer automatically tunes your Internet connection settings to speed up your online life.
Recover accidentally deleted files
File recovery

AVG PC Tuneup comes fully equipped with a file recovery tool so that you can recover files that have been damaged or accidentally deleted within Windows.
Permanently delete files and wipe disks
File shredder and disk wiper

Deleting files or folders removes references to them but doesn’t remove the actual data stored within the file. This means that files you think you've deleted can easily be retrieved.
Protect your privacy
Track eraser

Lots of information about your activities is recorded on your PC. Track eraser will help you protect your privacy by removing this personal information from your computer.
Make your PC more stable and free up disk space
Disk and registry cleaner

Clean up old files, duplicate files and broken registries to get the most out of your PC.
Improve your disk speed
Disk and windows registry defragmenter

Disc defragmentation optimizes your file system to get the most out of your hard drive. Enjoy a faster hard disk and a more stable and smooth running computer.
Monitor your hard drive health and space usage
Disk doctor and disk explorer

With these two tools it will be easy for you to keep your data organized and safe from being lost due to hard disk failure

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CamPaper 3.88 Portable

CamPaper 3.88 Portable | 6.5 Mb

Auto updates your wallpaper "desktop background" with web camera views from around the world. Over 350 sites to view and climbing + Your own Picture folders + Your internet favorites.



Some Live Camera Locations (Plus your picture folders)

CANADA
BC - Vancouver, English Bay, Harbours, Kitsilano, Jerico, Westminster, Beluga Whales in Aquarium
BC - Vancouver Island, Parksville, Victoria OakBay, Cowichan,Saanichton
AB - Vernon, Banff, Calgary
ON - Niagara falls, Mississauga
NS - Halifax University, Peggy's cove, Harbor, many more

USA
NY - New York City
NJ - Newark
FL - Ft. Lauderdale
CA - San Francisco, Sausalito, LA Altadena, Zebra-Camels, Balboa Ferry, Balboa Yacht Club, Huntington Beach
FL - Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale
WY - Jackson Hole
Hi - Maui
AK - Homer
MO - Saint Louis
NC - Surf City
Universities - Arizona, Vermont, Washington Tacoma, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, South Carolina Roach Camera, UCLA - Mt. Wilson
National Parks - Acadia, Washington D.C., Great Smoky Mountains, Mammoth Cave, Theodore Roosevelt, Big Bend National Park, Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Sequoia-Kings Canyon, Point Reyes, Mount Rainier, North Cascades, Olympic, Glacier, Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone, Mammoth, Yosemite, Kilauea Volcano Pu`u `O`o's crater, Mount St. Helens
Other - Willard Library Ghost Cams, Wildlife Eagle Cam, Butterfly Cam

Mexico
Riviera Maya

CARIBBEAN
West French Indies, St. Maarten/St. Martin

UK
Scotland - LockNess
Liverpool-Mathew St

Greece
Santorini

Japan
Mt. Fuji

Egypt
Pyramids

France
Paris - Eiffel Tower

Switzerland
Zermatt

Germany
Heidelberg, Walddun, Museum, franken

Spain
Barcelona, Beaches

Netherlands
Port - Westerschelde, Antilles Bonaire Marine park
Croatia

China
Shanghai
Canary Islands

Austria
Mauterndorf, Hallstatt, Bad Gastein

Italy
Pesaro Urbino, Rivergaro, Portofino, Colfosco,Genoa

Panama
Canal Miraflores, Gatun, Bridge

Australia
Sydney, Victoria, Darwin, Perth, Hobart

RUSSIA
Saint Petersburg, Moscow - various, Volgograd

Other
Cruise Ship - Crystal Cruises
Greenpeace Ship
World Earthquakes
North America Weather map, Satellite, Radar, Doppler Radar Oklahoma
Live Telescope of sky






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Adobe Fireworks CS5 Portable (+Topaz Bundle 2010)

CamPaper 3.88 Portable | 6.5 Mb
Adobe Fireworks CS5 Portable (+Topaz Bundle 2010) | 135 Mb
Adobe Fireworks, the powerful image editor and interactive applications for the Web comes in the new version, showing that, contrary to what everyone thought, this software will not be replaced or subordinated to Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended Gold At weekly ranking.


In this version, the program comes with a universal interface design at Adobe, making the use by industry professionals more intuitive and familiar, but not leaving behind inexperienced users, because it has intuitive tools.

Among the new features of version CS5 is the pixel-need to render images of almost any size, supports flowcharts in Adobe Flash Professional CS5 Gold and performs exchange accurate color with the designs of other graphics applications from Adobe, as Adobe Swatch Exchange tool .

Adobe Fireworks also includes improvements, especialmentena program performance and export bases in CSS and HTML. Besides the sophisticated intelligent integration with other Adobe programs.

Topaz is the easiest way to make your photos pop. Adjust optimizes the image exposure, color and strength of detail to the imaging results impressive. quality exposure adjustment in Photoshop is cumbersome and sometimes frustrating. Topaz makes this process simple, fun and very rewarding

With this new version was easy to implement changes and work with the image because it already comes with ready-made changes, just click on it and the image is changed, if you prefer to do everything manually or some adjustment is possible, everything in a simple and practical.



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Rooney urged to learn from Sachin

The British media has lavished praise on iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar and according to a column written by former England cricketer Ed Smith, Manchester United star Wayne Rooney should learn how to turn expectations into inspiration.

In an article headlined ‘Sanctuary of crease lets Tendulkar reveal genius,’ Smith had written, “Twice last week, sportsmen have proved me spectacularly wrong. First, Sachin Tendulkar reached 14,000 Test match runs. And that’s not the amazing part.

“It took him fewer innings to get from 13,000 to 14,000 than any other 1,000-run chunk of his career. A case could be made that he is at his best now, at 37,” the newspaper noted.

The article said Tendulkar and Rooney were destined for rare greatness, even from teenage. Tendulkar has gone on and done it.A year ago, Rooney looked placed to do the same. But now, as never before, there are real doubts that he will become the player we once assumed he would be.

“Make no mistake, Tendulkar’s career has not been as serene as it might look, there have been arguments with coaches and match referees, an unsatisfactory spell as captain and long phases when the muse has deserted him.

“Tendulkar has had countless moments when frustration could have overwhelmed him. He has never blown his top, never lost his dignity. Instead, frustration has inspired him.”

“Above all, his career has been played out under the shadow of phenomenal expectation. Footballers in England have to deal with being heroes. In India it is even worse: they are meant to be Gods.”

“According to the report Tendulkar has come to the conclusion that there is one place where he is free from the hassles of fame. There is one realm where he cannot be pestered. It is called the crease.

“With the bat in his hands, Tendulkar is the conductor of his own life, not just a participant in a soap opera. There, out in the middle, no one can stop him being himself — not a restless media, not overly demanding fans or greedy agents.”

“It is the ultimate irony: the greatest actors are never freer than when they’re on the stage. That is the way for Rooney to find the way out of his present difficulties — he must have the bravery to express himself on the pitch, to make it his sanctuary.”

“If he allows himself to become embittered and resentful, he will not only become estranged from his fans, but also from his talent. No wonder the ball is bouncing off him at the moment; he probably would like to repel the whole game.

“Instead, he must learn to love it again. Shamed by alleged events off the pitch and embarrassed by events on it, Rooney could be forgiven for feeling sorry for himself,” the report said.

“It would be a normal thing to feel. But he doesn’t aspire to normality, but to greatness. And greatness, as Tendulkar has showed demands a superhuman degree of resilience and emotional dexterity. Rooney must locate his inner Tendulkar, a genius who got even with his critics by scoring hundreds.”“For Rooney, in every sense, it’s time to turn the pressure into goals.”

Apple in line to become world's most valued firm

As Apple prepares to announce its fourth-quarter results tonight, analysts are forecasting that it will have sold another 5m iPads, and around 12m more of the iPhone 4 it released in June.

If the numbers are good, then it is quite possible that the share price will jump further above the $300 (GBP190) mark that it broke last week — and the company could become the most valuable in the world measured by market capitalisation, surpassing the oil group ExxonMobil. It would cap a remarkable rebirth under the aegis of founder Steve Jobs.

Though at the end of last week the gulf in valuations seemed large — Exxon’s $331bn, against Apple’s $274bn — the gap has been closing for more than a year. Even if tonight’s results are not enough to propel Apple to the top spot, many on Wall Street think it is only a matter of time. Its profits will get another boost in January when Apple will begin selling iPhones through the largest network, Verizon, as well as AT&T, its partner since 2007.Apple is forecast to show revenues of around $19bn for the quarter and $5bn of profit — with the iPhone and iPad, products you could not buy four years ago, generating about $10bn of sales.It is a dramatic reversal from May 1997, when Jobs — who had recently rejoined the company after been fired in 1985 — was manoeuvring to take over again as chief executive. The share price put a total value on the company of just $2bn, “reflecting Apple’s loss of market share in an increasingly Windows-dominated world”, as analysts put it. Jobs told a team of software coders at the time: “You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work back to the technology — not the other way around.” He drove out the dead wood, his new recruit from PC-maker Compaq, Tim Cook (now the chief operating officer) streamlined its supply chain, and the company did as Jobs suggested, focusing relentlessly on its customers.He also set targets — such as surpassing Dell. Asked in October 1997 what he would do in Jobs’s position, Michael Dell retorted: “What would I do? I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.” Jobs chastised Dell privately — and then celebrated with an email to staff when in January 2006, with a value of $72.1bn, it did finally pass Dell. In May this year, Apple achieved a huge milestone, passing Microsoft in market capitalisation, at GBP222bn against GBP219bn.

Apple’s computer business has steadily improved, coming third behind HP and Dell in the personal computer market in the U.S. in the three months to September, according to research firm Gartner, although it still has a relatively small share of the global market.But it has been the newer products that have driven growth. Apple took ownership of the MP3 market with the iPod, where the integration of hardware and the iTunes software proved to be a success and baffled those who had expected Microsoft to at some stage overwhelm it with an “iPod killer” — based on software from one company, hardware from a second, and music from a third.

Then in January 2007 Jobs unveiled the iPhone, and Apple began to eat into the smartphone market — previously the sole preserve of Nokia, Research In Motion (with its BlackBerry) and Microsoft, with Windows Mobile. Sales took off again, and Jobs’s comparatively modest target of 10m phones sold by the end of 2008 was easily surpassed, with 13m sold by September of that year.iPad to keep lead in tablet computer segment’

The latest hit is the iPad. Launched in April, analysts think it could sell 25m in 2011. Gartner has made dramatic forecasts for the growth of the tablet computer market, which it said would triple in size next year to 54.8m units. The technology research firm is predicting that the market will grow to 103.4m in 2012 and 154.2m units in 2013. Despite the intensifying competition, Gartner reckons the iPad will keep its lead until then.Apple’s longtime rival Microsoft (presently still valued at GBP219bn) became the largest company in the world by market capitalisation for two years, in the late 1990s during the PC boom. At the time, Microsoft did not pay dividends, though it does now. Apple still does not pay dividends but if it does reach the top, it might have to find some other way to make its stock look more attractive than simply the chance that it will keep rising in value.

Apple will come under increasing pressure to do something with its enormous cash pile of roughly $50bn, which was a necessary buffer when times were lean, but now looks like wasted opportunity. “Apple needs to do something with all of that capital,” said Toan Tran, an analyst at financial research house Morningstar. “I could understand wanting to have something in reserve, but $50bn is such a ridiculous number that they should seriously consider returning some of it to shareholders in the form of share buybacks.” If Apple does surpass Exxon, it would mark a changing of the guard in the Standard & Poor’s 500, where the top spot has been shared by companies including General Electric, General Motors, AT&T (before it was broken up in a monopoly investigation), and — 20 years ago — by IBM, which was also hit by antitrust investigations.With suggestions that the world is approaching “peak oil” and increasing concern over the role that fossil fuels play in climate change, Exxon looks set to be replaced by perhaps the most potent symbol of the digital age.

Facebook apps ‘leaking details to advertisers’

Many applications on Facebook can pass on information that personally identifies users and friends to advertisers and “internet tracking agencies”, the Wall Street Journal reports, saying it can affect people even with the strictest privacy settings enabled.A Facebook spokesman told the news organisation on yesterday (17OCT) that the social media site is moving to “dramatically limit” the leaking of users’ personal information, as it breaks the site’s own rules.The report says that many apps grab a user’s ID number, which is unique, and can then pass them on to internet advertising companies. It says that all of the 10 most popular apps did so, including Zynga’s FarmVille, Texas HoldEm Poker and FrontierVille. Three of the top 10, including FarmVille, also transmitted personal information about the user’s friends to external companies.Your unique IDs are like beacons

The data transmitted - the “Facebook ID” - is unique to each user, and can be used to look up your name even if your profile is set at its strictest setting. It also reveals any data that has been set to be visible to “everyone” on the site - which in fact means visible across the web.

For Facebook, it is the latest in a long line of privacy concerns, but one which the site may also be concerned about - because if internet advertising companies can extract value from Facebook about user IDs, it might make them less likely to buy advertising on the site. In that way, the leaching of Facebook IDs, and of people’s “social graphs” - who they are linked to - will be of great concern to Facebook, which derives its value from being able to act as the go-between for highly targeted advertising served to its users.

The WSJ said that the apps were sending Facebook IDs to at least 25 advertising and data firms, which build profiles of people by tracking them online.The row over what data can safely be made available - and to what extent advertisers and tracking companies could and should be able to identify people from their browsing - is longstanding. In the 1990s the activities of the advertising company DoubleClick caused concern when it was realised that it could target people because it provided “cookies” on each site that they visited, and target ads at them. DoubleClick is now owned by Google.

Facebook IDs on sale

More recently it has been Facebook, with its 500 million users, which has come repeatedly into the privacy spotlight.

The WSJ says “one data-gathering firm, RapLeaf Inc, had linked Facebook user ID information obtained from apps to its own database of internet users, which it sells. RapLeaf also transmitted the Facebook IDs it obtained to a dozen other firms, the Journal found.” Rapleaf told the paper: “We didn’t do it on purpose”.Collecting user and friends’ IDs would let companies build up individual profiles of people who it could cross-match against other data collected from censuses and public information to create detailed profiles of people. While advertisers argue that that means better-targeted information, it concerns many people who are unsure what data is held about them personally by such companies.

Earlier this month (OCT) the Guardian showed that many people’s phone details are retained on Facebook without their knowledge following uploads from their mobile phones or external email systems - and a BBC investigation found that even people who were not signed up to the site would be identifiable to it, based on details supplied by their friends, as soon as they provided an email address.

T. rex may have been a cannibal, says study

Palaeontologists have found evidence that Tyrannosaurus rex, the largest and most dreaded dinosaur that roamed North America 66 million years ago, might have been a cannibal which sometimes devoured its own species.

The scientists, who based their study on the bite marks on the carnivores’ bones, believe the marks were made by other T. rexes.

The marks suggest that the giants were killed and then eaten out by victorious T. rexes, the researchers reported in the journal PLoS ONE.While searching through dinosaur fossil collections for another study on dinosaur bones with mammal tooth marks, Nick Longrich, a researcher from Yale University, discovered a bone with especially large gouges in them.Given the age and location of the fossil, the marks had to be made by T. rex, Mr. Longrich said. “They’re the kind of marks that any big carnivore could have made, but T. rex was the only big carnivore in western North America 65 million years ago,” Mr. Longrich said.It was only after discovering the bite marks were from a T. rex that Mr. Longrich realised the bone itself also belonged to the behemoth.

After searching through a few dozen T. rex bones from several different museum fossil collections, he discovered a total of three foot bones (including two toes) and one arm bone that showed evidence of T. rex cannibalism, representing a significant percentage.

“It’s surprising how frequent it appears to have been,” Mr. Longrich said. “We’re not exactly sure what that means.”

The marks are definitely the result of feeding. If two T. rex fought to the death, the victor might have made a meal out of his adversary, said Mr. Longrich.He said: “Modern big carnivores do this all the time. It’s a convenient way to take out the competition and get a bit of food at the same time.”

However, the marks appear to have been made some time after death, Mr. Longrich said, meaning that if one dinosaur killed another, it might have eaten most of the meat off the more accessible parts of the carcass before returning to pick at the smaller foot and arm bones.While only one other dinosaur species, Majungatholus, is known to have been a cannibal, Mr. Longrich said the practice was likely more common than we think and a closer examination of fossil bones could turn up more evidence that other species also preyed on one another.The finding is a big clue into the obscure eating habits of these enormous predators. While today’s large carnivores often hunt together in packs, T. rex likely acted on their own, Mr. Longrich said.

“These animals were some of the largest terrestrial carnivores of all time. There’s a big mystery around what and how they ate, and this research helps to uncover one piece of the puzzle.”

Facebook, Bing teams up to give online search a social touch

Bangalore: Facebook users using Bing will see their friends' like popping up when they run their Bing searches while logged into their Facebook account. In addition, while searching for friends in Bing, they will have people with common Facebook friends topping the search result.

The move is a result of Microsoft's decision of adding input from users' Facebook data to the results the Bing search pulls up. According to a Facebook spokesperson, the service is already available to two percent of Facebook users in the U.S. and it will be available to the rest in coming weeks. Satya Nadella, Senior Vice President of Microsoft's Online Services Division, said that search has become more personalized and social today. Hence, while searching a user must also look at the connections between people. The process of connecting to information can be more personal and useful by using a social layer, said Nadella.

There will be two new features in Bing - 'Liked Results' and 'Facebook Profile Search'. 'Liked Results' will show what the user's friends like when he/she launches an online search while in Facebook. On the other hand, 'Facebook Profile Search' narrows down the search by listing people who share mutual Facebook friends with the searcher at the top of the results.Both Microsoft and Facebook are saying that that they'll safeguard users' privacy as it is the most important priority. In its 'Instant Personalization' project, Facebook has teamed up with several partners apart from Bing including Rotten Tomatoes, Docs.com, Pandora, Yelp and Scribd. All of them are bound to follow Facebook's guidelines and can only use subscribers' public information.

As per Facebook's terms and conditions, a user should be 13 years of age to access its services, while Bing's Facebook Profile Search can be used by those users who list themselves as 18 years or older in their Facebook profiles.

Cybercriminals in India creating botnets to capture PCs

New Delhi: Cybercriminals in India are increasingly looking at creating botnets, network of computers aimed at attacking and 'capturing' PCs to spread viruses through them to other systems, according to Microsoft report.India ranks 25th in terms of bot infections detected and removed in the quarter ended June 2010, according to the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report version 9. The report covered 200 countries and territories. The country had 38,954 computers with bots cleaned in Q2 this year compared to 37,895 computers in the previous quarter.A Botnet is a network of computers, controlled by one computer (bot herder), which attacks another PC and makes it a part of its network. The main drivers for botnets are for recognition and financial gains.The larger the botnet, the more recognition the herder can claim to have among the cybercriminal community.The bot herder can also offer services of the botnet to third parties, usually for sending spam messages. Due to the large numbers of machines within the botnet, huge volumes of such mails can be generated.

"It is clear that the controllers work hard to sustain, maintain and grow them for financial gain. If it is a consumer the data and financial loss may not amount to a huge amount, but the loss is more severe if we talk about organsiations or at a government level," Microsoft India Chief Security Officer Sanjay Bahl told PTI.

Microsoft estimates that $780 million was lost globally in 2008-09 to spam mails. "It's clear that the evolution of the botnet is a major concern. As well as the prominent rise in infections on a global scale, data from this year's report has also shown that cybercriminals are now using more sophisticated techniques like botnets to further their reach of potential victims," Ovum Analyst Graham Titterington said.Over the past few years, volumes of spam originating from a single computer has dropped in order to thwart spam detection. The trend is moving towards using a larger number of compromised hosts for sending smaller amount of messages. This helps evade detection by anti-spam techniques.

Though the numbers in India might seem small, but such attacks are increasing. "Cybercriminals play with vulnerabilities. For example, in a developing country like Brazil, people are engaging in online payments, so the cyber criminal will try and attack through spam mails promising lottery and bank payments," Bahl said.

Transcend rolls out DRAM modules with 2Gbit DDR3 chips

New Delhi: Transcend Information, today launched three new 4GB DDR3 DRAM modules using high-density 2-gigabit (2Gbit) DDR3 chips: a DDR3 1333MHz Long-DIMM, a DDR3 1333MHz SO-DIMM, and a DDR3 1066MHz SO-DIMM. It is available at Rs. 6800, with a lifetime warranty.

"Our 4GB 240-pin DDR3-1333 Long-DIMM for desktops runs at 1333MHz with latencies of 9-9-9, while the 4GB DDR3-1333 SO-DIMM notebook memory module operates at 1333MHz with latencies of 9-9-9, and the 4GB DDR3-1066 SO-DIMM runs at 1066MHz with CL7 timings. Each module is optimized for stable 1.5V operation and is made with high density energy-efficient 2Gbit chips, enabling conscientious users to take advantage of the best power-performance ratio available for their desktop or laptop computer," said Gordon Wu, Regional Head, South Asia, Transcend.

These high-density chips not only bring the benefits of increased capacity and power efficiency, but also help prolong system lifetime--a crucial factor for server hardware. All DDR3 memory modules fully comply with Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JEDEC) standards and are built with 256Mx8 high-quality DDR3 FBGA chips for their improved electrical and heat dissipation characteristics. Backed by Transcend's lifetime warranty, each new DDR3 module offers unparalleled reliability for today's desktops, laptops and workstations.

Lenovo adds new series in the IdeaPad family

Bangalore: Lenovo, has added a new series in its IdeaPad family, Lenovo IdeaPad Z460 (14") and Lenovo IdeaPad Z560 (15"), are trendy and stylish mainstream laptops with multiple ports and multimedia applications. Powered by the latest technology, the Lenovo IdeaPad Z series is certainly a smart choice for people who need a notebook that is fashionable. These laptops are available now at a price ranging from Rs. 34,000 to Rs. 46,000.

Powered by Intel Core i5-460 processor and excellent features - like the Chiclet keyboard for superior ergonomic comfort, One key theater that customizes display and sound to provide enhanced movie experience and Dolby Advanced Audio for a stunning listening experience, HDMI and E-SATA ports it brings a difference in the market. These Notebooks are ingrained with exceptional safety applications like Lenovo Veriface Face recognition technology, OneKey Rescue System an easy-to-use system to help you detect and remove viruses, restore Windows system and recover file

Vodafone selects Nokia Siemens, Ericsson as 3G partners

Mumbai: Vodafone Essar, one of India's leading cellular service providers, has selected Nokia Siemens Networks and Ericsson India as partners for its 3G network across the country.These allies will enable swift 3G deployment, create synergy between GSM and 3G networks, and maintain leading-edge high speed packet access networks in nine of Vodafone's 3G license circles, a press release issued here stated. These circles - Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai & Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (East) and West Bengal - cover over 60 percent of the company's current customer-base.Vodafone will utilise the latest HSPA technology to deliver new services like video telephony, mobile broadband, mobile TV and others. Vodafone selected Ericsson to provide exclusive 3G HSPA services in Indias largest metropolitan cities of Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata.Vodafone has also acquired the services of Nokia Siemens to implement and manage its 3G HSPA network in the six circles of Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra, UP (East), Rest of Bengal and Haryana.Both network partners will collaborate with Vodafone to improve the end-user experience.Vodafone Essar's Managing Director, Marten Pieters, said, "Globally, Vodafone provides enhanced 3G experiences to a large base of customers. India is now ready for 3G, and we are committed to offer similar high-quality 3G services to our Indian customers.

"Ericsson and Nokia Siemens are specialists in this area and we view this as a very strategic alliance, in order to deliver and maintain a high-quality network which customers will expect from Vodafone."

Nokia Siemens's Head of India, Urs Pennanen, said, "We are committed to implement a smart 3G network for Vodafone Essar, based on our global experience and local expertise and resources in India."Ericsson India, head of region, Gowton Achaibar, said, "We are extremely honored to be chosen by Vodafone Essar for their 3G HSPA network deployment in India."The contract further strengthens Ericsson's position as the leading mobile communications supplier in the Indian market and demonstrates yet again our long-term strategic partnership with Vodafone Essar."We are confident that our undisputed technology leadership and global experience will contribute to the rapid expansion of India's mobile broadband market."

How to access the sharing data offline

How to access the sharing data offline

Access the shared data offline allows you to keep using your shared files, folders and software programs when disconnected from the data server. When you reconnect to your data server, all files will be synchronized to the files on the network.

There are two types of configurations required to set the access shared folders offline available, one for data server and other for client computer.

Configuration on Data Server.

First locate the folders that you would like to share or make new folders then share these folders so they can be accessible to any one on the network.

Now right click on that folder and click on the option "Sharing and security".

A small dialog box will appear with the title "data properties". Under the "Sharing" tab, select the check box "Share this folder on the network" under the "Network sharing and security".

Now set the share level permissions that you want to give the users on every folder. Enable cache of share folders by click on cache button (by default it will be enabled).

Configuration on Client Computer

On the client computer, first open My Computer then click on Tools.

In Tools menu bar, click on Folder Options, a window will appear with the title Folder Options.

Under the Offline File tab, check the option Enable Offline File. Here you can choose the synchronization process "Synchronize all offline files when logging on", "Synchronize all offline files before logging off" and others.

Click on Apply button to save the settings and then Ok button to close this window.

Now sitting on the client computer, try to access the shared folder from the data server.

First Right click on the shared folder and Click on Make available offline.

To synchronizing the offline work from client computer to data server, again open My Computer then click on Tools. Click on Synchronize then click on synchronizing button.

After that down to data server and then try to access share folders by give the UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path of data server. But it will be accessible weather the server is down or up.

How to open office 2007 files into Office 2003

Today tip will help you to resolve the compatibility issues between the Office 2003 and Office 2007. Because all programs in office 2003 used the old file extensions for its different programs. For example Word 2003 saved files with extension .doc, Excel 2003 with .xls and PowerPoint with .ppt. but on the other office 2007 used the new file extensions for its different programs. For example Word 2007 saved files with extension .docx, Excel 2007 with .xlsx and PowerPoint with .pptx. Now the problem is that when you will try to open office 2007 files into office 2003 and you will not open the file due to compatibility issues between both office versions. Microsoft provides a free compatibility pack to convert office 2007 documents to the office 2003 format. There are many third party free converter are available but here we are using Microsoft office compatibility pack.

Follow the given steps to download free Microsoft compatibility pack and install it.

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

Visit the following link to download the Microsoft compatibility pack:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en

India looking at Obama’s visit with hope, optimism: Envoy

People of India are looking U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit with great hope and optimism, and this will herald a new era of relationship between the two nations, Indian Ambassador to the U.S. has said. “We look forward to President Obama’s visit to India next month with great hope and optimism and as an opportunity at highest political level to steer our relationship onto a new higher plane,” said Meera Shankar, Indian envoy to the U.S. Addressing students of George Washington University, Shankar said the basic fundamentals of India-U.S. relations, regardless of any minor issue-specific differences, give confidence that the strategic dimension of this relationship would truly manifest itself in practical terms through joint efforts in all areas of cooperation, including at the international level. “Both countries have the strong political will to move in this direction. We share common interests and concerns, and jointly seek to build our relationship as a long-term global partnership. Both countries have expressed conviction that enduring bilateral relations do not serve us only bilaterally, but also in meaningfully addressing new global threats and challenges,” she said on Tuesday.Ms. Shankar said Mr. Obama visit to India in November promises to be a landmark visit. “We look forward to not only consolidating the enormous strides that we have taken in our relationship in recent years but also to set directions and lay out a vision for the future course of our strategic partnership,” she had said in her speech, provided by Indian Embassy in Washington. “India and the US hold regular and candid dialogue on Afghanistan and Pakistan; we exchange views and coordinate approaches on other developments in South Asia; we have commenced a dialogue on East Asia and the evolving Asian economic and security architecture. We discuss how we can work together for development of Africa,” she said.In the larger Asian and global context, both the US and India have begun exploratory discussions on how they can work together to ensure the safety of the Global Commons -- including maritime security and protecting the domains of space and cyber space, Ms. Shankar said.Nothing was a greater symbol and instrument of transformation in India-U.S. relations than the Civil Nuclear Agreement, she said adding that it not only addressed an issue which had constrained the full potential of the bilateral relationship but also created new economic opportunities to cooperate in the areas of civil nuclear energy, energy security, climate change and nuclear proliferation.“India has identified two sites for building nuclear reactors in cooperation with U.S. companies and we hope to commence commercial negotiations shortly. A new dimension is our Space cooperation with India’s first moon mission, Chandrayaan 1, carrying a NASA payload which detected the existence of water on the moon.“There are good prospects for expanding this cooperation in other areas such as exchange of data for weather prediction and climate change, space exploration and space flights,” she said.Seeking U.S. help in securing Permanent Membership of the UN Security Council, Shankar argued the need for the two countries to work together to reform the international architecture of global governance. “We are already moving towards more representative mechanisms for global financial and economic management, but we need to reform the institutions that deal with political and security challenges including the UN. Security Council for which there is growing support,” she said. “This would not only enhance their legitimacy but also impact positively on the efficacy of these institutions. As a country of over a billion people, with one of the fastest growing economies and as a democratic nation, India is willing to assume its responsibility to meet the global challenges of our times,” Ms. Shankar said. Picture of Bopanna, Qureshi wins ‘Image of Year’ award A picture of ‘Indo-Pak Express’ tennis stars, Rohan Bopana and his doubles partner Aisam Ul-Haq Qureshi, taken by the U.S.-based Indian photo journalist Jay Mandal has won the ‘Image of the Year’ prize under the prestigious ‘Peace and Sport’ award.For the first time, the winner of the award for Peace and Sport’s Image of the Year was chosen by a public voting system on Internet.The winning photograph of Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Qureshi, submitted by the ATP World Tour, won nearly 60 per cent of the votes. “The message of peace given by Rohan and Aisam is a unique source of inspiration for young people in their respective countries, but its significance does not stop there,” Joel Bouzou, President and founder of ‘Peace and Sport’ that gives the prestigious award said at a ceremony announcing the 21st edition of the Georges Bertellotti Golden Podium Awards held at SPORTEL Monaco. “They use their charisma and their sporting success to raise awareness amongst the entire international community, their fellow athletes and political authorities in their countries, as we saw at the US Open. I hope that their appeal will lead the way to new rapprochement initiatives,” Bouzou said. The picture captured by New York-based Mandal shows the two tennis star from the sub-continent along with Indian Ambassador to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri and his Pakistani counterpart Abdullah H Haroon.Despite the differences between the two countries, Bopanna and Qureshi have played doubles for three years. “Sport’s greatest victory is not measured in terms of medals. It is measured by its ability to positively change people’s lives and bring them hope. And that’s exactly what Rohan and Aisam succeed in doing. They demonstrate what champions can achieve when they use their celebrity (status) for a good cause,” Bouzou said.According to a media release, the two players will be attending the 4th International Forum Peace and Sport on December 2 in Monaco with 450 international leaders. Saina wins singles gold, India finish second Women shuttlers led by singles title—favourite Saina Nehwal provided India with a golden double to pilot the country to a historic second—place finish in the Commonwealth Games that ended here today. Saina rallied brilliantly from a first—game loss to put it across Mew Choo Wong of Malaysia 19—21 23—21 21—13 in the women’s singles final after Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa had captured the doubles crown. The men’s hockey team crashed to a humiliating 0—8 defeat against world and defending champions Australia in the final, but the two—gold final flourish in badminton enabled India to rise to the second spot in the medals tally with 38 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze medals. England, ahead of India going into the last day of the Games, finished in third place with a total haul of 37—59—45 while Australia ended up in the top position with a huge heist of 74—54—48.The push for the second spot on the concluding day was started by Jwala and Ashwini. The duo overwhelmed Singapore’s Sari Shanti Mulia and Yao Lei in straight games to become India’s first women’s doubles pair to win a gold medal in badminton. The second—seeded Indian pair subdued their top—seeded rivals 21—16 21—19 by combining attack and defense in the right mixture in front of the packed crowd at the Siri Fort complex.Then came Saina’s crucial gold—winning effort that pushed the country ahead of England, in their bitter fight for the runner—up position in the Games.The hosts clinched another medal, a bronze, in table tennis when Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das prevailed in the women’s doubles bronze medal play—off against Australian duo Tan Zed Vivian and Peri Campbell—Innes.But in men’s hockey gold medal—deciding clash, the Indian team suffered one of their worst—ever defeats in front of a huge crowd that included Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.High—flying India were brought down to earth rudely and ruthlessly by Australia who dished out a clinical display to spank the hosts in a totally lopsided summit clash.The Indians, who had pipped England in a thrilling penalty shoot—out in the semis two days ago to make their maiden entry into the final, came up with a rather pathetic show when it mattered most and had to be content with the silver medal.The capacity crowd at the national stadium were left heart—broken as the hosts conceded goals with embarrassing ease in the summit showdown.The sweltering conditions had no effect on Australia’s performance as they proved too strong for the erstwhile Asian giants and completely outplayed the hosts with their power hockey.

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Apple patent would enforce parental controls on texting The company yesterday reportedly secured from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office patent 7,814,163, which covers "systems, devices, and methods" that allow a user to determine what kind of text-messaging content can be sent or received from a given device.According to the filing, either messages will be blocked entirely or the "forbidden content" will be "removed from the message prior to transmission or as part of the receiving process." In order to filter the content, Apple said that it will use certain criteria as defined by a separate parental control application.That application will include "objective ratings criteria or a user's age or grade level" to determine what kind of words and content will be allowed in text messages, and what will not. Whenever a text message contains inappropriate content, the applications will "alert the user, the administrator, or other designated individuals of the presence of such text." In other words, kids who are trying to get away with an unsavory text message could find their parents being alerted by the app. Apple's filing also points out that the patent could do more than just abet prevention of inappropriate communication. The application could also be used as "an instructional tool or study aid" to help kids with text-based communication, such as grammar, spelling, or vocabulary. The app would allow administrators to send certain messages to students and ask them to respond with the proper response. If the message is grammatically incorrect, for example, the parent or administrator of the tool will be alerted to "the absence of such text." "These embodiments might, for example, require that a certain number of Spanish words per day be included in e-mails for a child learning Spanish," the patent abstract reads.Apple, which applied for the patent in January 2008, could be on to something with this. Inappropriate text messages have been on the increase. In fact, Pew Research found last year that 30 percent of 17-year-olds had received sexually explicit images from others. The practice, known as sexting, is a legal issue for one, but it's also worrisome to parents who don't want their kids to be involved in such practices. Although it seems that Apple's patent relates to text, the proposed service could at least arm parents with another line of defense against their children engaging in inappropriate communication. Get wet! Toshiba CAMILEO BW10 Sportcam The Sportcam, first of its kind from Toshiba, has a 2-inch display screen and is waterproof up to 2 metres. With the rubberised exterior, the Camileo BW10 is also shock and dirt proof. The camera has a 10x digital zoom and a maximum ISO sensitivity of 1600, which means you can take pretty pictures even in low ambient light. The Camileo BW10 doesn't scrimp on image quality, packing in Full HD recording at 1080p. The cam also packs in a HDMI output so you can hook it up to a TV with a single cable, a 10-second self-timer to shoot shots of yourself, and one button YouTube uploading to share your clips as soon as you plug it into a PC. AT&T launching 3 Microsoft-powered phones Microsoft will launch three new smart phones with AT&T ahead of the holiday shopping season. The new phones will run on Microsoft’s new mobile software in a test of whether Microsoft can catch up with rivals in the fast-growing smart phone market.T-Mobile also plans a phone running Windows Phone 7 software for the holiday season.The new handsets will go up against both the iPhone and the expanding number of phones running on Google’s Android operating system. The phones AT&T plans to launch will be manufactured by HTC, LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics. The first will go on sale on November 8, with two more coming a few weeks later.The phones could help AT&T make up for the possible loss of its exclusive rights to sell Apple’s hugely popular iPhone. Published reports say the iPhone is coming to Verizon Wireless by early next year. For Microsoft, the new devices represent one step in an uphill struggle. In the most recent quarter, the company’s existing cell phone software accounted for just 5 per cent of the worldwide smart phone market. That compares with 41 per cent for Nokia’s Symbian system, 18 per cent for Research in Motion’s BlackBerry phones, 17 per cent for Android and 14 per cent for the iPhone.At an event in New York on Monday, Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer said the company’s new software will power “a very different kind of phone” than customers are used to. “We want you to get in, get out and back to your life,” he said. The iPhone and Android are popular in part because of the tens of thousands of tiny applications, or “apps,” made by outside software developers. But those developers may not want to devote the resources to build programmes for another smart phone system until it gains traction with users.In the past, Microsoft focused narrowly on building phone software, giving handset makers and wireless carriers lots of leeway to adapt and customise their products. In the wake of the iPhone’s success, Microsoft has adjusted its strategy, retaining more control over the way the phones look and work.The iPhone prompted a generation of look-alike smart phones, with screenfuls of tiny square icons representing each programme. Microsoft has tried to avoid an icon-intensive copy, instead relying more on clickable words and images generated by content. For example, a weather programme might show a constantly updated snapshot of weather conditions; photo or music libraries would be represented by a recent snapshot or the cover of the last album played on the device.Windows Phone 7 borrows its aesthetic from the company’s Zune media players, and the entertainment “hub” on the phone is based on the Zune the same way the music on the iPhone is filed under the “iPod” section.Many other Microsoft programmes and services come built in on the new phones. There’s a mobile version of the Bing search engine, for example, and a games “hub” that can connect to Xbox Live, Microsoft’s online gaming community. Apple now third-largest PC seller in U.S. According to the Quarterly PC Tracker Survey released by IDC today, Apple shipped 1.99 million Macs in the U.S. during the third quarter of 2010. That's good for 10.6 percent of the 18.9 million PCs shipped in the U.S., putting Apple's share at its highest in the U.S. in the company's history, according to IDC. While that's still far behind Hewlett-Packard's 24.3 percent share and Dell's 23.1 percent share, both of those companies' shipments remained relatively static over the last year. Apple saw its shipments grow 24 percent from the same quarter a year ago. And it's not just the sales growth of HP and Dell it's besting: the entire U.S. PC market during the third quarter grew just 3.8 percent from a year ago (even though it was forecast at 11 percent), meaning Apple shipments of Macs grew at eight times the rate of everyone else. It's fairly remarkable considering the lingering weakness in the economy and the company's computers having been saddled with the "too expensive" label--whether accurate or not. So why is Apple doing so well selling computers now? IDC analyst David Daoud says the iPad may actually be one of the reasons. "It is very possible that the iPad's marketing right now is impacting [Apple's Mac] business as a halo effect, just like we saw several years ago with the iPod," he said. "The momentum went on with the iPhone, now it appears the iPad is playing a similar role, stimulating sales across its product line." Apple sold more than 3 million iPads between April and June, and it's very likely we'll get an updated number for sales over the last three months when Apple reports its quarterly earnings results on Monday. What is interesting is the suggestion that the iPad is not taking away sales of Macs, but helping them. Unlike the iPod which has a completely different use case than a Mac, there's been discussion over whether the iPad can in some instances replace a notebook computer. Best Buy's CEO was quoted last month saying that the iPad had cut into notebook sales by as much as 50 percent. Though he later backed off that statement, he only said the 50 percent figure was a "gross exaggeration." He didn't say there wasn't any cannibalization effect. Either way, it's good news for the Mac business, which doesn't get nearly the attention it used to, with the iPhone and iPad raking in huge amounts of revenue for the company, and the clear trend in the industry toward highly mobile devices. But we know for sure that next week we'll hear more about the Mac and Mac OS X, when Apple holds a special event at its headquarters to talk about hardware and the next version of the Mac operating system. Here's what CNET expects we might see on the Mac front. Though overall consumer sales weren't so hot, enterprise computer sellers did a decent business during the third quarter, IDC says. Lenovo, which sells heavily to large businesses, grew 32.9 percent in its worldwide sales. The long-awaited "commercial refresh"--the cycle of companies replacing employee computers and IT equipment en masse--continued on schedule. Perennial worldwide market leader HP saw little change in volume, claiming 17.7 percent of the 89.3 million computers shipped in the third quarter. Acer reclaimed its No. 2 spot with 13 percent of shipments, Dell dropped backed to third place with 12.5 percent, Lenovo claimed 10.3 percent of shipments, and newcomer Asus stayed firmly in the top five with 5.4 percent of shipments. Gartner released its market share results today as well, and saw similar numbers: HP with 17.5 percent of shipments worldwide, Acer 13.1, Dell 12.2, Lenovo 10.4, and Asus with 5.4 percent.

Able Batch Converter

Able Batch Converter

Able Batch Converter does exactly what its title suggests, allowing you to easily convert multiple graphics files at the click of a button.

More than that, you can also edit images directly in Able Batch Converter, to produce a variety of effects (rotate, flip, resize, mirror, auto crop, filters, noise remove, deskewing, watermarks, margins, color enhancements etc).




Image files you can convert from:
JPEG Bitmap (jpg, jpeg, jpe, jif)
PaintBrush (pcx)
Windows Bitmap (bmp, dib, rle)
TIFF Bitmap (tif, tiff, fax, g3n, g3f, xif)
CompuServe Bitmap (gif)
Windows Icon (ico)
Windows Cursor (cur)
Portable Network Graphics (png)
Windows Metafile (wmf)
Enhanced Windows Metafile (emf)
Targa Bitmap (tga, targa, vda, icb, vst, pix)
Portable Pixmap, GrayMap, BitMap (pxm, ppm, pgm, pbm)
Wireless Bitmap (wbmp)
JPEG2000 (jp2)
JPEG2000 Code Stream (j2k, jpc, j2c)
Multipage PCX (dcx)
Camera RAW (crw, cr2, nef, raw, pef, raf, x3f, bay, orf, srf, mrw, dcr, dng, arw, rw2, rwl ...)
Photoshop PSD (psd)
Adobe PDF format (PDF)
PostScript (PS, EPS)
Adobe Illustrator (AI)
Kodak PCD (*.pcd)
DICOM (*.dcm;*.dic;*.dicom)
DR HALO CUT (*.cut)
AVS (*.avs)
Kodak Cineon (*.cin)
Graphviz DOT (*.dot)
SMTPE DPX (*.dpx)
FITS (*.fits)
FlashPIX (*.fpx)
HDF (*.hdf)
Matlab (*.mat)
MIFF (*.miff)
MTV Raytracer (*.mtv)
Palm Pixmap (*.palm)
HP PCL Printer (*.pcl)
Apple PICT (*.pict)
PIX (*.pix)
PWP (*.pwp)
RLA (*.rla)
Irix RGB (*.sgi)
SUN Rasterfile (*.sun)
Scalable Vector Graphic (*.svg)
TrueType/Postscript font (*.ttf)
VICAR (*.vicar)
Khoros VIFF (*.viff)
XBM (*.xbm)
GUMP XCF (*.xcf)
XPM (*.xpm)
JBIG files
Actions list:
Remove Noise
Remove isolated pixels
Resize (pixel, inch, mm, percent)
Resize with Condition
Canvas size
Change Aspect Ratio
Rotate / Flip
Deskewing
Deskewing Fine
Add margins
Add Border
Auto Crop
Auto Crop 2
Auto Crop Line
Custom Crop
Negative
Change Resolution
Color Depth Change (24 bit, 8 bit, gray, B&W - 3 methods)
"Color Depth Change | To ... bit" with Condition
Automatic B&W conversion
Color Adjust (Contrast, Brightness, Hue, Saturation ...)
Effects (User filters, Bump map, Lens, ...)
Swap Color Channel
Auto Image Enhancement - Adjust Image Luminosity, Auto Image Enhance, Auto Sharp, Hist Auto Equalize, White Balance Auto White, White Balance Gray World.
Add Soft Shadow.
Color Adjust - Contrast 2.
Color Adjust - Contrast 3.
Change Color.
Remove Alpha Channel (Transparency)
TIFF file - Edit TIFF Tag.
Watermark (with transparency, shadow and border)
Pixel Thickening.
Pixel Thinning.
Background and Wallpaper
Set Transparent Color
Add text (with transparency, shadow, border ...)
TIFF | Combine annotations with background
TIFF files | Remove Tag
MULTI-PAGE files | Split pages
MULTI-PAGE files | Reorder pages
MULTI-PAGE files | Reverse of pages
Remove EXIF
Remove All Metadata
Image files you can convert to:
JPEG Bitmap (JPG)
CompuServe Bitmap (GIF)
TIFF Bitmap (TIF)
PaintBrush (PCX)
Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
Windows Bitmap (BMP)
OS/2 Bitmap (BMP)
Targa Bitmap (TGA)
Portable PixMap (PXM)
Portable PixMap (PPM)
Portable GreyMap (PGM)
Portable Bitmap (PBM)
JPEG2000 (JP2)
JPEG2000 Code Stream (J2K)
Multipage PCX (DCX)
Adobe PDF format (PDF)
PostScript (PS, EPS)
Wireless Bitmap (WBMP)
Adobe PSD
ICO format
Windows Metafile (wmf)
Enhanced Windows Metafile (emf)
Real RAW (BMPRAW) not camera RAW
Kodak PCD (*.pcd)
AVS (*.avs)
Kodak Cineon (*.cin)
Graphviz DOT (*.dot)
SMTPE DPX (*.dpx)
FITS (*.fits)
FlashPIX (*.fpx)
HDF (*.hdf)
MIFF (*.miff)
MTV Raytracer (*.mtv)
Palm Pixmap (*.palm)
HP PCL Printer (*.pcl)
Apple PICT (*.pict)
Irix RGB (*.sgi)
SUN Rasterfile (*.sun)
Scalable Vector Graphic (*.svg)
VICAR (*.vicar)
Khoros VIFF (*.viff)
XBM (*.xbm)
GUMP XCF (*.xcf)
XPM (*.xpm)
Special features:
Multilanguage interface.
Image preview
Drag and drop files from explorer.
Keep folder structure (Result tab)
Automatic correction of the white balance for RAW files.
Saving Actions List to file.
Loading Actions List from file.
Actions moving.
Actions editing.
Child folder (Results tab | Output folder)
Combining TIFF annotations with background
Drag and drop files and folders from Explorer (to the program window or desctop icon)
"Default compression" settings for TIFF files
Ability to delete original files after conversion
Auto Adjust Orientation
Auto-Rotate by EXIF orientation tag
Drag&Drop filter
Logging
"File Information" button
Renaming of files with identical names
Drag&Drop of ACTL files (Actions List)
Drag&Drop of BFL files (Batch File List)
Command line working:

/resize, /dpi, /color, /tiff, /gif
Mask (e.g. *.jpg) for input and output files
Resizing with condition.
/changecolor, /deskewing, /autocrop,
/autocrop2, /pages
/actlist - to load actions list
/filelist="your-files-list"
/deleteorig
/prefix and /suffix (renaming)
/print
Able Batch Converter can take any number of images in any format (over 90 file formats supported) and convert them within seconds to any of the twenty most popular formats.

download- http://depositfiles.com/files/uqzg3idj8

OJOsoft Total Video Converter v2.6.4.0404

OJOsoft Total Video Converter v2.6.4.0404

Weight: 10557 KB

Video EditorsOJOsoft Total Video Converter is all-in-one video conversion software that converts video files at fast speed and best video quality, easily and quickly between almost any formats, including AVI (DivX, Xvid, etc), MPEG-1/2/4, MPG, WMV, ASF, MOV (QuickTime), MP4, DAT, VOB, MKV, FLV, 3GP, 3G2 etc. Additionally, it provides an easy way to convert video file to popular audio file, like MP3, WMA, AC3, M4A, AAC etc.

OJOsoft Total Video Converter can be used like iPhone video converter, 3GP video converter, PSP video converter, iPod video converter, and Zune video converter to convert all popular video formats to your mobile phone, Sony PSP, video iPod, Apple iPhone, Zune video player and other portable video players.

Supported source file formats
Video Formats: 3GP/3GPP, 3G2/3GP2, MJPEG, AVI, DivX, Xvid, MPG, MPEG (MPEG-1/2), DAT, FLV, MKV (Matroska), QuickTime (MOV,QT), MP4, M4V, VOB, WMV, ASF, TS, MPEG-4 AVC, DVR-MS, H.263, H.264, X.264

Supported target file formats
Video Formats: MP4, MOV, 3GP, 3G2, MPEG, MPG, VOB, AVI, ASF, WMV, FLV, H.264, MJPEG, TS
Audio Formats: MP3, WMA, M4A, AAC, AC3, MP2
Portable Players: Sony PSP, Apple iPod nano/video/classic/touch/TV Out, Apple TV, iPhone, Zune, Smartphones, PDAs, Other Portable Media Players

Features of OJOsoft Total Video Converter:
* Support converting video files from one format to another
* Support extracting audio tracks from video file
* Support batch conversion with a task list
* Support the latest popular video formats - MKV, TS, h.264, x.264, vc-1
* Unmatchable converting speed, wonderful output quality
* Windows Vista supported
* You can select video size, bit rate, NTSC/PAL, frame rate, audio codec, sample rate etc
* So easy to modify the name and path of output files
* When converting files, you can pause, stop and continue at any moment
* With the user- friendly interface, OJOsoft Total Video Converter is suited for both veterans and beginners you can complete your conversion as easy as 1-2-3
* All decoders and encoders are built in. Once you download and install OJOsoft Total Video Converter, all supported formats can be converted without downloading any more codec
* Safe to install and viruses-free. We respect your privacy. So there are no spyware and adware in OJOsoft Total Video Converter.

DOWNLOAD AND PLEASE SAY THANKS! :~>

Tested and working with Windows 7

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/262392892/OJOsoft_Video_Convertor_for_MKV.rar

VOB to .avi Converter v1.7

As its name shows, this software can "Convert VOB to AVI", it can decode video and audio data in the VOB video files, and convert these to AVI video formats, AVI video formats that program supported include MPEG4, DivX and Xvid, not only AVI video format, this software can convert VOB to WMV, MOV, FLV, 3GP video format also. You can use this software to extract the audio/sound from the VOB video files, with this free program, you create original movie soundtrack by yourself (MP3 format).

This software is very easy to use, select a VOB file by clicking the "Open" button, choice a output video format, then hit the "Convert" button, this program will show one dialog to ask the output folder, after you select one existed folder or create new folder, program will convert your VOB file at once, the output video file will show on the program interface. This software can support the very large file (more than 2GB, please make sure that you have necessary disk space available on your PC), it can work fine with Windows XP and Windows Vista (include Vista-32bits and Vista-64bits).

The latest version is 1.7, some bugs have been fixed. Now, the output MOV video format can be playing in Quicktime Player correctly, and the output MPEG4 video format can be play in all most popular media players.

Support converts VOB to MPEG4
Support converts VOB to DivX
Support converts VOB to Xvid
Support converts VOB to MOV (QuickTime)
Support converts VOB to FLV (Flash Video)
Support converts VOB to 3GP (Mobile Phone)
Support converts VOB to MP4 (Sony PSP format)
Support converts VOB to WMV (Windows Media Video)
Extract VOB audio to MP3 (Original Movie Soundtrack)

If you want to get the smaller file size with the same good video quality, you can try to choice DivX format, it can provide a wonderful video quality and output file size is smaller than other formats.

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/316376913/VOB-AVI_Converter.rar

OR

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/253279711/VOB_Conversion_TOOL.rar

3D Object Converter 4.40

3D Object Converter 4.40 | 1.95 MB | English

Quote:

3D Object Converter, a powerful 3d model translation and interactive viewing shareware tool that allows arbitrary 3d model data to be imported from external sources, exported to various industry standard 3d file formats with great accuracy and quality. 3D Object Converter, a powerful 3d model translation and interactive viewing shareware tool that allows arbitrary 3d model data to be imported from external sources, exported to various industry standard 3d file formats with great accuracy and quality. The program supports 550 file formats. Features: Automated installation utility. Automatic file format recognition. Automatic polygon checking and repairing function during (scene) loading. Automatic self-checking function on every startup against virus infection. Batch converter module. Color wireframe / flat shaded / gouraud shaded / vertex color shaded / textured rendering mode. Drag and Drop support (to load object). Fast import and export process. Fully dynamic memory allocation, so the program only uses as much memory as it needs. FullScreen OpenGL rendered interactive object viewer with mouse wheel support. Material per polygon support. Material editor. Multiplatform ASCII file loader technology. No DLL requisite. Options /for general, view, colors, import, export/ (CTRL-O). Portable application. Storing and processing the vertices as double precision. Storing and processing the faces as n-sided polygons.

Code:

http://hotfile.com/dl/64473312/62afaa8/RapidshareDownloads.Org.3D_Object_Converter_4.40.rar.html

TOTAL VIDEO CONVERTER [TVC] v3.14 WITH SERIAL KEY !

TOTAL VIDEO CONVERTER (TVC)

Main Features of Total Video Converter:

* Convert all kinds of videos to mobile videos or audios (mp4, 3gp, xvid, divx mpeg4 avi, amr audio) which are used by cell-phone, PDA, PSP, iPod, iPhone, Xbox360, PS3 etc.;
* Photos slide show combines multi-photos and musics with more than 300 photos fantasy transition effect;
* High compatibility and high efficiency for Importing RMVB or RM video/audio;
* Convert various videos to MPEG videos compatible with standard DVD/SVCD/VCD;
* Burn the converted videos to DVD/SVCD/VCD;
* Rip DVD to popular videos of all sorts;
* Extract audio from various of videos and convert which to all kinds of audios (mp3, ac3, ogg, wav, aac);
* RIP CD to audios of all sorts directly;
* Support using with command line;
* Combine several video and audio files to one video file;
* Demultiplex or extract video and audio;
* Multiplex video and audio to one file

Video Formats:

Convert from Real Video Rmvb (.rm,.rmvb)
Convert from MPEG4 (.mp4)
Convert from 3gp (.3gp, 3g2)
Convert from Game Psp (.psp)
Convert from MPEG1 (.mpg, mpeg)
Convert from MPEG2 PS (.mpg, mpeg, vob)
Convert from MPEG2 TS (DVB Transport Stream)
Convert from DIVX (.divx)
Convert from Ms ASF (.asf, .wmv)
Convert from Ms ASF (.asf, .wmv)
Convert from Ms AVI (.avi)
Convert from Macromedia Flash video FLV (.flv)
Convert from Apple Quicktime (.mov)
Convert from FLIC format (.fli, .flc)
Convert from Gif Animation (.gif)
Convert from DV (.dv)
Convert from Matroska (.mkv)
Convert from ogm (.ogm)
Convert from Video Formats Dx9 Directshow can open

Audio Formats:

Convert from CD audio (.cda)
Convert from MPEG audio (.mp3, mp2)
Convert from Ms WAV (.wav)
Convert from Ms WMA (.wma)
Convert from Real Audio (.ra)
Convert from OGG (.ogg)
Convert from Amr audio (.amr)
Convert from AC3 (.ac3)
Convert from SUN AU format (.au)
Convert from Macromedia Flash embedded audio (.swf)
Convert from Audio Formats Dx9 Directshow can open

HERE IS THE RAPIDSHARE LINK...

Code:

http://hotfile.com/dl/62919787/04ebe0a/TVC.rar.html