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OPERA 9.5

2011-02-03T21:32:00.000-08:00

When I posted my Firefox Mobile review for the N900 a couple months back many people prematurely left comments asking why it was better thanOpera Mobile. Now that Opera Mobile for the N900 has been out for some time, it is even in the repositories now, I figured it was only fair to give Opera it's dues and give an overview of Opera on the Maemo platform.

If you have used Opera Mobile on any other device before then you will find the interface on the N900 very familiar

Opera Mobile is designed for the touch screen interface many devices have and it functions well on the N900. The home screen of Opera Mobile displays nine widget "speed dial" you can set to your favorite websites. Above these is the URL and Google search bar that you will be used to from most desktop web browsers. Across the bottom of the screen are your backwards, forwards, refresh, tabs, and settings button.

When you are viewing a webpage Opera displays full screen, maximizing your viewable screen space. The only parts that are obscured are the lower right hand corner and the lower left hand corner portions of the screen.

When it comes to overall usage Opera is much snappier than Firefox on the N900. It loads much quicker and uses far less system resources when multi-tasking. Another feature that sets Opera apart from other browsers on the N900 is it's excellent portrait browsing mode. Firefox Mobile does not support portrait mode at all and even though with PR 1.2 MicroB (the N900's default browser) supports portrait mode - it does not as of yet have an on screen keyboard when browsing as such (which makes entering text near impossible on MicroB one handed).

Which brings me to my next point about Opera Mobile - the on screen keyboard. All I have to say is: it's fantastic. Seriously, I wish every application on the N900 could use Opera's on screen keyboard, it only takes up half the screen and using it feels much cleaner than the default Maemo on screen keyboard.

While there are many good things about Opera Mobile, it is not all sun shine and roses. The primary thing that keeps Opera from being the only browser on my N900 is largely the fact that it feels very much like a mobile browser. The lack of flash support and it's inability to fully render more than a few webpages keeps Opera from providing the full blown browsing experience I am used to on my N900.

Anyone else been enjoying Opera 10 on their N900 and have some input on the browser?

EXPLORER 8

2011-02-03T21:27:00.000-08:00

Microsoft's current standard is Internet Explorer 8. This web browser outperforms its ancestors with tighter security, private browsing and a clean look. Internet Explorer 8 features extensive parental controls that can be customized to fit each individual in a family. If you have small children and protection is a priority, look no further, this is the browser for your home computer.

Internet Explorer is a good browser with great features. Additional features in version 8 make it even better and definitely worth your consideration.

Features Set:

Microsoft offers a variety of add–ons to customize Internet Explorer 8 and provides the features that will help you make the most of the web. There are four different categories of add–ons: security, time savers, browsers and entertainment. In each category you’ll find a number of downloads, each with a description. Many are free, but some you’ll have to purchase.

Internet Explorer incorporates tabbed browsing. With tabbed browsing, you are able to switch quickly between open websites and you can open more than one website in a single browser window.

Another notable feature is an integrated search window. You can choose to search with your favorite search engine or through other informative websites like Wikipedia, About.com and TopTenREVIEWS. Additionally, IE offers RSS feeds, a synchronize tool and a password manager, so you can further benefit from the array of information on the Internet.

Internet Explorer 8 has a private browsing mode, which stops the browser from adding any sites you visit to your history. InPrivate mode also prevents your computer from picking up temporary Internet files, form data, cookies, usernames, and passwords.

Internet Explorer also now has a smart toolbar, offering search suggestions based on your previous browsing and even visual previews.

Ease of Use:

Internet Explorer 8 is fairly intuitive and easy to use. Making new tabs couldn't be easier. The Internet Explorer interface has the essentials right where you need them, and isn't cluttered.

Security:

Internet Explorer 8 has enhanced security features. It protects against viruses, spyware, pop–ups and phishing schemes. You can download additional security tools from the add–ons list on their homepage. You can also easily clear your personal information and stored cookies.

IE provides security for the entire family and offers extensive parental controls to protect children against web predators and inappropriate content.

Speed & Compatibility:

Internet Explorer is pretty quick. And while not technically the speediest browser, we had no problems quickly browsing, and certainly no issues with compatibility problems. Check out our time trials to see which browsers performed faster than Internet Explorer.

Help/Support:

Internet Explorer comes with first–class help and support. You can find answers to your questions in the online content. The FAQs page has answers to common questions or you can search the database by keyword to find specific information. Furthermore, Microsoft offers personal assistance by phone or email.

Google Chrome

2011-02-03T21:14:00.000-08:00

Google Chrome Terms of Service

These Terms of Service apply to the executable code version of Google Chrome. Source code for Google Chrome is available free of charge under open source software license agreements at http://code.google.com/chromium/terms.html.

1. Your relationship with Google

1.1 Your use of Google’s products, software, services and web sites (referred to collectively as the “Services” in this document and excluding any services provided to you by Google under a separate written agreement) is subject to the terms of a legal agreement between you and Google. “Google” means Google Inc., whose principal place of business is at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States. This document explains how the agreement is made up, and sets out some of the terms of that agreement.

1.2 Unless otherwise agreed in writing with Google, your agreement with Google will always include, at a minimum, the terms and conditions set out in this document. These are referred to below as the “Universal Terms”. Open source software licenses for Google Chrome source code constitute separate written agreements. To the limited extent that the open source software licenses expressly supersede these Universal Terms, the open source licenses govern your agreement with Google for the use of Google Chrome or specific included components of Google Chrome.

1.3 Your agreement with Google will also include the the terms set forth below in the Google Chrome Additional Terms of Service and terms of any Legal Notices applicable to the Services, in addition to the Universal Terms. All of these are referred to below as the “Additional Terms”. Where Additional Terms apply to a Service, these will be accessible for you to read either within, or through your use of, that Service.

1.4 The Universal Terms, together with the Additional Terms, form a legally binding agreement between you and Google in relation to your use of the Services. It is important that you take the time to read them carefully. Collectively, this legal agreement is referred to below as the “Terms”.

1.5 If there is any contradiction between what the Additional Terms say and what the Universal Terms say, then the Additional Terms shall take precedence in relation to that Service.

2. Accepting the Terms

2.1 In order to use the Services, you must first agree to the Terms. You may not use the Services if you do not accept the Terms.

2.2 You can accept the Terms by:

(A) clicking to accept or agree to the Terms, where this option is made available to you by Google in the user interface for any Service; or

(B) by actually using the Services. In this case, you understand and agree that Google will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms from that point onwards.

3. Language of the Terms

3.1 Where Google has provided you with a translation of the English language version of the Terms, then you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the English language versions of the Terms will govern your relationship with Google.

3.2 If there is any contradiction between what the English language version of the Terms says and what a translation says, then the English language version shall take precedence.

4. Provision of the Services by Google

4.1 Google has subsidiaries and affiliated legal entities around the world (“Subsidiaries and Affiliates”). Sometimes, these companies will be providing the Services to you on behalf of Google itself. You acknowledge and agree that Subsidiaries and Affiliates will be entitled to provide the Services to you.

4.2 Google is constantly innovating in order to provide the best possible experience for its users. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Services which Google provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you.

4.3 As part of this continuing innovation, you acknowledge and agree that Google may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to users generally at Google’s sole discretion, without prior notice to you. You may stop using the Services at any time. You do not need to specifically inform Google when you stop using the Services.

4.4 You acknowledge and agree that if Google disables access to your account, you may be prevented from accessing the Services, your account details or any files or other content which is contained in your account.

5. Use of the Services by you

5.1 You agree to use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by (a) the Terms and (b) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions (including any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the United States or other relevant countries).

5.2 You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services).

5.3 Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with Google, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any purpose.

5.4 You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Google has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which Google may suffer) of any such breach.

6. Privacy and your personal information

6.1 For information about Google’s data protection practices, please read Google’s privacy policy at http://www.google.com/privacy.html and at http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/privacy.html. This policy explains how Google treats your personal information, and protects your privacy, when you use the Services.

6.2 You agree to the use of your data in accordance with Google’s privacy policies.

7. Content in the Services

7.1 You understand that all information (such as data files, written text, computer software, music, audio files or other sounds, photographs, videos or other images) which you may have access to as part of, or through your use of, the Services are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated. All such information is referred to below as the “Content.”

7.2 You should be aware that Content presented to you as part of the Services, including but not limited to advertisements in the Services and sponsored Content within the Services may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by the sponsors or advertisers who provide that Content to Google (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Google or by the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement.

7.3 Google reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service. For some of the Services, Google may provide tools to filter out explicit sexual content. These tools include the SafeSearch preference settings (see http://www.google.com/help/customize.html#safe). In addition, there are commercially available services and software to limit access to material that you may find objectionable.

7.4 You understand that by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the Services at your own risk.

7.5 You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Google has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any Content that you create, transmit or display while using the Services and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which Google may suffer) by doing so.

8. Proprietary rights

8.1 You acknowledge and agree that Google (or Google’s licensors) own all legal right, title and interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist).

8.2 Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Google, nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use any of Google’s trade names, trade marks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features.

8.3 If you have been given an explicit right to use any of these brand features in a separate written agreement with Google, then you agree that your use of such features shall be in compliance with that agreement, any applicable provisions of the Terms, and Google's brand feature use guidelines as updated from time to time. These guidelines can be viewed online at http://www.google.com/permissions/guidelines.html (or such other URL as Google may provide for this purpose from time to time).

8.4 Google acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these Terms in or to any Content that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that Content (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Google, you agree that you are responsible for protecting and enforcing those rights and that Google has no obligation to do so on your behalf.

8.5 You agree that you shall not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trade mark notices) which may be affixed to or contained within the Services.

8.6 Unless you have been expressly authorized to do so in writing by Google, you agree that in using the Services, you will not use any trade mark, service mark, trade name, logo of any company or organization in a way that is likely or intended to cause confusion about the owner or authorized user of such marks, names or logos.

9. License from Google

9.1 Google gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software provided to you by Google as part of the Services as provided to you by Google (referred to as the “Software” below). This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by Google, in the manner permitted by the Terms.

9.2 Subject to section 1.2, you may not (and you may not permit anyone else to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the Software or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or required by law, or unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Google, in writing.

9.3 Subject to section 1.2, unless Google has given you specific written permission to do so, you may not assign (or grant a sub-license of) your rights to use the Software, grant a security interest in or over your rights to use the Software, or otherwise transfer any part of your rights to use the Software.

10. Content license from you

10.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.

11. Software updates

11.1 The Software which you use may automatically download and install updates from time to time from Google. These updates are designed to improve, enhance and further develop the Services and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new software modules and completely new versions. You agree to receive such updates (and permit Google to deliver these to you) as part of your use of the Services.

12. Ending your relationship with Google

12.1 The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or Google as set out below.

12.2 Google may at any time, terminate its legal agreement with you if:

(A) you have breached any provision of the Terms (or have acted in manner which clearly shows that you do not intend to, or are unable to comply with the provisions of the Terms); or

(B) Google is required to do so by law (for example, where the provision of the Services to you is, or becomes, unlawful); or

(C) the partner with whom Google offered the Services to you has terminated its relationship with Google or ceased to offer the Services to you; or

(D) Google is transitioning to no longer providing the Services to users in the country in which you are resident or from which you use the service; or

(E) the provision of the Services to you by Google is, in Google’s opinion, no longer commercially viable.

12.3 Nothing in this Section shall affect Google’s rights regarding provision of Services under Section 4 of the Terms.

12.4 When these Terms come to an end, all of the legal rights, obligations and liabilities that you and Google have benefited from, been subject to (or which have accrued over time whilst the Terms have been in force) or which are expressed to continue indefinitely, shall be unaffected by this cessation, and the provisions of paragraph 19.7 shall continue to apply to such rights, obligations and liabilities indefinitely.

13. EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES

13.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS, INCLUDING SECTIONS 13 AND 14, SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT GOOGLE’S WARRANTY OR LIABILITY FOR LOSSES WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF IMPLIED TERMS, OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, ONLY THE LIMITATIONS WHICH ARE LAWFUL IN YOUR JURISDICTION WILL APPLY TO YOU AND OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

13.2 YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND “AS AVAILABLE.”

13.3 IN PARTICULAR, GOOGLE, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT:

(A) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,

(B) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR,

(D) THAT DEFECTS IN THE OPERATION OR FUNCTIONALITY OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS PART OF THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED.

13.4 ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.

13.5 NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM GOOGLE OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.

13.6 GOOGLE FURTHER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

14.1 SUBJECT TO OVERALL PROVISION IN PARAGRAPH 13.1 ABOVE, YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT GOOGLE, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR:

(A) ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY.. THIS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY LOSS OF PROFIT (WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY), ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL OR BUSINESS REPUTATION, ANY LOSS OF DATA SUFFERED, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS;

(B) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF:

(I) ANY RELIANCE PLACED BY YOU ON THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY ADVERTISING, OR AS A RESULT OF ANY RELATIONSHIP OR TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY ADVERTISER OR SPONSOR WHOSE ADVERTISING APPEARS ON THE SERVICES;

(II) ANY CHANGES WHICH GOOGLE MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY CESSATION IN THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN THE SERVICES);

(III) THE DELETION OF, CORRUPTION OF, OR FAILURE TO STORE, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DATA MAINTAINED OR TRANSMITTED BY OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES;

(IV) YOUR FAILURE TO PROVIDE GOOGLE WITH ACCURATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION;

(V) YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL;

14.2 THE LIMITATIONS ON GOOGLE’S LIABILITY TO YOU IN PARAGRAPH 14.1 ABOVE SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT GOOGLE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSSES ARISING.

15. Copyright and trade mark policies

15.1 It is Google’s policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable international intellectual property law (including, in the United States, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and to terminating the accounts of repeat infringers. Details of Google’s policy can be found at http://www.google.com/dmca.html.

15.2 Google operates a trade mark complaints procedure in respect of Google’s advertising business, details of which can be found at http://www.google.com/tm_complaint.html.

16. Advertisements

16.1 Some of the Services are supported by advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotions. These advertisements may be targeted to the content of information stored on the Services, queries made through the Services or other information.

16.2 The manner, mode and extent of advertising by Google on the Services are subject to change without specific notice to you.

16.3 In consideration for Google granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that Google may place such advertising on the Services.

17. Other content

17.1 The Services may include hyperlinks to other web sites or content or resources. Google may have no control over any web sites or resources which are provided by companies or persons other than Google.

17.2 You acknowledge and agree that Google is not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and does not endorse any advertising, products or other materials on or available from such web sites or resources.

17.3 You acknowledge and agree that Google is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of the availability of those external sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from, such web sites or resources.

18. Changes to the Terms

18.1 Google may make changes to the Universal Terms or Additional Terms from time to time. When these changes are made, Google will make a new copy of the Universal Terms available at http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_text.html and any new Additional Terms will be made available to you from within, or through, the affected Services.

18.2 You understand and agree that if you use the Services after the date on which the Universal Terms or Additional Terms have changed, Google will treat your use as acceptance of the updated Universal Terms or Additional Terms.

19. General legal terms

19.1 Sometimes when you use the Services, you may (as a result of, or in connection with your use of the Services) use a service or download a piece of software, or purchase goods, which are provided by another person or company. Your use of these other services, software or goods may be subject to separate terms between you and the company or person concerned. If so, the Terms do not affect your legal relationship with these other companies or individuals.

19.2 The Terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and Google and govern your use of the Services (but excluding any services which Google may provide to you under a separate written agreement), and completely replace any prior agreements between you and Google in relation to the Services.

19.3 You agree that Google may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, by email, regular mail, or postings on the Services.

19.4 You agree that if Google does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the Terms (or which Google has the benefit of under any applicable law), this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of Google’s rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to Google.

19.5 If any court of law, having the jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms without affecting the rest of the Terms. The remaining provisions of the Terms will continue to be valid and enforceable.

19.6 You acknowledge and agree that each member of the group of companies of which Google is the parent shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms and that such other companies shall be entitled to directly enforce, and rely upon, any provision of the Terms which confers a benefit on (or rights in favor of) them. Other than this, no other person or company shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms.

19.7 The Terms, and your relationship with Google under the Terms, shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. You and Google agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Santa Clara, California to resolve any legal matter arising from the Terms. Notwithstanding this, you agree that Google shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.

20. Additional Terms for Extensions for Google Chrome

20.1 These terms in this section apply if you install extensions on your copy of Google Chrome. Extensions are small software programs, developed by Google or third parties, that can modify and enhance the functionality of Google Chrome. Extensions may have greater privileges to access your browser or your computer than regular webpages, including the ability to read and modify your private data.

20.2 From time to time, Google Chrome may check with remote servers (hosted by Google or by third parties) for available updates to extensions, including but not limited to bug fixes or enhanced functionality. You agree that such updates will be automatically requested, downloaded, and installed without further notice to you.

20.3 From time to time, Google may discover an extension that violates Google developer terms or other legal agreements, laws, regulations or policies. Google Chrome will periodically download a list of such extensions from Google’s servers. You agree that Google may remotely disable or remove any such extension from user systems in its sole discretion.

21. Additional Terms for Enterprise Use

21.1 If you are a business entity, then the individual accepting on behalf of the entity (for the avoidance of doubt, for business entities, in these Terms, "you" means the entity) represents and warrants that he or she has the authority to act on your behalf, that you represent that you are duly authorized to do business in the country or countries where you operate, and that your employees, officers, representatives, and other agents accessing the Service are duly authorized to access Google Chrome and to legally bind you to these Terms.

21.2 Subject to the Terms, and in addition to the license grant in Section 9, Google grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to reproduce, distribute, install, and use Google Chrome solely on machines intended for use by your employees, officers, representatives, and agents in connection with your business entity, and provided that their use of Google Chrome will be subject to the Terms.

August 12, 2010

Google Chrome Additional Terms of Service

MPEGLA

THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE AVC PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER TO (i) ENCODE VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AVC STANDARD ( “AVC VIDEO”) AND/OR (ii) DECODE AVC VIDEO THAT WAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND/OR WAS OBTAINED FROM A VIDEO PARTNER LICENSED TO PROVIDE AVC VIDEO. NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR SHALL BE IMPLIED FOR ANY OTHER USE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA, L.L.C. SEE HTTP://WWW.MPEGLA.COM.

Adobe

Google Chrome may include one or more components provided by Adobe Systems Incorporated and Adobe Software Ireland Limited (collectively “Adobe”). Your use of the Adobe software as provided by Google (“Adobe Software”) is subject to the following additional terms (the “Adobe Terms”). You, the entity receiving the Adobe Software, will be hereinafter referred to as “Sublicensee.”

1. License Restrictions.

(a) Flash Player, Version 10.x is designed only as a browser plug-in. Sublicensee may not modify or distribute this Adobe Software for use as anything but a browser plug-in for playing back content on a web page. For example, Sublicensee will not modify this Adobe Software in order to allow interoperation with applications that run outside of the browser (e.g., standalone applications, widgets, device UI).

(b) Sublicensee will not expose any APIs of the Flash Player, Version 10.x through a browser plug-in interface in such a way that allows such extension to be used to playback content from a web page as a stand-alone application.

(c) The Chrome-Reader Software may not be used to render any PDF or EPUB documents that utilize digital rights management protocols or systems other than Adobe DRM.

(d) Adobe DRM must be enabled in the Chrome-Reader Software for all Adobe DRM protected PDF and EPUB documents.

(e) The Chrome-Reader Software may not, other than as explicitly permitted by the technical specifications, disable any capabilities provided by Adobe in the Adobe Software, including but not limited to, support for PDF and EPUB formats and Adobe DRM.

2. Electronic Transmission. Sublicensee may allow the download of the Adobe Software from a web site, the Internet, an intranet, or similar technology (an, “Electronic Transmissions”) provided that Sublicensee agrees that any distributions of the Adobe Software by Sublicensee, including those on CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or other storage media and Electronic Transmissions, if expressly permitted, shall be subject to reasonable security measures to prevent unauthorized use. With relation to Electronic Transmissions approved hereunder, Sublicensee agrees to employ any reasonable use restrictions set by Adobe, including those related to security and/or the restriction of distribution to end users of the Sublicensee Product.

3. EULA and Distribution Terms.

(a) Sublicensee shall ensure that the Adobe Software is distributed to end users under an enforceable end user license agreement, in favor of Sublicensee and its suppliers containing at least each of the following minimum terms (the “End-User License”): (i) a prohibition against distribution and copying, (ii) a prohibition against modifications and derivative works, (iii) a prohibition against decompiling, reverse engineering, disassembling, and otherwise reducing the Adobe Software to a human-perceivable form, (iv) a provision indicating ownership of Sublicensee Product (as defined in Section 8) by Sublicensee and its licensors, (v) a disclaimer of indirect, special, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages, and (vi) other industry standard disclaimers and limitations, including, as applicable: a disclaimer of all applicable statutory warranties, to the full extent allowed by law.

(b) Sublicensee shall ensure that the Adobe Software is distributed to Sublicensee’s distributors under an enforceable distribution license agreement, in favor of Sublicensee and its suppliers containing terms as protective of Adobe as the Adobe Terms.

4. Opensource. Sublicensee will not directly or indirectly grant, or purport to grant, to any third party any rights or immunities under Adobe’s intellectual property or proprietary rights that will subject such intellectual property to an open source license or scheme in which there is or could be interpreted to be a requirement that as a condition of use, modification and/or distribution, the Adobe Software be: (i) disclosed or distributed in source code form; (ii) licensed for the purpose of making derivative works; or (iii) redistributable at no charge. For clarification purposes, the foregoing restriction does not preclude Sublicensee from distributing, and Sublicensee will distribute the Adobe Software as bundled with the Google Software, without charge.

5. Additional Terms. With respect to any update, upgrade, new versions of the Adobe Software (collectively “Upgrades”) provided to Sublicenses, Adobe reserves the right to require additional terms and conditions applicable solely to the Upgrade and future versions thereof, and solely to the extent that such restrictions are imposed by Adobe on all licensees of such Upgrade. If Sublicensee does not agree to such additional terms or conditions, Sublicensee will have no license rights with respect to such Upgrade, and Sublicensee’s license rights with respect to the Adobe Software will terminate automatically on the 90th day from the date such additional terms are made available to Sublicensee.

6. Proprietary Rights Notices. Sublicensee shall not, and shall require its distributors not to, delete or in any manner alter the copyright notices, trademarks, logos or related notices, or other proprietary rights notices of Adobe (and its licensors, if any) appearing on or within the Adobe Software or accompanying materials.

7. Technical Requirements. Sublicensee and its distributors may only distribute Adobe Software and/or Upgrade on devices that (i) meet the technical specifications posted on http://www.adobe.com/mobile/licensees, (or a successor web site thereto), and (ii) has been verified by Adobe as set forth below.

8. Verification and Update. Sublicensee must submit to Adobe each Sublicensee product (and each version thereof) containing the Adobe Software and/or Upgrade (“Sublicensee Product”) that do not meet the Device Verification exemption criteria to be communicated by Google, for Adobe to verify. Sublicensee shall pay for each submission made by Sublicensee by procuring verification packages at Adobe’s then-current terms set forth at http://flashmobile.adobe.com/. Sublicensee Product that has not passed verification may not be distributed. Verification will be accomplished in accordance with Adobe’s then-current process described at http://flashmobile.adobe.com/ (“Verification”).

9. Profiles and Device Central. Sublicensee will be prompted to enter certain profile information about the Sublicensee Products either as part of the Verification process or some other method, and Sublicensee will provide such information, to Adobe. Adobe may (i) use such profile information as reasonably necessary to verify the Sublicensee Product (if such product is subject to Verification), and (ii) display such profile information in “Adobe Device Intelligence system,” located at https://devices.adobe.com/partnerportal/, and made available through Adobe’s authoring and development tools and services to enable developers and end users to see how content or applications are displayed in Sublicensee Products (e.g. how video images appear in certain phones).

10. Export. Sublicensee acknowledges that the laws and regulations of the United States restrict the export and re-export of commodities and technical data of United States origin, which may include the Adobe Software. Sublicensee agrees that it will not export or re-export the Adobe Software, without the appropriate United States and foreign governmental clearances, if any.

11. Technology Pass-through Terms.

(a) Except pursuant to applicable permissions or agreements therefor, from or with the applicable parties, Sublicensees shall not use and shall not allow the use of, the Adobe Software for the encoding or decoding of mp3 audio only (.mp3) data on any non-pc device (e.g., mobile phone or set-top box), nor may the mp3 encoders or decoders contained in the Adobe Software be used or accessed by any product other than the Adobe Software. The Adobe Software may be used for the encoding or decoding of MP3 data contained within a swf or flv file, which contains video, picture or other data. Sublicensee shall acknowledge that use of the Adobe Software for non-PC devices, as described in the prohibitions in this section, may require the payment of licensing royalties or other amounts to third parties who may hold intellectual property rights related to the MP3 technology and that Adobe nor Sublicensee has not paid any royalties or other amounts on account of third party intellectual property rights for such use. If Sublicensee requires an MP3 encoder or decoder for such use, Sublicensee is responsible for obtaining the necessary intellectual property license, including any applicable patent rights.

(b) Sublicensee will not use, copy, reproduce and modify (i) the On2 source code (provided hereunder as a component of the Source Code) as necessary to enable the Adobe Software to decode video in the Flash video file format (.flv or .f4v), and (ii) the Sorenson Spark source code (provided hereunder as a component of the Source Code) for the limited purpose of making bug fixes and performance enhancements to the Adobe Software. All codecs provided with the Adobe Software may only be used and distributed as an integrated part of the Adobe Software and may not be accessed by any other application, including other Google applications.

(c) The Source Code may be provided with an AAC codec and/or HE-AAC codec (“the AAC Codec”). Use of the AAC Codec is conditioned on Sublicensee obtaining a proper patent license covering necessary patents as provided by VIA Licensing, for end products on or in which the AAC Codec will be used. Sublicensee acknowledges and agrees that Adobe is not providing a patent license for an AAC Codec under this Agreement to Sublicensee or its sublicensees.

(d) THE SOURCE CODE MAY CONTAIN CODE LICENSED UNDER THE AVC PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL NON-COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER TO (i) ENCODE VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AVC STANDARD ("AVC VIDEO") AND/OR (ii) DECODE AVC VIDEO THAT WAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL NON-COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND/OR WAS OBTAINED FROM A VIDEO PROVIDER LICENSED TO PROVIDE AVC VIDEO. NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR WILL BE IMPLIED FOR ANY OTHER USE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA, L.L.C. See http://www.mpegla.com

12. Update. Sublicensee will not circumvent Google’s or Adobe’s efforts to update the Adobe Software in all Sublicensee’s products incorporating the Adobe Software as bundled with the Google Software (“Sublicensee Products”).

13. Attribution and Proprietary Notices. Sublicensee will list the Adobe Software in publicly available Sublicensee Product specifications and include appropriate Adobe Software branding (specifically excluding the Adobe corporate logo) on the Sublicensee Product packaging or marketing materials in a manner consistent with branding of other third party products contained within the Sublicensee Product.

14. No Warranty. THE ADOBE SOFTWARE IS MADE AVAILABLE TO SUBLICENSEE FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION “AS IS” AND ADOBE MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO ITS USE OR PERFORMANCE. ADOBE AND ITS SUPPLIERS DO NOT AND CANNOT WARRANT THE PERFORMANCE OR RESULTS OBTAINED BY USING THE ADOBE SOFTWARE. EXCEPT FOR ANY WARRANTY, CONDITION, REPRESENTATION OR TERM TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE SAME CANNOT OR MAY NOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY LAW APPLICABLE TO SUBLICENSEEIN SUBLICENSEE’S JURISDICTION, ADOBE AND ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS, OR TERMS (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WHETHER BY STATUTE, COMMON LAW, CUSTOM, USAGE OR OTHERWISE) AS TO ANY MATTER INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, MERCHANTABILITY, INTEGRATION, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SUBLICENSEE AGREES THAT SUBLICENSEE SHALL NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ON BEHALF OF ADOBE.

15. Limitation of Liability. IN NO EVENT WILL ADOBE OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO SUBLICENSEE FOR ANY DAMAGES, CLAIMS OR COSTS WHATSOEVER OR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST SAVINGS, EVEN IF AN ADOBE REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS, DAMAGES, CLAIMS OR COSTS OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY THIRD PARTY. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS APPLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW IN SUBLICENSEE’S JURISDICTION. ADOBE’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY AND THAT OF ITS SUPPLIERS UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS (US$1,000). Nothing contained in this Agreement limits Adobe’s liability to Sublicensee in the event of death or personal injury resulting from Adobe’s negligence or for the tort of deceit (fraud). Adobe is acting on behalf of its suppliers for the purpose of disclaiming, excluding and/or limiting obligations, warranties and liability as provided in this Agreement, but in no other respects and for no other purpose.

16. Content Protection Terms

(a) Definitions.

“Compliance and Robustness Rules” means the document setting forth compliance and robustness rules for the Adobe Software located at http://www.adobe.com/mobile/licensees, or a successor web site thereto.

“Content Protection Functions” means those aspects of the Adobe Software that are designed to ensure compliance with the Compliance and Robustness Rules, and to prevent playback, copying, modification, redistribution or other actions with respect to digital content distributed for consumption by users of the Adobe Software when such actions are not authorized by the owners of such digital content or its licensed distributors.

“Content Protection Code” means code within certain designated versions of the Adobe Software that enables certain Content Protection Functions.

“Key” means a cryptographic value contained in the Adobe Software for use in decrypting digital content.

(b) License Restrictions. Sublicensee’s right to exercise the licenses with respect to the Adobe Software is subject to the following additional restrictions and obligations. Sublicensee will ensure that Sublicensee’s customers comply with these restrictions and obligations to the same extent imposed on Sublicensee with respect to the Adobe Software; any failure by Sublicensee’s customers to comply with these additional restrictions and obligations shall be treated as a material breach by Sublicensee.

b.1. Sublicensee and customers may only distribute the Adobe Software that meets the Robustness and Compliance Rules as so confirmed by Sublicensee during the verification process described above in the Adobe Terms.

b.2. Sublicensee shall not (i) circumvent the Content Protection Functions of either the Adobe Software or any related Adobe Software that is used to encrypt or decrypt digital content for authorized consumption by users of the Adobe Software, or (ii) develop or distribute products that are designed to circumvent the Content Protection Functions of either the Adobe Software or any Adobe Software that is used to encrypt or decrypt digital content for authorized consumption by users of the Adobe Software.

(c) The Keys are hereby designated as Adobe’s Confidential Information, and Sublicensee will, with respect to the Keys, adhere to Adobe’s Source Code Handling Procedure (to be provided by Adobe upon request).

(d) Injunctive Relief. Sublicensee agrees that a breach of this Agreement may compromise the Content Protection Functions of the Adobe Software and may cause unique and lasting harm to the interests of Adobe and owners of digital content that rely on such Content Protection Functions, and that monetary damages may be inadequate to compensate fully for such harm. Therefore, Sublicensee further agrees that Adobe may be entitled to seek injunctive relief to prevent or limit the harm caused by any such breach, in addition to monetary damages.

17. Intended Third-party Beneficiary. Adobe Systems Incorporated and Adobe Software Ireland Limited are the intended third-party beneficiaries of Google’s agreement with Sublicensee with respect to the Adobe Software, including but not limited to, the Adobe Terms. Sublicensee agrees, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in its agreement with Google, that Google may disclose Sublicensee’s identity to Adobe and certify in writing that Sublicensee has entered into a license agreement with Google which includes the Adobe Terms. Sublicensee must have an agreement with each of its licensees, and if such licensees are allowed to redistribute the Adobe Software, such agreement will include the Adobe Terms.

Download Flock 3.5.3.4641 / 2.6.1 Free

2011-02-03T21:04:00.000-08:00

The Social Web Browser built for Facebook and Twitter

Flock is an award-winning browser, built on Chromium technology and designed for the way that we use the web today. With Flock, you can easily connect with friends, check email, blog, publish photos, and receive news updates about the topics that are important to you easily from within your browser.

Flock is designed to serve the needs of today’s web users by making publishing and consuming information on the web incredibly easy. Flock has many innovative features to enhance your web experience.

Flock’s “People Sidebar” showcases all of your friends from popular sites like: Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter and Digg so that you can easily view their latest activity and effortlessly share with them by way of a simple drag-and-drop action.

You can also subscribe to media streams by opening Flock’s “Media Bar” so that you never miss photos and videos that match your favorite topics, or come from your favorite publishers.

If you’d like to upload photos, Flock has an integrated photo uploader so that you don’t have to manage yet another piece of desktop software. If you are into blogging, you’ll love Flock’s blog editor which lets you add new posts to your blog from anywhere on the web.

Here are some key features of "Flock":

Share web pages, photos, and video:

· Update your status and make comments from anywhere on the web New Flock starts fast

It loads pages fast:

· And it handles JavaScript really fast

Most of the features in Flock use JavaScript:

· The JavaScript engine in Chromium allows Flock to keep you up to date with all your friends and favorite feeds, while keeping the browser's performance top notch

The New Flock Sidebar:

· The sidebar is the hub of activity in Flock. It keeps you informed with feed content and social streams so you don't have to leave the web page you are on. As soon as you sign into your social services and/or subscribe to RSS and ATOM feeds, the sidebar starts delivering what's new with your friends and favorite content

Channel Surf the Web:

· The sidebar works like the channels on a TV. Use the "channel changer" drop down menu at the top of the sidebar to see just friends on Facebook, just friends on Twitter, all friends, just feeds, etc. But this is better than TV, because you can create any channel you want!

Share everything with Flock:

· Talk about the news, the funny video you just found, or anything else you stumble upon. Just click the Talk button, write a comment, and get back to what you were doing. We'll automatically add the link, and even shorten it for you.

Browser Extensions:

· We know there are lots of people who want to customize and personalize their online experience, and browser extensions can be a great way to do that. Google Chrome extensions work with Flock.

Who says you can't take it with you:

· Flock provides you the option of creating a free account that stores your favorite sites and feeds, your social networking accounts, and all the groups you make for your sidebar. You can access your account from any Flock browse.

Requirements:

· 128 MB RAM

· 100 MB disk space

· Internet connection

New Features:

· Incorporated Mozilla's 3.0.19 patch for Firefox.

Fixed Issues:

· Fixed the Delicious login detection issue.

Best Internet Browsers

2011-02-03T20:53:00.000-08:00

So Many Browsers So Little Time

You're not going to get too far on the Internet without a browser to work with. Like everything else, there are a bunch of different browsers out there, all with their own pros and cons. Here is a list of browsers, along with what we like and don’t like about them.

• FIREFOX 3: Firefox has been making inroads in the browser world for some time now and gaining a loyal following. Firefox users love its speed, its customizable options and the fact that it uses less system resources than many browsers. Reviews point to Firefox 3 and the even-faster beta version of 3.1 as using less memory than Firefox 2, and incorporating other improvements and updates that users love. The customizable options can get confusing, though, and a crash on one tab crashes all the open tabs. Private browsing and many other features also all require add-ins.

• FLOCK 2: Set up much like Firefox 3, Flock 2 is an enhanced Firefox browser that also includes a blog editor and integrates social networking and photo sites. It's a great option for Windows users who love multitasking, but some find that the extras can all wind up being a little confusing and can take up a lot of space on the screen itself.

• GOOGLE CHROME: Once again, the folks at Google have come up with a simple, stable product that is easy to use and understand. Google Chrome allows offline use of Internet apps and comes with a private browsing option as well. Not surprisingly, it also has great search features. Paradoxically, though, the Chrome browser is a resource hog for many machines. Also, its stripped-down nature means that it has fairly primitive bookmarking, no ad blocking and not much in the way of customization. Things like RSS feeds and blog options aren't available with Chrome.

• OPERA 9.5: If you've got an older computer, or one that's short on power and memory (or has a loaded-up hard drive already), Opera might be the way to go. It's not a resource hog. It beats many other browsers in compliance with web standards, and it includes many convenient features that should make it popular with users. Opera also offers a mobile browser that's a great choice for phones. Some reviews have compared Opera favorably with Safari. Opera's down sides include its lack of ad blocking and no private browsing option.

• EXPLORER 8: Those who are loyal to Explorer are probably going to love Explorer 8, which evolves Internet Explorer's tab features a little bit further with color-coded tabs that can be grouped together. It also has private browsing, improved search, improved security and a new context-sensitive right click. Unlike Firefox 3, if one site crashes, only that tab closes rather than crashing the whole browser. Note, though, Explorer 8 is slower and heavier on resources than many of its competitors. It's also not as crash-proof as Google Chrome or Firefox 3. Still, this sexy browser is an improvement over its predecessors like IE7 and IE6.

Blogger News

2011-02-03T20:46:00.000-08:00

Blogger Newsletter

It’s been a busy and exciting last few months for all of us here on the Blogger Team. We’ve been working hard from around the globe to put the finishing touches on a handful of recently-released features, as well as looking to the future with big ideas which will make Blogger even better. So as we say goodbye to the first half of 2010, we wanted to say a big thanks to all of you who have made working on Blogger so fun and rewarding—we really do appreciate it!

We thought it’d be helpful to summarize some of the latest Blogger news and developments that our team is especially proud of. From new features to worldwide Blogger meetups, there is much to be excited about. So without further ado, here is the 411:

Features, Fresh Out of the Oven

Template Designer

If you haven’t had a chance to check out our brand-new Template Designer, you’re really missing out. We laid out the full laundry list of new design features in arecent Buzz post, but we think the best way to find out what’s possible is to get your hands dirty and play around right now.

So go ahead and freshen up your template; your blog will thank you.

Blogger Stats

We’re very excited about the most recent creation from Blogger in Draft, Blogger Stats. Blogger stats makes it easier than ever to get all sorts of real-time traffic data for your blog, right from the comfort of your Blogger dashboard.

Accurate Post Preview

We understand how important it is for your blog posts to display exactly as you expect when published, so we’ve put a lot of time into improving our current preview page. The end result is an entirely revamped post preview, which now displays your drafts exactly as they will appear when published live on your blog.

New Sharing Buttons

We’re always thinking about ways to help you better promote and share your blog content with the world, and the new sharing buttons we’ve just released are great tools to help you get the word out. The buttons—which support sharing via email, Blogger, Google Buzz, Twitter, and Facebook—can be placed under each blog post where your readers will easily see them.

You can turn on the new sharing buttons right now by editing the Blog Posts widget and enabling Show Share Buttons in the Design | Page Elements tab.

Zemanta Post Gadget

Zemanta has been a partner with Blogger for over a year now, providing a browser plugin service that helps you easily add related content to your blog posts. We’ve seen so much positive feedback about the service that we recently released a gadget version of the service that easily integrates directly in your post editor.

Want more info? Check out Zemanta’s own video overview and tutorials!

Google Affiliate Network

With Google Affiliate Network you can access affiliate ads for top retailers. If the ad or text link you post on your blog results in a sale, you earn a commission.

Google Affiliate Network is featured in the Monetization tab in your Blogger account. You’ll need an AdSense ID to join, and once you have access to Google Affiliate Network you can apply to advertiser programs, promote ads, search for links to specific products, sign up to access product feeds, and utilize Link Subscriptions that deliver the latest links and promotions directly to you each day.

Sign up for Google Affiliate Network!
You’ll find help getting started in the Google Affiliate Network Help Center.

More Fun Stuff

Worldwide Meetup

The Blogger Team has long wanted to help organize a worldwide meetup for Blogger enthusiasts all over the world, and we’re happy to announce that we’re in the final planning stages of actually making this happen! We’ll be sure to share the details on Blogger Buzz as soon as we sort everything out, but are looking now at dates in late August/early September.

Blogger on Facebook & Twitter

Yes, Blogger has its own brand-new fan page on Facebook. Drop in to say hello to the Blogger Team, network with other like-minded bloggers, and share cool blogs.

Our Twitter page is another great resource for the latest Blogger info, announcements, launches, and service updates.

As always, we’ve been listening closely to your feedback and will continue to do so with anything that we’re working on. If you have specific feedback about features we’ve released, you can always let us know via our Help Forum. Our ears are always open, and often it is your voice that ultimately drives our development process. So if you have something to pass along, please speak up.

Thanks again for using Blogger!

Internet Tools

2010-05-04T23:42:00.000-07:00

Today I was just about to get into the shower when I heard a once familiar call and the clip clop of a horse. I couldn't believe what I heard and had to look out of the window to check that I was hearing right. I saw a sight which I haven't seen for many years - a scruffy man with horse and cart collecting other peoples junk from which he was planning to make money - a rag and bone man.

It reminded me of Steptoe and Son (Sanford and Son in the US) the popular sit com from the sixties and seventies, the rag and bone man even looked like Harold Steptoe from a distance. Harold and his father Albert ran a scrap yard and the rag and bone men went out on their rounds daily collecting junk, some free some paid for, the junk was recycled for profit proving the saying that one mans rubbish is another mans treasure.

I used to love watching Steptoe and Son and I'll never forget the phrase "You dirty old man" said by Harold to his father in such a despising way. The humor probably wasn't politically correct, but sometimes I think that PC has gone too far anyway.

Seeing the rag and bone man made me think about entrepreneurship and Internet marketing in a roundabout way. It made me realise that just as he collects free products for resale you can use free products and free tools and resources to build your Internet business and there is no better time to start than now.

We keep hearing about the credit crunch and how it is affecting the lives of millions. When recessions hit many people lose their jobs and struggle to find other employment, but it is also a time when entrepreneurs rise from the ashes of high unemployment. Some create empires from real world businesses like my rag and bone man. Others get involved with business opportunities on and offline. Many don't succeed but some do and it is because of those success stories that so many try.

New businesses need different levels of start up capital depending upon the type of business that is being launched. Real world businesses generally need more start up capital. For instance the rag and bone man would need a horse and cart and somewhere to store his 'stock'. He would also need the know how to renovate or recycle his 'stock' and where to sell his goods.

An Internet business can be started with nothing except a computer, an ability to search and learn, a commitment to hard work and patience. There is no need to throw your life savings into Internet marketing because there are an awful lot of free products and free tools and resources waiting out there for you to make money with providing that you realise that it takes time and that you have a lot of patience.

Following you will find a list of the types of low cost or free tools of resources available on the internet to help you to build your internet business:

Webspace (hosting, blogs, Squidoo, Hubpages)
- Website and Blog Templates
- Products (ebooks, software, templates, graphics and scripts)
- Product & Service Affiliation
- Free Advertising
- Search Engine Submission (limited)
- Article Directories (mostly free to submit articles)
- Auction Sites (small fees
- Forums (For knowledge & marketing)
- Marketplace (Payloadz & Tradebit - small fee)
- Free Informative Courses
- Link directories
- Email Marketing
- Autoresponders
- Google Publisher Tools
Just do a search for any of those and you will find that there is a massive amount of free tools and resources for Internet marketers out there, plus more than I have listed.

Internet Security

2010-05-04T23:25:00.000-07:00

There are several main types of Internet security software, the most familiar being anti-virus software. This is a program or system of programs that is capable of scanning a computer’s files and finding viruses and other malicious downloads. Once found, the virus can be either quarantined or destroyed. Any computer that is connected to the Internet should be equipped with an anti-virus software. Many anti-virus programs come in a package that also contain software such as firewalls and parental controls. A firewall is a program that helps to block viruses and unwanted files from entering a computer’s system and is the first line of defense for protection against viruses. These programs work together with anti-virus programs to keep most home computers virus free. Parental controls and other features may not be needed by everyone, but families with children may benefit from such programs.

The main differences between security programs are the level of protection and the price. In general, the higher the price, the higher the level of protection. However, there is no one size fits all solution to choosing the best Internet security software. High-end programs may help offer the maximum in protection, but they are generally intended for large networks that could potentially be attacked from multiple locations or from within the network. If you have a simple home computer setup, this level of protection is not usually needed.

To choose the best Internet security software for your individual needs, you should make out a budget and shop around. Look for programs that are designed your specific purpose, meaning home or business use, and decide on the level of protection you need. You should also find software that can be upgraded later if you find yourself with additional needs. Start with the least amount of protection needed and work your way up from there.
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Internet Browsers

2010-04-12T22:51:00.000-07:00

Chrome, Firefox Or Internet Explorer
It all started with Nexus in 1991, the first worldwide web interface. That year marked the beginning of the browser war. Just type in 'list of browsers' in Google and you can find at least 50 web browsers to choose from. This 'storm' of applications just to access the 'cloud' is mind boggling but one doesn't have to find out which three browsers fight for the throne every month or so with there newer versions, add-ons, better UIs and what not. You can just keep switching from one to the other every week just for the fun of it.

Google's Chrome has finally beaten Apple's hyped up Safari which was, honestly, good for nothing. It demanded more memory, wasn't much of a fast browser and the add-ons made the browser more difficult to handle instead of tweaking it up. There are 3 main aspects through which one can judge, which browser is the one for them; security, privacy and performance. The Big three, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome will be discussed under these factors.

Security
It is a very basic but important issue. You wouldn't want be shopping online without proper security of course. There are two main kinds of threats that need to be attended to by any web browser; Phishing and Malware. Phishing refers to high - tech security threats referring to websites that trick the users into providing personal, financial and password information. Phishing sites cannot be easily detected as they look the same as the usually trusted websites like banks and mortgage companies.

Malware are a kind of virus that infiltrate computers without the user's consent and can retrieve vital information from it.

The Big 3 have latest security technology for tackling these issues. IE is equipped with 'Phishing Filter' and 'Malware Protection' and Firefox is equipped with their equivalents.

Saving the best for last, Chrome uses 'sandboxing' technology which actually is quite genius. The term 'sandbox' is used by developers which means running operations in isolation. Chrome uses this technique by limiting access of the browser operations within, meaning nothing can infiltrate the user's computer as the browser treats itself in a completely isolated environment.

Privacy
This one is a tie. 'InPrivate' for IE, 'Private' for Firefox and 'Incognito' for Chrome let you use the browser without saving anything on the hard drive let it be passwords, history, cookies or cache. The only difference here is the fancy names they use. These features can be activated quite easily and can be found often under the 'Tools' menu.

Performance
The humorous 'legendary' claims made by Microsoft in their infamous 'browser comparison chart' [can be found on their website] comparing the Big 3 are quite bogus but one has to admit what they said in the performance section, 'knowing the top speed of a car doesn't tell you how fast you can drive in rush hour', is sadly true. The Big 3 are almost the same in performance if u test them through YouTube and time them until they load a video.

Imaging

2010-04-12T22:35:00.000-07:00

Paper Based Information Moves by Digital Document Imaging Software
Digital certificate imaging activated science includes analysis and acceptance technology agenda imaging activated science is not aloof scanning and outputting a agenda image. Agenda certificate imaging, scant, and accidental processes agenda certificate imaging involves scanning cardboard abstracts and outputting a agenda angel in a accepted architecture such as jpeg. Agenda certificate imaging integrates cardboard abstracts into the cyberbanking workflow of organizations. Such admission is accessible from anywhere globally, provided the user has an internet connection, ascendancy and ascendancy to admission the information. Agenda certificate imaging can accomplish in a anesthetized about address with the cardboard advice captured at credibility of origin.

For example, barcode analysis and acceptance is an capital activity and activity in circuitous and assorted appellation and added scenarios. These quick and defended movements of paper-based advice to business workflows may abutment organizations accumulate their e-business processes. Text-based certificate images acquired in this address would catechumen into a machine-readable certificate appliance technologies such as OCR and ICR. Already the apparatus may apprehend the argument content, it is accessible to accomplish meta tags for anniversary certificate and basis them for consecutive querying and retrieval.

For example, a multifunction borderline (MFP) active a library of appliance connectors may browse abstracts anon into action agreeable administration strategies such as IBM's filenet and Microsoft sharepoint. It is at this date that the paper-based advice becomes allotment of the cyberbanking workflow, enabling bodies amid anywhere in the action to admission the advice and use it for decision-making. Before scanning may occur, users would accept to analyze themselves to the enactment and system. Advice in cardboard anatomy is beneath acceptable to be accessible as decision-support information. This information, already captured and confused to the agreeable repositories, becomes accessible to anybody in the action with permission to admission the content.

Digital certificate imaging and consecutive processing accomplish cardboard abstracts allotment of the action agreeable administration alignment and system. Abstracts categorized as accompaniment by accordant allocation practices and beatific to the accordant athenaeum may be bar-coded and accounting to documents. It analogously includes advance and development of added cultured, aesthetic and specialized analysis and acceptance technologies. It would again be accessible to automate quick appellation of cardboard abstracts or rapidly adapt bills at point-of-sale terminals.
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Icons

2010-04-12T22:01:00.000-07:00

What are the Icons of Evolution? They are the most important charts, diagrams and illustrations that gave credibility to the theory of evolution. These icons included about a dozen of these illustrations. Jonathan Wells popularized the phrase with his book, Icons of Evolution. These icons were the main 'examples', or illustrations that 'put the theory of evolution on the map'. One of these icons was the Archaeopteryx, a 'reptile/bird' that had teeth. It also had claws on its wings. This was a very important icon, because there were no fossils that showed any evolution (one kind of creature changing into another kind).

This icon was later shown to be nothing more than an extinct bird. It was discovered in layers where birds already existed... so it could not have been anything that evolved into a bird. This was devastating to the theory because it was the only hope for there to be any fossil evidence that evolution took place. This removed the only 'transitional fossil" to support the theory (There should be millions of them by now if evolution were true).

The Archaeopteryx has still been left in textbooks and is still believed to be a valid example of evolution by teachers and professors throughout the nation. Another icon was Haeckel's Embryos. This chart showed stages of various vertebrates as they were developing before birth. This chart was made by Ernst Haeckel, an embryologist. He convincingly showed how the embryos went through the various stages of evolution while they developed. This included even the formation of gill slits in the verterbrates.

The chart was discovered to be a complete fraud. Haeckel had faked the drawings. This was pointed out over a century ago. The illustration is still found in countless textbooks and used by professors and teachers across the nation.

Games

2010-04-12T21:39:00.000-07:00

Do not be fooled by sites that tell you they offer free full version game downloads. You may jump at this statement and tell me that you are already playing some games right now from one of these sites. Give me a few minutes and you will understand what I am talking about when I say free full version game downloads do not exist.

Chances are if you are downloading games at one of the totally free site, you are not doing so in a secured environment. You may be unwittingly downloading spyware and adware. In worse cases, you could be downloading viruses onto your PC. The first sign of a series of problems would be a slow PC speed. Run your computer and observe if your computer seems to have slowed down over time. There is a high possibility.

I am not trying to scare you but your computer could be damaged as some of these files are corrupted. You may lose more disk space which is minor but some of these harmful viruses could affect your PC registry and create larger problems. Some of these are irreversible. You end up having to replace your hard disk, lose your personal files or have to hire a computer technician to help you troubleshoot. So tell me, is it still free?

Instead of download games at these free sites, there is another alternative to get full version game downloads. No, it is not free but close enough. These sites operate on a pay-per-download or membership based service. Essentially, you pay for each game download which is a few dollars only or pay a flat membership fee for access to unlimited game downloads. Most of these game databases are gigantic with millions of PC games, movies and even music files. They are not pirated versions but full versions of games.

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Firewall

2010-04-12T21:26:00.000-07:00

A firewall is a set of related programs, located at a network gateway server, that protects the resources of a private network from users from other networks. (The term also implies the security policy that is used with the programs.) An enterprise with an intranet that allows its workers access to the wider Internet installs a firewall to prevent outsiders from accessing its own private data resources and for controlling what outside resources its own users have access to.

Basically, a firewall, working closely with a router program, examines each network packet to determine whether to forward it toward its destination. A firewall also includes or works with a proxy server that makes network requests on behalf of workstation users. A firewall is often installed in a specially designated computer separate from the rest of the network so that no incoming request can get directly at private network resources.

There are a number of firewall screening methods. A simple one is to screen requests to make sure they come from acceptable (previously identified) domain name and Internet Protocol addresses. For mobile users, firewalls allow remote access in to the private network by the use of secure logon procedures and authentication certificates. A number of companies make firewall products. Features include logging and reporting, automatic alarms at given thresholds of attack, and a graphical user interface for controlling the firewall.

Computer security borrows this term from firefighting, where it originated. In firefighting, a firewall is a barrier established to prevent the spread of fire.

Easy File Sharing

2010-04-12T21:07:00.000-07:00

Easy File Sharing Web Server is a file sharing software that allows visitors to upload/download files easily through a Web Browser (IE, Mozilla, Netscape etc.). It can help you share files with your users, customers and partners. They can search for and download files from your computer or upload files from theirs. The files on your PC can be accessible from anywhere without special software. Easy File Sharing Web Server also provides a Bulletin Board System (Forum). It makes it easy for remote users to post messages and files to the forum. The Secure Edition adds support for SSL encryption that helps protect businesses against site spoofing and data corruption.

Easy File Sharing Web Server is a Windows program that allows you to host a secure peer-to-peer and web-based file sharing system without any additional software or services. Not even additional HTML page design. It allows you to run a web site on your own PC, share photos, movies, videos and music/MP3 files securely. It also allows visitors to upload/download files easily through web-based interfaces.

Easy File Sharing Web Server is a file sharing system that is simply easier and faster than other methods of sharing. Why? Because it lets you use a tool you already know how to use: a web browser, But to build a web-based file sharing system, you need to install a HTTP-server such as apache or IIS, configure a database server such as MySQL or MS SQL SERVER and then build your system with HTML pages and scripts of PHP, Perl, ASP, VBScript, Javascript, and so on. All these are difficult for most users. Our solution saves your time, saves your money.

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Easy File Sharing Web Server contains several built-in systems including HTTP/HTTPS Web Server, multi-threads database system, Bulletin Board System, Server Script system, Password Protection system. Users just need to install Easy File Sharing Web Server and no other software. All without additional configuration. You may create a virtual folder from your hard disk; visitors may upload/download files to/from it. Easy File Sharing Web Server is much easier to use than a typical FTP server. It is also a web based file management solution that allows you to manage files on your web server just with a web browser instead of a FTP client, it also provides extended features which are impossible with FTP such as zipping and unzipping files.

Essential Tools

2010-04-09T22:25:00.000-07:00

Essential NetTools is a set of network tools useful in diagnosing networks and monitoring your computer s network connections. It s a Swiss Army knife for everyone interested in a set of powerful network tools for everyday use. The program includes a NetStat utility that shows your computer s network connections and open ports and maps them to the owning application. It also features fast NetBIOS and TCP port scanners, a NetBIOS Auditing Tool for checking LAN security, and a monitor of external connections to your computer s shared resources, as well as a process monitor that displays information about all the programs and services running on your computer. Other useful tools are included, such as Ping, TraceRoute, and NSLookup.

Additional features include report generation in HTML, text, and comma delimited formats and a customizable interface. The program is an easy-to-use and powerful replacement for such Windows utilities as nbtstat, netstat, and NetWatcher.

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E-Books

2010-04-09T21:55:00.000-07:00

An ebook reader review could be a big help in deciding which ebook device you want to buy. Ebooks are getting a lot more popular, and it's not really a surprise. After all, they're portable, convenient, and take up a whole lot less space than your average paperback. You can fit hundreds of books in a single reader not much bigger than a trade paperback book. But which reader is going to be the right one for your situation, budget, and needs? An ebook reader review could help you figure it out. One major factor for a lot of people is the file formats their ebook device supports. Let's take a look at some of the possibilities.

There are a few major formats that just about any ebook device is going to support. HTML, txt, jpg and pdf file formats are so common that it'd be silly for any ebook reader not to provide support for them. However, many of the manufacturers use their own proprietary formats when it comes to ebooks they sell. That means you have to own their specific brand of ebook reader.

Review all the different options before you make a choice, and be sure to think hard about where you're mostly going to buy your ebooks. After all, no one wants to be locked out of a big chunk of the books available just because they bought the wrong ebook reader.

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C-Media AC97 Audio Device

2010-04-09T21:40:00.000-07:00

About C-Media AC97 Audio Device

C-Media AC97 Audio Device is PCI driver from C-Media. C-Media Electronics have announced a new high-end PC sound card, the Oxygen CMI8787. The 8787 features an extremely high signal-to-noise ratio (up to 120dB), integrated in a full-featured C-Media 3D Xear audio driver. These exciting technologies allow you to transform your stereo PC audio into a Hollywood-level multi-channel surround experience.

How to Install C-Media AC97 Audio Device
This step-by-step guide describers how to obtain and install C-Media AC97 Audio Device drivers for Windows.

1. Define your C-Media PCI device model.

2. Define your operating system to install your C-Media PCI device. Note: Update Drivers in Win Vista

3. Browse PCI Drivers.

4. Find C-Media PCI Drivers.

5. Select C-Media AC97 Audio Device.

6. Download C-Media AC97 Audio Device. Note: you can update all Drivers automatically with RadarSync (Freeware) or Driver Detective (Shareware).

7. Install C-Media AC97 Audio Device.

8. Restart or reboot your computer to finish your driver installation. Note: you can backup your computer drivers before updating.

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VCP

2010-04-09T21:04:00.000-07:00

Virtual COM port (VCP) drivers cause the USB device to appear as an additional COM port available to the PC. Application software can access the USB device in the same way as it would access a standard COM port.

FTDI device drivers may be used only in conjunction with products based on FTDI parts.

The driver may be distributed in any form as long as our license information is not modified.

If a custom Vendor ID and/or Product ID, or description string are used, it is the responsibility of the product manufacturer to maintain any changes and subsequent WHQL re-certification as a result of using these changes.

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Downloaders

2010-04-08T04:45:00.000-07:00

Fresh Download is an easy-to-use and very fast file downloaders software that turbo charges downloading files from the Internet, such as your favorite freeware/shareware, mp3 files, movie files, picture collections, etc. Unlike any other similar utilities, this software is 100% free, no charges, no banners in the software (whichsteal your bandwidth), no spyware.

Key features of Fresh Download:

Turbo charge downloading files in both FTP and HTTP protocols using your current internet connection (dial-up, cable, DSL / ADSL, satellite, T1, etc.)
Pause and resume broken downloads, recover from a dropped Internet connection.
Multiple connections download manager. To get the highest possible speed, this powerful tool uses 4 simultaneous connections (up to 8 connections) for the same file, while many other similar software only support single connection download. Based on user reports, this method may speed up your downloads by up to 400%.
Easy integration into Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator, Opera, and Mozilla in any Windows operating system (95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, and XP). Simply grabs any URL from these popular browsers and Fresh Download will take over.
Schedule your downloads for low traffic periods.
Clipboard monitoring and drag & drop features. Easily grabs any URL from any applications.
Antivirus support. Scan downloaded files from any viruses using your current antivirus software.
Ability to download from password protected sites, in both HTTP and FTP protocols.
Proxy Server support in both HTTP and FTP protocols.
plus now it has a built-in Zip file extractor.

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Desktop Customize

2010-04-08T04:37:00.000-07:00

The app comes preloaded with several starter themes. To enable one, simply choose a theme, click Apply My Changes, and voilà—you’ve themed your desktop. The preloaded default themes are fine, but they’re not mind-blowing. To find a better premade skin, check out deviantART’s extensive collection of WindowBlinds themes (http://tinyurl.com/48vj9z). Just find a theme you like, download it, and double-click the WBA file to install the theme alongside the defaults. Finally, if the artist in you is dying to express your vision to a T, WindowBlinds is packed with options, so you can customize each theme to your heart’s content.

The Windows taskbar is functional—but it’s not sexy. Mac users have boasted about the utility of the OS X Dock for years, but in the end, the joke’s on them: The free Windows application RocketDock brings the same functionality, and then some, to your Windows desktop. The app has a minimal footprint (around 12MB), is completely skinnable (from the icons to the dock itself), and offers a huge repository of free addons for customizing your dock to perfection. Customization aside, RocketDock, like the OS X Dock, let’s you minimize windows to and launch applications from the dock.

Want to streamline your desktop without the weight of extra applications? Try swapping out your default icons for more attractive alternatives—like any of the free icon sets from DryIcons (http://dryicons.com/free-icons). To replace a folder’s icon, for example, right-click the folder, choose Properties, and find the Customize tab. Then click the Change Icon button, which launches a simple dialog from where you can browse for the icon you want to swap in. Next, try auto-hiding your taskbar for a fuller screen experience by right-clicking any empty space on the taskbar, clicking Properties, and then ticking the Auto-hide taskbar checkbox. Last but not least, clear off considerable desktop clutter and better showcase your wallpaper by disabling desktop icons. In Vista, right-click the desktop, select View, and then untick Show Desktop Icons. XP users, right-click the desktop, select Arrange Icons By, and then uncheck the Show Desktop Icons entry.

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Compression Tools

2010-04-08T04:18:00.000-07:00

These days, two things are fairly common for all of us. 1. We are running out of space, 2. We are going for shorter and smaller versions of anything. That is where file compression softwares come in to rescue us from both the plights. They squeeze our files to less space. It takes less space to keep them, lesser to upload and download. So on my quest to find out the best file compression software, I was thoroughly confused. Gone are the days when Winrar and Winzip used to monopolize. There are so many softwares now in the market, I was trying to figure out which one to choose which one to not. Again, another question that came to my mind is, what is the basis of determining better compression tool? So I zeroed on to some criteria and reviewed each software on the basis of those.

Lacking a stand-alone interface, FreeZip adds a collection of useful archive-management commands to Explorer's context menus. Right-clicking a file or archive then choosing one of the commands, such as Zip, UnZip here, ListZip, or TestZip, launches a command-line tool that does the specified action. It's not pretty, but effective, and of course, free, though occasionally we couldn't get the Zip command to appear for certain file types. Author Stanislawek offers optional encryption and stand-alone archive-creation features through patches available from the FreeZip Web site. Dial-up users rejoice: even with the patches, FreeZip is less than 500K.

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Codecs

2010-04-06T02:14:00.000-07:00

K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codecs are required to encode and/or decode (play) audio and video. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play 99% of all the movies that you download from the internet. K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is a collection of codecs, DirectShow filters and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video formats. The K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is designed as an user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular audio and video formats and even some rare formats.

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack includes codecs for the most popular compressions like Divx and Xvid as well as some of the less popular but still necesary codecs. It also includes Quicktime and Realplayer codecs.

The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:

- It it always up-to-date with the latest versions of the codecs.

- It is very user-friendly and the installation is fully customizable, meaning that you can install only those components that you really want.

- It has been very well tested, so that the package doesn't contain any conflicting codecs.

- It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies.

There are three versions of the K-Lite Codec Pack: Basic, Standard and Full.

• K-Lite Codec Pack Basic contains only the most essential things. It contains everything you need to be able to play the most popular and widespread formats. It is small enough to fit on a single floppy. Also great for including on your movie CDs.

• K-Lite Codec Pack Standard contains everything you need to play all the commonly used formats. This package should be enough for the average user.

• K-Lite Codec Pack Full contains even more codecs. It also has encoding support for the various formats. This package is for power users and people who do their own encodings.

Features of K-Lite Codec Pack 5.8.3 FULL version :

• Player:

- Media Player Classic Homecinema [version 1.3.1752.0]

- Media Player Classic Homecinema [version 1.2.1008.0]

• ffdshow:

- ffdshow [revision 3158]

- ffdshow VFW interface

• DirectShow video decoding filters:

- XviD [version 1.2.2]

- DivX H.264 [version 8.2.0.26]

- On2 VP7 [version 7.0.10.0]

- MPEG-2 (Cyberlink) [version 8.4.0.1014]

- MPEG-2 (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.4]

• DirectShow audio decoding filters:

- AC3/DTS/LPCM/MP1/MP2 (AC3Filter) [version 1.63b]

- Vorbis (CoreVorbis) [version 1.1.0.79]

- AAC (MONOGRAM) [version 0.9.6.0]

• DirectShow audio parsers:

- FLAC (madFLAC) [version 1.8]

- WavPack (CoreWavPack) [version 1.1.1]

- MusePack (MONOGRAM) [version 0.9.2.0 0.4.0.0]

- Monkey's Audio (DCoder) [version 1.0]

- OptimFROG (RadLight) [version 1.0.0.1]

- AMR (MONOGRAM) [version 1.0.1.0]

- DC-Bass Source [version 1.2.0]

- AC3/DTS Source (AC3File) [version 0.7b]

• DirectShow source filters:

- Haali Media Splitter [version 1.9.42.1]

- AVI splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]

- MP4 splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]

- Matroska splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]

- Ogg splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]

- MPEG PS/TS splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]

- FLV splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]

- CDXA Reader (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]

• DirectShow subtitle filter:

- DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.39.5.3]

- DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.33]

• Other filters:

- Haali Video Renderer [version 1.9.42.1]

• VFW video codecs:

- XviD [version 1.2.2]

- On2 VP7 [version 7.0.10.0]

- huffyuv [version 2.1.1 CCE Patch 0.2.5]

- YV12 (Helix) [version 1.2]

• ACM audio codecs:

- MP3 (LAME) [version 3.98.2]

- AC3ACM [version 1.5]

• Tools:

- Codec Tweak Tool [version 4.2.2]

- Win7DSFilterTweaker [version 3.0]

- MediaInfo Lite [version 0.7.29]

- VobSubStrip [version 0.11]

- GraphStudio [version 0.3.2.0]

- Haali Muxer

- Bitrate Calculator

Changes from K-Lite Codec Pack 5.8.0 FULL to K-Lite Codec Pack 5.8.3 FULL :

- Updated Media Player Classic Home Cinema to version 1.3.1752.0

- Reverted LAME MP3 ACM codec to version 3.98.2 because version 3.98.3 does not work properly on certain Windows XP systems

- Updated Codec Tweak Tool to version 4.2.2

- Updated Win7DSFilterTweaker to version 3.0

- Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.29

- Tweaks applied by Win7DSFilterTweaker can now be automatically undone during uninstall

- Minor changes

Features of K-Lite Codec Pack 5.8.3 STANDARD version :

• Player:

- Media Player Classic Homecinema [version 1.3.1752.0]

• ffdshow:

- ffdshow [revision 3158]

• DirectShow video decoding filters:

- MPEG-2 (Cyberlink) [version 8.4.0.1014]

• DirectShow source filters:

- Haali Media Splitter [version 1.9.42.1]

- MP4 splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]

- FLV splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]

- MPEG PS/TS splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]

• DirectShow subtitle filter:

- DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.39.5.3]

• Other filters:

- Haali Video Renderer [version 1.9.42.1]

• Tools:

- Codec Tweak Tool [version 4.2.2]

- Win7DSFilterTweaker [version 3.0]

- MediaInfo Lite [version 0.7.29]

Changes from K-Lite Codec Pack 5.8.0 STANDARD to K-Lite Codec Pack 5.8.3 :

- Updated Media Player Classic Home Cinema to version 1.3.1752.0

- Updated Codec Tweak Tool to version 4.2.2

- Updated Win7DSFilterTweaker to version 3.0

- Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.29

- Tweaks applied by Win7DSFilterTweaker can now be automatically undone during uninstall

- Minor changes

Features of K-Lite Codec Pack 5.8.3 BASIC version :

• ffdshow:

- ffdshow [revision 3158]

• DirectShow source filters:

- Haali Media Splitter [version 1.9.42.1]

- MP4 splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]

- FLV splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1748.0]

• DirectShow subtitle filter:

- DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.39.5.3]

• Other filters:

- Haali Video Renderer [version 1.9.42.1]

• Tools:

- Codec Tweak Tool [version 4.2.2]

- Win7DSFilterTweaker [version 3.0]

Changes from K-Lite Codec Pack 5.8.0 BASIC to K-Lite Codec Pack 5.8.3 :

- Updated Codec Tweak Tool to version 4.2.2

- Added Win7DSFilterTweaker

- Minor changes

Important Note :

- The K-Lite Codec Pack works only on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7.

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Audio Converters and Editors

2010-04-06T02:00:00.000-07:00

Tootoo Audio Converter is a professional and comprehensive piece of software designed to help you convert between various audio file formats with high speed and excellent output quality. When it comes to audio converting, most of us are looking for a small and easy to use tool that contains the basic functions and does its job properly. Complicated applications that can be multifunctional bring hundreds of settings and options on the table and are especially designed for professional users. Anyway, the tool promises good results and a really small amount of effort, that means almost zero brainstorming and fast conversions, all thanks to a simple and intuitive interface that provides the user with a basic menu. The tool displays a classic type toolbar that will enable you to access all the main functions and options. Some of these are incorporated in the interface and can be directly activated from there.

Features:

Convert mp3 / WMA / WAV / OGG / AAC audio from one to another

Input video format supported: almost all popular Audio file formats (AAC, FLAC, MP2, MP3, OGG WAV, WMA).

Output video format supported: AAC, FLAC, MP2, MP3, OGG WAV, WMA.

Extract mp3 / WMA audio from popular video formats (MPEG, AVI, MP4, AVI, etc.).

All video codec parameters are optimized and predigested, the default setting can get good quality MP3 / OGG / WMA / WAV files, and you can also set them flexibly to get excellent quality MP3 / OGG / WMA / WAV files.

Output files can be renamed (without extension file name WMA / MP3 / OGG, etc.) and the output path can be easily modified (absolute path).

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CD and DVD Tools

2010-04-06T00:51:00.000-07:00

This is a powerful utility to create virtual CD/DVD-ROM drives and manage disc-image files. The application supports all popular image-file formats - ISO, UDF, NRG, MDF and many other. Virtual CD and DVD drives are much more quick, reliable and convenient than physical ones. Use this application to boost performance of your multimedia applications!

MakBit Virtual CD/DVD (new release 1.2.0) is a powerful utility for creating and managing virtual

CD/DVD-ROM drives and discs. These virtual CD and DVD drives are much more quick, reliable and convenient than physical ones.

Features & Benefits:

Get up to 20 virtual drives and unlimited number of CD or DVD images

Run several multimedia applications from virtual CD or DVD simultaneously

Play CDs and DVDs without need for the physical discs

All known file formats are supported (ISO, UDF, MDF, NRG, VCD)

Access and share your data discs over network

Compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, VISTA!

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Trojan Antivirus

2010-04-05T01:18:00.000-07:00

Like other similar programs, the rogue is distributed through the use of trojans that hit on the computer from fake online malware scanners. These scanners will report that your computer is infected and offers to download a special program - antivirus to disinfect your computer. This "antivirus" is a trojan.

When the trojan is running, it performs the following:

- first, download and install CleanUp Antivirus on the infected computer

- second, creates an entry in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Run key of Windows registry, thus providing automatic start the fake antivirus application each time you turn the computer

- third, create a lot of fake "infected" files

After this, the trojan will run CleanUp Antivirus. Immediately, this fake antivirus starts to scan the computer and mark the files that were created by the trojan-installer as viruses, worms, trojans and other malicious programs. Of course, the scan and its results are a fraud. The rogue uses the false scan results as method to trick you into purchase the full version of this program.

In addition to the above-described, CleanUp Antivirus can block the Task Manager, and most antivirus and antispyware programs, as well as show a variety of false warnings and alerts. A few examples:

Warning

Warning! Virus detected

System alert!

Suspicious software which may be malicious has been

detected on your PC. Click here to remove this threat

immediately using CleanUp Antivirus.

As the scan results, all these messages - a fake, so you can safely ignore them.

How to remove CleanUp Antivirus

As stated above, this fake antivirus program gets on the computer with the help of trojan, which is difficult to remove. To manually disinfect your computer you need to be able to work with the Registry Editor, to know how to delete registry keys, as well as how to find and remove hidden files. This is a rather difficult task, so I suggest you use the CleanUp Antivirus removal instruction, where the step by step shows how to remove this malware using only free software.

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Anti Virus Protection

2010-04-05T00:47:00.000-07:00

Are you searching for the best virus software to get rid of the potentially harmful files existing in your PC system right now? Even experienced and technical gifted computer users will want to use anti virus protection software simply due to the fact that they work much more quickly and are more effectively. If you want a peace of mind without having to worry about having your information stolen or lost, you should definitely get anti virus software.

1. Review of the Best Virus Removal Software That I Used

The protection software that I personally use is a popular piece software and is a very small application to install and run. It consumes very little system resources and does not slow down the other computer processes while it runs. After testing it on some older version of computers, I have found it to run very quickly as well on slower systems. On top of downloading software, a couple of Internet security solutions allow you to scan and fix directly from the web.

2. What Should a Piece of High Quality Anti Virus Protection Spyware Software Be Able to Do?

This type of software should be able to help you scan and monitor your computer system for any suspicious activity. It contains its own database of virus and malware file definitions. One of the ways they can also track the status of your system is to plant decoy files for monitoring to find out if they get infected by any viruses. Once they do, the software will then be able to find out the type of virus it is.

3. How Exactly Does an Anti Virus Software Work to Fix Your Computer?

The way these programs work is by scanning through the entire system to search for invalid and corrupted entries. These entries are then quarantined and further analyzed to find out whether they have been infected or are the viruses and malware themselves. Once that is done, a report will be generated, after which the owner can then choose to delete or repair the infected files.

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Anti Spyware Removal

2010-04-05T00:32:00.000-07:00

If you or your children are on-line then your PC is at risk. Even if you do not know whether or not your machine has been infected the chances are that it is infected. Don't be fooled, a lot of spyware won' t even affect you PC's performance, but will still be vulnerable, you won`t even know that it is there. So, do not delay any longer, get yourself a good and reliable free spyware removal product and clean up your PC and Free Spyware Removal Tools.Download The Latest Free Anti Spyware Removal Software Program To Help you Remove Any Virus Infections.

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Adobe Photoshop CS4

2010-04-04T23:57:00.000-07:00

Adobe Photoshop CS4 is one of the most customizable image editing software available on the market today. The very name Photoshop is synonymous with quality, flexibility, and customizability. That's why it's become one of the foremost graphics editing software packages on the market today, used by everyone from professional artists, to graphic designers, to amateur photographers, and everyone in between!

One of the most useful features in Photoshop is the ability to create and use custom workspaces. Photoshop CS4 allows you to work, create, and edit your photos and images in many different ways. There are different panels, bars, windows, and other elements. Each particular arrangement of these elements is called a workspace.

Photoshop CS4 comes standard with several different workspaces for a multitude of different project types. These include Painting, Proofing, Video, Typography, and Web workspaces, as well as a few others. By default, the Essentials workspace is selected. This basic workspace is useful for many simple types of work, but there may be times when it is beneficial to use a different arrangement of the tools at your disposal. Simply click on the workspace button in the top-right of your screen to bring up the menu of available workspaces and to switch between them.

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