Google announced today a new feature for all the AdSense registered members that will allow them to upgrade the account and change their private information. Basically, the AdSense login will be updated to a Google account and you'll be able to use the same information entered for other products designed by the search giant. Until now, the AdSense configuration process was extremely important because it contained private information about the user such as the home address to receive the money, telephone numbers and other sensitive details. However, the Mountain View company wants to increase their powers and let them modify some of the settings using the new function.
“That's right, we've just started our first Google Account migration tests for older AdSense accounts. When you log into your account, you may be greeted by a screen like the one below, asking you to upgrade your login to a "Google Account". If you like the email address you're already using, in most cases you'll be able to upgrade it to a Google Account and keep the same login and password. However, if you use another email address for other Google products like Gmail and Picasaweb, you already have a Google Account and you can finally use the same login for AdSense,” Dobromir Montauk, AdSense Publisher Support, sustained today.
The new function will be displayed in a new screen just after the user logs into his AdSense account. However, if the message doesn't show up, don't be afraid because the company updates the advertising platform slowly, so your turn might come later. You should also remember that Google introduces the function only for the old accounts so, if you're a new AdSense publisher, you might not be included in the update process.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
µTorrent 1.7 Build 1552 beta
Author: Ludvig Strigeus
Date: 2007-05-01
Size: 200 Kb
License: Freeware
Requires: Win All
µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients.
Main Features:
- Multiple simultaneous downloads
- Smart bandwidth usage
- File level priorities
- Configurable bandwidth scheduling
- Global and per-torrent speed limiting
- Quickly resumes interrupted transfers
- UPnP support (WinXP only)
- Supports popular protocol extensions
- Localized to different languages
- Typical memory use less than 4 MB
- Incredibly small
Download:
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Date: 2007-05-01
Size: 200 Kb
License: Freeware
Requires: Win All
µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients.
Main Features:
- Multiple simultaneous downloads
- Smart bandwidth usage
- File level priorities
- Configurable bandwidth scheduling
- Global and per-torrent speed limiting
- Quickly resumes interrupted transfers
- UPnP support (WinXP only)
- Supports popular protocol extensions
- Localized to different languages
- Typical memory use less than 4 MB
- Incredibly small
Download:
Click here
The Best Vista Notebooks
The new version of Windows can be a challenge for some notebooks to run. Our tests will point you to the laptops with the power to handle Vista.
Photograph: Robert Cardin
Right now could be a great time to splurge on a laptop, given that many come with Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system to sweeten the deal. But is the new OS reason enough to jump now, or should you hang on to your trusty Windows XP laptop for a while longer?
To find out, we rounded up 15 Vista-equipped laptops from Acer, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, HP, Lenovo, Micro Express, and Toshiba, in two categories: desktop-replacement models powerful enough to serve as your Primary PC, and ultraportables weighing less than 5 pounds. We tested speed and battery life and carefully evaluated screens, keyboards, and other vital features.
We ranked the best five notebooks in each category and awarded Best Buys to the $2301 HP Pavilion dv9000t, a desktop replacement, and the $2150 Dell XPS M1210, an ultraportable. The jazzed-up dv9000t is a snazzy multimedia laptop with a 17-inch screen and designer exterior, while the M1210 is Dell at its best in a 4.9-pound package complete with a dedicated entertainment interface, smoking speed, and great battery life.
This roundup also marks the debut of WorldBench 6 Beta 2, the latest version of PC World's test suite for computers. Our PC World Test Center team refreshed the benchmark with Vista support and expanded tests that give multicore systems a workout. We also improved our battery test with a new automated script that rotates simulated typing with full-screen DVD-quality videos. (In view of its various updates, of course, WorldBench 6 Beta 2 scores are not comparable to previous WorldBench 5 results.) Visit PC World Test Center InfoCenter for more information.
So what can you expect from this first batch of Vista-enabled portables? Though graphically busy and a memory hog, Vista and its Aero 3D environment look great and run well on these suitably powerful laptops; most models in our roundup came with 2GB of memory. If you buy a Vista notebook now, however, you'll encounter more problems with hardware and software compatibility than you would have with an early Windows XP laptop; for example, some docking stations currently disable Aero. But most sources of incompatibility are identical to those you'd run into with a Vista desktop PC, and they should soon fade as vendors update their drivers and software applications.
While a few of the models here are XP-era laptops with an OS transplant, others are among the first notebook PCs to take advantage of some daring new Vista-inspired evolutionary advances. For example, though the Toshiba Portégé R400-S4931 missed out on our chart due to limited performance and a hefty $3499 price tag, it and the $2199 Asus W5fe-2P025E were the only two models to implement Vista SideShow technology. SideShow-equipped laptops come with a small secondary screen in the lid or edge--a little like external displays on clamshell phones--that can display useful information (such as Outlook appointments) even when the notebook is turned off.
The Portégé R400-S4931, the Asus U1F, and the Fujitsu LifeBook P7230 all have vivid new LED-backlit screens that are noticeably brighter and easier to read than a standard fluorescent-backlit panel. The LED-backlit screens are also thinner and use about a third less power, making for lighter laptops with longer battery life. In another first, we formally tested a laptop--the Acer Aspire 9810-6829--with a mammoth 20.1-inch screen.
From PcWorld
Your Uninstaller! PRO 2006 5.0.0.358
Your Uninstaller! uninstaller program is the industry's leading uninstaller program. It's the world's 1st smart Drag & Uninstall™ uninstaller program under the Windows platform, it's "Windows XP Optimized" and also works on other Windows versions including Windows XP/2000/ME/98/95/2003. It's as easy as using the recycle bin. Imagine! Just a drag-drop and the program you don't want will disappear from your computer-- as well as everything the unwanted program brings! Your Uninstaller! is a user-friendly way of removing unneeded applications on your computer. It can even remove some annoying spywares!
Your Uninstaller! software is a specially designed uninstaller program for both beginning and advanced users. Your Uninstaller! 2006 is extremely very fast and easy to use. It has a unique ability to uninstall items by simply dragging programs' icons into the Your Uninstaller! icon. You may also find the application you want to uninstall through a unique search function.
Your Uninstaller! completely removes applications so quickly. Your Uninstaller! starts up 500%-1000% times faster than other Add/Remove programs. As you know, there are many installers in the world, such as InstallShield, Wise Installer, Microsoft Installer and many others. Most applications are built using these installers. Each installer has a unique install database, which makes it difficult to find all the changes programs' make to your computer. That's why other uninstallers can only uninstall part of an application-leaving some files and registry keys.
To solve this problem, Your Uninstaller! uses it's unique technique: SmartUninstall™. SmartUninstall™ has a database containing information about all installers on the market; so when it uninstalls a program, it automatically detects which installer the application used, then it simply uninstalls the application properly. That's the reason Your Uninstaller! can detect and completely remove all the programs and icons on your computer.
Key features:
* Completely remove any application installed.
* Deep scan of registry and entire disk for unused registry entries and files.
* Remove programs that could not be removed by Add/Remove Program.
* Uninstall screen savers.
* Shows all applications installed on your computer with customized views. Built-in Disk Cleaner helps you find and remove unnecessary files on your disk to save space and make computer faster!
* Built-in IE Context Menu Cleaner, cleans the context menu of Internet Explorer.
* Built-in Startup Manager, take full control of Window startups.
* Built-in Start Menu Manager helps you keep your Start Menu clean.
* Get the applications detail info even if it hide itself in deep directory, especially useful for finding out "Spy" applications.
* Backup/restore installed-applications information.
* Uninstall with SINGLE drag-drop! Just drop a file on Your Uninstaller! icon on the desktop to see what happens!
* List installed applications with appropriate icons(same as you see in the Start Menu), you can easily find the application you want to uninstall.
* Powerful search feature allows you quickly find the program you are about to uninstall.
* Automatical detectection of invalid installations and removing them with one click.
* Force removal of uninstall related entries in the registry(care to use!).
* Lighting speed at startup, 5-10 times faster than Add/Remove Program of Windows XP!
* View all details of an certain application installed on your computer.
* Export programs list to file or printer.
* More ...
Here's a brief new features list:
- Uninstall programs that can't be uninstalled through Add/Remove Program.
- Advanced Uninstall to solve "prevent-reinstall" problems.
- Cache support for fast access to all programs.
- Know more about each program installed on your computer.
- Quick access to various install locations.
- Deep system scan after uninstallation to find hidden registry entries.
- Customized color for each type of programs.
- Load undocumented startup programs in Startup Manager, it's easy to find some spywares.
- Newly added Start Menu Manager keeps Start Menu always clean.
- Improved Disk Cleaner provides more options and faster speed.
- Wizard style uninstallation process keeps Your Uninstaller! 2006 easy to use.
- Redesigned user interface.
- Improved Drag&Uninstall.
- More options added for advanced users.
- Other many minor improvements and changes.
Your Uninstaller! software is a specially designed uninstaller program for both beginning and advanced users. Your Uninstaller! 2006 is extremely very fast and easy to use. It has a unique ability to uninstall items by simply dragging programs' icons into the Your Uninstaller! icon. You may also find the application you want to uninstall through a unique search function.
Your Uninstaller! completely removes applications so quickly. Your Uninstaller! starts up 500%-1000% times faster than other Add/Remove programs. As you know, there are many installers in the world, such as InstallShield, Wise Installer, Microsoft Installer and many others. Most applications are built using these installers. Each installer has a unique install database, which makes it difficult to find all the changes programs' make to your computer. That's why other uninstallers can only uninstall part of an application-leaving some files and registry keys.
To solve this problem, Your Uninstaller! uses it's unique technique: SmartUninstall™. SmartUninstall™ has a database containing information about all installers on the market; so when it uninstalls a program, it automatically detects which installer the application used, then it simply uninstalls the application properly. That's the reason Your Uninstaller! can detect and completely remove all the programs and icons on your computer.
Key features:
* Completely remove any application installed.
* Deep scan of registry and entire disk for unused registry entries and files.
* Remove programs that could not be removed by Add/Remove Program.
* Uninstall screen savers.
* Shows all applications installed on your computer with customized views. Built-in Disk Cleaner helps you find and remove unnecessary files on your disk to save space and make computer faster!
* Built-in IE Context Menu Cleaner, cleans the context menu of Internet Explorer.
* Built-in Startup Manager, take full control of Window startups.
* Built-in Start Menu Manager helps you keep your Start Menu clean.
* Get the applications detail info even if it hide itself in deep directory, especially useful for finding out "Spy" applications.
* Backup/restore installed-applications information.
* Uninstall with SINGLE drag-drop! Just drop a file on Your Uninstaller! icon on the desktop to see what happens!
* List installed applications with appropriate icons(same as you see in the Start Menu), you can easily find the application you want to uninstall.
* Powerful search feature allows you quickly find the program you are about to uninstall.
* Automatical detectection of invalid installations and removing them with one click.
* Force removal of uninstall related entries in the registry(care to use!).
* Lighting speed at startup, 5-10 times faster than Add/Remove Program of Windows XP!
* View all details of an certain application installed on your computer.
* Export programs list to file or printer.
* More ...
Here's a brief new features list:
- Uninstall programs that can't be uninstalled through Add/Remove Program.
- Advanced Uninstall to solve "prevent-reinstall" problems.
- Cache support for fast access to all programs.
- Know more about each program installed on your computer.
- Quick access to various install locations.
- Deep system scan after uninstallation to find hidden registry entries.
- Customized color for each type of programs.
- Load undocumented startup programs in Startup Manager, it's easy to find some spywares.
- Newly added Start Menu Manager keeps Start Menu always clean.
- Improved Disk Cleaner provides more options and faster speed.
- Wizard style uninstallation process keeps Your Uninstaller! 2006 easy to use.
- Redesigned user interface.
- Improved Drag&Uninstall.
- More options added for advanced users.
- Other many minor improvements and changes.
Download: 3.8MB
CompTIA A+ Complete Study Guide (Exams 220-301, 220-302)
Presenting the highly anticipated revision of the bestselling guide that prepares readers for what is considered the most popular entry-level IT certification offered
* Offers network and hardware technicians clear and concise information on the essential exam, plus all electives for the revised CompTIA A+ exam
* Practical examples and insights drawn from real-world experience as well as exam highlights and end-of-chapter reviews arm test-takers with invaluable prep work
* Provides authoritative coverage of key exam topics such as installation, configuration, upgrading, preventive maintenance, printers, basic networking, troubleshooting, motherboards, processors, memory, and much more
* The CD-ROM features leading-edge exam preparation software, including a test engine and electronic flashcards, as well as a PDF of the entire book
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Assessment Test.
Chapter 1. Identifying Personal Computer Components.
Chapter 2. Effectively Working with Personal Computer Components.
Chapter 3. Understanding Laptops and Portable Devices.
Chapter 4. Understanding Operating Systems.
Chapter 5. Understanding Basics of Installing, Configuring, Optimizing, and Upgrading Operating Systems.
Chapter 6. Identifying Operating System Troubleshooting and Diagnostic Procedures.
Chapter 7. Understanding the Basics of Printers and Scanners.
Chapter 8. Networking Fundamentals.
Chapter 9. Understanding Network Security Fundamentals.
Chapter 10. Identifying Safety and Environmental Issues.
Chapter 11. Understanding Professionalism and Communication.
Chapter 12. Working with Personal Computer Components.
Chapter 13. Working with Laptops and Portable Devices.
Chapter 14. Installing, Configuring, Optimizing, and Upgrading Operating Systems.
Chapter 15. Installing, Configuring, Optimizing, and Upgrading Printers and Scanners.
Chapter 16. Installing, Configuring, Optimizing, and Upgrading Network Systems.
Chapter 17. Installing, Configuring, Upgrading, and Optimizing Security Systems.
Glossary.
Index.
About the Authors
Quentin Docter, A+, MCSE, CNE, CCNA, SCSA, is an IT consultant and author. He has written or coauthored several books for Sybex, including MCSE: Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure Design Study Guide.
Emmett Dulaney, A+, MCSE, has written over 30 books on Windows, Security, IT project management, and UNIX, and is the certification columnist for Redmond Magazine and CramSession.com.
Toby Skandier, A+, is a technical education developer for Sprint Corporation. He has coauthored numerous books, including the bestselling CompTIA Network+ Study Guide.
Download: 100MB
* Offers network and hardware technicians clear and concise information on the essential exam, plus all electives for the revised CompTIA A+ exam
* Practical examples and insights drawn from real-world experience as well as exam highlights and end-of-chapter reviews arm test-takers with invaluable prep work
* Provides authoritative coverage of key exam topics such as installation, configuration, upgrading, preventive maintenance, printers, basic networking, troubleshooting, motherboards, processors, memory, and much more
* The CD-ROM features leading-edge exam preparation software, including a test engine and electronic flashcards, as well as a PDF of the entire book
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Assessment Test.
Chapter 1. Identifying Personal Computer Components.
Chapter 2. Effectively Working with Personal Computer Components.
Chapter 3. Understanding Laptops and Portable Devices.
Chapter 4. Understanding Operating Systems.
Chapter 5. Understanding Basics of Installing, Configuring, Optimizing, and Upgrading Operating Systems.
Chapter 6. Identifying Operating System Troubleshooting and Diagnostic Procedures.
Chapter 7. Understanding the Basics of Printers and Scanners.
Chapter 8. Networking Fundamentals.
Chapter 9. Understanding Network Security Fundamentals.
Chapter 10. Identifying Safety and Environmental Issues.
Chapter 11. Understanding Professionalism and Communication.
Chapter 12. Working with Personal Computer Components.
Chapter 13. Working with Laptops and Portable Devices.
Chapter 14. Installing, Configuring, Optimizing, and Upgrading Operating Systems.
Chapter 15. Installing, Configuring, Optimizing, and Upgrading Printers and Scanners.
Chapter 16. Installing, Configuring, Optimizing, and Upgrading Network Systems.
Chapter 17. Installing, Configuring, Upgrading, and Optimizing Security Systems.
Glossary.
Index.
About the Authors
Quentin Docter, A+, MCSE, CNE, CCNA, SCSA, is an IT consultant and author. He has written or coauthored several books for Sybex, including MCSE: Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure Design Study Guide.
Emmett Dulaney, A+, MCSE, has written over 30 books on Windows, Security, IT project management, and UNIX, and is the certification columnist for Redmond Magazine and CramSession.com.
Toby Skandier, A+, is a technical education developer for Sprint Corporation. He has coauthored numerous books, including the bestselling CompTIA Network+ Study Guide.
Download: 100MB
Notepad++ 4.1
Author: Notepad Plus
Date: 2007-05-01
Size: 1.6 Mb
License: Freeware (GPL)
Requires: Win All
Notepad++ is a free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment.
This project, based on Scintilla edit component (a very powerful editor component) are written in C++ with pure win32 api and STL (that ensures the higher execution speed and smaller size of the program), is under the GPL Licence.
Main Features:
- Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding: Supported languages : C, C++, Java, C#, XML, HTML, PHP, Javascript, RC resource file, makefile, ASCII art file extension .nfo , screenshot1, screenshot2), doxygen, ini file, batch file, ASP, VB/VBS source files, SQL, Objective-C, CSS, Pascal, Perl, Python, Lua, TCL, Assembler, Ruby, Lisp, Scheme, Properties, Diff, Smalltalk, Postscript and VHDL.
- WYSIWYG
- User Defined Syntax Highlighting
- Multi-Document Tabs
- Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
- Full Drag ‘N' Drop supported
- Dynamic position of Views
- File Status Auto-detection
- Zoom in and zoom out
- Multi-Language environment supported
- Bookmark
- Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
- Macro recording and playback
Download:
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Date: 2007-05-01
Size: 1.6 Mb
License: Freeware (GPL)
Requires: Win All
Notepad++ is a free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment.
This project, based on Scintilla edit component (a very powerful editor component) are written in C++ with pure win32 api and STL (that ensures the higher execution speed and smaller size of the program), is under the GPL Licence.
Main Features:
- Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding: Supported languages : C, C++, Java, C#, XML, HTML, PHP, Javascript, RC resource file, makefile, ASCII art file extension .nfo , screenshot1, screenshot2), doxygen, ini file, batch file, ASP, VB/VBS source files, SQL, Objective-C, CSS, Pascal, Perl, Python, Lua, TCL, Assembler, Ruby, Lisp, Scheme, Properties, Diff, Smalltalk, Postscript and VHDL.
- WYSIWYG
- User Defined Syntax Highlighting
- Multi-Document Tabs
- Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
- Full Drag ‘N' Drop supported
- Dynamic position of Views
- File Status Auto-detection
- Zoom in and zoom out
- Multi-Language environment supported
- Bookmark
- Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
- Macro recording and playback
Download:
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New Standard Will Make Your Hard Drive Faster
Hard disk drives, as we know them, have a default data block size of 512 bytes, making the smallest sector on the drive 512 bytes in size. All that is about to change because of the initiative of the International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association (IDEMA) which has approved the Long Block Data (LBD) standard on hard drives that increases the size of the default block to 4.096 bytes.The current 512 byte standard has been around for more than 30 years, and IDEMA put together a committee back in 2000 to work on replacing the standard. There are advantages and disadvantages for this standard, and both rely on the user’s requirements. If you are a user who works with documents, spreadsheets, and basically small-size files, then using the 512 byte standard is just what you need, as you will benefit from the small block size.
When creating a file, which is 700 bytes in size, that file will take 512 bytes from the first block, and the rest from the second block. The remaining space from the second block will be considered full, even if it has only about half the size occupied. If that 700-byte file is written on a 4.096 byte data block, the 700 bytes will take up the required space, and the rest will also be considered full. On the other hand, when writing a large file, say a movie, a hard drive writes faster on 4.096 byte sectors than it would on 512 byte sectors because it has to split the data less often.
For the time being, Seagate and Western Digital have taken into consideration that the standard cannot be brought to the market by storm, it has to be eased onto the consumers. That’s why they will deliver products that use eight continuous 512 byte blocks, so that the drives could use either 512 or 4.096 byte blocks. The performance growth from using this new technology is said to be very big, thus reducing the format and defragment time, and error rates could be reduced ten-fold.
Joel Weiss, president of IDEMA said: "The primary roadblock we had to overcome was legacy software that requires a 512-byte block size. By facilitating the discussion between both hard disk drive manufacturers and the leaders in operating system and BIOS software, we were able to establish a standard that is now accepted by the software industry and can be implemented in a way that is easily updateable and backward compatible.”
QuickTime 7.1.6.200
QuickTime 7 is Apple's cutting-edge digital media software for both Mac and Windows-based computers delivers unparalleled quality for creating, playing and streaming audio and video content over the Internet. Besides playing MPEG-4 and MP3 content, it supports timecode tracks as well as MIDI standards such as the Roland Sound Canvas and GS format extensions. It also supports key standards for web streaming, including HTTP, RTP and RTSP. Plus, it supports every major file format for images, including JPEG, BMP, PICT, PNG and GIF. QuickTime 7 features an ultra efficient new H.264 video codec delivering stunning quality at remarkably low data rates from 3G to iChat AV to HD.
Download : QuickTime 7.1.6
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